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“Mr. Romney likes to claim that his views on topics such as gay rights and abortion have ‘evolved.’ But they have evolved in a direction that is strikingly convenient — perhaps through intelligent design.” — “The Case For John McCain” in the December 8th-14th, 2007 issue of The Economist.

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Last.fm problems + The Economist website redesign + Blu-ray sucks + TuneUp…

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“For foreign donors, Myanmar raises a dilemma seen also in North Korea, which may be on the verge of another famine (see article): how to rescue desperate people whose own government spurns outside assistance, and how to do so without providing a lifeline to an illegitimate and unpopular regime.”

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“Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office.” — Mike Huckabee avoids discussing Jesus’s view of the death penalty at a presidential debate, Florida. November 28, 2007. (December 8th-14th, 2007 issue of The Economist)

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Yahoo! has gotten a lot of crap for complying with Chinese law when it handed over information relating to a Chinese dissident. Immediately, the company was lambasted and just recently, Congress took their shots. I’ve finally read a reasonable and very fair positive criticism from Techcrunch to what Yahoo! did.

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