The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

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THE EXPERT AS THE DANGEROUS WHORE

  I discovered the most informative time line regarding the history of tobacco litigation in this country. http://www.tobacco.org/resources/history/Tobacco_History20-2.htmlIn 1951 studies began to come to the fore demonstrating that smoking may be hazardous to your health. After a couple years...
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RATIONAL RATIONING

A not so new argument is being made on MSM concerning the new Health care legislation as the Senate decides today whether or not THEY CAN EVEN DEBATE THE GODDAMN THING. (blesses himself and as he curses all repubs...
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NORTHCO-16: Shine Little Glow Worm, Glimmer, Glimmer

Frank awoke as part of his sofa. He looked around and after a couple minutes figured out why he, not so deep down, wished he could just remain part of a sofa. This vacation thing has got to end...
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ECCE HOMO

http://archaeology.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=archaeology&cdn=... earliest known European cave paintings date to 32,000 years ago. The purpose of the cave paintings is not known, and may never be. The evidence suggests that they were not merely decorations of living areas, since the caves...
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LIES & BROKEN PROMISES

Metadata File:Musee de la bible et Terre Sainte 001.JPG What exactly is a lie? Here are some definitions from different sources: A false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.Something intended or serving to convey...
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NORTHCO-15: There's a Train Acomin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T43m6dcMk6U   Frank hit the scotch a little too hard that afternoon, the afternoon after he had met the bureau chief. Let's see, how many contractual provisions I did break so far.I spoke with an investigator for the State....
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GLENN BECK & THE WORLD GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY

Once upon a time, Bill O'Reilly did not get along real well with Al Franken. Now Al, my hero had written a couple books. One of them was entitled: Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot. I loved that...
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A New Take on the Eighth Amendment and the Geneva Conventions.

Old Sparky, the electric chair used at Sing Sing prison Lethal injection as a modus operandi is back in the news. http://www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics/dpclinic/LethalInjection/LI/Ohio/gov... http://www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics/dpclinic/LethalInjection/index.html Which always takes me to a closely linked issue: Animal euthanasia (from the Greek meaning "good...
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The Age of Carrie Palin

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NORTHCO-14: Motivational Speaking

Langdon left Frank after a couple hours. It is harder to investigate when you do not have intimidation at your disposal.Fuck subpoenas. Where the hell is my probable cause anyway? He came to some conclusions on his way back...

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