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Cash-strapped New York State Finds Novel Ways of Raising Cash

Customers in a popular Manhattan deli were surprised to find that if they wanted their bagel sliced it now cost 9 cents extra.  Also, if bagels are eaten in the store, even if not touched by a knife or sliced, they cost extra. Running a 14 billion dollar deficit and with a lame-duck governor feuding […]

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Secret Service Implements New Rules

In advance of President Obama’s planned fund-raising trip to Manhattan the Secret Service has published a new set of operational guidelines. “Our duty is to protect the President” said Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan.   “And we are going to use the power vested in us by the Constitution to make sure we can do our […]

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Vacationing in Martha's Vineyard, Obama Doesn't Take Shirt off for Press

Vacationing in Massachusetts, President Obama disappointed the hopes of many in the press corp by refusing to doff his shirt for the cameras.  Intoned Chris Matthews: Just a year into his administration President Obama has yet to bring hope and change to the people of America who voted for him.  Polls say that the people […]

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Democratic Sex: High Risk, High Reward

With the indictment of South Carolina Democratic Candidate for Senate Alvin Greene on charges of showing pornography to underage girls attention has focused on the history of Democratic sex.  More specifically, the penchant of Democratic politicians for “high risk, high reward, high thrills” pleasure seeking. “The Democrats believe in a hands-on activist approach to many […]

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World's Most Beautiful Woman Vacations in Spain

Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States and by common consent of most cultured people, the most beautiful woman in the world, has wrapped up a successful vacation in Spain with 40 of her closest friends. “I love Spain” said Mrs. Obama.  “The people were very nice to me.  I was surprised because the […]

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Hijacked Planes Fly into Gracie Mansion; Mayor Bloomberg Tells First Responders to "Shut Up"

Two airplanes, hijacked by Muslim extremists were flown into Gracie Mansion, home of the Mayor of New York. At 8:46 AM the first hijacked plane crashed into the north wing of Gracie Mansion.  As flames rose into the sky and firetrucks responded to the scene, Mayor Bloomberg held a press conference on the burning front […]

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Heir to American Throne Marries In Rhinebeck; Aristocracy, Commoners Celebrate

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and heir to the throne of the American elite, married her long-time boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky at the Hudson River estate of Astor Courts. As Lord and Lady Clinton walked through the quaint village of Rhinebeck before their daughter’s wedding, royalty from Hollywood and Washington D.C., arrived and […]

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Hugo Chavez Joins Twitter

Twitter has a new fan.  Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela has opened his own Twitter account to, in his own words, “further the progress of the socialist revolution.” President Chavez’s first “tweet” was a message to his fellow citizens of Venezuela: Your comandante speaks to you brothers! We will fight for the socialist revolution.  Do […]

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Racist Americans Fuel Mexican Drug Violence

Rodolfo Torre, a leading Mexican gubernatorial candidate on a state bordering the U.S. was assassinated by drug cartels angry over Arizona’s racist immigration policies.  Torre, who was seen as the overwhelming favorite to be elected governor in Tamaulipas was shot to death along with his chief of staff and a bodyguard.  This marks Mexico’s highest […]

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In Throwback to Cold War, Russian Spies Arrested in United States

In the week since the arrest of ten Russian intelligence agents living undercover in the U.S., more information has come to light on their secret activities and the information they gathered. The ten arrested were given orders to penetrate “American policy making circles.”  But over time the scope of their mission changed.  Soon Moscow was […]

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