patriotism is not my country right or wrong. in the words of the great germanamerican civil war general republican senator secretary of the interior journalist editor and author carl schurz it is our country right or wrong. when right to be kept right when wrong to be put right. another great 19th century american mark twain put it this way each man must for himself alone decide what is right and ...
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venus and serena williams keep wimbledon final an infamily affair international herald tribune i was happy to see a chinese semifinalist female zheng jie in wimbledon for the first time in the tournaments history i think but power pressure serving and grasscourt experience ultimately prevailed on thursday as venus williams and serena williams earned the right to make the wimbledon final a fami...
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ive argued in the past that a central function of the regulatory state is to restrain product feature and price competition between firms. any state regulation which uniformly regulates some feature like quality or safety across an industry will have the primary effect of removing that feature as an issue for cost competition between the firms in the industry. according to butler shaffer in calc...
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lets see... air traffic is dropping to 2002 levels... forecast even gloomier... diesel fuel prices skyrocketing... routes being trimmed... carriers heading back to bankruptcy... jet aircraft identified as a major source of greenhouse gases.. hey ive got an idea lets make the portland airport which is already overbuilt even bigger it would be funny if it werent where ted kulongoskis cronies...
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back in march i wrote a story laying out the rationale for drawing out a fisa fight that everyone expected us eventually to lose. we dont have the votes the basic premise every time congressional dems actually slow down and take stock of the situation from senator chris dodds brave and lonely and seemingly futile stand to the cautious maneuvering of house dems today new revelations arise that ...
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quote in algeria insurgents gain a lifeline from al qaeda by michael moss naciria algeria this article is by souad mekhennet michael moss eric schmitt elaine sciolino and margot williams. hiding in the caves and woodlands surrounding this hillcountry town algerian insurgents were all but washed up a few years ago. their nationalist battle against the algerian ...
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japan is exporting the premise of many of their popular game shows to the united states. abcs i survived a japanese game show has been getting some good reviews and fox is also producing a new show called hole in the wall which is based on the game human tetris made famous in japan. the premise of both these shows and others that may be in the pipeline came from or were based off of game shows ...
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wesley clark is not as smart as he thinks he is. in an attempt to boost the standing of his man in the race barack obama wesley clark is taking shots at john mccains service in vietnam washington with senator barack obama planning to visit the middle east and europe in an apparent effort to burnish his foreign policy credentials the credentials of his likely presidential rival senator john mccai...
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google untersttzt offensichtlich die prsidentschaftskandidatur von barack hussein obama. das grte internetsuchportal hat tagelang google blogseiten als spam blockiert weil kritik an obama angeblich infomll sei. den kritikern des us prsidentschaftskandidaten barack hussein obama fehlt es wahrhaft nicht an material fr ihre blogs. sehr zum rger von google wie spon berichtet. man versuchte mehrere o...
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summer is the time to take in free concerts and keep in mind that since we are in a political season there very well may be free fundraising concerts especially for the democrats. this free concert to be performed in new york city on july 12 in where else central park is more or less connected to the major league baseball all star game which will be played on july 15 at yankee stadium. heres the...
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samuel israel 3rd the fugitive former manager of the bayou group hedge fund turned himself in wednesday morning in southwick massachusetts. read more here......
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from the international herald tribune an article titled dwindling art supplies generate blindness and erratic prices. this interesting if unfathomable piece ends with this paragraph art lovers with millions to spare do not despair in these lean times. even when there is not much left to sift through great works of art can still be found if only because so few buyers have the eye needed to recog...
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what did you think the right would say about pixars wallea ill never understand why resource parsimony cannot be a tenet of conservatism.a its ok to mine the earth create waste and expend energy as long as we do it in moderation.a ifawe want ourselves and our children to live long healthy lives with a respect for the fact that the earth is limited in what it can make and handle and that the waste ...
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american consumers are feeling the pain both at the pump and in the grocery store. meanwhile with real fulltime unemployment rates climbing towards 10 pennypinching consumers are wondering just who is to blame. martin hutchinson in money morning blames fed inspired inflation and speculators the reason for this intense advance in commodity prices is that the fed and its european counterpart have be...
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study for head of george dyer francis bacon 1967 via nytimes sothebys contemporary art sale in london took place yesterday on july 1st and brought in an encouraging total of 188.8 million.a francis bacons painting of the profile of his lover and companion george dyer was a highlight of the auction. this intimate portrait based on a photograph by john deakin was originally predicted to collect 15....
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filed under cars and transportation newsobviously drugs even the legal ones arent very good for you and most will get you arrested or worse but rumor has it that some people still take them anyway. so with that in mind the least you can do is work towards a more sustainable habit. to see all the substances weve covered in this series see our guide to green green drug use.prisoners in rio de ja...
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madkat70 according to recent pentagon and an independent website reports combat deaths are on rise in parts of afghanistan. american military death toll has been the highest in this month of june and they are still counting. there are no confirmed records of civilian deaths which could be increasing as well. taliban is regaining strength and is reclaiming some parts of the southern and eastern r...
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madkat70 according to recent pentagon and an independent website reports combat deaths are on rise in parts of afghanistan. american military death toll has been the highest in this month of june and they are still counting. there are no confirmed records of civilian deaths which could be increasing as well. taliban is regaining strength and is reclaiming some parts of the southern and eastern r...
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madkat70 according to recent pentagon and an independent website reports combat deaths are on rise in parts of afghanistan. american military death toll has been the highest in this month of june and they are still counting. there are no confirmed records of civilian deaths which could be increasing as well. taliban is regaining strength and is reclaiming some parts of the southern and eastern r...
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a logical article from the iht al qaeda made its name in blood and pixels with deadly attacks and an avalanche of electronic news media. recent news articles depict an online terrorist juggernaut that has defied the best efforts by the united states government to counter it. while these articles are themselves a testimony to al qaedas media savvy they dont tell the whole story. when it comes to u...
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what a miserable life for these little girls. child marriage is a significant element in the cycle of poverty as the article suggests and is condoned by the religious hardliners who are a pillar of support for the regime. a nine year old bride of a thirty year old man is an overt victim of torture and rape socially a thing not a person and certainly not an a person with rights equal to that of her...
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its an unfortunate coincidence the developed world is finally coming to realize the destructive power of its heavilyindustrialized economies just as the rest of the world is beginning its widespread adaptation of modern production methods. this time around though there are new catches for the wouldbe industrialist. we are now well aware that the worlds resources are finite and knowledge abounds of...
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from janet and julie every kitchen needs a stack of basic white dinnerware that can be dressed up or dressed down. our top everyday white dinnerware selections below favored by new york architect annabelle selldorf for her hamptons kitchen anna dinnerware from crate and barrel is highquality dishwashersafe bone china 250 for a 16piece includes four place settings set. below jasper morrisons pla...
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the sadr movement is forging ahead with plans to create an elite special operations corps within the mahdi army with the mission of hitting us troops.iraq has convinced the united states to drop the demand that private american security guards operating in iraq be granted immunity from prosecution for wrongdoing in iraqi courts. such immunity is called extraterritoriality and it has often been an...
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