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15 Nov 2009 01:33

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Biz: Bernie Madoff’s crap makes a little bit of money at auction

  • $900,000 “little bit” is kinda relative source
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01 Sep 2009 21:15

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World: Some in Afghanistan say the ballot-stuffing was blatant

  • Not a single person in Shorabak District cast a ballot — not a single person. Mr. Karzai’s people stuffed all the ballot boxes.
  • Afghan regional governor Delaga Bariz • Regarding claims of widespread vote-tampering across the country. According to Bariz and others, Hamid Karzai had some of his right-hand men come into the Shorabak region (which Abdullah Abdullah was destined to win), close the 45 local polling places, bring the ballot boxes to the election headquarters and stuff them with thousands of ballots favoring Karzai. Pretty serious allegations. • source
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24 Jun 2009 10:19

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Biz: People are buying more stuff they don’t have to replace immediately

  • +1.8% increase in durable goods in May source
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28 May 2009 21:15

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U.S.: It took a while, but Sully’s passengers got their stuff back

  • 150 passengers temporarily lost their stuff, but kept their lives, after Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger pinpointedly landed US Airways Flight 1549 into the Hudson River
  • 30,000 items were organized, cleaned, checked out and later returned to their owners in FedEx packages. Some things don’t work, but a lot of things still do source
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13 Apr 2009 22:17

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Culture: The King of Crap: Michael Jackson’s selling all his stuff en masse

It’s like a yard sale, except it’s taking place in a former department store. And it looks stocked by a manchild. source
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