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The sun was shining, the air smelled of jasmine and freshly baked bread, and she could hear birds singing and pigs oinking in the distance.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

The sun was shining, the air smelled of jasmine and freshly baked bread, and she could hear birds singing and pigs oinking in the distance.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

Lisa heard Bloodbath yank on the cord, and the birds stopped singing and the pigs stopped oinking.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

Lisa heard Bloodbath yank on the cord, and the birds stopped singing and the pigs stopped oinking.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

Nilly was in the middle of a dream about a sunny-side-up egg the size of a manhole cover and slices of bacon so fresh that they were still oinking when he suddenly woke up.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

Nilly was in the middle of a dream about a sunny-side-up egg the size of a manhole cover and slices of bacon so fresh that they were still oinking when he suddenly woke up.

Bubble in the Bathtub Jo Nesbo 2011

As the economist Nancy Folbre puts it, "Some oinking can definitely be heard out there in the labor market, but anyone willing to follow the numbers can tell that the biggest piggies are not those employed by the federal government."

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson: The High Costs of Cheap Talk Jacob S. Hacker 2010

As the economist Nancy Folbre puts it, "Some oinking can definitely be heard out there in the labor market, but anyone willing to follow the numbers can tell that the biggest piggies are not those employed by the federal government."

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson: The High Costs of Cheap Talk Jacob S. Hacker 2010

As the economist Nancy Folbre puts it, "Some oinking can definitely be heard out there in the labor market, but anyone willing to follow the numbers can tell that the biggest piggies are not those employed by the federal government."

Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson: The High Costs of Cheap Talk Jacob S. Hacker 2010

By the time they were done, they had a bill that only capped carbon emissions from electric utilities (not factories or cars) and was so laden with gifts for industry that if you listened closely you could actually hear the oinking.

Bill McKibben: We're Hot as Hell and We're Not Going to Take It Anymore 2010