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11.19.04

Culturally Speaking #45

By Sarah Stodola

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I can't be bothered to come up with a clever comment for this one, because it's so funny and strange on its own I wouldn't be able to top it...I'll just leave you with the hint that it involves a beaver's dam and a wad of stolen cash...

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Why the Second Bush term is going to be even worse than the first...

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John Kerry apparently has $45 million left in campaign funds. I don't understand this. With such a close election, wouldn't it have made sense to spend that money on advertising? Or something? Couldn't $45 million maybe have made the difference? You know, because elections in this country are actually bidding wars.

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Each of the books on this list risked censorship in the United States this past year.

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I hardly think that today's pop music debases the, um, moral integrity that was Roman Gladiator fights.  Let's worry about the physical damage this concert might cause, instead.

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I'd forgotten that student rush tickets to the New York Philharmonic are only $10. This has to be one of the best deals in all of New York City.

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Literary journal Small Spiral Notebook is hosting a fundraiser tonight (Friday) to reaise money for their second print issue.

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I have to cut this short today because my computer keeps crashing and I don't know why...

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Sarah Stodola is the Executive Editor of Me Three.  She can be contacted here.

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