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I want the liberty to end my life with dignity.
Did I mention I live in the USA where that CHOICE isn't mine. Cognitive liberty is at best paid lip service. Society has in effect silenced me. I'm going mute unless my excuse for a life experiences a quality of life upgrade. -
Europe Raises Stakes in Bank Bailout Race as Germany Plans Up to €400 Billion to Aid its Institution
Germany is set to approve on Monday a plan to prop its banking system that could involve up to €400 billion in taxpayers' money.
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Ponzi currencies will soon have new name but no difference.
The financial meltdown the economists of the Austrian School predicted has arrived.
We are in this crisis because of an excess of artificially created credit at the hands of the Federal Reserve System. The solution being proposed? More artificial credit by the Federal Reserve. No liquidation of bad debt and malinvestment is to be allowed. By doing ( Read more... ) -
Problem Profits
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people, officials said on Wednesday.
Here's my proposition: You remember that garbage boat years ago that was rejected by one port after another? It took a long time to find a port where they could dump their ( Read more... ) -
Energy experts puzzled over oil prices (AP)
Khelil, the OPEC president, offered no solace to consumers.
"We are very uncertain about the oil prices since it's highly volatile and we don't really know whether it is going to be stabilizing or going to lower levels," he told delegates. "But everybody agrees that oil prices are too high."
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Goats, Sheep Get City Jobs as Landscapers.
"It is the year of weed-snackers rather than weed-whackers. As a way of controlling invasive vegetation and renewing the land, the ancient idea of using sheep and goats is finding renewed favor. In Northern California alone, at least 10 companies compete for the business."
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Mexico is the world's sixth-largest oil producer, but still has a deficit.
Congress budgeted for crude oil production of 3.2 million barrels a day this year, and exports of 1.7 million barrels a day.
But production in the first quarter was only 2.911 million barrels a day, down 7.8 percent from the first quarter of 2007. First-quarter exports were 1.5 million barrels a day, down 12.4 percent from first quarter last year.
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Supercomputer sets record by processing more than 1.026 quadrillion calculations per second.
Roadrunner, which consumes roughly three megawatts of power, or about the power required by a large suburban shopping center. -
Iraq says it wants to restrict movement of U.S. troops
What I can confirm now, with no hesitation, is that there will not be freedom of movement for American (forces) in Iraq," Salih told Arabiya television.