Stuff below the fold

first, everyone is autistic, now everyone is ADHD...

Yes, find someone to make the diagnosis, and you too can get speed with a legal prescription.

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End of the world? that nutty US group is paying their folks to spread the news in Manila, but the Catholic bishops rebuke them, reminding them that Jesus denied anyone could know the date...

Of course, why worry about the end of the world when it's typhoon season?... and that doesn't even include death from earthquakes and Dengue fever..

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Mike Rowe testifies in Congress that there needs to be more emphasis on skilled job training, not just academic subjects.

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related link: The shoddy shipyards building US ships...lying to inspectors and of course a lot of politics is involved.
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StrategyPage discussion here.

factoid of the day: The local neighbors just assumed they were rich drug dealers because they were friendly and didn't give to local charities...

heh. Sounds like our neighbor in New Mexico, when pro druggie Johnson was governor...for the cops it was "see no evil, hear no evil" even though the entire town warned their kids not to hike or fish on their land...

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WTF editorial of the day: Rumsfeld praises wikileaks...

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Underground farms using LED's to grow...cucumbers?
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China syndrome in Japan? I heard something about this on the Japanese station's English news.