Tuesday’s election of Bill Owens in the 23rd Congressional District of New York was a surprise.  The seat has received much attention after Republican Sarah Palin endorsed the independent candidate, Doug Hoffman, claiming the Republican candidate, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava was too liberal.  Embarrassed by her own party, Scozzafava dropped out of the race and threw her support behind Democrat Bill Owens.  The result was an election media blitz as Vice President Joe Biden campaigned for Owens and Palin, Fred Thompson and others supported Hoffman.  Owens pulled out the victory, but what does it mean?

Huffington Post | As a result of Tuesday’s election, a sad escalation of instability, unrealistic expectations and hard edged politics is likely.  While this actually bodes well for Democrats in 2010 and 2012 as Republicans continue their headlong rush to embrace the most extreme and divisive elements, the Democrats’ gain is actually the country’s loss.  The only way we will successfully deal with our challenges of health care, education, the economy and fiscal situation, and our crumbling infrastructure is when we can have a rational conversation between the American people and their government.  The fallout from the campaign in New York’s 23^rd District likely made that conversation harder than ever.

The  Monkey Cage | I think the NY-23 story is a great illustration of two basic and related phenomena. First, party coalition members constantly negotiate and renegotiation their party’s collective position, and they often do so with nominations. Second, ideologues strongly influence the preferences of party activists, so the party ultimately has to respond to them.

The League of Ordinary Gentlemen| First, what works for conservatives in Texas or Georgia might not work for conservatives in California or New York.  One of the lovely things about conservative philosophy is its emphasis on local politics.  Dede Scozzafada may not have been red enough meat for the likes of Sean Hannity or Michelle Malkin, but she might have been just the right shade for northern New Yorkers.  Doug Hoffman, on the other hand, might have fit in better somewhere else.  Really, it was a northern New York affair.  The national Republican meddling distorted the issues on the ground.  Left alone, Scozzafada may very well have beat Owens, giving the GOP a much-needed seat in the House – even if she wasn’t of purest stock.  Remember, in Virginia, the Republican candidate campaigned on fiscal and economic issues – as a pragmatic leader, not as a red meat social conservative.  And he won.

The Next Right | The story of NY-23 is not “conservatives beat moderates” or “conservative loses to Democrat”.  The story of NY-23 is “the Right starts dismantling the Republican establishment.”  This is about how the Republican Party is defined and who defines it.

Right now, the movement wants the Republican Party to be defined by opposition to big government. Gradually, as new leaders arise, we will demand that the Republican Party be defined by its own solutions, as well, but rebuilding is an incremental process. We can hammer out the policy agenda and the boundaries of the coalition later.

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AARP On Board? | Talking Points Memo

The AARP is planning a major announcement on health care tomorrow, an official told TPMDC tonight. But the group won’t confirm today’s AP story that AARP is ready to endorse the health care reform bill presented by House Democrats this week.

Feminists Hate Sarah Palin Because She Lost Her Baby Weight | The Sexist

Theory #5: We hate her because we’re jealous that she’s pro-life:

INGRAHAM: Admit it right now. Palin is hot. She is pro-life. She shoots. She hunts. She has a big family. And all these feminists are like just seething with jealousy about it.

Do Vertical Farms Make Sense | Treehugger

From Mike’s first post in 2005 (showing SoA Architectes iconic tower) to Romses Architects Harvest Green, we have been collecting them. They are wonderful images, visions of a green future of hyperlocal food. But Philip and Hank throw cold water all over them, saying Let’s Make This Clear: Vertical Farms Don’t Make Sense.

In January 2008 Christian Lander and friend Myles Valentin launched the website Stuff White People Like, a blog that lists things that are admired by the ”stereotype of affluent, environmentally and socially conscious, anti-corporate white North American hipsters, who typically hold a degree in the liberal arts.”  (Disclaimer: I think my Religious Studies degree among other things qualifies me to be a member of this group.)  The blog has tallied over 63 million hits and includes entries like:

# 42 Sushi | Regardless if you are vegetarian, vegan, or just guilty about eating meat, all white people love Sushi.  To them, it’s everything they want: foreign culture, expensive, healthy, and hated by the ‘uneducated.’

# 111 Pea Coats | Another common characteristic of the coat is that white people will write their names on the label inside the coat.  This is not done for fear of theft, but rather as a necessary precaution against party mixups.  You see, when a white person attends a party in the winter time they will often be required to put their jacket in a room with literally dozens of other pea coats!

And, my personal favorite,

# 104 Girls With Bangs | For white people, the haircut-with-bangs is an important symbol that a female has completed her transformation from a nerdy girl to a cool woman. In fact, if you went to high school with a nerdy white girl who moved to a big city, there is a good chance she will show up to your high school reunion with this haircut.

 Over time, I’ve read through most of the 129 entries, frequently with other self-proclaimed white people.  Once a friend and I even had a White-Off where we gave ourselves one point for each of the entries that applied to us.  (It was a tie at 46 but we didn’t get all the way through the list.)  I’ve enjoyed looking at the website and laughing at the satire of white people.  In general, I find it harmless. 

But, I find it concerning that Stuff White People Like has started a trend.  Copycat blogs have popped up for different groups of people.  These include Stuff Black People Like (Soul Food, Big Butts, Their Mama), Stuff Asian People Like (Pouring Tea for Others, Cheapness, Child Labor), Stuff Jewish People Like (All You Can Eat Buffets, Florida, Remembering the Holocaust), Stuff Christians Like (Making God Emo, Abstinence, Narnia),  Stuff Lesbians Like (Straight Girls, Jeeps, Sports Bras), and Stuff White Trash People Like (Sarah Palin, Waffle House, Mullets). 

These range from amusing to offensive.  It seems that collectively these blogs have served to perpetuate stereotypes about different groups of people.  Just click on the “full list” or “archive” feature and you can find all the posts for that particular group.  All you need to know about “White Trash People” right at your fingertips!  And so, we are left with the problem that these blogs serve to diminish people in a group to complete identity with that group and its characteristics.  It seems that these blogs are only funny (if they are at all) for the people who are inside that particlar group.  I appreciate the Stuff White People Like blog because I can see both its accuracies and where it misses.  But, would I want someone unfamiliar with me to judge me based on these entries?  Absolutely not.  Why?  Because I don’t like Bob Marley, New Balance Shoes or The Wire.  And so, I will likewise refuse to associate other groups with the stereotypes in their corresponding blogs.

End Note: Kudos to Stuff White People Do which has taken the theme and turned it on its head as a forum on race issues.

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Topic: Oklahoma Drug Court Program in Cleveland County

Coordinated by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, drug courts redirect qualified participants into a structured, judicially monitored substance abuse treatment program.

Since 1979 the League of Women Voters of Oklahoma has held that:

Sentencing other than imprisonment should play a major role in the criminal justice system. A wide variety of alternative sentences closely tied to community resources and involvement should be used. Because they are most effective in economic and human terms for the protection of society, alternatives to incarceration must be an integral part of the sentencing process.

With 87% of precincts reporting, Maine has repealed the law that would have allowed for same-sex marriage in an 53%/47% split.  This referendum, called Question 1, has been watched across the country as an indicator of the gay marriage movement.  Many saw the defeat as a reminder of the surprising passage of Proposition 8 last year in California. 

Truthdig | The expression “as Maine goes, so goes the nation” has troubling implications if applied to the same-sex marriage movement, although “as goes California” might be a more accurate maxim. On Tuesday, voters in the Pine Tree State overturned a law that would have legalized gay marriage.

One always hesitates to read the tea leaves of these things, but the setback for gay rights activists calls into question how much progress has been made since California voters banned same-sex unions in 2008.

Daily Intel | At the end of the day, the way this vote panned out was rooted in an instinctual gut feeling, rather than information or misinformation on either side. That’s what motivates people to the ballot in an off-year. The anti-marriage-equality advocates will view this as a triumph. People, Maggie Gallagher will argue, can inherently feel what is right. But this is exactly what, in the future, will be her and their downfall. Logical arguments do not fluctuate. But feelings — the exact kind that so easily change when a gay couple turns up next door, or in one’s own family — certainly do. And the narrow margin by which this bill was overturned is proof that these feelings are changing, for the better, every year.

Change.org | Time is on our side, and the percentages are much closer on these issues than they were just three or four years ago. But that doesn’t make yesterday’s bitter defeat in Maine any easier to swallow.

Jesse Connolly, the leader of the No on 1 campaign, left supporters with a statement that was half a call to arms, and half a pep talk. “We’re in this for the long haul,” Connolly said. “For next week, and next month, and next year — until all Maine families are treated equally. Because in the end, this has always been about love and family and that will always be something worth fighting for.”

Queerty | Under the leadership of Jesse Connolly, they busted their asses as hard as possible. We know this to be true. PME’s teams on the ground worked endless nights for weeks on end, trying to prepare Maine to become the first state with voter-approved marriage rights. There was blood, sweat, and tears. People flew in from around the country to help the effort. From phone banks to door-to-door canvassing to flyers, PME seemingly did everything right. But if that’s the case, does it mean there was just no convincing enough Maine residents that our rights are worth protecting?

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Five Myths About Our Land of Opportunity | Brookings

Americans have always believed that their country is unique in providing the opportunity to get ahead. Just combine hard work with a bit of talent and you’ll climb the ladder—or so we’ve told ourselves for generations. But rising unemployment and financial turmoil are puncturing that self-image. The reality of this “land of opportunity” is considerably more complex than the myths would suggest:

 

Half of America’s Children Will Get Food Stamps | Truthdig

About half of all American children will receive food stamps by the age of 20. Among black children, the figure is a stunning 90 percent. A new study drew those conclusions from data spanning 1968 to 1997.

The analysis, conducted by sociologists from Washington University and Cornell University, is shocking, but it has long been known that children bear the brunt of poverty.

Gubernatorial Races a Poor Yardstick | FiveThirtyEight

The correlation between gubernatorial elections and elections to the House, Senate and Presidency has been very weak, at least recently. In fact, if you compare the share of the vote that the Democratic candidate got in the most recent gubernatorial election in each state to the share that Barack Obama got last November, it is almost literally zero:

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The Economics Society of Oklahoma presents a health care forum, including presentations by OU professors followed by questions and discussion.

Professor Donald Bogan, OU College of Law – specializing in health law and consumer insurance legal issues

Professor Jennifer Graves, OU Department of Economics – specializing in the economics of care for the elderly and labor economics

Professor Steven Mattachione, OU Health Sciences Center – specializing in managing health care facilities and systems

Hamid Karzai has been declared the elected president of Afghanistan after the sole challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, withdrew from the race.  The re-election was to take place Saturday due to the fraudulence of the first election in August.  Many are now questioning the future of the United States’ relationship with the country and how Pres. Obama will assess the current conflict.

The Daily Dish |  And if this isn’t a golden opportunity to drastically scale back our commitment, what would be? A clear reversal of course by Obama would be a sign that he can make a decision that the Beltway establishment does not have the strength to make; that he really is a change agent; that preventing Iraq from imploding again is now a more serious worry than propping up an unpopular, corrupt regime in Kabul … and losing more decisively to the Taliban in the end.

Afghan UN Official Peter Galbraith @The Washington Independent |  The run off was certain to be more fraudulent than the Aug 20 vote with more ghost poling centers and the same corrupt officials in charge. We are now stuck with the same corrupt and inefficient [incumbent President Hamid] Karzai that we had for the last seven years but now he is also rightly seen as illegitimate by a large segment of the Afghan population and by public opinion in the troop contributing countries. No amount of spin can obscure the fact that we spent upwards of $200 miilion on an election that has been a total fiasco.

PoliBlog |  Given that the other candidate in the race, Abdullah Abdullah, pulled out out, this is hardly a surprise.   However, since the first round was tainted by massive fraud and Abdullah pulled out stating that he did not believe sufficient measures had been taken to ensure a free and fair second round, the entire process has damaged the legitimacy of the Karzai government.
The situation further complicates the Obama administration’s decision-making going forward in regards to Afghanistan.  How much will the US and its NATO allies be willing to prop up the Karzai government if it is viewed as severely tainted, if not illegitimate?

Taylor Marsh |  And as much as I don’t like Karzai, it’s clear Abdullah Abdullah wasn’t the man for Afghanistan. If he isn’t willing to fight for his country at a critical point, it’s hard to argue that he’d be a better choice.
That said, the general consensus from experts I’ve talked to was that the whole runoff was a “charade” anyway, with some suggesting no work had even begun for the elections.
The outcome or lack thereof in Afghanistan is all bad news. For the women in that country it is a disaster. For U.S. policy it’s almost as bad.

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A reproductive rights week has been planned to oppose new Okla. legislation  |  The Oklahoma Daily

House Bill 1595 is a new provision on Oklahoma abortion laws requiring an official record and reporting system for all abortions occurring within the state. This information would be made public and includes demographic information on the women.
In response to a new Oklahoma legislation, some students at OU have planned a reproductive rights week beginning today that will culminate in a statewide protest on the state capitol Friday.

Lawsuit accuses psychologist of ignoring Guantanamo torture  |  Truthout

The state board responsible for licensing – and disciplining – psychologists in Louisiana is “fighting awfully hard to turn a blind eye to serious allegations of abuse” brought against one of its members, who is being accused of complicity in beatings, religious and sexual humiliation, rape threats and painful body positions during his service as a senior adviser on interrogations for the US military in Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

Depression link to processed food  |  BBC

Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, research suggests.
What is more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.

Transgender people are often targeted for hate violence based on their non-conformity with gender norms and/or their perceived sexual orientation. Hate crimes against transgender people tend to be particularly violent. For example, one expert estimates that transgender individuals living in America today have a one in 12 chance of being murdered.  In contrast, the average person has about a one in 18,000 chance of being murdered.

This projected statistic is startling but the beginning of the quote offers the insight, “targeted for hate violence based on their non-conformity with gender norms.”  Transgender individuals are competing against their own biology’s sense of self.  And, some people are so threatened by this thought that they feel it necessary to hurt them.  We gain so much of our identity through our physical appearance.  Am I a man or a woman?  What are my racial features and are they similar to the people around me?  Those who are transgender challenge that these outward appearances correlate with who we are in spirit.  Imagine looking in the mirror and knowing you are not who you see there.   If you do not identify as transgender, imagine still being yourself in every way but having been born with an opposite body.  Would you have been able to stand it?  It’s the topic of several comedic films (Freaky Friday, 13 going on 30, Big, Heaven Can Wait, etc.) but for the trans community, it’s no laughing matter.  But, these films serve as useful examples.  In all of them, the characters are completely confused and frightened by their bodies.  What if that were a day-to-day reality? 

It’s this lack of correlation, between self and body, that leads people to transgenderism, an umbrella term that encompasses anyone “whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from that usually associated with their birth sex.”  One expression of transgenderism is becoming transexual, people who “live or wish to live full time as members of the gender opposite to their birth sex. Biological females who wish to live and be recognized as men are called female-to-male (FTM) transsexuals or transsexual men. Biological males who wish to live and be recognized as women are called male-to-female (MTF) transsexuals or transsexual women. Transsexuals usually seek medical interventions, such as hormones and surgery, to make their bodies as congruent as possible with their preferred gender. The process of transitioning from one gender to the other is called sex reassignment or gender reassignment.”  These definitions are from the American Psychological Association, for more information, go here. 

For those who decide to transition to become the other sex, the process can be painful and expensive.  Friends and family who know that person as a prior gender are not always accepting.  In addition, those seeking gender reassignment surgery must have recommendations from therapists and often must spend a certain period of time living as the opposite gender before the operation can be approved.  A friend of my noted the extensive plastic surgeries some one could have, extensively altering their physical appearance without the reccommendation of psycologists.  Why do we have a double standard for gender reassignment surgery? 

Although historically, people who have identified as transgender have been discriminated against and victimized, there is evidence to show that trend is changing.  Just last week, a small step was made.  Let’s hope it’s a bellwether for acceptance and an end to violence.

 Jessee Vasold, who identifies as “gender-queer,” is voted William and Mary’s first-ever transgender homecoming queen, of which there are no rules on gender. On Saturday the college junior took the halftime field as W&M played James Madison.

Related Post: Criminal Hate, News and Analysis from October 28th.

The Commerce Department released a report Thursday that stated the nation’s gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the last three months.  Many are attributing government programs such as Cash for Clunkers for the recent economic growth; yet employers are still reluctant to hire new employees, and steady unemployment rates are leaving critics room to question how long the recovery will last.

Huffington Post |  The long awaited report is out:
“Real personal consumption expenditures increased 3.4 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 0.9 percent in the second. Durable goods increased 22.3 percent, in contrast to a decrease of 5.6 percent. The third-quarter increase largely reflected motor vehicle purchases under the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (popularly called, “Cash for Clunkers” Program). Nondurable goods increased 2.0 percent in the third quarter, in contrast to a decrease of 1.9 percent in the second. Services increased 1.2 percent, compared with an increase of 0.2 percent”

Yes the cash for clunkers program was a big goose. But notice it wasn’t just durable goods that saw increases: non-durable goods and services also increased. And not by small amounts. Also note the durable goods purchases by consumers only comprise 12% of PCEs. Services are by far the biggest component of PCEs, coming in at 65.7%. And non-durable goods comprise 21.9% of purchases. That makes the 1.2% increase in services and 2% increase in non-durables very important. The increase was broad-based.
Short version: this is a very good report.

Matthew Yglesias |  Growth is back: “Gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the three months ending in September, a significant spike from a relatively shrunken base. The economy had contracted at annual rates of 0.7 percent and 6.4 percent in the first and second quarters of this year, respectively.”
3.5 percent is solid growth. But given the prolonged period of increasing unemployment, the growth of the population during that period, the ongoing growth of the population, and increases in productivity, you’d have to sustain growth at that level for quite a few quarters before the labor market returns to good health. Another way of looking at it is that given the high unemployment rate and the recent contraction in output we should be able to sustain a period of abnormally high “catch-up” growth without sparking any inflation at all.
The key question going forward is will policymakers continue with growth policies until unemployment falls and wages are growing, or will they give in to demands from coupon-clippers and goldbugs to put the breaks on?

Politics Daily |  The economic growth came without a rise in inflation. It also arrived without major improvements in the job market, suggesting that it will still be months until the growth begins to stimulate new hiring.

The Daily Dish |  Only six months ago, we were afraid the entire global economy would be in a continued death spiral by now. It isn’t. One reason is that the Bush and Obama administrations pushed through emergency – and expensive – programs to prevent a second Great Depression. They may not be enough; and the deleveraging of the Bush debt (public and private) may take a while. But this is a real and tangible gain, given the very real likelihood of total meltdown only a few months ago. It is not cheer-leading to note that. Much much more is needed to tell if this recovery is self-sustaining. But a 3.5 percent gain is better than a 6.4 loss.

Gawker |  We’re very happy for the economy and its excellent quarter. How did American human beings do last quarter? Let’s have a look:

• Personal income decreased .5%, or $15.5 billion.
• Personal income taxes withheld increased $4.8 billion.
• Total personal spending increased .7%, or $20.4 billion
• Personal savings dropped 33% from the previous quarter.
• The number of new jobless claims last week was virtually unchanged from the previous week.

To recap: Your income decreased by $15.5 billion while your spending increased by $20.4 billion and your taxes increased by $4.8 billion, resulting in a 33% drop in “savings,” which means the amount of money you have. And you still don’t have a job. This recovery is going to be awesome.

Commentary |  What is unlikely to rebound is employment, which is always a lagging indicator. Worse, as I explained here, the rebound in employment has been taking longer and longer after each recession, as the microprocessor revolution rolls on.

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What happens to your Facebook profile when you die?  |  Talking Points Memo

In an Oct. 26 blog post, Max Kelly, Facebook’s head of security, announced the company’s policy of “memorializing” profiles of users who have died, taking them out of the public search results, sealing them from any future log-in attempts and leaving the wall open for family and friends to pay their respects.
Facebook’s attempt to clearly state its policy is prudent, as other social-networking sites have struggled with the question of users’ deaths. MySpace in particular has had a difficult time with digital rubbernecking — during the site’s heyday, a handful of well-trafficked blogs specialized in matching MySpace profiles directly to obituaries and posting the pairings online for all to see. By sealing profiles to family and friends and removing profiles from search results, Facebook assuages users’ fears that they’ll be fodder for online voyeurs in the event of their untimely demise — hopefully putting the issue to rest.

What’s So Scary About Michael Pollan?  |  AlterNet

Agribusiness is trying to combat Pollan’s message of sustainable, healthy eating. Even if agribusiness could shut Michael Pollan up, the outspoken author of Omnivore’s Dilemma and a journalism professor at University of California, Berkeley, it still has the Los Angeles Times to contend with.
Last week, the Times blasted California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo for downgrading a scheduled Pollan lecture because it received pressure from David E. Wood, a university donor who happens to be chairman of the Harris Ranch Beef Co.

What Constitutes Justice For Guantanamo Detainees?  |  NPR

President Obama’s pledge to close the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the end of his first year in office navigated one roadblock last week, when Congress agreed to allow the transfer of prisoners onto U.S. soil to face trial.
But the struggle over where to try the remaining 221 prisoners — and what to do with them if convicted — is by no means over.
While the Justice Department works to meet a Nov. 16 deadline to present a plan for prosecuting prisoners, the national debate continues over how to administer justice to non-American prisoners whose allegiances may — or may not — lie with a terrorist ideology.

 Halloween has always had a political flavor.  Costumes are a profound way to make a statement.  Last year’s most popular costume was probably Sarah Palin in varieties ranging from homage to satire.  But Halloween is also an opportunity for people to go too far.  Where do we draw the line?

Change.org | I would love to have a conflict-free Halloween this year (and one where my friends don’t ditch me), but that’s only going to happen if no one dresses up in costumes that glamorize pimping. Pimps are people who exploit women. Period. Yet Halloween glamorizes pimps like no other holiday. Maybe it’s because their stereotypical attire makes an outlandish costume. Maybe it’s because they are an easily recognizable part of American culture. There have been pimp costumes available on the Internet for a long time, but now even your dog can be a pimp. And as Kat over at Polaris Project points out, so can your pumpkin.  I know coming up with a Halloween costume is hard, so to help you out, I’ve provided 101 ideas for cosutmes that don’t glorify criminals who rape women and sell them like objects.

Huffington Post | Does expressing different parts of yourself highlight parts of your personality that never normally see the light of day? Do you feel you are releasing some pent up hidden part of you that you need to express?  Or does it show you how you normally hide behind false images and labels, such as your race, religion, or profession? We tend to identity with the content of our lives, yet beneath all the labels is our essence, that which we truly are. Can you find who is there without the masks or the façade, without all the many images of you that think you are? We so identify with the masks we may lose sight of what lies behind them. But the labels are only a part of us, not the whole of us, and we need to honor our whole being.

Stuff White People Do | So finally, if you’re white, I have a suggestion. Aside from resisting any temptation you might have to somehow dress up like a member of another race or ethnic group — and thereby perpetuating stereotypes and running the risk of hurting other people — how would the following idea work for you?  If you meet a white friend or acquaintance who’s dressed up that way, you could say this to them: “Wow, what a concept! Where’d you get the idea of dressing up like a racist dipshit?”

Racewire | Dear Target,

What’s up with this “Illegal Alien” costume?

I don’t get why a corporation that boasts about giving back to the community and celebrates Nuestra Gente would sell such a despicable costume. (I know not all undocumented immigrants are Latino, but we do make up a plurality of the population.)  Is it to make a buck? Is that enough to alienate (no pun intended) undocumented immigrants, their allies and our dollars? Couldn’t you make a buck by not selling “humorous costumes” that demean and make light of the situation faced by many undocumented immigrants and advance dehumanizing language?

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Neighbors Thought Body Was Part of Halloween Display | LA Times

The body of 75-year-old man sat decomposing on his Marina del Rey balcony for days because neighbors thought the lifeless figure was part of a Halloween display and didn’t call police.

Mostafa Mahmoud Zayed had apparently been dead since Monday with a single gunshot wound to one eye. He was slumped over a chair on the third-floor balcony of his apartment on Bora Bora Way, said cameraman Austin Raishbrook, who owns RMG News and was on the scene Thursday when authorities were alerted to the body.

Bernie Madoff Masks Flying Off Shelves | CBS News

Devils, sinners and swindlers, oh my!  You probably won’t see anything quite as scary this Halloween as the thousands of masks of public enemy number one, Bernard Madoff.

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Filmed near her coastal Maine home, A Sense of Wonder follows the life of Rachel Carson, environmentalist and author of Silent Spring most well-known for her stance against chemical pesticides.

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