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If I Laugh
If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can forget the chance
That I didn't have to know you
And live in peace, in peace
If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can forget the plans that
I didn't use to get you
At home - with me - alone
If I laugh just a little bit
Maybe I can recall the way
That I used to be, before you
And sleep at night - and dream
If I laugh, baby if I laugh
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News
The news will be brief today as I am putting this together on the fly. Please feel free to add any stories of interest in the comments.
Census: Recession takes big toll on young adults
WASHINGTON â Young adults are the recession's lost generation.In record numbers, they're struggling to find work, shunning long-distance moves to live with mom and dad, delaying marriage and raising kids out of wedlock, if they're becoming parents at all. The unemployment rate for them is the highest since World War II, and they risk living in poverty more than others â nearly 1 in 5.
Texas jails abolish last meals after uneaten banquet
Prison officials in the US state of Texas have abolished the traditional last meal request for inmates who are facing execution.
The move came after a prisoner requested a huge meal then did not eat any of it, saying he was not hungry.
Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed on Wednesday for the notorious hate-crime killing of James Byrd Jr in 1998.
What if the Tea Party Occupied Wall Street?
Corporate media skip anti-corporate protests
9/23/11
In an action called Occupy Wall Street, thousands of activists took to the streets of Lower Manhattan on September 17.
The protests are continuing, with demonstrators camped out on the Financial District's Liberty Street in support of U.S. democratization and against corporate domination of politics (Adbusters, 9/19/11 ).
But you wouldn't know much about any of this from the corporate media--outlets that seem much more interested in protests of the Tea Party variety.