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• More of the same

  —Vicky Moos

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  Newest credit card trick? 79.9 percent interest
  First Premier skirting new regulations intended to curb abusive practices [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:29am EST
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• The rest of the state is happy that New Orleans is going away

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  No, actually, this study was done before Katrina. I think the results would be different post-Katrina, mainly because such a large percentage of the population in New Orleans now spends at least 50% of their income on rent/housing.
  
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  Louisiana ranks as happiest state [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:25am EST
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• Hint: one of them is New Orleans

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  8 Things We Love That Climate Change Will Force Us to Kiss Good-Bye [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:24am EST
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• One of my favorite people

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  Always Controversial Cornel West Disses Obama, Survives Cancer and Almost Spent His Life in Prison
  Cornel West dishes on his new memoirs and Obama's clique of 'recycled neo-liberals and recycled neo-Clintonites.' [...]
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  Posted: December 18, 2009, 7:23am EST
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• Another reason to get that farm

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  Looks may buy happiness, but only in the city
  For country girls, pretty is as pretty does, study shows [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:41am EST
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• Guess Mexico is in my future...

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  Single-payer health care plan dies in Senate [...]
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  Posted: December 17, 2009, 7:18am EST
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• Genesis reunion?

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  The Stooges, Genesis, ABBA Lead the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Class of 2010 [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 11:10am EST
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• You think you're doing the right thing...

  —Vicky Moos

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  You think you're doing the right thing...then BAM! You're told it was the wrong thing. This is lovely news, since both Wonderful Hubby and I have both had CT scans in the last year. It makes you wonder if anything that the doctor tells you is safe is ACTUALLY safe! [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:40am EST
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• I'm doing my anti-rain dance!!!

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  I know a couple of people that had flooded cars and homes on Saturday. I hope that the rain will stop, or at the very least, keep giving us breaks between heavy rains to allow the pumps to catch up! [...]
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  Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:18am EST
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• A recommendation

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  I caught most of Letting Go of God, by Julia Sweeney, with our free 3 months of Showtime over the weekend. Whether you agree with her viewpoint, or not (it details her conversion from Catholicism to Atheism), it is funny, thoughtful, and thought-provoking. It is worth watching, if you've ever' [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 9:33am EST
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• The one instance when a collision is good

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  Atom smasher ramps up collisions [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:35am EST
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• What's in your stomach?

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  Setting the world up for famine?
  
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  Food giant's power tactics
  Confidential agreements show tough terms for smaller companies [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:29am EST
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• In case you think our health care system works

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  Poor turned away from free cancer screenings
  States cite budget problems and new advice for tests starting later in life [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:10am EST
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• Not that I'm condoning this, but here's a country where they're not complacent

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  Quiet night for Berlusconi after violent attack
  Italian PM in hospital with fractured nose, two broken teeth and a lip injury [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 8:04am EST
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• Must read

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  Are Americans a Broken People? Why We've Stopped Fighting Back Against the Forces of Oppression
  A psychologist asks: Have consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?' [...]
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  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:34am EST
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• Let's blame the boomers (I'm on the extreme tail end and didn't get any of the benefits they're crowing about)

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  Just look these posts. Once again, we’re whipped into a frenzy against each other. Boomers are selfish. Generations X and Y are slackers. We’re never going to turn the US around unless we all work with each other. The blame should be directed to the corporations who have hijacked this [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 8:38am EST
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• Teenagers already didn't pay attention...

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  ...but then we totally destroyed their attention spans with cell phones and texting. I'm beginning to think that laws need to be made against cell phones, with them available only for emergencies (like it was back at the beginning, because service was so expensive). With the advent of cell phones,' [...]
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  Posted: December 11, 2009, 7:47am EST
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• But you knew I wouldn't leave it alone

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  Dems’ Rejection of Public Option Boosts Insurers’ Stocks
  Back in the United States, stock prices in the nation’s largest insurance companies are on the rise following news of a Senate plan to abandon the public insurance option. The Standard & Poor’s Managed Health Care index rose 1.6 [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 4:26pm EST
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• To take our minds off health care

  —Vicky Moos

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  Hunt for new worlds goes into overdrive
  New probes and telescopes pushing deeper into planetary frontiers [...]
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 4:24pm EST
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• Complete awesomeness

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  The Big-Bang Machine [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:17pm EST
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• All it takes is someone in the White House who cares about us, instead of $$$

  —Vicky Moos

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  U.S. greenhouse gas ruling sends message to world [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:13am EST
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• This compromise is BS

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  I'd like to know how this plan will help people below 55...why is health care not a priority - a right - in this country, as it is in Europe?!
  
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  Senate Prepped to Kill Public Option' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:46am EST
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• A "political ploy" by Vitter?! Surely not!

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  Coburn, Vitter plan to ridicule public option backfires
  When GOP senators wrote an amendment designed to embarrass Democrats, they got a little surprise [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:19am EST
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• Good article

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  [www.salon.com]
  
  I live in a van down by Duke University
  How do I afford grad school without going into debt? A '94 Econoline, bulk food and creative civil disobedience' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:13am EST
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• One of the few football posts you'll ever find here

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  Ever since Auburn was rooked out of its well-deserved number one standing by the AP many years ago, I have not paid much attention to football. After all, growing up in Alabama gives one an intense dose (OK, well, an overdose) over the years. Yesterday, during the Saints game, I [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 8:28am EST
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• This is getting to be an annual event

  —Vicky Moos

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  Winter Weather Advisory Issued For Some Areas
  Snow, Sleet Possible Late Friday, Early Saturday [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:57am EST
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• Unemployment ONLY 10%

  —Vicky Moos

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  What a wacky country - stocks shot up because only 11,000 people lost their jobs. How delusional are people? When these jobs finally reappear (IF they reappear), I guarantee the same jobs will pay less. This generation is working its way down the ladder of success, as stated in Kramer [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:47am EST
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• And the Bush administration bears no blame for the deficit

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  Protesters say Rove should go on trial for ‘crimes against humanity’ [...]
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  Posted: December 04, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• Spies in the house

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  It's official. I think our house is being bugged (those ubiquitous AT&T repair technicians out front might be the key). It never fails - each time I have a job interview, Wonderful Hubby gets a call from work at 3:15 AM the morning of. I can see the spies' conversation' [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 7:39am EST
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• And she was going to speak highly of them

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  Amy Goodman Detained at Canadian Border, Questioned About Speech…and 2010 Olympics [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:14am EST
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• This was on Sundance

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  Every American needs to watch this movie.
  
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  The World According to Monsanto [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:56am EST
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• H/T to Karen

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  wasl seeks expert advice from Dr. Edward Blakely on 'sustainable development' [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:35am EST
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• Have a safe and peaceful Thanksgiving!

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  Don't forget the cranberry sauce!' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:04pm EST
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• Uh hum

  —Vicky Moos

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  My favorite reply to the article in this week's Gambit, where they surveyed people at various grocery stores around town to find out their health care situation and what they think about health care reform:
  
  (I won't use his name), 32
  Self-employed
  
  Insured by Medicaid
  Needs primary care' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:56pm EST
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• Guess I can't move to Italy, after all

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  Sounds like something Mao would have said...
  
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  Italians find proposed lunch ban hard to digest
  Government official says breaks are ‘bad for output and ... harmony’ [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:09am EST
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• Somewhat amusing

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  [www.youtube.com] [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:09am EST
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• Sporadic posting, due to...

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  ...riding the bronco until it bucks you off (which may be soon). Somehow, I got the hard work gene from my Father, but I was also given a low tolerance in middle age for BS; the two don't work well together. I think the whole Katrina thing activated the "No'" [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:23am EST
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• Don't get too excited

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  Judge: Corps’ negligence caused Katrina flooding
  
  For all you folks that don't live in NOLA, let me explain yesterday's class action suit ruling against the Corpse of Engineers. It leaves most of Orleans Parish out in the cold - anyone who was flooded because of the' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:43am EST
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• Lovely

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  A third of teens say they’ve texted while driving
  Pew survey finds some are ‘blasé’ about it, others cite parents’ behaviors [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:27am EST
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• Violated

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  So, I went to an interview for a part-time job on Friday, and they wanted to hire me, but it's contingent on a background check and me peeing in a cup. It's debatable to me whether this job should require a urine test - it's really borderline. You may have [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 2:23pm EST
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• I know Wonderful Hubby will be sad

  —Vicky Moos

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  One of his favorite shows is The Equalizer, which we watch on DVD.
  
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  Actor Edward Woodward dies at 79 [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:25am EST
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• Corporations gone wild

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  This is somewhat akin to price gouging and jacking up the price of gas before a hurricane.
  
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  Drug Makers Jack Prices [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:53am EST
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• Further evidence that cell phones and driving don't mix well

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  Texan drives $1 million sports car into marshes
  Driver blames bird, dropped cellphone; Bugatti Veyron is world's priciest car' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 8:07am EST
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• Yay, free market!!!

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  Apartments are available, but too costly for many, study finds
  Rents went up 44 percent between 2004 and 2007 [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:49am EST
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• Baguettes and black holes

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  Huge $10 billion collider resumes hunt for 'God particle' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:45am EST
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• Lovely

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  Further evidence that testosterone has deleterious effects.
  
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  Men more likely to leave spouse who has cancer
  Divorce rate is 21 percent, compared to 3 percent when husband gets sick [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:40am EST
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• Wah

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  OK, regular working folk - here's your cue! You all should now stomp out of your offices because raises are limited for regular working these folk these days to 2 or 3%, if you even get a raise at all. I feel so for these poor, impoverished CEOs. And they' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:32am EST
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• What I'm reading

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  Wild Swans, Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang. I can't put this book down. I'm only on page 30, but it's absolutely amazing that someone who was born in this century, around the same time as my Grandmother, had to be sold at the' [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 9:14am EST
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• I used to tell people, "When they go on sale"

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  Some of these are just plain silly, but the argument about overpopulation and mass of the planet is the most important reason.
  
  [www.alternet.org]
  
  9 Silly Things People Say When They Hear You Don't Want Kids (And Ways to Counter Them)
  Wanting kids isn't just the social norm, [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:37am EST
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• Unacceptable, part II

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  Soldier-father of slain 7-year-old learns her fate during overseas call [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:27am EST
  by Vicky