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Eat the Rich, with a Few Purple carrots on the side

Food – The world in which we live is so mediated by waste capital, so compromised in terms of quality of life, that most people have forgotten there are alternatives. These alternatives take the form of community gardening, they take the form of resistance to institutional culture and to the rampant militarising of everything.

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Eat the Rich, with a Few Purple carrots on the side

Food – The world in which we live is so mediated by waste capital, so compromised in terms of quality of life, that most people have forgotten there are alternatives. These alternatives take the form of community gardening, they take the form of resistance to institutional culture and to the rampant militarising of everything.

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Condo Life: Foreclosures, Higher Fees and Yardwork

Money – When people buy condos, they expect their monthly fees will cover many of the responsibilities that they would otherwise have as owners of single-family homes, like cutting the grass and paying the water bills. Now many find themselves nagging each other in the hallways to pay their assessments and adding special fees while haggling over chores.

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Famed War Reporter Calls Pentagon/Media 'Propaganda' Program Illegal

Politics – One of the greatest sins the U.S. government could commit was to turn a propaganda machine loose on the American people. Every appropriations bill passed since 1951 has contained language that says no public money "shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States" without the lawmakers prior approval.

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Financier who laundered money for Duke Cunningham sentenced

Politics – The deal included a cap on his prison sentence of 10 years - a move that the prosecutor on the case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Forge, admitted in court Friday was a mistake. That is because after pleading guilty, Kontogiannis continued issuing millions of dollars in fraudulent mortgages and has continued to profit by them.

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The Amazing Money Machine

Politics – Obama's campaign has made a similar leap in how it has applied technology to the practices of raising money and organizing, and it is already the clear model for everyone else.

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Bush Arrives In Saudi Arabia

Politics – A White House statement on Friday said the US has agreed to help protect the resources of Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, and help it develop peaceful nuclear energy.

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Iranian Diplomats Wounded In Iraq

Politics – "The suspicious behavior of US forces in security issues has brought increasing insecurity in Iraq," Mohammad Ali Hosseini, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said in a statement, a copy of which was made available to the Associated Press news agency.

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Israelis are talking to Hamas

Politics – This was not an official document, but it has been followed by important statements released by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Syria, regarding interest in an agreement between Hamas and Israel to not target civilians, which would mean an end to suicide attacks.

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Ethical Conflict Issues for McCain

Politics – The McCain campaign publicized its ethical conflict policy after one of its consultants seemed to be an adviser to an independent political group. Craig Shirley doubled as a consultant to McCain and to the group Stop Her Now, a 527 group barred from coordinating its activities with presidential campaigns.

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