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Entries from February 2008

What an idiot!

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

How can a man be president of the U.S. and not be aware of gasoline pricing forecasts? Or is it that he just doesn’t care?

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The Bush Doctrine

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments

When the totalistic ideologies of theocratism, of militarism or of imperialism are advanced in some remote countries, with different histories and different cultures, they are not a direct menace to humanist and democratic ideas in our own democratic countries. However, when such ideas and principles are proposed by people in authority in our own […]

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A crass, rude and greedy U.S. is missing out on a worldwide travel boom.

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

A crass, rude and greedy U.S. is missing out on a worldwide travel boom.
By Eric Lucas
February 19, 2008
You guys are from the States, yes?”
Our interlocutor, speaking in the crisp cadences of the British Caribbean, was a woman in her mid-50s with a food stall along the Rainbow Highway in Belize. “We’re from Seattle,” I […]

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Neocon/Neonazi

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

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Won’t Fit on the Boat

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Well, don’t you feel silly. After springing for that 103-incher last year, Panasonic has made a mockery of your spendy home theater with a 150-inch display at CES, and now an upgraded version of the original 103-inch behemoth. The new TH-103PF10UK upgrades the video processing, anti-reflective coating, “wireless presentation capabilities,” media card reader and adds […]

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Tags: General

US to set ‘binding’ climate goals

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

The US is ready to accept “binding international obligations” on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, officials say, if other nations do the same.

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Tags: Environment

Thanks Phil

February 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Donahue Tackles Iraq in Body of War
By Jason Silverman EmailFebruary 21, 2008 | 3:35:22 PMCategories: Current Affairs, Film, Movies, Political
With Body of War, Phil Donahue returns to the public-affairs trenches. The talk-show legend, whose program ran for a record 26 years, uses the film, which he also produced, to explore what he and […]

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Tags: The Darkness · The Light

Sun Power

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

The Persian Gulf of solar energy!
Solana will be enough to supply up to 70,000 homes at full capacity!

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Tags: Environment · The Light

It’s About Time

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

This technology could bring about the next stage of internet evolution.

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Tags: Computers

Credit Cards - True thieves - Why do we allow them to steal from us?

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Click the link below to watch a Frontline edition about the credit card industry.

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Tags: Financial · The Darkness