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Obama Speech Stage Resembles Ancient Greek Temple (Photo)

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Posted on August 27, 2008 - 10:57am at Tennessee Guerilla Women
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Caption This!

Pre-Incan Female Wari Mummy Found In Peru

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Posted on August 26, 2008 - 8:58pm at Newscoma
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This is coool!

LIMA (Reuters) - Archeologists working at Peru’s Huaca Pucllana ruins pulled a mummy from a tomb on Tuesday, thought to be from the ancient Wari culture that flourished before the Incas.

"...one or all of these issues could be the harbingers of profound change for our global civilization"

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Posted on August 21, 2008 - 9:41pm at Stone Soup Station
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Worth the read.....

(From: The Guardian)

Thursday Business Links: Trans World Posts $19.2 Million Loss, Apple Rumors are Still Just Rumors

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Posted on August 21, 2008 - 9:55am at Coolfer
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• Trans World posted a $19.2 million loss in the second quarter ended August 2. The retail company's attempts to increase non-music sales to hold off music declines are not yet bearing fruit. Comp sales fell 7% and total sales (the company operated 173 fewer stores) dropped 19%. (The Business Review)

Halfsies: Obama’s Lead On The Downslope

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Posted on August 20, 2008 - 8:42am at Post Politics
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From CNN:

In what could be an ominous sign for Barack Obama just days before he is formally named the Democratic presidential nominee, a new CNN poll of polls out Tuesday shows the Illinois senator’s lead over John McCain has been cut in half in recent days.

"Under the PATRIOT Act, the whims of the administration take precedence over nonprofit groups' constitutional rights"

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Posted on August 16, 2008 - 10:00pm at Stone Soup Station
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I just posted Neimoller's famous words a few days ago. It bears repeating again because frankly, the occasional protests and actions of civil disobedience the homeless population sometimes engages in here in Nashville could very easily be deemed "terroristic" in nature.

It’s A Canadian Thing, You Wouldn’t Understand

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Posted on August 15, 2008 - 6:03pm at Post Politics
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Reuters on racial code in politics — and life:

Spun Gold

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Posted on August 14, 2008 - 6:27am at Six Meat Buffet
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China really seems to be riding high after the gymnastics competition but something about their performance seems a little bit uneven:

Olympics-China praises gold haul as sign of its rise

By Chris Buckley

Hyper Local

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Posted on August 13, 2008 - 1:13pm at Left of the Dial
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Some news and bits of info from around the area….

The Knoxville News-Sentinel is reporting Claiborne County Sheriff David Ray was placed on a two-year pre-trial diversion program today and ordered to perform 250 hours of community service.

Sign Of The Apocalypse #51

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Posted on August 7, 2008 - 2:39pm at Southern Beale
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Coney Island amusement park has opened a waterboarding “attraction”:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it's not Guantanamo Bay naval base, but New York's Coney Island amusement park.

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