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Reason Morning Links: The Netflix Nightmare Has Just Begun, Perry Hires a Bush Strategist, Drummers Are Destroying Occupy Wall Street

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  • Netflix stock reached $300 a share over the summer. Thanks to a series of widely detested business decisions, it's now down to down to around $94. 
  • Florida judge halts Gov. Rick Scott's welfare drug-testing program. 
  • U.S. law enforcement agencies have infiltrated some of Mexico's largest gangs, though "Mexico is kept in the dark about the United States' contacts with its most secret informants — including Mexican law enforcement officers, elected officials and cartel operatives — partly because of concerns about corruption among the Mexican police, and partly because of laws prohibiting American security forces from operating on Mexican soil."
  • At the behest of his wife, Rick Perry has hired Joe Allbaugh, George W. Bush's 2000 campaign manager. Will he say sorry to W. now?
  • The OWS drummers will not stop drumming. 
  • Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij survived 13 deployments to Afghanistan. He died during the 14th. 
  • Where were you, 25 years ago today? If you're from Boston, you were probably weeping/gnashing your teeth!

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