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HALF ELIOT! HALF!!!

Monday, March 10, 2008

“Do you have any proof your husband was unfaithful, Mrs. Spitzer”
“No, but the FBI does”
“Will you take a check?”

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Client 9 from the Upper East Side

Monday, March 10, 2008

Remember Rudy’s “perp walks”? It appears that the 21 century equivalent is the press conference with your chagrined wife standing behind you as you admit to extracurricular activities with a cabinet member/prostitute/guy in the neighboring stall.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

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The ultimate in Romney/Obama/Hillary-care!

Friday, March 7, 2008

In France of all places
 The mayor of a French village has issued a decree banning residents from dying in his territory unless they own a spot in the overcrowded cemetery.

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Bad week for an unintentionally funny movie.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Roadhouse is fading fast 
First Jeff Healey dies.
Now we hear that Patrick Swayze is battling pancreatic cancer.
Who is next? The beautiful country doctor, Elizabeth Gray, played by Kelly Lynch? Crime boss Ben Gazzara? The prolific character actor Red West?
One thing is for sure. It won’t be Sam Elliott. The over-40 women of  Americawould never allow that. Not [...]

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Somebody is payin’…

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

and it better not be me.
Casey Ross reports that Deville has put out a comic book!
Gov. Deval Patrick is intensifying his push to win approval for casinos by sending lawmakers an 11-page color magazine pitching the economic benefits of his plan to license three gambling resorts across Massachusetts.
The magazine, subtitled “creating jobs, growing the economy,” [...]

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Gladys on the myth of inevitable tribal casinos.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Yes, she thinks the Guv is being a tad untruthful, too.
A handy PDF version

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The Cadillac of Governors has no clothes.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

This week DeVille is getting hammered by his own supporters on the casino issue…and it is only Tuesday.
The Globe questions the job predictions. (More on that later.)
Left in Lowell calls him out for lying.
Sal DiMasi questions the credibility of DeVille’s plan.
Even Derrick Jackson has a moment of lucidity

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You have to factor in patronage jobs.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Number of casino jobs is disputed
Patrick’s 30,000 figure questioned

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Crispy on the Outside

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Baylen Linnekin used to edit one of my daily reads, To the People. Word comes now that he has moved on to a new blog, Crispy on the Outside. A law student, he describes his new venture as such-
Crispy on the Outside is an unsavory helping of opinionated slop, dishing each weekday on everything from [...]

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Let’s help Barry O!

Saturday, March 1, 2008

We are forbidden from mentioning the H-name, so I suppose we need to come up with a new middle name for this guy.
Milhous, Quincy, Delano, David, Fitzgerald, Mohammed, Herbert, Walker, Herbert Walker, Baines, Bird, Wayne, Trevor, Rodham, Osama, Earl, Jefferson, Adolf, Gaydolf, S., W., Skywalker, Horatio, Omarosa, Jesus, Nicole, Moon Unit, Singh, Von, Van, Mc, [...]

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