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the Mafia is envious.  

The Fates are kind.
by Gaianne on Fri Nov 16th, 2007 at 01:10:02 AM EST
brilliant...

short and sweet.

been missing your way with words around here, gaianne, good to hear from you!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sun Nov 18th, 2007 at 01:55:25 AM EST
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The Sicilian mafia long since moved into the medical business, a pet project of Bernardo Provenzano. There are some outstanding citizens in Philadelfia that may be vaguely aware of it.
by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Sun Nov 18th, 2007 at 07:14:49 PM EST
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Not long ago, in an interview concerning the opening of a new hospital belonging to a private bank, the bank representative had the following candid statement:

"The health care industry is very interesting for us, one might say it is only surpassed in value by the weapons industry" (and then laughed at her little "joke")

by Torres on Mon Nov 19th, 2007 at 11:32:40 AM EST
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