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    Study Hard and You, Too, Can Deliver Pizza

    What's more important. Money or job satisfaction? I'm a 43-year-old mother of three young kids with a Master of Science degree. I also deliver pizzas for a living. I started doing it after staying home with my children for four years. Caring for your kids all day is a fantastic opportunity...
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    For the good of the Americans, the Republicans must go

    The GOP is becoming a cartoon CNN NEW YORK (CNN) -- The Republican Party is becoming a cartoon. Where to start? Bobby Jindal: "I'm certainly not nearly as good of a speaker as Obama." Good OF a speaker? How about not as good at eighth-grade grammar either. It's embarrassing. Sarah...
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    Generation Y: The young and the jobless

    I graduated during a recession in the '80's, but it seems like a very small inconveniance compared to what the current generation entering the workforce today Twentysomethings takes joblessness with equal parts self-obsession, guilt By Katherine Ryder updated 9:32 a.m. PT, Sun., March...
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    Russia may base bombers in Cuba

    Are we returning to the long lost tensions of the "Cold War?" What is Russia's intent and are they justified in their expansion? Venezuela also temporarily offers island site as Moscow eyes Caribbean updated 4:19 a.m. PT, Sat., March. 14, 2009 MOSCOW - Russian strategic bombers may...
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    Obama's new strategy: Blaming Bush for 'mess'

    Things going to hell in a hurray. Blame your predecessor President sheds former reluctance to fault predecessor for state of economy By Scott Wilson In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed "an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out...
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    ISS nears completion but what is its purpose?

    It's a very critical piece in the evolution of space exploration. Having said that, it's value is diminished somewhat over international "squabbling" and the price tag associated with it could have been better spent on other avenues (the moon, Mars, Venus) In 1998, Reagan's proposal finally...
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    Abortion is not Immoral

    From a recent presentation at UBC Is Abortion Immoral? Given the facts as we can at present prove them to be, there is no good reason to regard abortion as immoral. To demonstrate this we must first explain what it means for something to be moral or immoral, and also what abortion is. The...
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    Obama redrawing strategy for Afghanistan

    MSNBC WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is close to announcing a redrawn strategy for a war in Afghanistan that the president says the United States is not winning, focusing on enlisting Pakistan in the fight against extremism and trimming U.S. expectations for military victory...
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    China ‘worried’ about U.S. Treasury holdings

    I'd say the mouse has the cat by the short and curlies when China starts dictating American fiscal policy Premier Wen: U.S. must honor its words and ensure safety of China's assets MSNBC BEIJING - China's premier didn't say it in so many words, but the implied warning to Washington was...
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    Attack of the condo craters

    If projects fail, will our cities be left with huge holes to fill? In a story published in this week’s issue of Maclean’s (and on the Web below) we look at the plague of condo holes afflicting Canada’s once-hot real estate markets. With several construction projects halted, and rumours flying...
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    Seal clubbing isn’t an Olympic event, is it?

    An unusual campaign by PETA attempts to link the 2010 Games to the seal hunt. This from MacLeans Magazine. Why is it everyting you read something about PETA the word "unusual" seems to be tied to it The brightly coloured inukshuk that serves as the symbol of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics is...
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    How The Religious Right Sees Stem Cell Research

    It's irreverant and silly, but funny (and a 'tad too true) just the same President Obama signed an executive order Monday repealing a Bush-era policy that limited federal tax dollars for embryonic stem cell research. And while this move was lauded by many in the scientific community as a means...
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    Porn and Christian Conservativism Go Together Like Porn and Christian Conservativism

    I knew that me and religious conservative people must have something in common… A new nationwide study of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states… However, there are some trends to be seen in the data...
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    How motivated are you by money?

    Are peoples value systems driven by money? Globe and Mail Update March 10, 2009 at 10:50 PM EDT Take our survey to see how you compare to other readers when it comes to being motivated by money. globeandmail.com: How motivated are you by money?
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    Turns Out George Bush Wasn't the Great Guy We All Thought He Was

    Oh course I have to precede this with my deepest and most heartfelt apologies to Ranchand. It's one of those "evil" cut-and-paste postit's intended to foster debate WARNING : I did not write this or even take the photo POSTED BY: Darcy Savit Looks like the Obama administration has decided...