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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/carville.jpg?w=300&h=221" />New York City mayoral race: here we go again, with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-j-stern/ny-mayoral-race-2013_b_827973.html">breakdown services for the cast of characters</a> courtesy of HuffPo.</p>
<p>Political consultant James Carville is <a href="http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1102/in_ad_carville_hawks_miracle_whip.html">shilling for Miracle Whip</a>.</p>
<p>Libya is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/world/middleeast/26diplomacy.html?_r=1&amp;hp">no longer a member</a> of the Human Rights Council, which sort of makes sense given the whole massacre of protesters thing.</p>
<p>The National Journal finds that John McCain is a <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/mccain-s-shift-makes-him-senate-s-most-conservative-20110224">maverick once more</a>.</p>
<p>Providence,  Rhode Island has <a href="http://gawker.com/#%215769628/john-mccain-is-the-most-conservative-senator">issued dismissal notices</a> to every single one of the city's teachers.</p>
<p>Shelley Mayer, top counsel for the State Senate Democrats, is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/02/so-long-shelley-mayer">leaving her post</a>.</p>
<p>New York City plans to use over <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gw-schulz/big-apple-bonanza-24m-in-_b_827874.html">$24 million in federal homeland security dollars</a> to pay the NYPD for overtime.</p>
<p>Donald Trump has $2 billion that he could blow on a presidential campaign if he chose to pay out of pocket, which consultant Roger Stone <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/25/donald-trump-advisor-roger-stone-trashes-rivals_n_828295.html?ir=New%20York">seems to think he would</a>.</p>
<p>Here's hoping The Donald gives Stone a job if he does decide to run-after this <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50175.html">interview</a>, it's pretty certain that none of the other GOP contenders will.</p>
<p>A new DOJ initiative will <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/excuse-me-but-can-there-be-more-civility-in-the-court/?ref=nyregion">help train court personnel</a> to "clarify the wording in signs and other written communications" in an effort to enhance civility in the courts.</p>
<p>Irony: a New York "life coach" <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/02/jeffrey_locker_murder.php">requested somebody kill him</a>. Someone obliged, and is now standing trial in front of Manhattan's Supreme Court.</p>
<p>An <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/farewell_to_arms_cops_Y8gNwg8szaYzmWrlzc7LHK">NYPD bust in the Bronx</a> found a dozen guns and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition. Police believe the owners of these weapons, currently in custody, belong to an Albanian street gang.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Epstein- the New York billionaire who just returned to the city after finishing up a jail stint in Florida- wants you to know that <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/perv_don_shmear_me_GzYV0fJYoWleFsSTrQyaJK">he is not a predator</a>, he is a sex offender. "It's the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel," he said.</p>
<p>Bloomberg says he's pro-public sector unions, but the support <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/41785845">only goes so far</a></p>
<p>More <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/new_gop_proposal_ripped_as_trojan_80T7xJGwI8pe0FxMzo2RcN">Trojan horse</a> metaphors.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/No-more-indictments-pending-in-voter-fraud-case-1030904.php">No more Democrats will be indicted</a> as part of the Working Families Party voter fraud case.</p>
<p>Obama <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/02/25/white-house-taps-first-openly-gay-man-as-new-social-secretary/">has appointed the first</a> male- and first openly gay- White House social secretary.</p>
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]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft" src="http://nyoobserver.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/carville.jpg?w=300&h=221" />New York City mayoral race: here we go again, with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-j-stern/ny-mayoral-race-2013_b_827973.html">breakdown services for the cast of characters</a> courtesy of HuffPo.</p>
<p>Political consultant James Carville is <a href="http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1102/in_ad_carville_hawks_miracle_whip.html">shilling for Miracle Whip</a>.</p>
<p>Libya is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/world/middleeast/26diplomacy.html?_r=1&amp;hp">no longer a member</a> of the Human Rights Council, which sort of makes sense given the whole massacre of protesters thing.</p>
<p>The National Journal finds that John McCain is a <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/mccain-s-shift-makes-him-senate-s-most-conservative-20110224">maverick once more</a>.</p>
<p>Providence,  Rhode Island has <a href="http://gawker.com/#%215769628/john-mccain-is-the-most-conservative-senator">issued dismissal notices</a> to every single one of the city's teachers.</p>
<p>Shelley Mayer, top counsel for the State Senate Democrats, is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/02/so-long-shelley-mayer">leaving her post</a>.</p>
<p>New York City plans to use over <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gw-schulz/big-apple-bonanza-24m-in-_b_827874.html">$24 million in federal homeland security dollars</a> to pay the NYPD for overtime.</p>
<p>Donald Trump has $2 billion that he could blow on a presidential campaign if he chose to pay out of pocket, which consultant Roger Stone <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/25/donald-trump-advisor-roger-stone-trashes-rivals_n_828295.html?ir=New%20York">seems to think he would</a>.</p>
<p>Here's hoping The Donald gives Stone a job if he does decide to run-after this <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/50175.html">interview</a>, it's pretty certain that none of the other GOP contenders will.</p>
<p>A new DOJ initiative will <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/excuse-me-but-can-there-be-more-civility-in-the-court/?ref=nyregion">help train court personnel</a> to "clarify the wording in signs and other written communications" in an effort to enhance civility in the courts.</p>
<p>Irony: a New York "life coach" <a href="http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/02/jeffrey_locker_murder.php">requested somebody kill him</a>. Someone obliged, and is now standing trial in front of Manhattan's Supreme Court.</p>
<p>An <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bronx/farewell_to_arms_cops_Y8gNwg8szaYzmWrlzc7LHK">NYPD bust in the Bronx</a> found a dozen guns and more than 2,000 rounds of ammunition. Police believe the owners of these weapons, currently in custody, belong to an Albanian street gang.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Epstein- the New York billionaire who just returned to the city after finishing up a jail stint in Florida- wants you to know that <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/perv_don_shmear_me_GzYV0fJYoWleFsSTrQyaJK">he is not a predator</a>, he is a sex offender. "It's the difference between a murderer and a person who steals a bagel," he said.</p>
<p>Bloomberg says he's pro-public sector unions, but the support <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/41785845">only goes so far</a></p>
<p>More <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/new_gop_proposal_ripped_as_trojan_80T7xJGwI8pe0FxMzo2RcN">Trojan horse</a> metaphors.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/No-more-indictments-pending-in-voter-fraud-case-1030904.php">No more Democrats will be indicted</a> as part of the Working Families Party voter fraud case.</p>
<p>Obama <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/02/25/white-house-taps-first-openly-gay-man-as-new-social-secretary/">has appointed the first</a> male- and first openly gay- White House social secretary.</p>
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