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The Nightly News Is Torture –and My Powerball Numbers!

Chuck's re-cap of Wednesday's nightly TV news!

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Nine Circles! Thursday: A Flood of Wars and a Revolution

Algeria oilfield firefight, another Homs massacre, more Iraq bombings, EU joins Mali war, Kenya favors ethnic groups in run-up to vote, NATO military leaders not in on Afghan pullout plans, Pakistan...

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The Fish Stinks from the Head

Welcome to the Moment of Truth: the organ God forgot to create that metabolizes carcinogenic chemicals. I’ve been thinking. Not often, and not especially well, but I have been thinking. For the past...

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The Nine Circles of Hell! for Monday: A Sign of the Crimes

Egypt condemns Israel amidst protests, US denies war crime claims against special forces, Nigeria's deadly violence, Gates Foundation embezzlement investigation, Congo's shaky peace deal, Zimbabwe's...

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The Nine Circles of Hell! for Monday: There is Plenty for Eeveryone

Iraq prisons attacked, EU wants Morsi free, US drone surveillance expanding, France defends veil ban after violence, WHO had told India to ban pesticide that killed 23 kids, Fukushima admits...

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URL Labs’ Website Of The Week for September 14, 2013

http://www.nationstates.net/ From the website: “NationStates is a free nation simulation game. You create your own country, fashioned after your own ideals, and care for its people. Either that or you...

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URL Labs’ Website Of The Week for September 21, 2013

http://breakingdefense.com A really decent, wonky military news site with edge and the occasional bit of bizarre entertainment as well, like this Air Force General wearing a Captain America mask.

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URL Labs’ Website Of The Week

http://darkreading.com In stark contrast to last week, this site is way mainstream corporate.  Still, multiple sources are good things.

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Take back your Internet

URL Labs’ Website Of The Week: https://dearfcc.org/ The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) helps make it easy for the FCC to clearly hear the united voices for keeping our Internet open.

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Nerdsville straight ahead.

URL Labs’ Website Of The Week http://trustmech.com/ “Trust Me, I am a ‘Mechanical Engineer’.”

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The sky is falling! …or full.

URL Labs’ Website Of The Week: http://n2yo.com Realtime satellite tracking.  You can track the Planetary Society’s LightSail here: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=40661    

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Animated kids!

URL Labs’ Website Of The Week: http://www.abcya.com/animate.htm A pretty awesome free, online animation tool for kids… or anyone else interested in free online animation tools.

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The Gov on drugs!

URL Labs’ Website Of The Week: http://drugabuse.gov Home of  the National Institute of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse.  Learn what the gov thinks about your drug use.

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Storytelling in the courtroom / #FightForDyett and beyond

Lawpagandist Brian Foley explains his work with the Applied Legal Storytelling, a movement he co-created that brings techniques of narrative fiction into the courtroom, tells us what lawyers can learn...

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Development’s dark side / Legalization and the drug war

Anuradha Mittal profiles the dangerous lives of land rights activists in Ethiopia and Cameroon. Laura Carlsen explains how marijuana legalization trends are shifting US-Mexico drug war policies.

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Capitalism and climate change’s twin births.

Ecologist Andreas Malm explores the links between fossil fuels and capitalism’s 19th century explosion. PLUS: Rotten History and a letter from Ed Sutton on how to help refugees – http://www.sufr.ch/

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Chicago is not broke, just poor in leadership and rich in corruption.

Civic educator Tom Tresser shows why the city of Chicago is not broke, just poor in leadership. / Laddie O examines personal cybersecurity in the wake of the Apple / FBI court case.

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A city’s post-industrial gamble on casino capitalism.

Author Chloe Taft examines Bethlehem, PA’s post-industrial bet on casino gambling.

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Why post-911 America needs its own Nuremberg Trials.

Author Rebecca Gordon makes the case for the prosecution of officials for post-9/11 war crimes.

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Lost in the spiral: How American lost control of the terror war.

Writer Mark Danner explains how America lost its identity in the pursuit of endless war. PLUS: Question from Hell!

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