So, so true

Headline of the hour

This is simply beyond outrageous:

Black Friday Worker Rescued From Canal After Losing Control Of Car Due To Exhaustion

A 36-year-old Target employee drove her car into a 20-foot deep canal after working the night shift on Black Friday.

Florida police said the woman lost control of her vehicle due to exhaustion, reports Miami New Times.

The woman is unable to swim, but managed to call police from her cell phone and explain the situation as she and the car began to sink, notes NBC Miami.

Palm Beach County sheriff's deputy Frank Mayo dove into the canal to save the unidentified woman, reports The Palm Beach Post.

When is our society going to stop this appalling absurdity? I want to assert that everyone who shops on Black Friday is complicit in this sort of thing.
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CNN Quickvote

Well, this is somewhat reassuring:

How did you shop on Black Friday?

I didn't

80%

In stores

11%

Online

9%

I didn't either!

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Something about wealth

I read the following over on Democratic Underground:

In better times, I had a boss who was from Sweden. She told me that money is like manure. If it piles up in one place, it stinks and it doesn't do any good. If you spread it around instead, things grow and the stink goes away.

It's good, isn't it? :-)

You can read the whole post right here.
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Ooh, the snark!

Check this out:

Newt Gingrich says he wants to get rid of Social Security. Who is more qualified to give this country financial advice than a guy who ran up a half-million dollar bill at Tiffany’s.

- David Letterman

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Honoring the day

"For in the final analysis, our most basic common link, is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's futures, and we are all mortal."

John F. Kennedy, Speech at The American University, Washington, D.C., June 10, 1963
35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)

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Pretty good question:

Is anybody surprised?

At this, I mean:

There is one sticking divide. And that's the issue of what I call shared sacrifice ... And that line in the sand, we haven't seen Republicans willing to cross yet.

-- Patty Murray, Senator from Washington and co-chair of the supercommittee that has been tasked to develop a plan to reduce the U.S. deficit by at least $1.2 trillion
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Wow, have you seen this?

Oh. My. God.

I read somewhere that pepper spray down the throat can kill and that some of the students were coughing up blood hours after having been sprayed.

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It's illuminating:

Friday Cat Blogging!

Photo from Wikimedia Commons

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Oh, the poor things....

Oh, this one's rich!

Here you go:

If God told Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, and Herman Cain to run for president, then God obviously wants Barack Obama to win.

-- Randi Rhodes

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A little perspective:

So, so wrong

Just look:

I went down to the park to observe the situation... Unfortunately, I was assaulted by a police officer.

-- YDANIS RODRÍGUEZ, New York City Councilman, after his arrest during the NYPD's raid on Occupy Wall Street protestors camp in Zuccotti Park

Is this going to get addressed or not?
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