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Forget politics and enjoy the baseball!

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A healthy and happy New Year to my Jewish friends.

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Has anyone in the history of pulp and ink ever made as much news for what they’re not going to do?

watch the denials courtesy of Politico

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Same as the old boss,… quite literally, the same, I mean exactly the same.

Song of the day

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Hard to believe that somewhere in the world, banks were even more reckless in mortgage lending than their US counterparts but that’s what’s being reported about Spain’s banking industry.

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President Obama and the United States have been relegated to bystanders as UN marches toward statehood vote.

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Creator of the beloved Ziggy character, Tom Wilson passed away on Friday, He was 80.

read his NYT Obit.

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Most agree with the concept of fairness, until you give specifics, then it’s a matter of perspective.

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What we’ve known all along, is now official. Mariano Rivera is the best closer that ever played baseball.

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One time leader of the IMF and French presidential hopeful, admits error but not crime.

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As the UN vote draws near, the US is desperate to keep the match away from the powder keg.

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Note: I’m taking a long weekend be back on Monday with my morning doodle.

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As the spotlight exposes Perry and his views, on a stage with Bachmann, Gingrich and Paul, Romney looks more and more like the last man standing in the G.O.P. race.

Hard to believe a decade has gone by.

A Note: the above drawing was made as part of the Prevailing Human Spirit exhibit which originated at the Society of Illustrators Museum and toured to the United Nations, The New-York Historical Society, The Huntington Museum and The Wethersfield Historical Society.  To help mark the 10th anniversary, the talented and altruistic illustrator Wendy Popp has produced a 100 page commemorative book containing images by Guy Billout, Cathie Bleck,  Peter de Seve, Milton Glaser, Rudy Gutierrez, Frances Jetter, Viktor Koen, William Low, Barbara Nessim, Tim O’Brien and others. All proceeds from this publication will go to funds supporting families still in recovery.

For additional information about ordering a copy please click here.

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In a tape released yesterday by Mother Jones Magazine , republican governor Chris Christie claimes that democrat NJ Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver made a back room deal to get Republicans to support her speakership after she supported cuts to public-workers benefits. Oliver denies it.

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Email, faxes, online bill paying and huge deficits might do what snow, rain, heat, and gloom of night could not – keep the U.S. Postal Service from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

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The morbid price of fame.
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Japan’s sixth prime minister in five years will get a chance to turn his fiscal conservative rhetoric into policy when he attempts to deal with Japan’s ballooning debt.

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The government believes the outcome would be fewer choices, higher prices and a lower quality of service for consumers. I agree.