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From the Trib Archives: Keating 1991

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts, Politics, Schmolitics

Senate ethics panel cites Cranston in Keating Five case — chicagotribune.com
Interesting to read this now… and McCain was the only Republican involved, at a time when the Democrats ruled the Senate (and the House, I believe).

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The Palin/Combover Poll: WIN

September 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Mini-Posts, Politics, Schmolitics

Still More Questions About Sarah Palin and that Combed-Over Guy with the Creepy Smile Who Hangs on to Her Skirt for Dear Life - 236.com - The Room
I won the poll, what’s my prize?? Huh?

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McCain: Political Dirty Trickster

September 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts, Politics, Schmolitics

In These Times - March 6, 2000 - Free Ride
Here is what happened: McCain boasted to my wife and me over lunch in Washington that he had planted complex questions with the Senate Interior Committee chairman to sabotage the testimony of Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford, a Democrat, about the Central Arizona Project, the multibillion-dollar Colorado [...]

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Anderson Cooper 360: Pacifist Muslim Wants Islam Back

September 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts, terrorism

Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Spending seven Septembers hijacking my religion back « - Blogs from CNN.com
A beautiful and heartfelt essay from a Muslim pacifist civil rights lawyer, who with his Islamic brothers and sisters wants to peacefully hijack his religion back from the extremists.

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Meanwhile, back at the suburb: the village worth its salt

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Hot Off The Presses, Mini-Posts

Daily Herald | Hoffman Estates starts stocking up on salt tonight
Breaking news: Chicago-area residents should expect a “very cold period” after Thanksgiving.
That’s according to the winter weather projections in the 2009 edition of the “The Old Farmer’s Almanac,” in stores in next month.
Yep, my village is debating the cost of road salt, in August, because [...]

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