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Huffington Post: Send Your Shoe to the White House!

About a week after Lost Marbles encouraged readers to ship an old pair of shoes to the White House as a final act of protest, it appears that the Huffington Post has caught wind of the viral shoe shipping trend … Continue reading

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Thrown Shoes Hit Sales Record

Reprinted from www.lostmarbles.us While Iraqi reporter and pitcher, Muntadar al-Zaidi, awaits trial the BBC reports that sales for the brand of the shoe that were hurled at President Bush have skyrocketed. There is no word as to the reason for … Continue reading

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Shoes to the White House: A Photo Journal

Since the idea of shipping shoes to the White House has gone viral I’m asking folks to take take a photo of the shoes you plan to send to President Bush. I’d like to post as many as I can … Continue reading

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Where Is Al-Zaida?

Update, On Monday Dec 15th,  CNN reported that Al-Zaida was still in custody and was possibly facing charges for throwing shoes in the vicinity of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, not for hurling footware at Bush.

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Ship Your Old Shoes to the White House

I previously posted a YouTube video of Iraqi reporter Muntathar al Zaidi, 29, throwing his shoes at President Bush. Someone on Twitter suggested we ship our old shoes to the White House. I didn’t know if he was kidding or … Continue reading

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Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes at President Bush

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