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Bordering on Limbo

News – The Secure Fence Act of 2006 has a life of confusion and limited effectiveness all its own. On October 4 and December 7, 2006, again on April 5, 2007, texts following, this writer addressed the meandering legal fate of the Mexican Border fence.

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Nigerian Mail Scam In My Propeller Mail Box

Do No Evil – I sort of expect to see these in my e-mail from Windstream or Hotmail, but in my private message box on Propeller? Don't believe it and please don't fall for it.

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Iraqis eye reconciliation - after U.S. withdrawal

News – Iraqis of all sectarian and ethnic groups believe that the U.S. military invasion is the primary root of the violent differences among them, and see the departure of "occupying forces" as the key to national reconciliation, according to focus groups conducted for the U.S. military last month.

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Marijuana as medicine?

Health & Fitness – Michigan voters may be asked in November to legalize drug for patients in pain.

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Payments vary greatly for new veterans with mental illness

Do No Evil – Veterans coming home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with debilitating mental ailments are discovering that their disability payments from the government vary widely depending on where they live. Veterans in some parts of the country are far more likely to be well compensated than their compatriots elsewhere are.

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Since when is Dell Gutsy Gibbon not Ubuntu?

Gadgets & Tech – However, LinDVD is not free and therefore presents a philosophical problem for those who would not have the name of Ubuntu sullied through association with a proprietary software bundle.

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Conan In The Comic, In The Movies And Now In Videogames

Video Games – The character of Conan in movies, comic and series, and now in videogames.

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Asustek ups Eee PC sales f'cast by two-thirds

Gadgets & Tech – Asustek had said that it hoped to become the world's fifth-largest laptop PC vendor by 2010.

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Will Symphony play taps for Sun's StarOffice ambitions?

Gadgets & Tech – Sun's retreat from the enterprise arena will let IBM take a stab at Microsoft Office.

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Rebuttal to Glyn Moody on KDE and OOXML

Gadgets & Tech – A cynic might think you were trying to deflect the issues that have arisen around OOXML and the negative attention it has resulted in for GNOME by kicking the someone else's dead horses.

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Gaming: Flightgear 1.0.0 Released

Gadgets & Tech – Despite the unbelievable attention to detail, Flightgear can be played on a rather modest PC. However the better the PC, the better it looks and runs so those with the latest, greatest 3D cards can still enjoy the extra beauty and a smoother experience.

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Screenshots Of Damn Small Linux 4.2.

Gadgets & Tech – On the desktop, you can see the new black/blue theme with "Fractal Movements" background.

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Foreign Agents by Grant Smith

Books – Smith's book talks about the influence of the Jewish lobby on American Politics.

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2007 Top Ten Free and Open Source Legal Issues

Gadgets & Tech – The year 2007 has been the most active year for legal developments in the history of free and open source ("FOSS"). In fact, you would have been hard pressed in past years to enumerate even five important legal developments. However 2007 permits the creation of a traditional "top ten" list.

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Colbert chosen AP Celebrity of the Year

Celebrities – While most TV characters remain boxed inside the frames of our sets, Stephen Colbert has routinely injected his on-screen persona into everything from the presidential race to ice cream.

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