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10 Dec 08

USA National Gas Temperature Map

"Now you can see what gas prices are around the country at a glance. Areas are color coded according to their price for the average price for regular unleaded gasoline."

www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx - Preview

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03 Mar 08

Next Generation Mobile Content: So, you want to deploy a J2ME app in the US?

Overview of US mobile operators and their differing limitations when you want to deploy an off-deck mobile application.

www.nextgenmoco.com/...-to-deploy-j2me-app-in-us.html - Preview

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How to raise a new generation of corporate champions

"Europe’s corporate giants include only 12 companies born in the second half of the 20th century, against 51 in the US and 46 in emerging countries.... the American finance industry offers [startups] more support"

www.voxeu.org/index.php - Preview

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09 Dec 07

What's the Matter with Liberals? - The New York Review of Books

«the "party of the people" chose to sacrifice the liberal economic policies that used to connect them to such voters on the altar of centrism [... as well as abandon attacks on] the GOP's tendency to demote "values" issues once elections are over.»

www.nybooks.com/17982 - Preview

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03 Dec 07

PROPOSED NORTH AMERICAN HIGH SPEED TRAIN PROJECTS

Interactive map showing a very optimistic view of the future of high-speed trains in the US.

avmedia.popularmechanics.com/...maglev-b.html - Preview

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28 Nov 07

North America, the Balkans Version

“In this alternate reality, the westward expansion of the Anglo-American people proceeded pretty much as it did in our reality, but the US government just couldn’t keep up. Every national identity crisis resolved itself in favor of the separatists”

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23 Oct 07

Cost of Living - Cost of Living Calculator from CNNMoney

"Using data provided by researchers at ACCRA, Inc., we compare key expenses in dozens of major cities. Costs include housing, utilities, transportation and health care."

cgi.money.cnn.com/...costofliving.html - Preview

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Stalin, Mao And … Ahmadinejad?

"The American discussion about Iran has lost all connection to reality. [...] Iran has an economy the size of Finland's and an annual defense budget of around $4.8 billion. It has not invaded a country since the late 18th century."

www.newsweek.com/...print - Preview

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19 Oct 07

Hatred of U.S. drives al-Qaida recruiting - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com

"An aggressor occupied my country, destroyed it and made millions [of] refugees. It is an honor to fight this"

www.msnbc.msn.com/...1098 - Preview

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18 Oct 07

Frank Rich: The 'Good Germans' Among Us

"As the war has dragged on, it is hard to give Americans en masse a pass. [...] 'BUSH lies' doesn't cut it anymore. It's time to confront the darker reality that we are lying to ourselves."

www.spiegel.de/...0,1518,druck-511459,00.html - Preview

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FlightAware - Free Flight Tracker - IFR Flight Status, Tracking, History, Maps

"FlightAware is a free flight tracker that will change what you think about live flight tracking and aviation information. [...] Currently Tracking 4,931 airborne aircraft with 52,787,871 total flights in the database."

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16 Oct 07

Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center

"The status information provided on this site indicates general airport conditions; it is not flight-specific. Check with your airline to determine if your flight is affected.Information on wait times at security checkpoints."

www.fly.faa.gov/usmap.jsp - Preview

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04 Oct 07

The unmasking power of the freedom of speech and dialogue

"[Caroline Glick's] charges against Bollinger and Columbia of approving the Holocaust and the right of the Jewish people to live for debate [are] as overdone as the yellow press labeling any third class dictator a second Hitler"

agonist.org/...freedom_of_speech_and_dialogue - Preview

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01 Oct 07

Cold War II

"The immediate fear is that by accident or design, Washington's war planners or their Israeli surrogate might decide to escalate their Cold War II into a hot one – in this case a real hot war."

www.zmag.org/...print_article.cfm - Preview

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28 Sep 07

Empire or Freedom?

"If a government has the power to arbitrarily take anyone into custody and torture and kill him, how can the citizenry in that society truly be considered free?"

www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18276.htm - Preview

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26 Sep 07

Soviet collapse: a taste of things to come?

"The U.S. is desperately dependent on the availability of cheap, plentiful oil and natural gas, and addicted to economic growth. Once oil and gas become expensive [...], economic growth will stop, and the U.S. economy will collapse."

survivingpeakoil.com/preview.php - Preview

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25 Sep 07

1992 Wolfowitz U.S. Strategy Plan Document

This NY Times article shows that neocons such as Wolfowitz have advocated war with Iraq and others since at least 1992, as part of the plan to protect and extend US super-power status.

work.colum.edu/...wolfowitz1992.htm - Preview

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25 Aug 07

More War on the Horizon by Paul Craig Roberts

"America’s hegemonic hubris is a sickness. A country that tolerates a war criminal while he openly plans to attack yet another country is definitely not a light unto the world."

www.lewrockwell.com/...roberts220.html - Preview

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