The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    Immokalee: A Grass Roots Journey to a Penny a Pound and a Victory of the Meek

    By Ramona on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 7:50pm | Politics

    “The Coalition of Immokalee Workers has just proven that when you get up every day to fight for what is right, when you don’t give up even when all the odds are against you, when you don’t compromise on basic principles of fairness, and when you build a strong grassroots movement, economic justice will prevail over greed, and the least fortunate can successfully stand up to the powerful."   Sen. Bernie Sanders, 11/17/10

     

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    Apocalypse strikes – Conservatives declare victory

    By William K. Wolfrum on Mon, 11/22/2010 - 5:40pm | Politics, Humor & Satire

    Nov. 23, 2015 — Stating that he’d “Grown bored with the bullshit,” God Almighty announced he was unleashing the Apocalypse some 900 years early.

    “Time goes crazy fast for me and all, but this is unbearable,” said Almighty, 43, adding cryptically, “I have other civilizations to deal with.”

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    God Relents: Condoms Cool for Sick Gay Prostitutes

    By Michael Wolraich on Sat, 11/20/2010 - 4:16pm | Humor & Satire, Religion

    God announced through his spokesman Pope Benedict XVI that male prostitutes with HIV would be permitted to use condoms in order to prevent the spread of the disease. The ruling applied retroactively, so past condom use under appropriate conditions would be pardoned. In principle, the pardon could elevate unrepentant condom users from Purgatory or even Hell, but divine experts expect the ruling to have little practical significance for condemned souls.

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    It's Our Fault There are no Jobs. Or at least it's not Their Fault.

    By Ramona on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 10:38pm | Politics

     Former congressman Ernest Istook, The Heritage Foundation's latest hit man, played Hardball with Michael Smerconish tonight,  taking his turn at spinning the usual GOP yarns on the state of the economy and weaving from them some damned fine solutions for stimulation and job creation.

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    Open Thread: What's the Matter with Washington?

    By Michael Wolraich on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 2:54pm | Politics

    Savor this lame duck moment, for the tempest is coming. The 112th U.S. Congress will convene on January 3. Many of the new Republican representatives share an extreme agenda and a passionate disdain for their Democratic colleagues. The feeling is probably mutual. Get ready for a 3-D remake of the classic 1994 gridlock flick, "Republican Revolution."

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    Stimulus or Austerity?

    By Donal on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 10:10am | World Affairs



    BBC reports that The Ben Bernanke gave a speech to the European Central Bank defending Quantitative Easing:

    Ben Bernanke hits back at Fed critics

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