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		<title>State Senate Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[you know, I didn&#8217;t think the State Senate could disappoint me anymore after all the f*cking around earlier in the year but you know what? I was wrong. I am BEYOND disappointed. A 24-38 defeat for the marriage equality bill. Disgraceful cowardice and bigotry all round. &#8220;a representative owes the People not only his industry, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloomberg, Brooklyn, Books, Boris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[mayoral debate this evening &#8211; Bloomberg advised not to roll his eyes in annoyance or sigh in frustration. Thompson advised to wear name tag. New York author Laura Anne Gilman has a new title out. Flesh &#38; Fire is the first in the exciting new Vineart series. Wine, magic, history &#8211; a highly potent mix [...]]]></description>
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		<title>oh yeah &#8211; I forgot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I keep forgetting we&#8217;re having a mayoral race. Not sure whether this says more about me or the candidates]]></description>
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		<title>The Senate is Revolting . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You said it &#8211; they stink on ice. I am totally planning on posting about this in more detail later today or tomorrow (non-blogging life demands my attention at the moment) but I wanted to pop in and say, &#8220;OMGWTF State Senate???????&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>Budgets Need a&#8217;Balancin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.greatergotham.com/blog/budgets-need-abalancin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mayor has a message for the governor: Don’t balance the budget on New York City’s back.. Much as I hate t o get into the whole &#8220;upstate vs. downstate&#8221; thing &#8211; I have to say, I agree with mini mayor here. I wonder where I put that secession plan? *wanders off to look for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Nanny&#8217; Patterson&#8217;s Soda Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:40:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey listen, I know the economy sucks and I know difficult and &#8211; even painful decisions will have to made to ensure we don&#8217;t end up living in a new Hooverville on the Great Lawn. But an &#8220;obesity tax&#8221; on non-diet soda? I drink Diet Coke. I drink a lot of Diet Coke. I&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Really, Mini-Mayor? Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, mini-mayor! I&#8217;m so torn about this. I mean &#8211; it&#8217;s a complete about face for him and it would be easy to assign all sorts of ego and hubris to it. On the other hand &#8211; he rule hasn&#8217;t been in place THAT long and NYC is about the be SLAMMED by the economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boris and Bloomberg: Buddy Movie in the Making</title>
		<link>http://www.greatergotham.com/blog/boris-and-bloomberg-buddy-movie-in-the-making/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 19:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And as I predicted, the New York/London bond takes center stage with the Telegraph reporting: &#8220;Boris Johnson to learn from Michael Bloomberg.&#8221; Really? I&#8217;d love to be a fly on that wall. Boris: &#8220;So, Mr. Mayor &#8211; ha! Might be referring to myself, what? Rather like the sound of it &#8211; &#8216;Mr. Mayor.&#8217; I mean, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boris Johnson &#8211; New York&#8217;s UK Son</title>
		<link>http://www.greatergotham.com/blog/boris-johnson-new-yorks-uk-son/</link>
		<comments>http://www.greatergotham.com/blog/boris-johnson-new-yorks-uk-son/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 21:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bear with me. This is Gotham related, honest. You see Boris Johnson has just won the mayoral election in London. &#8220;And?&#8221; I hear you ask. Well, It might surprise many to know that Boris was born here in Gotham. Yes, it is, indeed, so. And Boris, New York born if not raised, reportedly admires many of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terminal Blues</title>
		<link>http://www.greatergotham.com/blog/terminal-blues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve still got the cruise on my brain today, readers. I am told this is normal &#8211; pining for the ship, wasting umpteen hours gazing at itineraries of other cruises, wondering if Doris in the Sports Bar has told the same jokes to new passengers. I also began to wonder about the fact that Holland [...]]]></description>
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