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Who is going to put that up their nose now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the same questions applied before.  Fortunately, cocaine addicts are no better at statistics than the general population.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/instapundit.blogspot.com\/2001_11_18_instapundit_archive.html#7377453\">InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad enough that folks are falling sick or dying from anthrax. 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Boba Fett?!  Where?!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 14-Oct-01 9:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Substitute \"Anthrax\" for \"Boba Fett,\" and you have the media's reaction to, well, the Great Anthrax Scare of 2001. Now, I really hope I don't eat these words. But it...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fourth Estate&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fourth Estate","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/fourth-estate"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11532,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/08\/06\/the_pink_house.html","url_meta":{"origin":1687,"position":1},"title":"&#8220;The Pink House&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 6-Aug-07 7:32pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I think this is actually serious. 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