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Slurve Endorses Elizabeth Warren for First Mother
by Frank Lee Speaking   
Dropping a bomb on the Sunday morning news cycle, Slurve has chosen Mother's Day to announce it's endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for the position of First Mother. If elected, she will be the first mother to serve in such a position, the creation of which seems increasingly necessary, as the President, Congress, the Supreme Court, and the American People all could use a good talking to. Warren, who has an early lead in the polls, is not being challenged on the Democratic side, although Barbara Boxer, Barbara Steisand and Betty White were all said to have been considering a run...
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Facebook Me
by Michael McStokes   
With all the hullaballoo surrounding Facebook’s IPO, it has me wondering: what is the real impact of the site? I mean, sure, it has made a fair few twenty-somethings richer than God, including a graffiti artist...
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New Poetry and Fiction
by Slurve   
 
Top 9 Ways to Spot an Illegal Immigrant
by Michael Frissore   
For those of us Americans who want to keep everything in our land on the up and up, Slurve contributor Michael Frissore has come up with a list of the Top 9 ways to spot an illegal immigrant, so we can tell them apart from the nice, lawful ones like Simon Cowell and the Great Gazoo. 
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An ABC of Baseball Immortals
by Jack Smiles   
Based on The Line-Up for Yesterday by Ogden Nash.

A is for Aaron
Indomitable Hank,
More home runs he hit
Than the beer-bellied Yank.

B is for Banks,
Not for money or fame,
Said, “let’s play two”
For the love of the game.

C is for Campanella
Wherever bums roam,
Campy’s forever 
guarding their home.
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The International Car Forest of the Last Church
by Chad Sorg   
Chad Sorg is an artist from Nevada. This is the tale of how he became involved with an art project called The International Car Forest of the Last Church, painting cars that stick out of the ground like giant totems in the rural Nevada desert. And of course, there are some really cool pictures.
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Around the League with Paul Lander
by Slurve Editorial Staff   
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Don't have time to read the news but still want your friends to think you're up on current events? Take a trip Around the League with Paul Lander, and you'll get Slurve's spin on the day's headlines without being bothered by pesky things like facts. 
 
Youngish Couple to Support 46 Million Retired Baby Boomers
by Ethan Goffman   
youngcouple1 A new study released today by the Institute for the Advancement of Younger Generations found that by the year 2027, John and Jean Johnson of Normal, Illinois will be supporting some 46 million retired baby boomers through their jobs as an auto technician and a registered nurse. 
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The Arab Spring & the American Winter: Democracy, Women's Rights and Religious Fundamentalism
by Michael McStokes   
Now that the initial euphoria over the Arab Spring has worn off, a more sobering prospect has come to the fore.  These people who have waited so long, and who have...
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