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ANC Signs off on Homeless Shelter at the Gales School “A few vital stats: There will be capacity for 150 men, who will need to be inside the shelter by 6:00 p.m.–there will be a fence around the property to help keep them there–and leave at 7:30 a.m. During the day, they’ll also be welcome at the shelter, with food usually available. “We don’t like anybody to go hungry anytime,” Executive Director David Treadwell told the ANC. “The idea is to draw people into the buidling, not push people out of the building.”” (Washington City Paper)

Why genes are leftwing “The American poor would turn out to have significantly different genes to the affluent: “This is not unimaginable. It is almost certainly true.” Almost certainly false, more like. Instead, the Human Genome Project is rapidly providing a scientific basis for the political left. Childhood maltreatment, economic inequality and excessive materialism seem the main determinants of mental illness.” (Guardian Unlimited)

Salahis sign with celebrity-appearance booker “Get out your checkbooks: Tareq and Michaele Salahi are ready to come to your nightclub opening, golf tournament, yacht christening, bar mitzvah or whatever (all for some perfectly reasonable price)…” (voices.washingtonpost.com)

Banks Ignored Signs of Trouble in Foreclosures “Almost overnight, what had been a factorylike business that relied on workers with high school educations to process monthly payments needed to come up with a custom-made operation that could solve the problems of individual homeowners. Gregory Hebner, the president of the MOS Group, a California loan modification company that works closely with service companies, likened it to transforming McDonald’s into a gourmet eatery. “You are already in chase mode, and you never catch up,” he said. ” (The New York Times)

In US, Hispanics outlive whites, blacks by years – Yahoo! News “The report released Wednesday is the strongest evidence yet of what some experts call the “Hispanic paradox” — longevity for a population with a large share of poor, undereducated members. A leading theory is that Hispanics who manage to immigrate to the U.S. are among the healthiest from their countries.” (Yahoo News: Business)

Candidate’s Name Misspelled as ‘Rich Whitey’ on Black-District Ballots Poor Illinois Green Party gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney, the victim of an extremely cartoonish “error:” His name has been misspelled as “Rich Whitey” on voting machines in nearly two dozen Chicago wards, half of them “predominantly African-American.” (gawker.com)