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Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784

More demands expected

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2008/10/more_demands_expecte.html

How about the railways?

Odds and Ends

http://www.atrium-media.com/rogueclassicism/Posts/00008671.html

Backroom battle rages: what do we get for £35bn?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/10/backroom_battle_rages_what_do.html

Is nationalising banks cheaper than bailing them out? Also the crisis'
effect on Eastern Europe.

McCain Responds to Lewis' Comments - Real Clear Politics - Elections 2008 - TIME

http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/10/mccain_responds_to_lewis_comme.html

McCain Booed While Calming Crowd

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/timeblogs/real_clear_politics/~3/417723818/mccain_booed_while_calming_cro.html

Not sure what comfort Arabs can take from this, though. See also, next
post.

Seeking to Mend The Public Trust

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=weeklyreport-000002971119

The work ahead if the next US President. Assumes they're competant, of
course.

Thoughts on the Second Debate

> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2008/10/thoughts_on_the_second_debate.html
>
> Episodic framing of the election campaign vs. the 4 year political
> process. Very good.

BBC NEWS | Americas | 'The most terrifying night of my life'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7646473.stm

Colonial clue to the rise of HIV

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7646255.stm

The arrival of colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa at the dawn of the 20th Century may have sparked the spread of HIV.

America's challenge: 1929 or 1941?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/09/americas_challenge_1929_or_194.html

Newsnight has a go on editorializing.

Billy Yank and Johnny Reb defeat the TARP

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/09/billy_yank_and_johnny_reb_defe.html

Newsnight analyses the prospects of a US plebian revolt.

'Chemical equator' keeps southern air clean (ABC News in Science)

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/29/2377123.htm

Mother Jones / The Economist Mashup

http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=4C_BQsWN3RGsQZWv6icw5g&_render=rss

This is a full-text RSS feed of Mother Jones and The Economist. 10 of the most recent articles from each, processed via http://labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss , then pipes.yahoo.com . I had hoped for the source of each article to be initially anonymous, but the Economist starts each article with "from The Economist, print edition". So that's not happening.

Your laptop is lying to you

http://www.dansdata.com/gz084.htm

Mon, Sep. 29 Electoral Vote Predictor Obama 286 McCain 252

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Sep29.html

More interesting stuff is down page, with Mother Jones alternative
bailouts, and McCain & gambling.

BBC NEWS | Americas | Obama buoys black LatAm politics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7596087.stm

Survivors - 1975 and 2008

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thecultureshow/2008/09/survivors-1975-and-2008.html

McCain Plays It Like McCain

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/horseraceblog/2008/09/mccain_plays_it_likemccain.html

Join Dr. Horrible: League of Evil Now Accepting Applications

http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wiredunderwire/~3/403150434/join-dr-horribl.html

NZ economy slips into recession

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/26/2375135.htm

Thomas verdict overturned, making [RIAAA's P2P] available theory rejected

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080924-thomas-verdict-overturned-making-available-theory-rejected.html

Army Anthropologist's Controversial Culture Clash

http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/topheadlines/~3/400834615/controversial-a.html

Quiet cars give false sense of security

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/24/2368284.htm

Woman's Hour - Friday Panel

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/04/2008_37_fri.shtml

For listening to aforementioned Mary Beard's accent. Also a cool panel.

Tue, Sep. 23 Electoral Vote Predictor Obama 282 McCain 236 Ties 20

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Sep23.html

On the red carpet at the Emmy's

http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/2008/09/on-the-red-carp.html

Mary Beard is a classicist from Cambridge Uni. Now at Berkeley.

Goldman, Morgan: The revenge of Carter Glass

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason/2008/09/goldman_morgan_the_revenge_of.html

The Wave

http://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/Auxiliary/Psychology/Thirdwave.html

Steven Hawking Unveils "Time Eater" Clock

http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/P4W3UtkfrRg/article.pl

Cabinet of Wonders: Evil, Incarnate

http://cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com/2008/09/evil-incarnate.html