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David Lazarus’ column in Business on March 8 said a study of high cellphone charges was based on a survey of more than 700 San Diego customers’ bills. In fact, the study, conducted by the auditing firm TeleTruth on behalf of the Utility Consumers’ Action Network and showing an average charge of $3.02 per minute, [...]
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Good video from Jon Stewart: The Notorious AIG – Congress Wants to Blame Someone (The Daily Show)
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Iran is blowing up…with blogs. In contrast to the conventional wisdom that Iranian bloggers are mainly young democrats critical of the regime, we found a wide range of opinions representing religious conservative points of view as well as secular and reform-minded ones, and topics ranging from politics and human rights to poetry, religion, and pop [...]
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NEARLY everything you’ve been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing from the conversation, much of which has taken place in the press, about Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip. Op-Ed Contributor – What You Don’t Know About Gaza – NYTimes.com
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Sounds like a scary title. Sounds so…Chinese. But according to this video, a democracy is the last thing we want in America (ok, second or third to the last thing we want). Unlike we products of public schools, the Founding Fathers of our country knew the difference between a republic and a democracy. That difference [...]
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AP Study Finds $1.6B Went to Bailed-Out Bank Execs – NYTimes.com
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This is freaking hilarious and scary at the same time: Synchronized Presidential Debating (Get the latest news satire and funny videos at 236.com)
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Really interesting art by a guy who is fascinated with the hypocrisy in our government’s attitude towards narcotics, psychedelics and pharmaceuticals. He does not preach or raise alarms. He asks us to look: The Paintings of Adam Stennett
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Today’s episode of Fresh Air illuminates the depths of outsourcing in the military and intelligence industries. Think your taxes are going to Social Security, education, filling potholes and paying soldiers? Think again! Contractors get onto government payrolls for sometimes 2-3 times the public sector pay rate!
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