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[+1856] Top 14 Top Gear Moments 
(unknown author) via Digg / toplinks / today / News on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Hecklerspray grudgingly concedes that Top Gear is a fantastic TV show. It’s so good even people who aren’t particularly interested in cars like it. For God’s sake, even their mums like it. In fact, it’s so good, it can even afford to have that annoying, smug, pubic-haired twit Jeremy Clarkson in it - and still be good.
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Obama 'to use executive orders'
(unknown author) via BBC News | News Front Page | W on Sun, 09 Nov. 2008
Barack Obama will use executive orders to reverse some of President Bush's policies, his transition chief says.
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Dept. of bad excuses
(unknown author) via Gulliver on Thu, 06 Nov. 2008
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As Schneier says, it is security theatre - let's get over it and focus on reality. Putting my shaving cream in a separate bucket doesn't really improve security, but it appears good and people feel better. in the end, the dollars can be spent in much more useful ways.
REMEMBER Jeffrey Goldberg's experiment with airport security that Gulliver
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MasterCard to issue diamond-studded cards
(unknown author) via FT.com - Financial Services on Sat, 01 Nov. 2008
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In Kazakhstan.....
The gold-laced card, which has a $1,000 (£620) annual fee, will be issued in two weeks' time by MasterCard and Kazkommertsbank, the second largest bank in commodities-rich Kazakhstan, where the oil and minerals boom of recent years has created a fresh crop of billionaires
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Palin draws Democrats with rallying cry
(unknown author) via CNN.com on Tue, 28 Oct. 2008
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I find this sentiment somewhat frightening as Palin has shown herself to be, well, let's just say it, a little less polished and intelligent that even Bush. Her politics aside, do we really want someone who will close every meeting with "you betcha" a heartbeat away from the highest office in the land?
Lula Easterling and her friend Bill Hardenburgh ha
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How to Seize the Day
GuyKawasaki via How to Change the World on Sat, 25 Oct. 2008
Nothing warms my heart than an entrepreneur who seizes the day, and Kathryn Finney seized it in a world-class way.
Step 1: Republican National Committee buys the Sarah Palin family $150,000 worth of duds
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Twitter and personal branding: The BIG mistake I see people make every single day
David Meerman Scott via Web Ink Now on Wed, 22 Oct. 2008
I've been enjoying Twitter and (so far) have managed not to become obsessed. I'll tweet a few times a day and check out others now and then throughout the week.
As you probably know, people use Twitter to keep their "followers" (people who subscribe to their Twitter feed) updated on their life. For instance, you might tweet about the conferen
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Actimize and FIS collaborate on enterprise fraud management offering
(unknown author) via Finextra Research news on Mon, 20 Oct. 2008
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this is what I've been working on so hard for the last few months.
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS), a Fortune 500 company and a leading provider of core processing, card issuer and transaction ...
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Jokes about the financial crisis
Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Fri, 17 Oct. 2008
The most popular game for Icelandic families in 2009? Go Fish!What's the capital of Iceland?
About $20Iceland was a currency posing as a bank.
I went to an ATM today, and it asked to borrow a twenty till next week.
Quote of the day (from a trader):
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What is going on here?
Daniel Florien via Unreasonable Faith on Thu, 16 Oct. 2008
McCain looks like he’s losing his lunch:
(via)
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Which one will you be voting for?
(unknown author) via Pharyngula on Thu, 16 Oct. 2008
An interesting reaction shot from last night's debate:
(via Kobra)
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choosing the book cartoons
(unknown author) via Tyler's shared items in Go on Thu, 16 Oct. 2008
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this is also one of my favorite cartoons
[One of my all-time favorite cartoons, from The Hughtrain.]
As
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OLO's iPhone-powered Laptop
Steven Sande via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (T on Tue, 14 Oct. 2008
Filed under: Hardware, Odds and ends, iPhoneWhile you're w
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Fact-finding site: Ayers attack unfounded
JD Lasica via Social Media on Tue, 14 Oct. 2008
Political Wire: Ayers Attack Unfounded.Politifact
looks at Sen. John McCain's assertions that Sen. Barack Obama and 1960s
radical Bill Ayers ran a educational foundation together.
"This attack is false
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(unknown author) via i37.tinypic.com on Mon, 13 Oct. 2008
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Whoa indeed.
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The Food Issue - Why Tip? - NYTimes.com
(unknown author) via www.nytimes.com on Sun, 12 Oct. 2008
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I really enjoy these kinds of stories that challenge the status quo with economic analysis and business acumen.
At the hip San Diego restaurant called the Linkery, leaving a gratuity is forbidden. Who’s getting stiffed?
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Sarah Palin Blurs Line Between Church And State As Governor
(unknown author) via digg.com: Stories / Popular on Sun, 12 Oct. 2008
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While there is a touch of framing in the article, it is more than a bit disgraceful to so blatantly violate key aspects of the constitution. Though it is an issue that seems to run through all politics at various degrees.
Palin speaks to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office. What s
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What caused the financial crisis?
Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
Forget about particular details for a moment, in conceptual terms what led so many financial institutions to take so much excess risk? Bob Frank addresses that question and here is my list of major factors:
1. Collective stupidity: A lot of Greeks believed in Ze
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