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Monthly Archives August 2008

Friday, August 22, 2008 
The rise of the superclass  
2:03 pm | Comments

Thursday, August 21, 2008 
A Few Speculators Dominate Vast Market for Oil Trading  
11:53 am | Comments

 
John Edwards' Love Child  
10:41 am | Comments

Looks like a match to me.

John Edwards' Love Child

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 
Bigfoot "discovery" revealed as rubber gorilla suit hoax  
9:17 am | Comments

Why exactly did the big news players cover this story at all?

 
Ratio of private contractors to military personnel in Iraq - 1:1  
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 
Monsters, Ghosts and Gods: Why People Believe  
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Texas school district to let teachers carry guns  
1:44 pm | Comments

That is the definition of a failure.

 
Better to Be Fat and Fit Than Skinny and Unfit  
10:37 am | Comments

 
57% of Americans think God's intervention could save dying patients  
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America's Outrageous War Economy  
9:12 am | Comments

Monday, August 18, 2008 
How much money makes you rich? Obama: $250,000/yr.; McCain: $5 million/yr.  
4:52 pm | Comments

That elitist Obama! Doesn’t he know people pulling in on $4 million a year are really struggling?

BTW: McCain’s number is more per month than Obama’s is for a year ($416,666/mo. vs $250,000/yr.)

Friday, August 15, 2008 
The Exotic Candidate Is The One With Eight Houses  
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Thursday, August 14, 2008 
The Economic Cost of the Military Industrial Complex  
10:08 am | Comments

The U.S. accounts for 48% of the world’s total military spending. We spend 5.8 times more than China, 10.2 times more than Russia, and 98.6 times more than Iran.

 
McCain: ‘In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.’  
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008 
You should be earning a lot more than you are  
3:10 pm | Comments

“If the fruits of productivity had been shared since the 1970s as they had been for the preceding quarter-century, the average full-time worker would be earning $22,000 more than she or he is earning today– $58,000 instead of $36,000.”

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 
Budget deficit: $102.8 billion ... for the month of July!  
5:47 pm | Comments

 
Tape: Top CIA Official Confesses To 9/11-Iraq War Forgery Came From White House  
9:31 am | Comments

 
Your real tax rate: 40%  
9:28 am | Comments

Monday, August 11, 2008 
Neocons Call For U.S. To Launch War With Russia  
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008 
Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour  
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008 
Web Site Makes Millions by Connecting Cheaters  
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Monday, August 4, 2008 
Navy forced to stop building its stealth destroyers because the $5 billion ships are defenseless against air attacks  
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There are people who still believe the Earth is flat.  
11:12 am | Comments

Really.

 
Meet the rich  
11:09 am | Comments

Friday, August 1, 2008 
LA City Council has passed an ordinance prohibiting construction of fast-food restaurants near where low-income people live  
11:35 am | Comments

I’m not sure I like the trend here. While I don’t think it is good for companies to profit by loading up people with cheap unhealthy foods, I don’t necessarily think it is the governments job to tell people what they can eat.