A Dragon in Sheep’s Clothing

Questionable findings found in Blackwater contracts
Courtesy of The Virginian-Pilot

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Suffolk snubs blog’s bid to get on list for news releases
The blog ‘Inside Suffolk Virginia‘ asked earlier this month to be added to the city’s e-mail list. The answer was no.
Read full article at The Virginian-Pilot
A reply to the City’s “no” from Inside Suffolk Virginia.
I’d love to hear more from both sides. I hope [...]

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On news.BBC.com today, this headline and blurb caught my attention:
Harman pushes discrimination plan
Harriet Harman sets out plans to allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates.
Um, isn’t this what we call affirmative action?
I clicked to read more, and was stopped quickly by the second paragraph:
She said firms should be able [...]

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Or maybe it’s just BBC vs. CNN… but I don’t think so.
BBC headline:
Austria cellar daughter conscious
CNN headline:
Incest dungeon girl wakes from coma

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Unfortunately for everyone who lives in the oblong state, “Illinois” is a rather difficult word to set in type. It’s tall and narrow in the first half, and short and wide in the last half. Are there any fonts out there which handle this name well?
Case in point, captured today:

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