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09 Dec 2010 10:47

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World: Cablegate: Know a prince and Saudi? Well then, it’s time to party

  • The full range of worldly temptations and vices are available – alcohol, drugs, sex – but strictly behind closed doors.
  • A leak from Wikileaks’ Cablegate series • Suggesting that Saudi Arabia is in fact not as conservative as it seems behind closed doors. Apparently, it goes like this; the Vice Police tends to go after people into sex/drugs/alcohol, but they tend to leave Saudi princes (of which there are thousands) alone – especially if they have a direct lineage to King Abdullah. So, as a result, if a Saudi prince is at your party, it’s time to GET DOWN. source
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09 Dec 2010 10:33

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Offbeat: Elderly woman returns library book a couple of years too late

  • 74 number of years late a recently-returned library book was
  • 95 the age of the woman who returned the book, Hazel Severson
  • 1936 the year Severson checked out 1930’s “Seaplane Solo”
  • $2,701 the amount owed in late fees; the library wouldn’t accept them source
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09 Dec 2010 10:19

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World: Anti-Corruption Day Study: People bribe other people a lot

Transparency International says that one in four people worldwide paid bribes to people for public services. We do this all the time! It’s fun! source
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09 Dec 2010 10:10

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Biz: Mark Zuckerberg, people we don’t care about sign “Giving Pledge”

  • 50 number of rich people who have offered most of their wealth to charity with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett
  • 16 number of new names on the list, including Steve Case, Carl Icahn and … Mark Zuckerberg source
  • » The only name people care about: Is it us, or does the Mark Zuckerberg one seem designed to make people look for ulterior motives? Because it seems that’s what people are already doing. You know, nobody ever questioned BILL GATES for this, and he had a lot more public relations work to do after that antitrust stuff than Zuckerberg ever did.
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09 Dec 2010 09:51

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World: Russia thinks Julian Assange deserves a Nobel Peace Prize

  • Public and non-governmental organisations should think of how to help him … Maybe, nominate him as a Nobel Prize laureate.
  • A source inside Dmitry Medvedev’s office • Offering Wikileaks the kind of head-scratching support that instantly suggests “ulterior motive.” While Russia’s at it, perhaps Russia can go in support of Liu Xiaobo at his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony tomorrow, in defiance of China. That’d really be helpful. This is just gibberish. source
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