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Namaste Source Weekly and blissful 2011 to all!
I’m wondering where The Smear Sheet went in your latest issues?? I miss the rants of Brad Lockwood, especially after his column was moved from Up Front to the rear of the paper, and the tone and quality of Up Front dropped rapidly.

Republicans in Congress claim that health care reformwill kill hundreds of thousands of jobs. They even called their bill “Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act.” It turns out that the Republicans are misrepresenting an August 2010 report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that estimated about 0.5 percent of workers could retire early, thanks to the reduced cost of their health care.

On Monday, January 24, Judge Thomas Hart will enter a Marion County courtroom and carry out his duty as the Judge in the Bruce and Joshua Turnidge case. He will pronounce the final death sentence for the two men. The final sentencing is not the end, rather a new beginning. Judge Hart's January 24 sentencing will initiate a series of appeals that will predictably last for at least 20 years. Based on the cases of current death row inmates, perhaps longer.