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03 Oct 2010 11:37

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U.S.: Nevada is stuck in the abyss of recession with no way out

  • 3.8% the state’s unemployment numbers a decade ago – pretty good, right?
  • 14.4% the state’s jobless numbers now – and it’s even worse when you get to Las Vegas
  • 44 number of months the state has led the country in foreclosure numbers – nearly four years source
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03 Oct 2010 11:18

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World: Private security firms (i.e. Blackwater) blocked from Afghanistan

  • 8 firms were banned, including the infamous Blackwater, er Xe source
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03 Oct 2010 10:58

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Politics: Alvin Greene basically eating Jim DeMint’s dust in South Carolina

  • 64% of voters in South Carolina plan to vote for incumbent Jim DeMint
  • 21% plan to give their vote to socially inept accused sex offender (and unlikely candidate) Alvin Greene
  • 15%could conceivably vote for Alvin Greene, but probably won’t source
  • » Why this is bad for Democrats: Beyond the obvious “we’re going to lose a seat we expected to lose anyway” angle, Greene’s candidacy in South Carolina means that the influential far-right-leaning DeMint can spend his $4 million in funds on other things, such as, you know, propping up candidates who may not have the good fortune that he does.
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03 Oct 2010 10:25

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Offbeat: Druidry officially recognized as a religion in Britain

Why the hell not? They let atheists walk all over the Church of England all the time. At least these dudes are gonna stick around Stonehenge and not bother anyone. source
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03 Oct 2010 10:16

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Politics: Meg Whitman’s entire campaign eaten by the immigration monster

  • bad Meg Whitman’s political image has become centered on a single issue: What she did to her former undocumented housekeeper.
  • worseCalifornia’s gubernatorial debate last night became about the issue of immigration, which pretty much sucks for her. source
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03 Oct 2010 10:01

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Music: Unlikeliest Tea Party supporter? Velvet Underground’s Mo Tucker

  • Some are in disbelief that the former Velvet Underground drummer could support such views. We aren’t, really. Johnny Ramone was a conservative. Ted Nugent got his start playing guitar on a song about using psychedelic drugs. Why can’t Mo discount socialism? source
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03 Oct 2010 02:07

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Biz: Remember the stock market “Flash Crash”? Here’s how it happened

  • 1 click of a mouse in Kansas caused the stock market to dip 600 points

 

 

  • $4.1B the amount in futures the mutual fund was trying to sell that fateful day
  • 75k the number of contracts the company dropped onto the market
  • 20 the number of minutes it took for them to flood everything source
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03 Oct 2010 01:59

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World: The U.S. thinking of advising tourists in Europe of al-Qaeda threat

  • Sure, you might think doing cool touristy crap in London or elsewhere in Europe is cool and all, but the U.S. thinks you should stay away from the guards at Buckingham Palace. Or pretty much anywhere else one might consider a public place. Reports suggest that U.S. plans to offer a travel advisory tomorrow saying that you basically should be vigilant about where you go in Europe. Why? Blame the vagueness that is an al-Qaeda threat. (Photo by Gabriel Villena) source
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03 Oct 2010 01:43

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Politics: Attack ads in West Virginia not even hiding their racism

  • It’s funny. All you have to do to make a basic statement of fact, like West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall’s mention that he helped get out the vote to Arab-Americans for Obama, into an attack ad is to add some dark music, deep voices and foreboding fades. In other news, holy crap. Can you believe how blatantly racist this ad is? source
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