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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Germany celebrates twenty years of reunification.

This past weekend, Germany celebrated the 20 anniversary of its reunification with nationwide festivities.
Coincidentally, the divide in the U.S. became official this weekend with the progressive march on the Mall in DC following the conservative march organized by Glenn Beck last month.

For more, see WSJ.com

Labels: Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, German reunification, Germany

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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Former White House Chief of Staff announced his candidature for mayor of Chicago.

As long rumored, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel announced his candidature to run for mayor of Chicago. In a statement, he said that "he plans to hit Chicago's grocery stores, train stops, bowling alleys and hod dog stands"
Wow! It seems like freshly coming from the White House Rahm Emmanuel has a clear idea of what works and a good plan.

For more, see AssociatedPress.com

Labels: Chicago mayoral race, mayor of Chicago, new Chief of Staff Pete Rouse., Rahm Emanuel, Whte Chief of Staff

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Japan follows the U.S. and Britain in issuing Europe travel alerts to its citizens.

Following the U.S. and Britain, Japan issued an alert to its citizens traveling to Europe because of an impeding terrorist attack over there.
The alert is similar to the one issued by the U.S. in a sense that it recommend caution when using public transportation and to be aware when visiting tourist sites.
In plain English, stop being like a Yankee abroad and more like a frightened foreigner.

For more, see VoiceofAmerica.com

Labels: Europe threat of terrorist attack., Europe travel alert, impeding terrorist attack, travel to Europe, U.S. Europe travel alert

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Monday, October 4, 2010

More men said their parteners climaxed during sex than women admitted.

A survey by Indiana University found that 85% of men said that their partners climaxed during sex while only 64 % women said they did so.
Ah! It seems like someone is stretching the true.

For more, see ABCNews.com

Labels: faked orgasm, Indiana University, Indiana University sex survey, sex survey, sexual health, sexual study.

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Friday, October 1, 2010

National Commission on the BP oil spill criticizes U.S. government initial estimates.

A panel of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill has issued an initial report criticizing the government for making low initial estimates of the volume of oil spilled in the golf.
Why are we still putting in office people who in the face of challenges cannot get it right the first time?

For more, see WSJ.com

Labels: BP, BP oil spill, deepwater drilling ban., National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, offshore drilling moratorium

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

iPhone 4 makes it Chinese debut.

Apple's iPhone 4 made its Chinese debut this weekend and already there is a shortage of the phone.
This latest developments is a testimony to the power of Apple's persuasion: convince Chinese people to buy back the fruit of their cheap labor.

For more, see WSJ.com

Labels: Apple, Apple store., China iPhone debut, China iPhone sales, iPhone 4, iPhone 4 shortages

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

California passes a cuss free week

Unable to pass a pass a budget due three months ago, the California legislature was nevertheless able to pass several measures like a cuss free week, or one that would bar the state from filming cows in New Zealand among others.
I don't know about the cow filming, but I know that in a broke state, it would be hard to keep people from cussing.

For more, see WSJ.com

Labels: California budget deficit, California IOUs, California lawmakers, California Motorcycle Awareness Month., California senate bill 624, Lobster Management Enhancement Advisory Committee

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