From The Mafia To Breastfeeding, Facebook Causing Controversy

Groups idolizing Cosa Nostra godfathers have thousands of supporters.

Pages on the social-networking site laud mafia players including Salvatore (Toto) Riina (above), jailed in 1993 and currently serving 12 life sentences for murder, and Bernardo Provenzano, his successor, both from Corleone of Godfather fame. They also herald Matteo Messina Denaro, the Mafia boss from Trapani in Sicily who is said to be the current capo dei capi (boss of bosses).

Facebook says it will investigate to see if this is terms of use violation.

Other Facebook controversies have involved taking down pictures of breastfeeding women, which angered …

Who Was Worse, Bush Or Hoover?

I’d say Bush, as Hoover didn’t start an unnecessary war. And now we learn that the final Wall Street toll 6.9 toll leaves a $6.9 trillion hole.  That’s “trillion” with a “t”.  It was the worst year since the Great Depression.

The losses in 2008 were so broad and deep that every sector in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index took a double-digit hit, and the financial sector lost more than half of its value.

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Happy New Year Open Thread. Make It Count!

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