American Madness

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Pre-Roe (2)

My prayers answered, today’s NYTimes headline explains:
Supreme Court Steers Clear of First Abortion Case in 5 YearsApparently, major challenges are not that common.

New York Too Dependant on Wall Street?

That’s the opinion of Nicole Gelinas, who presents compelling evidence that Wall Street supplies the numismatic oxygen that allows New York City to breathe.
Gotham Needs Wall Street; Does Wall Street Need Gotham?
My job as a financial journalist links me rather closely to the fate of Wall Street, as in good times the Street’s increased budget [...]

Pre-Roe

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Panda Pandering

China has offered to give Taiwan two panda bears.
But Taipei has refused, saying it fears the mainland imports would scare the Taiwanese panda bear at the zoo by spitting into their food, blowing snot on the ground and ravaging them when they bend over to pick up the soap in the shower.

“Stooples: Office Tools for Hopeless Fools” Tops “A Million Little Pieces”

Moosejaw, Minnesota (Jan. 10, 2006)–Stooples Inc. Thursday reacted angrily to accusations from website, TheSmokingGun.com that James Frey’s best-selling nonfiction memoir, “A Million Little Pieces” was “filled with fabrications, falsehoods, other fakery.”
“He may sit atop the New York Times best-seller list. Oprah loves him. But we’ve been purveyors of poppycock since long before James Frey beat [...]

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