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The third term governor of Texas has allowed some reform to the criminal justice system of his state, but the death penalty is like religion or football to a Texan, and no Texas pol wants to go near that state’s third rail, not even making an exemption for the mentally ill.

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I strive here on my blog not to be too judgmental and keep it about the drawing. But being as my dad lived with and eventually died from renal failure, today I can’t contain my disgust for Levy Itzhak Rosenbaum, the first man in the United States ever to be convicted of brokering illegal kidney transplants for profit.

The price to hire God – $160,000.

F – Him!

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MF Global’s exposure to Europe have caused it’s shares to plummet by 54% this week.

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Europe is coming close to negotiating a deal  to save the Euro.

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Despite earning warnings, investors pushed Amazon to a new high this month. It turns out the warnings were justified. Amazon’s earnings dipped in the third quarter, the stock fell by $25.00 in one day shaving $16 billion from it’s market cap.  Ouch.

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A weird story in today’s paper. Banks are saying they have too much cash and it cost them more to handle said funds than the deposits can earn for them. Now they will start charging you to hold your money.

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A bizarre and tragic story unfolded yesterday in Ohio. A man released over forty wild animals into an unsuspecting community before apparently committing suicide.  Schools were canceled, everyone was warned to stay inside their homes while police hunted and killed the released animals.

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I like a joke as much as the next guy, but is our nation in the mood to laugh?

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It appears that the baton has been passed at the Metropolitan Orchestra.

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A bigger story than who won the election to become the next chancellor of Cambridge University, was who was in the running.

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Yippy ti yi yo, get along little doggies.

You know that the Kremlin will be your new home.

Enlightening story about the state of our economy.

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A young man tragically ended his own life when his privacy was so cruelly invaded. Ironically, in an attempt to seek justice, the court seeks to invade the privacy of of his companion by ordering him to reveal his name to defense attorneys.

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As general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, with a – you have to spend money to make money philosophy, Peter Gelb managed to reverse the economic trend and balance the Opera House budget in a tough economy.

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When Mr Langella is good, he’s very good, but when he’s bad, he’s even better. And the times thinks he in triumphantly bad as Gregor Antonescu in the revival of Terence Rattigan’s “Man and Boy” playing through Nov 27th at the American Airlines Theater.

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Swedish Poet wins Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Labeled  the Merchant of Death, Soghanalian lived a long and prosperous life.

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The genius co-founder of Apple Computer passed away yesterday from complications of pancreatic cancer. Together with his high school buddy and just a few thousand dollars in his parent garage, he built the largest company in the US (briefly overtaking Exxon) and changed the way we live. He was 56.

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Another Jersey guy, Albert Einstein, theorized that a clock in a gravitational field runs more slowly according to the gravitational time dilation. Christie’s 15 minutes did seem to last an eternity.

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An Italian jury found police to have botched the collection and testing of forensic evidence that helped to convict Amanda Knox of the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher.

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While the Solyndra bankruptcy serves to highlight a weak link in governments ability to invest in private industry, partisans will look to throw the baby out with the solar heated bath water and score political points against Obama’s green agenda.