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Hugin

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9. This glibness is a bit premature. The Federal Sabbath was postponed last weekend.

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 04:07 AM

Mar 2013

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Congress punted the effects of the Sequester two weeks into the future so they could enjoy a full paid two week Easter Vacation without enduring the knowing glare of the hoi-polloi.

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