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The Torture Apologists Who Corrupted America's Youth

3 in 5 teens believes it's acceptable to abuse captive enemy soldiers - and a long list of Americans shares blame for a generation less enlightened than their elders

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Comcast Rolls Out 105Mbps Internet

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/comcast_rolls_out_105mbp...

Comcast Rolls Out 105Mbps Internet Across the Nation

Anyone using this? Comments?

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

a Bubble -- and It’s Higher Education

URL: http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/10/peter-thiel-were-in-a-...

Peter Thiel: We’re in a Bubble and It’s Not the Internet. It’s Higher Education.

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Obama’s debt speech

URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama_speech_fra...

Analysis: Obama speech frames a 2012 choice for the country

link on site for speech transcript

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The President's Deficit Speech:

URL: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/the-presidents-d...

The President's Deficit Speech: Time to Keep Up the Pressure

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Home Values 100 Year Chart (2011 Update)

URL: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2011/04/case-shiller-100-y...

Case Shiller 100 Year Chart (2011 Update)

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?

URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/whe...

Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? A Long Story in 5 Quick Graphs

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...Jobs...Why Nobody...Will Do

http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2011/04/jobs-jobs-job...

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Why Nobody, Including Obama, Will Do A Damn Thing About Them (Plus Six Common-Sense Solutions)

This definitely falls under the category of 'Rant'. Depending on your political views; this will be either: way off base and insulting, or hysterically amusing. Arguments over economics, philosophy, politics, and what is common sense aside...'style' aside...I found the article to be quite provocative.

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How Distractions Cause 'Senior Moments'

URL: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/how-distr...

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Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%

URL: http://www.vanityfair.com/society/features/2011/05/top-...

Inequality Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%

Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation’s income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.

THE FAT AND THE FURIOUS The top 1 percent may have the best houses, educations, and lifestyles, says the author, but “their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live.”

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