New post added at News Channel 365 - Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: A Christmas story to rememberSource: dailykos - Thursday, December 25, 2014 from Steve Lehto's Remember Italian Hall (1913), montage by Greg Dworkin Steve Lehto : On Christmas Eve, 1913, 73 people died in a stampede after a false cry of Fire! at a children's Christmas party in northern Michigan. There was no fire and the event marked the turning point in a bitter labor dispute in a large mining community. Two questions always arise: How could such a thing happen and why has this story not been more widely told in the past 101 years? Read this amazing story. It's about tragedy, kids, Christmas, the almost forgotten struggle to create a middle class (you think we have it hard today?), and even a bit on the complex history and relationship between law enforcement and the community. It's Christmas, folks. Be nice to your family , even that crazy uncle, and appreciate what you have. Here's a leading entry for the worst editorial ever : “Kaboom! Dow 18K” is the headline atop the Drudge Report. It links to a story on the Bloomberg wire reporting that the Dow Jones Industrial Average “rallied past 18,000 for the first time, after data showed the world’s largest economy grew at the fastest pace since 2003 last quarter.” By 4 p.m. the Dow had gained 64.73 points and hit 18,024, while Standard and Poor’s 500 Index hit a record 2,082.17 and the American economy was expanding at an annualized 5% in the third quarter as, the Bloomberg noted, “consumers and businesses spent more than was previously estimated.” What theAll Related
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