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Oh Yes, Bro!
Can you do with less, and be satisfied with it? Tony Long of Wired News says:
“I’ve had it with the rat race. I’m tired of scrambling to make a buck, tired of working for The Man. America is the unending hamster wheel to oblivion, where apparently you win if you die while in possession of a plasma TV, the fattest mortgage or the bitchinest Beemer ever. So, where to go?”
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It is one of the founding principles of American government that no one branch should be beyond scrutiny or reproach. Yet having abdicated its own role as a check on executive excess, Congress is now entertaining the possibility of helping the president eliminate the judicial check as well. OH NO, BRO!
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How nervous are you? Need a way to check your perception of the world to be sure you’re right, especially with regard to your investments? Have no fear. Citigroup and high-tech to the rescue with a tool for you…
In awful weeks like this, investors, who usually worry only about the state of their portfolios, get very concerned about the state of the world. Every day they wake up, turn on their terminals, and ask: How screwed is mankind today? And if we’re that much closer to World War III, how should I protect my investments?
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So, you think we have it bad in the USA? This article from the UK’s Daily Mail reveals that the home life of every child in the United Kingdom is to be recorded on a national database. This is the ultimate intrusion of the nanny state.
Computer records holding details of school performance, diet and even whether their parents provide a ‘positive role model’ for 12 million children will be held by the UK Government.
