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Heroes and Goats
fivethirtyeight.com - 2/20/2009
Heroes and Goats
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Having been born in St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, I have to agree with David Sirota that Lansing mayor Virg Bernero got the better part of CNBC's Rick Santelli (not to mention Fox News's Gregg Jarrett) in this compare-and-contrast of alpha male rage: Lansing happens to be ...
The New Action Heroes
time.com - 2/19/2009
The New Action Heroes
— time.com — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger photographed together for Time.... (more) The New Action Heroes
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The Glittering Eye:  Case In Point

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Case In Point
The Glittering Eye — ... commenting on Mr. Brooks’s column at memeorandum. Even the quickest glance at Brooks’s column and at these posts suggests that the bloggers simply don’t comprehend what he’s saying. They are functionally illiterate. Just as telling several link to two videos, one from CNBC commentator Rick Santelli from the floor of the Mercantile Exchange and another from Virg Bernero, mayor of Lansing. These they get. Just a few corrections to all except Nate Silver who apparently gets out more than the yahoos. Most Chicago ...

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