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"…this budget looks very, very good."

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:23:04 -0800

“…this budget looks very, very good.”

- Op-Ed Columnist - Climate of Change - NYTimes.com

"One reason that the ignorant also tend to be the blissfully self-assured, the researchers believe,..."

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:20:57 -0800

“One reason that the ignorant also tend to be the blissfully self-assured, the researchers believe, is that the skills required for competence often are the same skills necessary to recognize competence.”

- Among the Inept, Researchers Discover, Ignorance Is Bliss

"Groceries or medicine? Rent or heat? Two meals or three? Almost half of California’s seniors..."

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:11:57 -0800

“Groceries or medicine? Rent or heat? Two meals or three? Almost half of California’s seniors confront these essential survival questions each day, according to a first-ever study released today.”

- Home - San Jose Mercury News

Programmer Jokes — what’s your best one? - Stack...

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:44:48 -0800

Programmer Jokes — what’s your best one? - Stack Overflow

"Another bribe of €25, or about $32, went to a nurse to guarantee an epidural. Even the orderly..."

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:11:27 -0800

“Another bribe of €25, or about $32, went to a nurse to guarantee an epidural. Even the orderly reaped an extra €10 to make sure he didn’t drop her from the stretcher. But on the day of her delivery, she says, her gynecologist never arrived. Twelve hours into labor, she was left alone in her room for an hour. When a doctor appeared, the umbilical cord was wrapped twice around her baby’s head and had nearly suffocated him. He was blind and deaf and had suffered severe brain damage. Now, Alina and her husband, Ionut, despair that if they had paid a larger bribe to the doctor, then Sebastian would perhaps be a healthy baby.”

- In Romania, bribery is a health problem - International Herald Tribune

"Among the booklet’s list of allowable defects are “insect filth,” “rodent filth” (both hair and..."

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:08:03 -0800

“Among the booklet’s list of allowable defects are “insect filth,” “rodent filth” (both hair and excreta pellets), “mold,” “insects,” “mammalian excreta,” “rot,” “insects and larvae” (which is to say, maggots), “insects and mites,” “insects and insect eggs,” “drosophila fly,” “sand and grit,” “parasites,” “mildew” and “foreign matter” (which includes “objectionable” items like “sticks, stones, burlap bagging, cigarette butts, etc.”).”

- Op-Ed Contributor - The Maggots in Your Mushrooms - NYTimes.com

"The F.D.A. actually condones a certain percentage of “natural contaminants” in our food supply —..."

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:07:48 -0800

“The F.D.A. actually condones a certain percentage of “natural contaminants” in our food supply — meaning, among other things, bugs, mold, rodent hairs and maggots.”

- Op-Ed Contributor - The Maggots in Your Mushrooms - NYTimes.com

"According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 25,000 people..."

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:20:13 -0800

“According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, more than 25,000 people died of starvation every day in 2003”

- Starvation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Residents remember the boom for its noise, with dump trucks lining the streets and power tools heard..."

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:12:57 -0800

“Residents remember the boom for its noise, with dump trucks lining the streets and power tools heard in nearly every neighborhood. Housing prices doubled, then tripled, and jobs were plentiful, nearly all of them tied to real estate. Signs of trouble were ignored. “Sometimes houses would sell three or four times in a few months, and no one would move in,” Mr. Elliott said.”

- In Florida, Despair and Foreclosures - NYTimes.com

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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50:33 -0800

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Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:00:14 -0800

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"As Border Patrol agents gave chase, a third truck appeared on the Mexican side and gunmen sprayed..."

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:17:40 -0800

“As Border Patrol agents gave chase, a third truck appeared on the Mexican side and gunmen sprayed machine-gun fire over the fence at the agents.”

- Border Proves No Obstacle for Mexican Cartels - NYTimes.com

"Under Mr. Bush, punctuality was a virtue. Meetings started early — the former president once locked..."

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:53:51 -0800

“Under Mr. Bush, punctuality was a virtue. Meetings started early — the former president once locked Secretary of State Colin L. Powell out of the Cabinet Room when Mr. Powell showed up a few minutes late”

- White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code - NYTimes.com

"The battle in Washington is not between liberals and conservatives; it is between the Union and the..."

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:22:04 -0800

“The battle in Washington is not between liberals and conservatives; it is between the Union and the South.”

- The South Vs. Obama - The Daily Beast

"…in modern recessions, unemployment keeps rising long after the NBER has determined, based on..."

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:20:55 -0800

“…in modern recessions, unemployment keeps rising long after the NBER has determined, based on things like industrial production, that the recession proper is over.”

- How late is too late? - Paul Krugman Blog - NYTimes.com

"The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print..."

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:45:21 -0800

““The miracle of turning inklings into thoughts and thoughts into words and words into metal and print and ink never palls for me.””

- John Updike, a Lyrical Writer of the Ordinary, Is Dead at 76 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com

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Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:29:31 -0800

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"Economists worry that the economy could now be losing as many as 600,000 jobs a month"

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:17:13 -0800

“Economists worry that the economy could now be losing as many as 600,000 jobs a month”

- A Day of Layoffs, Across Industries and Continents - NYTimes.com

"Brain damage is a common and potentially severe consequence of long-term, heavy alcohol consumption...."

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:04:09 -0800

“Brain damage is a common and potentially severe consequence of long-term, heavy alcohol consumption. Even mild-to-moderate drinking can adversely affect cognitive functioning.”

- Brain Damage Caused by Alcohol Consumption

"Just because they come out at night and throw down four or five bodies in the square does not mean..."

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:30:07 -0800

““Just because they come out at night and throw down four or five bodies in the square does not mean that militants control anything,” he said.”

- Radio Spreads Taliban’s Terror in Pakistani Region - NYTimes.com