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October 24, 2008: Headlines

Shopping at Neiman-Maverick

Posted Fri, Oct 24, 5:18 p.m.

John McCain's stimulus package would include a Sarah Palin shopping spree which would pump $375 billion into the economy. Or at least it ought to. Let's try it on.

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ACORN's bad seeds

Posted Sat, Oct 25, midnight

The Republicans didn't need to manufacture a voting scandal to hang on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. Besides sloppy voter registration — not actual vote fraud — the organization has plenty of real problems worth scrutiny.

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The politics of the parks levy

Posted Fri, Oct 24, midnight

Why didn't the Seattle mayor and the City Council get together on Proposition 2? Welcome to the politics of special levies and the artful shaping of each year's big ask.

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Anger over the right to die

Posted Fri, Oct 24, midnight

If God wants to join the political debate over assisted suicide, he should expect a bloody nose.

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