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San Diego City leaders want to slow the increased interest in gold sales and purchases within city limits. All federal legislation is experimented with at the local level first, usually in California, to see how the populace reacts. FDR banned gold in the 1930s. Obama recently banned over-the-counter gold futures, but many people think he won't have the guts to actually seize the physical gold like FDR. When serious inflation hits, the state will get nasty.

Among the several changes that are currently taking place in Egypt after the January 25 revolution and the subsequent ouster of the regime is the release of several books previously banned during the rule of former President Hosni Mubarak. Thousands of books that were banned during the time of Mubarak for their criticism of the regime are currently available, said Essam, a bookstore owner.

Banned Books Week is celebrating its 30th anniversary – because, well, people are still trying to remove Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird from library shelves.

But there’s also plenty that’s new for Banned Books Week 2012 (September 30 to October 6). Here’s a rundown...

The mayor-elect is banned because he threatened to release secretly recorded tape of another mayoral candidate getting a lap dance from a topless dancer. The plan is to swear him in as mayor over the phone since he is banned from city hall. And the story gets better: the reason for the election was to replace the previous mayor who resigned after admitting to signing contracts while drunk.

Two men have been banned from an all-you-can-eat restaurant after their appetites left the manager fearing for the future of his business.

In England there is a proposal to ban certain persons from the internet.
This seems like the start controlling who can access the internet – License to surf?

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has just banned the sale of Buckyballs, those magic magnets that can be shaped any which way, because the balls are a serious health hazard for children.

'Christ' or 'Messiah' also banned.

In New Zealand, parents have to run by the government any name they want to bestow on their baby.