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Minnesota has a history of less traditional politicians. Five years before California voted for Arnold Schwarzenegger to be the “governator”, Minnesota elected Jesse “The Body” Ventura, a former professional wrestler, as its top executive. Now, more than a decade later, the Minnesota State Canvassing Board has declared that Democrat Al Franken, former comedian and Saturday Night Live writer, has defeated Republican Norm Coleman after a lengthy recount. We commend Minnesota for being prepared for close elections and for dutifully carrying out the recount in the face of a press frenzy...
...Sing heartfelt farewells to Israel "Cachao" Lopez, 89, the Cuban-born pioneer of mambo music; to classic one-hit wonder Jody Reynolds, 75, whose Endless Sleep had a suicide theme and haunting guitar thrum; to Eddy Arnold, 89, country music's chart-topping "Tennessee Plowboy" whose early career was managed by Elvis' Svengali, Col. Tom Parker; to Jerry Reed, 71, the Nashville session guitarist with the foolin'-around grin, who became a country star with When You're Hot, You're Hot, and played Burt Reynolds' rowdy pal in Gator and Smokey and the Bandit; and to Larry Levine, indispensible...
...this pro-stimulus consensus - "élite groupthink," as libertarian econo-blogger Arnold Kling, one of the dissenting minority, puts it - has its limits. Economists have neglected the subject for so long that their theories of how stimulus works are shockingly underdeveloped. Many of the arguments they make for one proposal or another are the product not so much of economics as of common sense, guesswork and ideology. The motley mix of tax cuts for families and business, aid to states, infrastructure spending, health-care spending and alternative-energy investment that constitutes Obama's stimulus plan is partly the product...
...would help to have a budget, but state legislators have been at an impasse for weeks, haggling over various proposals - and weighing their political consequences. On New Year's Eve, the administration of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a new budget plan that includes painfully deep spending cuts and $14 billion in tax increases. Although the proposal is not likely to be the one that finally passes, there is no doubt that few Californians will be untouched by the fiscal crisis. In December, unable to wait for a budget solution any longer, the state pre-emptively canceled $3.8 billion...
Despite the obvious health risks, cigars remain a fixture of pop culture. An episode of Seinfeld centered around a box of Cubans, while the stogie's famous champions include Michael Jordan, Rush Limbaugh and Lil' Wayne. Politicians dabble too - Arnold Schwarzenegger is a noted fan - although puffing on a Cuban can leave an eggy residue on a pol's face. A year after Tom DeLay thundered that "American consumers will get their fine cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor," a photo emerged of the former House majority leader sucking on a Hoyo...