From left to right are Allen Hoskins (Farina), Joe Frank Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Johnnie Downs and Mary Korman. Members of the ensemble of child actors to star in Hal Roach’s Our Gang series of comedy shorts hold their contracts. Assembled more for their physical characteristics than their acting experience, the changing groups of …
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Alex is very passionate about his work and I respect and agree with his thoughts on linking for credit: Hyperlinks are the dendrites of the Internet. Hyperlinks are like a retweet on Twitter: they’re both social currency. Linking up the source for news story or fact with a link is like footnoting a research paper, except that it …
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Found this piece on Facebook’s Top Political Articles of 2011. It’s from Ezra Klein in July, 2011, but still timely. Both President Obama and President Bush have added to the deficit, but Bush is still the clear big spender. Maybe we should give Obama some more time. You know politicians do like to …
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Found this piece on Facebook’s Top Political Articles of 2011. It’s from Ezra Klein in July, 2011, but still timely. Both President Obama and President Bush have added to the deficit, but Bush is still the clear big spender. Maybe we should give Obama some more time. You know politicians do like to …
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For some reason I thought that not having a chance to get ahead was a big part of Occupy Wall Street. That the top 1% is running away with money from the bottom 99%. Unfortunately, the unemployment data below confuses that story. It shows a serious education issue and major problems in the African-American community, …
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Michelle with the kids Barack on the Ellen Show
From Bloomberg Surveillance (podcast): OPEC Matters Less for U.S. Jan Stuart, head of energy research at Credit Suisse Securities in London, says the U.S. is decreasing its dependence on foreign oil at a rate that is “extraordinarily fast.” Running Time: 12:30 But, global demand (China, India) for OPEC is increasing and with Saudi Arabia remaining the …
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From Bloomberg Surveillance (podcast): OPEC Matters Less for U.S. Jan Stuart, head of energy research at Credit Suisse Securities in London, says the U.S. is decreasing its dependence on foreign oil at a rate that is “extraordinarily fast.” Running Time: 12:30 But, global demand (China, India) for OPEC is increasing and with Saudi Arabia remaining the …
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They also have several songs you can purchase on iTunes, like the Feliz Navidad song.