A man standing in front of the house was dressed all in black, with an ammunition belt around his waist and a large rifle in his hands, she said. “He looked like a SWAT officer,” she said. Firefighters later found the bodies of two men inside the house. Police sources said the men were Samir …

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Can someone explain why the fucken fucke any YouTube video would be available to watch on a computer but blocked on mobile devices? In what universe does this make any sense, even in light of the greedy asshole purposes of the corporations that control this shitte?

It was nearly six o’clock, but only grey imperfect misty dawn, when we drew nigh the wharf. “There are some sailors running ahead there, if I see right,” said I to Queequeg, “it can’t be shadows; she’s off by sunrise, I guess; come on!” “Avast!” cried a voice, whose owner at the same time coming …

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The current versions of the Farm Bill in the Senate (as usual, not as horrible as the House) and the House (as usual, terrifying) could hardly be more frustrating. The House is proposing $20 billion in cuts to SNAP — equivalent, says Beckmann, to “almost half of all the charitable food assistance that food banks …

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Tax subsidized food corporations must be free to kill US citizens with impunity because PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY!!11!1!11! FREEDUMMMM!111!!11!

Giant banks, corporations, and greedy rich pigges sitting on giant piles of cash benefit from economic stagnation, so their right-wing filth stooges in the Congress are doing everything they can to ensure that the economy continues to stagnate or even contract.

Store owners said that sales were down 50 percent to 80 percent. Work hours have been cut. Sales tax collections have plummeted even as city expenses for things like police overtime — patrolling the detour routes and keeping curious “looky-loos,” as Mr. Harrison called them, away from the bridge site — have soared. That a …

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