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Current News for August 17, 2008

Why You Should Stop Watching Mainstream News

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:35:37 PDT
Paul Jay, CEO of The Real News Network, is interviewed by Daljit Dhaliwal, host of PBS Foreign Exchange: The Real News Network:Paul Jay, is CEO and Senior Editor of The Real News Network. TRNN is independent of political parties, is viewer supported and not-for-profit. TRNN does not accept advertising, government or corporate funding. This funding model allows for uncompromising broadcast journalism. Now in ‘start up’ phase, its mission is to be a daily video news service for a mass audience

Book reviews

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:26:56 PDT
The Good: Plan B: Food, Cash, Fuel & Self Sustainability by Aaron on July 31, 2008 I’ve just finished reading two very good books: Howard Ruff’s How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years, and Garth Turner’s Greater Fool. Both books fall along the same line of logic: tough times are ahead, and it’s time to prepare. In some respects, these two books conflict with one another, but in others, they mesh nicely. On the subject of investing in gold as a hedge against economic catastrophe, t

Pink Paper website will be back

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:25:24 PDT
Concern for missing Ugandan gay rights activist One of three people who demonstrated at an AIDS international conference in Uganda has disappeared. Usaam Auf Mukwaya was arrested at the HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting last month. Congress discussion on Bush impeachment is "anger management" With his run for the White House behind him, Representative Dennis Kucinich got an official airing in the House Judiciary Committee last week in his continued quest to impeach President Bush.

Question: Buy and sell Veneer?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:22:18 PDT
Buy and sell Veneer? by luthien Yesterday 23:39 1,565 19,840 MindForce Entropia Universe mindforce discussions. Borrowing a Resurect chip by Phil Surtees 08-16-2008 03:51 373 6,085 Avatar Beauty Entropia Universe avatar beauty discussion, including hair styling, body & face sculpting. customer make up by SoftHart Today 00:28 369 5,695 Taming Entropia Universe taming and pet discussion. Taming related ability &... by Kombinat

CBC averts disaster (The Globe and Mail)

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:47:51 PDT
Network narrowly escaped a technical calamity during its telecast of the opening ceremony

McCain Hurting In The Rural Vote

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:17:45 PDT
Rural voters are showing a trend of shifting towards Obama or flat out not voting. This could hurt McCain in the swings states where Republicans usually count on the rural vote.

No press bias? AP

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:33:25 PDT
Whether CNN or AP or even infamous FoxNews it is a resounding clap of thunder that each news agency is going or jumping onto the anti-Obama bandwagon.If you read the linked story you will see what I mean. The condescending first sentence make for what the story is about and how it was written. And this from AP?

Forex Trading - Can Anyone Succeed?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:08:43 PDT
Can anyone succeed in forex trading? Absolutely - as long as that person has the ability to accurately predict market swings and trend, and act upon them precisely for minimum risk and maximum gain. Forex trading uses currency form a large variety of countries and forms a trading marketplace where trillions of dollars are exchanged every day


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June 26, 2008 Breaking News

Bridal Jewelry Business High-Growth & Less Seasonal

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:15:31 PDT
Over the next decade, the number of weddings in America is expected to increase by as much as 30 percent over historic trends. Driven by strong demographics, the surge of young people reaching the age of 26 – the prime age for first-time marriages in the U.S. – will peak in the year 2016.

Celebrity & Entertainment News

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:49:40 PDT
Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Movie News, Music News, TV News - AOL News,World News

Will Mexico follow Populist trend of Venezuela and Bolivia?

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:44:19 PDT
In 2012 the Mexican state might actually come to be ruled by a caudillo-style leader. Would that be possible? A Fidel Castro of Mexico? A Juan Peron of the Rio Grande? A Hugo Chavez of Baja California? In order for the USA to have any influence on that occurence, "Mexicans have to perceive that the U.S. really cares."

Systemic Failure To Blame In HMRC Data Breach

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:54:41 PDT
Auditors have today released their reports on the HMRC data fiasco from last year. At the time, a junior employee was blamed for the loss of sensitive data affecting 25 million UK citizens. The audit reports place the blame squarely on…nobody. There are many covering this news, but the UK ZDNet seems to sum things up nicely. And when one reads

Science Weekly - Carbon Credits

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:24:52 PDT
Great audio news show - always fresh. This installment dissects the politics of carbon credits + other cool stuff.

Why the Japanese love wikis, the French blogs, the Germans..

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:30:36 PDT
These days it is very easy to confirm national sterotypes using google trends. Just look at what regions dominate in searching for certain words. A funny look at why the French love to talk, the Japanese to document, and the Germans to test.

Pregnancy Announcement Postcards

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:58:11 PDT
A newcomer in the section of announcements postcards are pregnancy announcement postcards. We all know those baby announcement cards that parents send out after a little baby has been born, but now a trend has shown up where expecting couples like to share the excitement and joy of a new pregnancy with friends and families.

Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings - Globe and Mail


Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings
Globe and Mail, Canada - Jun 10, 2008
Over to Newsworld, then, and... Oh, wait. Newsworld is busy talking about Ron Wilson's chances of turning around the Leafs. Suhana Marchand doubts Wilson's ...


Steampunk Moves Between 2 Worlds

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:29:08 PDT
Spotting a trend at the intersection of technology and romance.

Mr. Google, Tear Down This Google Trends Wall! (Search Engine Land)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:19:52 PDT
About two seconds after Google Trends For Websites came out , people started noticing that one company's websites oddly had no data available -- Google's own. Google will tell you all about the traffic to competitors like Yahoo and Microsoft but gives away nothing about itself. The same is true for the newly-released Google Ad Planner tool . It's not right, despite Google's ...

2008 Nordstrom Designer Preview Fashion Show Benefiting the Costume Council of the Chicago Historical Society

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:22:38 PDT
Last Tuesday evening a well-dressed crowd of (mostly) women came out to benefit The Costume Council of the Chicago Historical Society. They shopped, noshed on sushi and drank bubbly. What a perfect combination! Much of Nordstrom's designer floor was transported...

Marni Soupcoff on Google's hot trends: NRA, Donna Fitzgerald and ... - National Post


Marni Soupcoff on Google's hot trends: NRA, Donna Fitzgerald and ...
National Post, Canada - 2 hours ago
In an encouraging victory for advocates of the right to bear arms — including the ardent Second Amendment champions at the National Rifle Association — the ...



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