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August 25, 2008

OREO 08 25 08

Filed under: news — jaspar @ 8:51 am

OREO 08 25 08

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OREO 08 25 08
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Newsstories of interest:
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MH = Misleading Headline  [in this edition: 1 ]
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1  DISORDER
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New Orleans repeating deadly levee mistakes
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080823/ap_on_re_us/katrina_repeating_the_past
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"If you [>] believe you can't flood, that's when you in-
crease the risk of flooding."
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DOD: Engineers to review post-Katrina pumps
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082302201.html
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"to [>] assure the citizens of New Orleans that pumps de-
signed for flood protection will perform as specified [?]
during hurricanes."
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Rabbis Debate Kosher Ethics at Meat Plant
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/23/us/23kosher.html?pagewanted=all
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"A low-level Agriprocessors floor supervisor pleaded guilty
this week to criminal immigration charges, the only manager
convicted to date."
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PRACTICAL ETHICS
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Joshua Frank | Targeting Pelosi (and the War Machine) |
An Interview with Cindy Sheehan
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http://www.counterpunch.org/frank08232008.html
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"Sheehan: I decided to target Pelosi because she is the
number one Democrat in Congress and she was the number one
obstacle to ending the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan."
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THE # 1 GUTLESS IN A COWARD CONGRESS
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Thousands protest ahead of Democratic convention
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4961557/thousands-protest-ahead-democratic-convention
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"anti-war protesters...marched through the US city of
Denver"
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Guards' Lapses Cited in Detainee Suicides | Probe Also Faults
Lenient Policies At Guantanamo
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082203083_pf.html
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"The simultaneous suicides on June 10, 2006, raised claims
from top U.S. military commanders that the detainees were
engaging in 'asymmetric warfare' against the United States."
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WE TORTURED 'EM 'TILL THOSE
S.O.B.S WENT AND DIED ON US
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Homeland Security Comes to Vermont | Changes in Border Town
Unsettle Some Residents
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300816_pf.html
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"They're stirring up a little hate and discontent with that
deal."
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THE SUPERPOWER IS DOOMED
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Balancing free speech with protest rights
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_conventions_free_speech
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"Hundreds of lawsuits still are pending on behalf of people
arrested during the 2004 GOP convention.  In 2000, more than
600 people were arrested at the Republican National Conven-
tion in Philadelphia, and 200 were arrested in Los Angeles
at the Democratic convention."
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DE-MOCK-RACY
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Warning on voting machines reveals oversight failure
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http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/50485.html
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"an unofficial laboratory testing system failed for years
to detect an array of flaws in $1.5 billion worth of vot-
ing equipment sold nationwide since 2003."
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IT IS TO LAUGH
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2  AFRICA
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CHAD
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Chad floods force 10,000 from homes, kill 3: U.N.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082300723.html
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And--
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"Further round Africa's Atlantic coast, tiny Guinea-Bissau
is struggling to control an outbreak of cholera that has
killed at least 59 people since May."
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3  ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (SYRIA)
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Major events in Syria-Lebanon history
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080824/D92OLU0O0.html
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Fear Keeps Iraqis Out of Their Baghdad Homes
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/middleeast/24baghdad.html?ref=world&pagewanted=all
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"Out of the more than 151,000 families who had fled their
houses in Baghdad, just 7,112 had returned to them by mid-
July"
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A TRIUMH OF SUPERPOWER SOCIOCIDE
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911 system knocked out in parts of SoCal
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080823/D92O0SO01.html
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"for 90 minutes."

Gunmen Kill a Top [puppet] Official in Baghdad
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html
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"member of the [puppet] Communist Party"
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THE SUPERPOWER CORRUPTS ALL
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Train catches fire after derailment in Oklahoma
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202438.html
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"Explosions at the site sent large balls of fire into the
air, and the blaze continued into the evening."
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CIA More Fully Denies Deception About Iraq
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/22/AR2008082202681.html
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"new CIA denial that it helped the Bush administration pro-
duce phony documents"
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THE CIA MUST BE ABOLISHED ROOT, BRANCH, AND SEED
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ROOT includes The Superpower's National Security Council
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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France to take long look at Afghan mission
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-France-Rethinking-Afghanistan.html
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"The risk for Sarkozy remains that the mission in Afghani-
stan could erode his popularity... --much like former Prime
Minister...Blair of Britain faced political damage over his
commitment to the Iraq war."
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We trod the Fool's Parade!
We did not care: we knew we were
The Devil's Own Brigade
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Taliban win over locals at the gates of Kabul | While clash-
es in remote Helmand dominate the headlines, another battle
is being waged by the insurgents on Kabul's doorstep
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/afghanistan
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"Ten days ago [puppet] authorities reported a 'rocket
strike' on the newly refurbished [Kabul] airport.
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Only it was not rockets...but rocket-propelled grenades,
launched from 200 metres away."
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200 meters = ~ 1/8 mile
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__THE PREPOSTEROUS IN OVERDRIVE__
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Afghans sacked over deadly strike
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7580018.stm
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"[puppet] Afghan President...sacked two...[Afghan puppet] mili-
tary commanders over...[The Superpower's] air strike two days
ago that...killed 89 civilians."
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Taliban turns lethal: 101 US deaths in Afghanistan [actual-
ly 3,077 US deaths in Afghanistan a/o May 2008]
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_as/afghan100_us_deaths
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Emirate of Afghanistan troops "once derided as a ragtag
rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a
fighting force --one advanced enough to mount massive con-
ventional attacks and claim American lives at a record pace."
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BY DEFEATING ONE SUPERPOWER, RUSSIA,
YOU'VE LEARNED HOW TO DEFEAT ANOTHER
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When fools rush in, you get out of their way.  Fools then
imagine they're top dogs and you're just a ragtag rabble.
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THEN YOU KILL THEM.
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JAPAN
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Toyota announces price hikes to offset soaring costs
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080825091452.wr9zbo1l&show_article=1
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"on some passenger cars in Japan for the first time in more
than 30 years"
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KASHMIR
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Kashmir under [Indian] indefinite curfew
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7578709.stm
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"Local journalists say 15 of their colleagues were beaten
up by [Indian] police" --photo caption
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"despite having curfew passes." --down in the newsstory
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MH  Three killed as Kashmir protesters defy curfew
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Rather, 3 separatist leaders detained as Kashmir protesters
defy curfew
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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSSP15049920080825?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&sp=true
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"The conflict has had little impact on [Indian] national
politics, with a consensus in India that Kashmir should
stay part of the country, no matter what."
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No matter what...
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That attitude toward PEOPLE is fostered by a similar atti-
tude toward NATURE, as indicated in this newsstory:
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1 million cut off by monsoon floods in India
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92P9K680&show_article=1
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"India's monsoon season, which lasts from June to Septem-
ber, brings rain vital for the country's farmers but also
massive destruction.  Floods, mudslides, collapsing houses
and lightning strikes kill hundreds of people every year."
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Every year...
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SUCH ATTITUDES GET YOU NOWHERE
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4 EUROPE
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DENMARK
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Danish central bank [Nationalbanken] rescues crisis bank
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92P96HG0&show_article=1
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Bought "country's eighth largest bank [Roskilde Bank]"
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IRELAND
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300 IRA members to fight convictions and seek compensation
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/25/northernireland.northernireland
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"The state [= the UK occupation]...set up the Historical
Enquiries Team within the police service to look at un-
solved killings 'but no similar mechanism to explore all
the wrong-doings that went on in the [army] barracks and
police stations.'"
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UK
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Poverty is UK's hidden child killer | Government has failed
to tackle the epidemic of chronic illness and early deaths
among the most disadvantaged in society, says a new report
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/24/welfare.health
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EU NEEDS TO KICK OUT UK
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End Child Poverty coalition:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_Child_Poverty_coalition
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5  LATAM
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BOLIVIA
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Bolivia split in two as the wealthy aim to defy the Morales
revolution
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/aug/24/bolivia
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"survey by the Catholic Church found that 50,000 families
[of the nine million population] own almost 90 per cent of
the country's productive land."
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EL SALVADOR
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El Salvador's Police Chief Resigns Amid Scandal
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-salvador-police.html
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"media reports accused two close advisers of corruption and
links with drug traffickers."
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MEXICO
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Mexicans deported from US face shattered lives
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080824/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/mexico_forced_homecoming
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"On average, 700 Mexicans expelled from the United States
walk through this gate [at Tijuana] daily"
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Nearby, "American tourists pose for photos" "oblivious to
the [expelled] men, women and children"
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NICARAGUA
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...Medvedev sent a message in return to the President of
Nicaragua...Ortega
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http://www.kremlin.ru/eng/text/news/2008/08/205659.shtml
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"We think that military-technical cooperation can become a
promising field of cooperation between our countries."
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6  SUPERPOWER
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In the Ruins of the Housing Bust
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24house.html?ref=business&pagewanted=all
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Caption of photo on page 1: "Three-fourths of existing-home
sales in Merced County [CA] are foreclosures."
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PRE-USED CARS, PRE-FORECLOSED HOMES
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Merced County, California:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merced_County
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Small Kansas Bank Is 9th Failure This Year
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/business/business-columbianbank-failure.html
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"Columbian Bank and Trust Company"
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Gas prices nationally drop 15 cents in 2 weeks
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Gas-Prices.html
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Regular self-serve: "$3.70 Friday"
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7  $$$$
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U.S. and Global Economies Slipping in Unison
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24global.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
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"Economic trouble has spread..., threatening American busi-
nesses with the loss of foreign sales and investment that
have become increasingly vital to their sustenance."
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Sustenance?  Hush!  P-r-o-f-i-t-s.
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Wall Street bailout aid questioned at Fed event
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Bailout-Wrong-Signal.html
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Questioned?  Hush!  B-r-i-b-e-s.
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Criminals dumping weak US dollar for euro
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080822/wl_canada_afp/canadauseucrimemoney_080822212441
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"other currencies...are poised to weaken the US dollar's
dominance as the currency of choice for international
remittances and payments."
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US grain exports snagged by infrastructure delays
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Grain-Bottleneck.html?pagewanted=all
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"surge in exports is revealing inefficiencies in the coun-
try's railways, highways and rivers"
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AIN'T GOT NO MONEY FOR NOTHIN' SAVE WAR, WAR, WAR
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Oil rises above $115 as dollar weakens
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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92P91T00&show_article=1
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Malaysia says palm oil price dropping to realistic value
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/4963369/malaysia-says-palm-oil-price-dropping-realistic-value
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"price of palm oil...plummeted 42 percent in recent months"

"Oil palm cultivation occupies 67 percent of Malaysia's
total agricultural land, and some 500,000 people are en-
gaged in the sector."
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