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(From the album
76 Bad Loans.)
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LOOKING
for work? Try the Census Bureau. They're
hiring.
And they're everywhere.
Citizenship
not required.
Ten years ago, only 72% of the forms were returned by mail,
and they are
determined to count every last person who doesn't respond.
The Census bureau is on the Web, Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and Flickr,
but they still haven't figured out how to let people reply on-line.
Cost: $14.5 billion, or about $47/person by the latest count.
This year's deadline: April Fool's Day.
Week of March 8 GAY couples in Washington line up for licenses now that same-sex marriage is legal in D.C. After Congress failed to block it and the Supreme Court gave it a free pass, the nation's capital becomes the sixth place in the country for same-sex couples to marry.
Week of March 1
VIKTOR YANUKOVYCH
finally
takes office
as President of Ukraine after
Week of February 22
OPPOSITION
to health care reform is
running strong.
So President Obama
is preparing his own new bill that
gives the federal government
Week of February 15 KENNEDYS have been in Congress since 1947, a run that ends with the resignation of Patrick Kennedy, congressman from Rhode Island. After Caroline gave up on Hillary's Senate seat and the real Joe Kennedy didn't run in the recent Massachusetts special election, no family members are likely to join Congress soon. Even though Patrick decided to leave Congress at the age of 42, there was a lot he shared with his father, Ted.
Week of February 8
THE SNOW
now
Week of February 1 TIGER WOODS' withdrawal from golf is creating a recession for the pro tour, but the guy just wants a little privacy after his small driving accident.
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