julescrittenden.com - 11/19/2008
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For AG! Who won that primary anyway? Help me out, I'm losing count of the Clintonistas who will soon be running the country. Need a chart. Obama to name Clinton pardon rubberstamper as AG. Newsweek:
President-elect Obama has decided to tap Eric Holder as his attorney general, putting the ...
julescrittenden.com - 11/21/2008
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When your name is Jules, things happen. You
get mail addressed to "Ms. Jules Crittenden." Or, when...
you're moonlighting in an alarm call center in a bad part of a small New England milltown because your newspaper in that town doesn't pay enough, and a ...
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Man Up
julescrittenden.com - 11/15/2008
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Boston City Hall ... the Ugliest Building in
the World. Boston Herald: Bostonians didn’t need VirtualTourist.com and...
City Hall’s top billing on the World’s Top 10 Ugliest Buildings and Monuments list to figure that out. Residents have known it ...
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We’re No 1!
julescrittenden.com - 11/18/2008
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The tough go shopping. Boston Herald's Lauren Beckham
Falcone tries to understand why the malls are full...
if the economy is running on empty. Maybe it's just the "returnistas" ... shop, panic, return ... but she notes consumer confidence is up, which ...
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When The Going Gets Tough …
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... Obama I knew. They are such drama queens. And spoiled brats as well. Obama gets practical, they go ballistic. Firedoglake: “I think I am having an aneurysm. Why in the name of all that is sensible would Barack Obama want a Clinton re-tread as AG? Not just any Clinton re-tread, nope, the brain trust behind the Marc Rich pardon. Do you know how many brilliant, talented lawyers with great judgment he has advising his campaign?”Jules Crittenden gets to the crux of the pick (and many of the picks so ...
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