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Sunday, June 09, 2013

ECONOMIST cover - Those Brits, their sense of humor, of the absurd.

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No, not the cover, just setting the table for it. The meeting of east and west, despite Kipling . But, back to the cover. For those ...
Saturday, June 08, 2013

Chinese-Nicaraguan canal efforts, and more.

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Recent reporting, here and here . Three Google searches, here , here , and here . Wikipedia here . This link . Library of Commerce li...

With government secret spying on Americans in the news, the NSA's building out much more capacity in remote parts of Utah - a matter reported at length about three months ago - is again timely.

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This link . And, this fairytale : "Big mouth," hell child, not as big as the leakers to Guardian , WaPo ... ____________UPD...
Wednesday, June 05, 2013

A Strib item on insects as food, states, "Western societies require tailored media communication strategies and educational programs that address the disgust factor. Locusts in Australia, for instance, sound a little more appetizing when they’re called 'sky prawns.' "

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Headline quote from here . Euphemism triumphant. As with hack political propagandists calling themselves Watchdogs . Is it time to call ...

Old soldiers never die, they just cost a lot.

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The Strib item headline: Pentagon brass calls sexual assault 'like a cancer,' but insists commanders keep authority Article by: ...
Tuesday, June 04, 2013

My God, not Tom Emmer. Except, maybe, only in a two-person match with the other being Big Lake turkey,Mary Kiffmeyer.

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Both mentioned, Elk River Star Times, "Emmer looked like a campaigner in Elk River on Monday By Jim Boyle on June 4, 2013 at 11:16 a...

Bloomberg reports - Michael Douglas, HPV, the threats, and the vacine being underutilized,

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This link .