Friday, January 23, 2009

Headlines below the fold

Murtha wants to house the Gitmo guys in his district...the problem? The only Federal prison in his district is a "country club" low security prison for white collar criminals like Mayor Barry...
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But it also sounds like the feds are closing in on some of Murtha's pork barrel projects:


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Zimbabwe's entire health system has been failing for awhile...
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This year's "wonder vitamin: Vitamin D......
If I'm sceptical, it's because earlier crazes were about the wonders of Vitamin C, the various B vitamins, and then "anti oxidants"...

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Get out now!
Some people remember Kristalnacht...

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There has been an unreported cyberwar going on for awhile: Think Diehard 4.0 but with political, not monetary, hackers behind the war.

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First came the "crop circles", now comes Yarnbombing...

The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen 'tags'.

Quite often dozens of balls of coloured wool are used to make huge sleeves or cosies which are then stitched onto a fixed object, sometimes done under the cover of darkness.

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