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They could have included a lot of other City skylines. Legal issues relating to race are not new anywhere and the City of St. Louis was where the Dred Scott case was tried.
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That is a really good cover
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Its OK. I thought the one using the Redskins logo in the last cover with the Native Americans attending a Pilgrim Turkeyday celebration and football game was much better.
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The best one is the Bert and Ernie snuggling in front of the TV 
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It’s a good cover, but “powerful” and “devastating” as reported in the tweet and headline?
Another stop on the hyperbolic blog-n-twit Internet.
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Love that one too.
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MOre LIBtard NONsense FROM extreMLY libtard BIRdcage Liner!11!!1!1one!!11!!!
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Yeah, that pretty well sums it up.
For a modern media that only seems able to cast finger puppet shadows while hiding their own disgraceful records…good one!
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It is pretty tame. Not meant to get anyone too riled up. Just kind of plays it safe imo, not that there’s anything wrong with that… Imagine a broken heart, with one side black and one side white…Same sorta thing. Eh.
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There’s this from November 17, entitled The Elephant in the Room
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The court house where Scott’s original case was tried is the domed building under the arch.
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The artist’s note on the drawing (see the New Yorker’s web site) recounts that he lived in St. Louis for years. He says he hopes to see the people of the city and region come together to bridge the gap in the arch.
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Nicely done.
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Meanwhile, on the uglier side of the news…United Derps of MURKA are elevating the discussion:
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All one has to do is look at the headlines here and elsewhere which shows Republican lawmakers now lowering themselves to pander to their racist white male base with all the vitriol and venom you would expect. Oh, and by the way, they just wanted to add, Thanks Obama!
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The screeching cry of the domestic abuser, “see what you’re making me to do you?”…
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Jesus wept.
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The cover is OK, but how are the cartoons?