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 NO. 582 “Expect the Ironic” NOVEMBER 7 - 13, 2011 

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Nov 14
BERNANKE ADVISES AMERICANS, “CONTINUE TO LIVE YOUR LIVES”
As if nothing happened.
 
WORLD NEWS
Chinese Government says Freed
Dissident Ai Weiwei Owes
$2 Million in Back Taxes

And $800,000 in parking tickets.
 
FACTOID
Stamp Collectors in U.S. Now
Number 70 Million

Note: total includes 46 million who collect food stamps.
 
ALSO IN THE NEWS . . .
Parthenon to Be Cut Into One Billion Pieces
Sold online for one euro each.
U. S. NEWS
Report: Congress' Collective Net Worth Rose 25% Since 2008
Most of it cash.
Harvard Accepted 9% of Applicants, McDonald’s Accepted 6%
Many of them Harvard graduates.
 
REMINDER
  Good old American ingenuity will get us out of paying back China.
 
Mississippi to Decide If
Fetilized Egg Is a Person

Like General Electric.
Facebook, Oregon Face Off on Taxes
Site unfriends whole state.
 
CORRECTION
 
Last week, in an article about GOP presidential hopefuls, we said Herman Cain was accused of sexually harrassing two women "in their 90's." It should have said "in the 90's." Our apologies for any confusion.
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