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Heinz Spotted Dick Pudding, 10-Ounce Cans

Posted in June 21st, 2008
Published in Food, Art, Fun

From the WTF Category. Order a 6 pack, today.

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“We’re talking about people who make over $200,000. That’s not rich”

Posted in June 12th, 2008
Published in Code

Your Liberal Media: “Not Rich” Edition | OurFuture.org
CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo made her mis-observation to the New York Post, who ran it under the headline “Barack’s Bite:”
The income tax is also in for a bump. Bartiromo says, “Right now [it] is 35 percent, Obama wants to take that to 39 percent . […]

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Portion of Median Daily US Income Spent on Gasoline

Posted in June 10th, 2008

from MountainSentinel.com
At $4 per gallon, gasoline consumption will take 11% of daily income. It is expected that gasoline prices might rise above $6 per gallon by the end of summer. Such an increase would require 17% of daily income to meet gas needs. The percentage of income spent on gasoline climbs over 20% as we […]

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Peak Everything: Eight Things We Are Running Out Of And Why

Posted in June 2nd, 2008

Another excellent article from the folks over at TreeHugger.com about various resources being depleted around the world and some of the root causes. Here’s a brief summary of these scarcities. Be sure to visit this page and the links for more to get more details about each Peak Resource.

Peak Corn

Blame Earl Butz. Richard Nixon and […]

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