The [Christmas Day 2014] Papers

The Beachwood elves threw together this abbreviated holiday column.

* 15% - 20% Of Christmas Gifts Are Crap.

* The Amazon Grinch And Germany's Unhappy Elves.

* Rock 'N' Roll History From Chicago Native's Caribou Ranch Up For Auction.

* Inside The Indiana Megadairy Making Coca-Cola's New Milk.

"That dairy, called Fair Oaks Farms, doubles as America's one and only dairy theme park, a bit of Americana that interrupts a monotonous stretch of Interstate 65 between Chicago and Indianapolis."

* Oldest Man In America Dies At 110 In Rockford.

* Smart Bar To Undergo Renovations In January.

* The Former CIA Agent Who Prompted The Torture Report Speaks From Prison.

"Obama's intelligence policy is essentially an extension of the Bush administration, but bloodier."

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This is still something liberals have not come to grips with, despite mounds of facts. It's satisfying to focus anger on Dick Cheney - and certainly correct - but the evidence could hardly be stronger that the Obama administration is far more guilty of war crimes, secret government and modes of tyranny (including an all-out offensive on journalists and whistleblowers) than Cheney-Bush. Liberals have never been able to get their heads around who Obama really is; it's too counter to their media-massaged perception and their deeply baked-in beliefs and self-view of sophisticates battling the ignorance of rednecks and Palinites. It's necessarily self-delusional, lest their worldview be shaken to the core. It's almost like too devastating a psychological breakdown would occur should they acknowledge their own complicity in everything they profess to be against.

* Roger Waters: A Gitmo Story.

* Doonesbury: Mr. Tobacco & Mr. Alcohol.

* In Brooklyn, A Pattern Of Guns That Seem To Have Been Planted On Black Men.

* State Aid To Prop Up Nukes? Exelon Says No - In Ohio.

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TweetWood

It takes a special, power-serving hack to call Warren's mild pushback against Wall Street a "jihad" http://t.co/UHsyfKojLa

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 24, 2014

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DODDS RECORD SHOP | helene smith photography | http://t.co/W0eVgGXL3P #records #vinyl #GrandRapids #music #vintage pic.twitter.com/1jUTq8umDA

— helene smith (@helene_smith) December 24, 2014

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Channel 2 is looking for a meteorologist: http://t.co/HUpHRd8EVH

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 24, 2014

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The CTA Holiday Train: Four-and-a-half stars on Yelp - http://t.co/hfHSpOxIkj

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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Brazen MT @kurtopsahl: From the Dep't of Burying News: OIG reports on FBI use of Section 215 http://t.co/vj2vtgR92d http://t.co/rpj6jNHVhw

— Barton Gellman (@bartongellman) December 25, 2014

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a little Chicago-style Christmas... | helene smith photography | http://t.co/yyt2l7UZ4b #Chicago #Christmas #bars pic.twitter.com/KY9yqikemO

— helene smith (@helene_smith) December 25, 2014

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NORAD reports Santa delayed after sleigh booted in #Chicago.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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Santa denied permission to buzz the tower at O'Hare. "That's a negative, Ghostrider. The pattern is full."

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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"We're gonna need a bigger sleigh."

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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Whatcha packin', Santa? "We got 4:11 Positrac outback, 750 double pumper, Edelbrock intake, bored over 30, 11 to 1 pop-up pistons ...

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

..., turbo-jet 390 horsepower. We're talkin' some fuckin' muscle."

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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7 Reasons Why #TheInterview Is The New #ItsAWonderfulLife.

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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Change of plan. pic.twitter.com/2r1eQJN5Dq

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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#tbt Jesus Just Left Chicago. http://t.co/q4hn7LrZq7

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 25, 2014

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The Beachwood Tip Line: Packin'.

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