Occupy Wall Street More Popular Than Congress, GE's Immelt - Intellectual Styles Of The Rich And Clueless, Huntsman Only Candidate That Blames Banks, The Volcker Rule: Toothless Then, Even More Toothless Now (LINKS)

Stories from around the web this morning.

• Jon Huntsman - Only Candidate That Blames Too Big To Fail Banks
• Krugman On GE's Jeff Immelt - Intellectual Styles Of The Rich And Clueless
• Congress issues subpoena for Holder, others in 'Fast and Furious' probe
• Documents: Feds allowed Sinaloa cartel to move cocaine into U.S. for information
• Economic recovery begins with forgiveness - Complete Nonsense
• Banks Scared Of OWS Protesters, So They Offer Tips To Employees
• The Volcker Rule: Toothless Then, Even More Toothless Now
• Slovak parliament REJECTS expanding Europe's Bailout Fund
• DOJ Lawsuit Against Morgan Stanley For Rigging NYC Electricity Bids
• New Poll Says Occupy Wall Street Protesters More Popular Than Congress

Additional stories are in comments below.

Comments

[DailyBail]

Poor Jon Huntsman

He's rich, and maybe the ablest guy in the Republican presidential race, with the best credentials and — though deeply conservative — the most broadly appealing views. Poor bastard never had a chance.

http://www.esquire.com/features/jon-huntsman-2012-1111#ixzz1aaIU7ci7

[DailyBail]

Congress issues subpoena for Holder, others in 'Fast and Furious' probe

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/12/congressional-investigators-issue-subpoena-for-holder-others-i-fast-and-furious-probe/

[DailyBail]

Documents: Feds allegedly allowed Sinaloa cartel to move cocaine into U.S. for information

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18608410

[DailyBail]

Judge Napolitano Accuses AG Holder Of Using Iran Assassination Plot To Distract From Fast and Furious Scandal (Video)

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/10/judge-napolitano-accuses-ag-holder-of.html

[DailyBail]

(AP) PHOENIX - Ten Arizona sheriffs slammed the Obama administration on Friday over a botched federal operation that allowed up to 1,400 high-powered rifles to make their way to Mexico, calling for the president to launch an independent investigation and for Attorney General Eric Holder to step down or be fired.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/07/national/main20117441.shtml#commen

[DailyBail]

Occupy Wall Street Allies Picket Upper East Side Billionaires Rupert, Koch

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/229169/20111011/occupy-upper-east-side-upper-east-side-march-occupy-wall-street-march-occupy-wall-street-raly.htm

[DailyBail]

Debate Shows Romney Lacks Party Majority

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-12/romney-in-debate-shows-frontrunner-status-even-lacking-republican-majority.html

[DailyBail]

Wall Street executives, facing demonstrators camped for a fourth week in New York’s financial district, say they’re anxious and angry for other reasons.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-12/wall-street-sees-no-exit-from-financial-woes-as-bankers-fret.html

[DailyBail]

Will Michele Bachmann make it to Iowa? Insiders are whispering that the Tea Party darling’s financials are grim and she may be out of the race before she makes it to the Iowa caucus in February, even though she has a strong base in the state.

http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/bachmann_cash_crunch_oWiq4oDROJG3iJE1IEc0iO#ixzz1aaQbHSqY

[john]

A.I.G. Is Now Worried About Bad P.R. — for Policyholders

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/a-i-g-is-now-worried-about-bad-p-r-for-policyholders/?nl=business&emc=dlbkpma21

[john]

Pentagon's accounting shambles may cost an additional $1 billion

http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/10/13/7063/pentagons-accounting-shambles-may-cost-additional-1-billion

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The Pentagon, which previously warned that reliable military spending figures could not be produced until 2017, has discovered that financial ledgers are in worse shape than expected and it may need to spend a billion dollars more to make DOD’s financial accounting credible, according to defense officials and congressional sources.