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L.A. blogger Arthur Silber is shutting down because the lingering MTA strike here has pummeled his finances, despite his predicament getting some attention in the blogosphere. (Hat tip to Matt Welch, who also points to a Tom Tomorrow cartoon that pokes fun at warbloggers, some of them rather thin-skinned).
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He's out, thanks to the MTA
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