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UPDATE: Wiser heads (than Doomberg) have prevailed and the marathon race has been cancelled. His Honor The Mayor’s True Colors: Bloomberg Diverts Needed Food and Generators Away From Desperate Staten Island to NYC Marathon. (Thanks to reader J.B.G. for the link.) They are running a marathon through this? ‘It’s like the Wild West’: Lawlessness and fear take over the outer boroughs as millions in misery endure a sixth day without power

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Reader “Nexus” mentioned another piece of evidence of a insidious, lamentable and systemic decline in our Constitutional rights, reported by Declan McCullagh: Court OKs warrantless use of hidden surveillance cameras

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President of Troy, Missouri, bank pulls gun, nabs robber.

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New comet might blaze brighter than the full Moon

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Ed Yardeni: Hurricane Sandy Exposed An Obvious Flaw In US Infrastructure