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A Nation Of Ignoramuses And Lunatics (Mogambo Guru)
Richard Daughty, the angriest guy in economics -- World News Trust Nov. 28, 2006 -- I spent most of last week turning off alarms in the Formidable Mogambo Bunker (FMB), as the plunge of the dollar ...
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NIST to recommend scrapping Electronic Voting (Brad Friedman)
Brad Friedman -- Bradblog Nov. 29, 2006 -- A federal agency is set to recommend significant changes to specifications for electronic-voting machines next week, internetnews.com has learned. The ...
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Astronomers Spot Black Hole's Tantrum (Space.com)
By SPACE.com Staff Nov. 27, 2006 -- An eruption of high-energy radiation recently signaled a tantrum unleashed by a black hole, astronomers announced.
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Calling It What It Is (Mary Lyon, From The Left)
By Mary Lyon, From The Left -- World News Trust Nov. 28, 2006 -- It’s almost like a latter-day Declaration of Independence with a nice, clear, round period now coming at the end of the sentence. ...
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World AIDS Day 2006 (Yvonne Washington-Turay)
Yvonne Washington-Turay -- World News Trust Nov. 28, 2006 -- Each year on Dec. 1, the WORLD commemorates the inception of the AIDS pandemic. Some will hold candlelight vigils. Others will hold ...
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U.S. Stocks Fall on Dollar Slide, Oil's Gain; Wal-Mart Declines (Michael Tsang and Nick Baker)
By Michael Tsang and Nick Baker Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard s 500 Index toward its biggest retreat in more than four months, after a decline in the dollar for a ...
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The Storm Perfected (James Kunstler)
James Kunstler -- Clusterfuck Nation Nov. 27, 2006 -- Last week, I had one of those clarifying moments when the enormity of the American fiasco stirred my livers and lights again. I was riding in a ...
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Pushing the Limit: Black Hole Spins at Phenomenal Rate (Jeanna Bryner)
By Jeanna Bryner -- Space.com Nov. 20, 2006 -- X-ray vision has brought astronomers closer than ever to completely characterizing a black hole, a place where strange things happen.
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Cheney and Neo-Cons Plotting More Wars
Jeffrey Steinberg -- ZNet Executive Intelligence Review Nov. 20, 2006 -- On March 11, 2003, as final preparations were under way for the neo-cons' greatest triumph--the invasion of Iraq--New Yorker ...
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Dollar Drops to 20-Month Low on Speculation Growth Is Slowing (Chris Young)
By Chris Young Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar dropped to its lowest since March 2005 against the euro and weakened against the yen on speculation Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in a ...
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How to Prepare for Peak Oil and Climate Change (Tim Winton)
Tim Winton -- Permaforest Trust Nov. 17, 2006 -- Declining energy availability and changes to global climate patterns are now starting to be felt around the world. Preventing the effects of these ...
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