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Out of mind.

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Okay, so let me get this straight. We go to court and plead our case. The judge motions to the guy in the hood, and they take us away in chains. Got it. Any other options? Oh, hi. Yeah, we're working with our legal advisor - a mouthpiece named Anti-Lincoln, esq. And as you can see, he's helping us out with our recent eviction notice. Not the first time, you understand, that we've been asked to vacate the premises. More than once the folks down at city hall have reminded us that this building is SUPPOSED to be vacant. Seems a waste to us, but what do we know? The abandoned Cheney Hammer Mill is abandoned for a reason, even if we don't know what that reason is. Freaks! They didn't even sweeten the deal with a grace period; just "Out, already!" I know what you're probably saying right now. You're saying, "That Big Green ," says you, "they are totally out of their tiny minds." And that's where you make the big mistake: referring

Short takes, redux.

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I'm going to take a few brief swats at some knotty issues that won't yield much to such brief consideration, but nevertheless .... here goes. Norway rampage. It's hard to comment on last week's massacre in Norway except to say that this was a nauseating crime by an evident Nazi-like lunatic with delusions of racist glory. Lock him up, folks. Phony debt crisis. Here we are, caught between a Republican caucus dominated by fanatical newbies who know nothing about actually legislating and a Democratic leadership so willing to give away the store that the other side should freaking love them. I just want to mention again - it's been said plenty of times, but it bears repeating - that raising the debt ceiling is a measure that would accommodate spending decisions already agreed to by Congress and the President - I repeat, it does not entail new spending. So we've reached a pass where budget items need to (a) win approval from both houses of Congress and be signed in