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August 9, 2010

Huge battle looms over public pensions – who will (who should) foot the bill? from Mish

Economy Heading for Systemic Collapse into Hyperinflationary Great Depression from Market Oracle

The plagiarism generation from Salon.com

Material girl Michelle Obama is a modern day Marie Antoinette from New York Daily News

How the Great Recession Has Changed Life in America from the Pew Research Center

Saving Rural Grocers from FoxNews.com

August 4, 2010

Superman Comic Saves Family Home from Foreclosure from ABCNews.com (Wow!  I can only imagine what they felt when they found this!)

Seven Reasons Not to Send Your Kids to College from DailyFinance.com

Wheat Soars; Rogers Sees “Much Higher” Food Prices from CNBC.com

America’s New Health Care System Revealed: Updated Chart Shows Obamacare’s Bewildering Complexity (This chart is just plain scary no matter how you look at it)

August 3, 2010

Libraries a bigger source of DVDs than Netflix from The Los Angeles Times

Forget What We Said About Inflation, Say Big Investors– It’s DEFLATION You Should Be Worried About from Yahoo! Finance

The war on children’s playgrounds from Salon.com

August 2, 2010

Delta Delta Delta Raises $10 Million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (St. Jude’s is the primary philanthropy that my sorority supports. The newest goal was to raise $10 million in 10 years. It was achieved in only 4 years.)

Marc Faber Questions if Dow Could Hit 1,000 from CNBC.com

The End of Empathy from FoxNews.com (This is really troubling.  These will be the “adults” making the major decisions when many of us are older and elderly.)

July 31, 2010

Trader’s Cocoa Binge Wraps Up Chocolate Market from The New York Times

Gen Y: No jobs, lots of loans, grim future from MSNBC.com

The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy from the Wall Street Journal

July 21, 2010

Burned out students take timeout before starting college from The Boston Globe

Parents fret about MPS middle-high school hybrids from Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

8 Reasons why you shouldn’t use coupons from Yahoo! Finance

July 8, 2010

Is the Christian Legal Society’s Loss a Loss for Everyone? from Christianity Today

The Littlest Schoolhouse from The Atlantic

“Cheapskate Next Door”: The cheapskate’s revenge from Salon.com

July 6, 2010

Fertility treatment tied to risk of cerebral palsy from Reuters

Too much screen time can threaten attention span from Yahoo! News

With the US trapped in depression, this really is starting to feel like 1932 from UK Telegraph

July 2, 2010

Dream of a Home Takes the Shape of a Victorian Retreat from The New York Times

More college-educated jump tracks to become skilled manual laborers from The Washington Post

Elliot Wave predicts triple digit Dow in 2016 from Market Watch

Map: Where Americans are Moving from Forbes

Eating Well on $1 a Day from Grocery Coupon Guide

When ‘Twilight’ fandom becomes addiction from the Los Angeles Times

June 17, 2010

Rick Reilly is still in awe of John Wooden from ESPN

Hollywood, stop hazing sorority girls from Newsweek

A history ignored from World News

June 10, 2010

Arts and physical education in schools: Necessities or extras? from the Sun Sentinel

Robbers pick the wrong victim from the Post and Courier

Data shows kids shouldn’t multitask from The Washington Post

June 9, 2010

Why Teen Girls Dominate Programming from Realtvaddict

California – Land of governance gimmicks from Yahoo Finance

The Gift of Sperm Donor 8282 from The New York Times (This makes my head hurt and my heart profoundly sad)

The bad news – Bad news on jobs from Yahoo Finances

June 8, 2010

Spill reveals Obama’s lack of executive experience from Washington Examiner

Dressed to Distract from The New York Times

Cartoon Network plans major anti-bullying campaign from The Associated Press

June 7, 2010

National Spelling Bee draws protesters calling for phonemic spelling from The Washington Post (Oh. brother.)

Man’s cash-filled bag returned by honest Spanish Fork sisters from The Salt Lake Tribune

The future of America’s working class from New Geography

June 2, 2010

Soldier in Iraq loses home over $800 Debt from Mother Jones

What Your 401k Really Costs You from USNews

Obama doesn’t have a clue from The Hill

P.E. Humiliations Can Be Long Lasting from The Washington Post

June 1, 2010

Euro debt crisis will become a global problem, just the tip of the iceberg from MSN Money

Awkward family photos from FOX4KC (What were some of these people thinking?!??!?!?)

Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model from Reuters

He Was Supposed to Be Competent from The Wall Street Journal (Excellent Peggy Noonan piece if you haven’t seen it.)

The Suri Cruise Effect: Are these designer children showered with love or spoilt rotten? from UK Mail Online

May 31, 2010

Baby’s first skinny jeans from Salon.com

Girl Scouts Distribute Planned Parenthood Sex Guide at UN Meeting from Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (Disclaimer: Mature content)

32 States Have Borrowed from the Federal Government to Make Unemployment Payments from Economic Policy Journal

Mom gives birth while driving to hospital from WOODTV-8

Going Long, Going Deep, Going Broke: ZIRP and the Imploding Speculative Economy from Of Two Minds

Another debt crisis is brewing, this one in student loans from The New York Times (The girl took out $100,000 in loans at NYU for an interdisciplinary degree in RELIGIOUS AND WOMEN’S STUDIES.  Are you kidding me?)

May 26, 2010

What are the chances of that? Son, father and grandfather all born on same day from UK Mail Online

Payback time: Europeans fear crisis threatens liberal benefits from The New York Times

Homemade pizza that is the opposite of fast food from The New York Times

Having allergies protects against cancer from Newser

Warning: Crash dead ahead. Sell. Get liquid. Now. from Yahoo Finance

May 24, 2010

Disabled child can’t stay in Canada from CBC News

Milk, wheat-free diet may not help autism from Reuters

Teachers facing weakest market in years from The New York Times

Families’ every hug, every fuss analyzed from The New York Times

Backyard gardens become income generators in lean times from Los Angeles Times

May 21, 2010

Laid off worker’s bagels land at Meijer from WOODTV-8 (Wish he was on our end of town. I’d be glad to stop by!)

21 Things We’re Learning to Live Without from U.S. News

Live Storm Chase Video Network

Web coupons know lots about you… and they tell from The New York Times

Why Cilantro tastes like soap for some from The New York Times (I can barely tolerate cilantro in things.  I get this!)

May 20, 2010

Walter Williams: Who has a right to live in the US? from The Orange County Register

Workers asked to return bonuses after 16 years from Yahoo News

The thrill is gone from Intercepts – EIA Online

Mark Steyn: America’s future could be all Greek to us from The Orange County Register

Texas doctors opting out of Medicare at alarming rate from Chron

10 Days in a Carry-On from The New York Times

May 19, 2010

Cover girl Pelosi looking rather… airy in D.C. glossy from Washington Examiner

The Talents of a Middle-Aged Brain from The New York Times

Cultivating Failure from The Atlantic

Critics of tenure wonder if it protects poor teachers from Lodi News-Sentinal

Schools urged to axe homework because it pollutes family life from UK Daily Mail

Fun with Pension Underfunding from Intercepts – EIA Online

May 18, 2010

She Works, He Doesn’t from Newsweek (from 2003, but still interesting and relevant)

Do blue state families have stronger family values than red states? from MLive.com

High-Fat Meal May Trigger Asthma from Pollen.com

Demographics and the End of the Savior State from Of Two Minds

May 17, 2010

401k/IRA Nationalization Quietly Moves Forward from Gather.com

Plan B: Skip College from The New York Times

Email from Canada: It’s different up here – it really is! from Mish

Rise of the underemployed: more than 1m forced to take part-time work from UK Guardian

Millions of jobs lost, many may never return from MSNBC

College for all? Experts say not necessarily from AP

May 15, 2010

Australian teen completes around-the-world sail from My Way News

Facebook to simplify its controls from Financial Times

Unhinged: When concrete reality no longer matters to the market (and what to do about it) from Of Two Minds

High Frequency Financial Terrorism, Wall Street Banksters Maintain Death Grip on United States from Market Oracle (From the article: If you think the massive sudden drop happened because one lowly trader hit one wrong button, if you actually believe that the entire stock market can plunge because of one mistaken key stroke by a low level trader, you are stunningly naïve. I hate to burst your bubble, but this was a direct attack.)

May 14, 2010

New Jersey governor sets tone for US from The Hill

The New Poor: In job market shift, some workers are left behind from The New York Times

Ron Paul: Euro Bailout Will Lead to Currency Collapse from Infowars.com

The 3 Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now from The New York Times

16 Reasons Why California is the Next Greece from Business Insider

May 13, 2010

Half of young people do not recognize Winston Churchill… and he will be “forgotten” in 80 years from UK Mail Online

The Failure of the Unfree Market from American Thinker

Hmmm…. A Crack in the Dam (video of Brian Williams letting the cat out of the bag on David Letterman) from Market Ticker

How to profit from volatility, chaos and misery from The Automatic Earth

May 12, 2010

Kagan Argued for “Redistribution of Speech” from CNSNews

Transgenders win discrimination tiff with American Eagle Outfitters from New York Daily News

Bernanke Admits Printing $1.3 Trillion Out of Thin Air from USAWatchdog

May 11, 2010

An Education in Tolerance from SpunkyHomeschool

The Big Alienation from Peggy Noonan

Would You Do This to Double Your Pay? from Yahoo Finance