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This Is Not A Normal Recession: Moving on to Plan B

""The Winter of 2008-2009 will prove to be the winter of global economic discontent that marks the rejection of the flawed ideology that unregulated global financial markets promote financial innovation, market efficiency, unhampered growth and endless prosperity while...

New Tech Converts Heat into Electricity, Saves You Gas

Turning your car into a closed system."New Tech Converts Heat into Electricity, Saves You Gas Furukawa, a Tokyo-based tech company, has developed a thermoelectric conversion material that's said to be...

New York Times Op-Ed: Israel Will Attack Iran

"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...

Move Over Knight Rider... BMW's Cloth Concept Car Shape Shifts!

"By Chuck Squatriglia June 10, 2008 | 12:38:21 PMConcept cars give automotive designers a chance to let their imaginations run wild, often with outlandish results. But even by that measure, BMW has come up with...

Intelligence in the Wild Kingdom

" Throughout history, intelligence has often been considered a quality unique to humans, but that conventional wisdom has been shattered over the years as research continues to turn up examples of animals, birds and fish that can develop vocabularies, communicate and even...

Real Change Means McCain

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWhoever Americans choose, whether Obama or McCain, both moderates, rest assured World Dictators and Despots will test the new US President "Hot Button". These Despots I...

Clinton Wins in WV 67%, Obama 26%

Clinton Campaign email to WV Voters"After tonight's tremendous victory here in West Virginia, it's clear that the pundits declaring this race over have it all wrong. The voters in West Virginia spoke loud and clear -- they want this contest to go on. I'm listening to the...

Understanding Maoist’s victory in Nepal

"“The results of the general election in Nepal on 10 April 2008, won overwhelmingly by the Maoists - officially the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - have come as a complete shock. Many people thought the former armed rebels would be a distant third, winning perhaps...

Surgeons Remove Man's Appendix Through His Mouth

The world’s first appendectomy removal has happened, through a man’s mouth!  The patient was able to return to work just after two days, and only suffered a minor sore throat.  From a...

BC SkyTrains to be built in Mexico

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorHere is a few obvious problems I have with this.Our High Taxes pay for TranslinkOur Canadian Taxes from all Canadians paid for Bombardier's Billion Dollar Bailout, in...

Ron Paul Admits 'Conventional Defeat'

Ron Paul is getting out of the race."In a message posted on YouTube on Thursday, Representative Ron Paul acknowledged that he would not be able to win the Republican presidential nomination. “Though victory in the conventional political sense is not available in the...

Things that make you feel super-special

" At the International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Fla., last week, more than 1,900 exhibitors showed new and innovative products. Here are some of the new products that attendees found interesting.     TurboChef, a do-it-all single oven, cooks up to...

Low-energy bulbs can trigger migraine, seizures and pain

"Save the planet, get a headache?  Some U.K. health experts say energy-saving light bulbs may trigger migraines in people prone to the condition, according to a report in Britain's Daily Mail.  British...

If you can celebrate the birthday of a pagan god in the name of “Christiani...

"There is a hole here that the gays, evolutionists, and atheists, and whoever else have not exploited, namely, that all you have to do is rename your shit to something biblical-sounding, maybe tweak it a little bit, and you will automatically meet with the approval of the...

“Do the Right Thing” do Citizen Journalism

" A mini introduction to “How to Create ’Debates’ ” is found (without offending..) in the opinions differences between two NP contributors on  the theme ’Is...

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