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October 06, 2008 News and Trends

And God said

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:05:38 PDT
And God said What the hell were you thinking? That you would improve people by flogging, abusing, starving, and neglecting them? How is that supposed to work? Well, Lord, we figured that we must be morally superior because, well, we have all the stuff. And that other people would become more like us - morally upright - if we made 'em work really hard. You mean like this: The group that bridled most against these pessimistic elements of Smith yes, Wealth of Nations Smith] and Ricardo Th

Exiting the thriving evangelical pews?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:52:47 PDT
If you’ve been following our coverage of the debates about Gov. Sarah Palin and her faith, you know that many people do not know what label to stick on her. Is she a “fundamentalist”? Is she a “Pentecostal” Christian? A “charismatic”? An off-the-rack, nondenominational, evangelical Protestant? Let’s face it, the post-denominational world is very complex and that reality is not going away anytime soon. Honest. For example, I ran across the following passage in a Washington Times recent column

Oil drops below 90!

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:16:14 PDT
A little bit of happy news as financial turmoil goes global

2004 - Subprime Lending continues to boom despite concerns

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:50:00 PDT
Politicians are claiming they were the first to sound the alarm. In 2004, there were freaking news articles. Subprime mortgages grew an average 25% a year from 1994 to 2003. Mortgage companies issued the mortgages, made big commissions/stock dividends, and sold the risk to ass-wipes like Freddie Mac. Now these mortgages are being sold to us.

Newsflashr.com Launches Massive Search Engine for News

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:01 PDT
Bedford, MA (PRWEB) August 6, 2008 -- www.Newsflashr.com Newsflashr.com] launches a radically new type of search engine specific to news. Users are prompted to enter keywords and the search results...

Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:00:26 PDT
Now on the heals of the Polaris music prize nominated Skelliconnection, Chad’s back with Soft Airplane. Meandering back to his folkster roots, the album this time around trends toward a 2:1 ratio for ballads to pop. The result is possible spot on of the best albums of the year.

TELUS Mobility launches TELUS mobile TV on its national 1X network

Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:35:45 PDT
TELUS mobile TV is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. clients watch live, real-time programming on seven channels: CBC Newsworld, Fox News, G4 Tech TV, Le Reseau de l'information (RDI), MeteoMedia, The Shopping Channel and The Weather Network.

Enewsbar.com Scrolling News Ticker Now Serving Newsfeeds From All Headline News Corp.

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 00:00:01 PDT
Wellington, FL (PRWEB) June 3, 2004 -- Enewsbar.com, a subsidiary of Intellim Research Inc., announced today that it is adding newsfeed services provided by All Headline News to its desktop scrolling...


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Current News for October 06, 2008

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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:46:07 PDT
David Duchovny, who went into rehab for what he called a sex addiction in August, can be seen in the Season 2 debut of his series Californication tonight.

Ahead of the Bell: Office retailers feel pressure (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:20:32 PDT
Goldman Sachs says "soft" industrial production and employment trends will likely affect the nation's three largest office supply chains as the nation's economy continues to sour.

Starve a Cold, Feed a Fever? - The Checkup -

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:07:58 PDT
washingtonpost.com's health and wellness blog by Jennifer Huget tackles health in the news -- and your life.

Voter registration trends appear to favor Democrats (Los Angeles Times)

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:48:18 PDT
Today is the deadline for new voters to get on the rolls in several key states. Some elections offices are overwhelmed. For months, Barack Obama's presidential campaign said it would capture traditionally Republican states this fall by registering more African Americans, younger Americans and other voters, in essence reshaping the electorate. Now, the results of that ambitious effort are ...

Organisers claim homophobic fire department closed gay festival

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:11:13 PDT
Last chance to get tickets for Stella Duffy night Writer, playwright and actor Stella Duffy will be "in conversation" at the National Theatre in London later this month. opinionuk-newsworld-newspoliticslawhealthfinanceentertainment David Cameron: I am a child of my time David Cameron, the Leader of the Opposition, addressed the Conservative party conference in Birmingham today. Other posts in opinion Brown: Fairness is in Labour's DNA Hillary Clinton: "Barack Obama is my candidate"

The World Is Backwards & We Are The Losers: China Introduces Short Selling & Margin

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:13:52 PDT
When I saw this Marketwatch news article about China just now introducing short selling amd margin borrowing, I couldn’t help but feel that there is some justice in the world. No matter their country’s many many many many issues, injustices, anti-freedom laws and regulations, this move is a big/well deserved smack across the greedy/ignorant faces of investors/traders/regulators of the US markets as our leverage-and-coke-loving-short-selling-scapegoating joke of an inudstry has been outclassed

IBM's House In The Clouds - Forbes.com

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:47:22 PDT
On Monday, IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) announced a free beta version of what it calls "Blue House," a Web-based software suite that expands the company's programs for scheduling meetings and projects, storing and sharing documents, instant messaging and running Powerpoint-like presentations--all via the Web, with applications hosted on IBM

More Financial Jobs News - UBS

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:34:42 PDT
With the way the economy is headed, it's important to keep tabs on who's hiring and who's laying off. Here's some more news from the financial sector, this time focusing on UBS.


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