political nonsense

South Korea decided to build robot land.

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Opium production in Afghanistan is at record levels for the second consecutive year.
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Japanese researchers have developed head gear that uses infrared sensors and a microcomputer so people can clench their teeth instead of reaching into their pockets to turn on their ipods.

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Leonardo DiCaprio made a movie about the environment.
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US-funded herbicide aerial sprayings of coca plantations in Colombia near the Ecuador border has severely damaged the DNA of local residents, according to a new study.
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Democrats pointed out that the Bush Administration has borrowed more money than the previous 42 presidents combined.
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China Public Security, a U.S.-financed company contracted by the People’s Republic, was outfitting the city of Shenzen with 20,000 surveillance cameras and issuing identity cards to record each citizen’s name, address, employment status, education, religion, ethnicity, police record, medical-insurance status, reproductive history, and landlord’s phone number. “If they do not get the permanent card,” said a China Public Security executive, “they cannot live here.”
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A sealant smudge on a piece of concrete that looked like Jesus sold for $500 dollars on ebay.

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50 cent and Kayne West are going to debate whose album is better on live TV on September 11th. “Just don’t be asking me if I am a conscious rapper. I know exactly what I am saying - so I am conscious,” 50 cent said.
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Drug dealers offered California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger one billion dollars to legalize weed.
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The Senate approved a new ethics bill that would ban lobbyist-paid gifts, meals and travel and impose rules on how lawmakers capitalize on political connections once leaving office. Lobbyists and lawmakers would be forced to disclose large contributions over short time periods.
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Young women in New York and several of the nation’s other largest cities who work full time make more money than men.
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Researchers decided that sugar is more addictive than cocaine.
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Robots with machine guns are now patrolling Iraq

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The Discovery channel bought Treehugger.com for $10 million.
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The average employee wastes about 20 percent of the workday.

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The Bush administration’s proposal to secure the nation’s borders with a high-tech “virtual fence” is likely to cost far more than the $2 billion that industry analysts initially estimated, possibly up to $30 billion, a government watchdog agency warned yesterday.
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It was reported that Walmart uses 4,300 unpaid teenagers that it lets “volunteer” to bag groceries at its Mexican stores.
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Rupert Murdoch won his bid to take over the Wall Street Journal.
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The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Iraq.
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