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Bachelorette #1 is lovely Jessica McNeil of Medford who was recently arrested in the robbery of the Bank of Smithtown branch in Centereach on Sept. 23 and the attempted robbery of the Roslyn Savings Bank branch in Centereach on Sept. 25. She was charged with one count of [...]

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The ad wizards who thought it was a great idea to put small print on a highway billboard came up with another gem.

Here are my suggestions for the future billboards:

My car kicked your car’s rear end;
My car’s big black tailpipe is longer than your car’s tailpipe;
My car took away your car’s gas money;
My car swallowed [...]

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The decision scales my tip to favor Bill Richardson for the position of the Secretary of State. While Hillary Clinton is a political heavy-weight, Bill Richardson will bring a lot more gravitas to the job. Richardson’s hefty diplomatic experience adds mass to his candidacy but Clinton’s political prowess and name recognition puts her in the [...]

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When people like me talk about our dislike of the concept of the income redistribution many arguments are given on why it’s good for everyone: social justice, fairness, breaking the class barrier, etc. In addition, one of the  intellectuals, world travelers and other lawyers who often comment on Emaw’s blog recently noted “Guess what people, [...]

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Continuing  with the idiocy in advertisement theme this blog is bringing you another trend:
♥Uncertain Directives♥

I didn’t dare to click on this banner found on some major newspaper website, I am not gambling with the Code of Business Conduct, but could someone point out to me who should “place the pink patch on HER hip” and [...]

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Today’s feature may be called “Back to the future” or “Forward to the past” because it goes back to the time when this metro area had a commuter rail which some of us so desperately want now.

The description of this image reads:
Black and white film negative of two trolley cars on the Strang Line between [...]

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One day Lewis and Clark expedition made a short rest stop near the future location of Lexington, MO.

“You know, Meriwether“, said William Clark squatting in the tall grass and enjoying the view,”I hope some schmuck in the future won’t install a historic marker at every place we took a crap”. “I don’t know, William, we [...]

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Soviet people were genetically predisposed to reading between the lines. When on November 10, 1982 all three available TV channels started showing non-stop symphonies and ballets, we knew that something wasn’t right. Rumors and predictions started circulating among the population and finally, when the government couldn’t keep it a secret any longer, a news [...]

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Gorbachev says Obama will bring ‘perestroika’ to US: report
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev welcomed Barack Obama’s victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday, saying he would bring “perestroika” to the United States, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.
“I am very happy. Two or three years ago I said America needed perestroika, and this was greeted with [...]

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