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The day after Thanksgiving is the official starting point for the Christmas shopping. Inasmuch as newspapers are expected to provide public service and since most of you guys probably would normally wait until Dec. 20 to start shopping, I offer a few hints to make your holiday shopping easier.

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It’s finally over.

True, I write this before the Nov. 4 election, so it is possible that as you read this the lawyers for one of the presidential candidates are instigating a challenge in Florida, Pennsylvania or New Mexico.
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By Mark Beardsley

For all of the anger and ignorance, for all the meanness and hatred being expressed, I think we have the two best nominees for president we’ve been offered in years.

I’m voting for Obama, but there are a lot of things about McCain that I like.
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Reluctantly, I will serve if called upon to be president.
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It’s amusing to hear a Republican advocating government intervention in the free market.

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The local primaries are (almost) over. It’s like a root canal, but the pain lasts longer and is located in another part of the anatomy. It’s nice when it’s gone.
But at least most of our elections were resolved with the primary, so we can turn our focus to the presidential campaign, the highlight of which will be watching the Democrats and Republicans at convention.
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It’s something off the front page of The Onion, the spoof newspaper, or out of a situation comedy — except it’s true — allegedly. You heard about the Texas study? The one that says watermelon has the same effect on men as Viagra?
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