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Be it the foibles of human behavior or the glitches of technology that lead to the unintended and unexpected - tragic or funny, detrimental or beneficial, post your findings here.
Be it the foibles of human behavior or the glitches of technology that lead to the unintended and unexpected - tragic or funny, detrimental or beneficial, post your findings here.
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Thanksgiving Travel Woes: Faulty Airline Checked Baggage Scales - ABC NewsThanksgiving Travel Woes: Faulty Airline Baggage Scales New York Authorities Find Problems with the Scales at JFK and LaGuardia If you are flying this Thanksgiving , you better check the weight of your bags twice. A three-week enforcement sweep from Oct. 19 to Nov. 6 by regulators in New ...
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Reef Conservation Strategy Backfires : NPRThe Kiribati government was concerned about overfishing. So it came up with a plan: It would subsidize the coconut oil industry. "The thought was that by paying people more to do coconut agriculture, they would do less fishing," says Walsh. "And this would fulfill two goals: One, they would ...
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Shun beef to stop climate change, says India - Yahoo! NewsIndia, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming. "The single most important cause of (carbon) emissions is eating beef," Environment Minister Jairam ...
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Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games - Yahoo! NewsIn what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine countries. A 200-strong band operating across Europe is suspected of swaying matches in Germany, Belgium, ...
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Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.comFor much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic filibusters of George W. Bush's judicial nominees. He decried Democrats' "unprecedented, obstructive tactics." To have Bush nominees "opposed on a partisan ...
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1Shun beef to stop climate change, says India - Yahoo! NewsDUH! India by far and away has the largest number of methane producing cattle at 281,700,000, followed by Brazil (100 million LESS), China, and only then the USA. SO, if reducing the number of cattle will help, India is on the front lines. So what will it be - eat some of those cows? ...JDP added 2 days ago
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1Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.com"Lying, flip-flopping hypocrites." A charge Republican's love to level against anyone perceived as their opponents. Only this time it sticks to those very same Republicans. Ethics? Principles? Can be trusted to stick to and follow their word? Not for these Republican Senators.JDP added 2 days ago
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1Fox News again accused of airing misleading video - Yahoo! NewsUnfortunately, Fixed Noise continues to be a pestilent, putrid propaganda machine for Republicans and the far right, not meriting the word "news" anywhere near it. AND, bunches of angry, gullible boobs just lap it up. FORTUNATELY, Fox spews mostly INCOMPETENT LIES, transparent to anyone with ...JDP added 2 days ago
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1Morgan Stanley CEO loves regulators - seriously -- DailyFinanceWell sure he does! That's 11 or 12 FREE employees helping get back his company's tarnished reputation. Maybe employees that can give one some "culpable deniablility" - "Look they were here and all over us; we thought we were doing the right thing!" Of course, it could also be an admission ...JDP added 3 days ago
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1Foreclosures hitting more people with prime loans - AOL Money & FinanceSo much for "the idiots who took those sub-prime loans deserving what they get [foreclosure]". Turns out "the idiots who MADE AND PUSHED those loans [bankers], and then who "repackaged them" [collateralized debt obligations by the paragons of finance on Wall Street and stock exchanges around ...JDP added 3 days ago
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