THURSDAY 10
Time magazine reports that the IRS will now consider sex-reassignment surgery tax-deductible. In other news, Grover Norquist changes his name to Glenda and begins hormone therapy.
SATURDAY 12
The establishment-approved Republican candidates for president (sorry, Gary Johnson) meet in Michigan to debate foreign policy. The winners: Anyone who didn’t watch.
MONDAY 14
The NYPD stages an after-midnight eviction of Occupy Wall Street from Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, trashing tents, books and civil rights in the process.
TUESDAY 15
The Tampa Epoch releases its first edition. The paper will focus on stories about the homeless, who will sell it on Tampa streetcorners (there goes that panhandling ban) before using it to line their clothing during the winter months.