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Warren Buffett calls for retention of estate tax.
June 28, 2006, 6:41 pm
Filed under: Economics

Buffet suggested that inheritance is luck of the draw, and not consistent with American values of equal opportunity. It’s not surprising that a man who worked his way to the top would feel this way. Especially considering most who inherit fortunes squander them away, never quite understanding the value of a dollar.

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Buzz Aldrin punches a guy in the face
June 28, 2006, 6:39 pm
Filed under: Conspiracies

Buzz punches a guy who accuses him of never going to the moon and calls him a coward. But the guy was asking for it.

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Nuclear Power Is Heating Up Again
June 28, 2006, 6:37 pm
Filed under: Energy

Interest in adding new nuclear power plants to U.S. electric generation capacity has gained considerable momentum in the past year. The last nuclear plant was ordered more than 30 years ago, in 1973. But several factors have combined to generate a clear resurgence of interest in adding new nuclear capacity.

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The Dark Side: Documentary on just how low the US has sunk
June 28, 2006, 6:35 pm
Filed under: Politics

Amid made up ‘intelligence’ and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president’s chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby, FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Dick Cheney, the man who now runs the US.

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Who Stole the Estimated $3.3 Trillion Missing From U.S. Treasury?
June 28, 2006, 6:31 pm
Filed under: Economics, Politics

Trillions of dollars are missing from the US government. What’s going on? Where is the money? How could this happen? Where are the checks and balances? How much more has gone missing? What would happen if a corporation failed to pass an audit like this? Or a taxpayer? Who is responsible for this?

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Congress Gets a Raise, but you don’t
June 28, 2006, 6:30 pm
Filed under: Politics

It’s amazing to think that just days after Congress blocked an increase in the minimum wage, that they would be so crass and tone-deaf as to consider a pay increase of their own.

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Google the ISP with 2^96 IPv6 addresses
June 28, 2006, 6:29 pm
Filed under: Media & Internet

Google has 79 billion billion billion IPv6 addresses, is buying up massive amounts of dark fiber, and building a massive data center. Just what is Google up to?

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