The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
If you find yourself in a public situation now, you'll probably feel a bit uncomfortable -- but for nothing but pleasant reasons.
Others will want to know more about you, to examine your life and what you've done, but the good news is that they're only looking because they want to find a way to reward you for your accomplishments.
Don't be shy!
Talk about yourself.
Just this once!

Some of our readers today have been in:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Quezon City, Manila, Philippines

London, England, United Kingdom

Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Edithvale, Victoria, Australia

Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Pinnesburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, malaysia

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

Brescia, Lombardia, Italy

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Kuwait, Al Kuwayt, Kuwait

as well as Serbia, Turkey, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden, New Zealand, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Korea, Netherlands,  Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt, Russia, Indonesia, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Belgium, India and in cities across the United States such as Dowagiac, Chattanooga, Wake Forest, Ledyard and more.

Today is:

Today is Tuesday, November 30, the 334th day of 2010.

There are 31 days left in the year.

Today In History November 30

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

Stay Home Because Your Well Day.

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New Alphabet for Old People

OLD ALPHABET

A is for apple, and B is for boat,
That used to be right, but now it won’t float!
Age before beauty is what we once said,
But let’s be a bit more realistic instead.

NEW ALPHABET

A is for arthritis
B is for the bad back
C is for chest pains, perhaps cardiac?

D is for dental decay and decline
E is for eyesight, can’t read that top line!
F is for fissures and fluid retention
G is for gas which I’d rather not mention.

H is high blood pressure–I’ d rather it be low,
I is for incisions with scars you can show.
J is for joints, out of socket,won’t mend,
K is for knees that crack when they bend.

L is for libido, what happened to sex?
M is for memory, I forget what comes next.
N is neuralgia,in nerves way down low,
O is for osteo,the bones that don’t grow!

P is for prescriptions, I have quite a few,
just give me a pill and I’ll be good as new!
Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?
R is for reflux, one meal turns to two.

S is for sleepless nights, counting my fears,
T is for Tinnitus; there’s bells in my ears!
U is for urinary; big troubles with flow,
V is for vertigo, that’s ‘dizzy,’ you know.

W is for worry, NOW what’s going’round?
X is for X- ray, and what might be found.
Y is another year I’m left here behind,
Z is for zest that I still have — in my mind.

The truth be told

Fiji Water leaves Fiji

Fiji Water leaves its namesake country

The bottled-water giant says instability in the Pacific nation is to blame for its departure.  

Government's 'message' 

Also: 

• Island nation responds
• More on the company
• Country expels executive

Non Sequitur

Best winter beach spots

America's best winter beach retreats

Explore sea caves, snorkel, and spot dolphins in Kauai's crystal 77-degree waters.  

Surfing's best-kept secret 

Also: 

• 10 warm-weather resorts
• Charming small towns  
• Check temperatures

Awesome Pictures

American's daring escape

American's daring escape from Iran

The WikiLeaks files tell the amazing tale of a U.S. dentist's horseback escape.  

Crossed freezing mountains 

Also: 

• U.S. does damage control
• More on WikiLeaks
• Arabs alarmed by Iran

Band On The Run

Wings

Bad Cops

 

Fired Louisiana police officer gets 5-year sentence for manslaughter

Retired Florida police officer arrested for luring kids for sex

Fired Georgia jailer to be charged with bribery

Pennsylvania police officer accused of hitting girlfriend

Fired Mississippi narcotics officer arrested for possession of cocaine

New York cop charged with domestic violence

Rhode Island police officer arrested for allegedly exposing himself

Landmark prison court case

Overcrowded prisons test Supreme Court

The entire U.S. penal system could be affected by a key case from California. 

Cruel and unusual punishment?

Also:

• Guards watch attack
• World's biggest prisons
• New federal prisoners

I Fought The Law

Bobby Fuller

On The Job

What the holidays can do for a job hunt

Year-end deadlines, new budgets, and better moods make this time good for job seekers.

Hiring sprees seen 

Also: 

• Cover letter samples
• Happiest places to work
• Best states for jobs

High-paying careers with no future

The forces of modernity have put some unexpected occupations on the endangered species list.

The forecast 

Also: 

• Happiest firms to work for
• $100K+ jobs in demand
• Most rewarding careers

Millions drop credit cards

Huge drop in credit card users

More than 8 million Americans are no longer charging for two big reasons.  

Average card balance: $4,964 

Also: 

• Cash: The new plastic
• Lowest credit card rates  
• Why credit score matters

Credit goofs can hike insurance

Credit goofs can hike your insurance costs

More home and car insurers are raising rates based on consumer credit scores.  

Late credit-card payments hurt 

Also: 

• Credit score myths
• Raise your credit score  
• Save on car insurance

Ways to live it up for less

5 ways to save more than $2,000 a year

You can trim your annual grocery bill by $520 alone with a few easy tricks.  

Cut your cable bill by $480 

Also: 

• Get cash back every time
• Find grocery coupons  
• Consumer confidence up

Affluent family hits hard times

One family's hard fall from affluence

The Martins had $14 million, an Aston Martin, and a $173,000 horse, but now they’re broke.  

How things went sour 

Also: 

• Jobless benefits expire
• Worst cities to find work  
• U.S. economic outlook

Market for tiny homes thriving

Tiny houses thrive amid real estate bust

One home is smaller than 90 square feet but contains the amenities of a larger place.  

Helps 'define your priorities' 

Also: 

• Take a peek inside
• Reasons to live small
• Living off the grid

Ten home heating mistakes

Common, costly home heating mistakes

Closing vents in all your unused rooms can actually waste energy instead of saving it.  

What to do instead 

Also: 

• How to cut heat bills
• Heating oil prices  
• Renovations don't pay off

The Neighbor's Laundry

A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hanging the wash outside. “That laundry is not very clean”, she said. “She doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”

Her husband looked on, but remained silent.

Every time her neighbor would hang her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.

About one month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband: “Look, she has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this.”

The husband said, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”

And so it is with life. What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the window through which we look.

Culinary DeLites

The six worst coffee drinks

Sipping a large Cold Stone Creamery Lotta Caramel Latte will cost you 1,790 calories.  

Equal to 44 spoonfuls of sugar 

Also: 

• Worst shakes in the U.S.
• Six unhealthy breakfasts  
• Brew a perfect cup

Head of Washington potato group ends all-potato diet

The head of the Washington State Potato Commission is ending his highly publicized 60-day, all-potato diet lighter by 21 pounds and hungry for more than spuds.

Full Story

Why to wash before wearing

Reasons to wash clothes before wearing

Compounds used to help fabric resist wrinkles and shrinkage could cause a reaction. 

Signs of an allergy 

Also: 

• Formaldehyde allergy
• Allergic skin reactions  
• 7 strategies to detox

How long ...

What cleaners won't say

Six things your dry cleaner won't tell you

Women pay more because automated machinery is made to fit men's clothes.

Best time to get a discount 

Also: 

• Clean cold-weather gear
• Ways to ease laundry day 
• How dry cleaning works

Purple Haze

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Babe Ruth story rekindled

Legendary baseball story rekindled

One esteemed judge says he was at the game when Babe Ruth allegedly called his shot.  

'There's no doubt about that' 

Also: 

• More on Babe Ruth
• Hall of Fame ballots  
• Pitcher seeks less stress

Tiny Castle for Sale

In Swedish the name is “Observation tower”, but it also looks like a castle. This cute little building was built of brick on a granite base in 1926. It sits on a 1000 square meter lot.

Full Story

The Barton Swing Aqueduct

If you need a canal to cross another canal, you simply build a water bridge across, with one canal on top of another. If you need to build a land bridge across a waterway, you can make the bridge split in two or swing aside when tall ships need to pass. But what do you do when you need to have a canal make room for large ships on another canal? That was the situation in Manchester, UK, in 1885. Originally the smaller Bridgewater Canal crossed the Manchester Ship Canal on an arched bridge. But now the region needed to move large ships — too large to fit under the Bridgewater Canal — through the Manchester Ship Canal. So the bridge was replaced with an aqueduct that would swing out of the way of traffic on Manchester Ship Canal:

It was replaced by a unique swing aqueduct that was opened in 1893 and was an even more daring structure than the original aqueduct, consisting of a channel that could be sealed off at each end to form a 235 feet long and 18 feet wide tank, holding 800 tons of water, that swung round on its pivot, situated on an island in the middle of the Ship Canal.

In the links, you can find a video of the swinging aqueduct in action.

Full Story

Man combines boat and lawnmower to create amphibious 'Shortcutter'

Amateur inventor John Hinton has launched an amphibious assault on the misery of the morning rush hour - with a vehicle that can swap traffic queues for river cruises. John’s ‘Shortcutter’, made from a sit-on lawnmower and an old boat, can chug along the roads at a ‘relaxing’ 9kph (6mph), then take to the water at the first sign of a snarl-up.

Of course, with a top speed that could cause more traffic jams than it solves and a propeller that spins wildly behind it on dry land, the four-wheeler is still very much a work in progress. But Mr Hinton hopes future models could revolutionise the way we travel. The 76-year-old said: ‘In theory, you could go anywhere on it – it would be just as good as a normal car.


‘You could go and get your shopping on it or go to work in it and, if you had to cross a lake or river or even part of the sea to get there, that would be fine. If it was big enough you could probably get all the way to France, drive on to land, pick up some cheese and wine and bring it all back without leaving the boat.’ And the retired insurance broker, of Horsham in West Sussex, has even been in touch with Honda about mass production of his vehicle.

He added: ‘It’s about time the car and marine industries combined.’ Mr Hinton spent two years and £1,000 making the prototype with late friend Laurie Mayhead. Wife Pat said: ‘Everyone needs something to do when they retire. This is just one of his many projects. I was quite happy to get him out of the house, to be honest.’

Believe it or not

U.S. faces new 'Sputnik moment'

U.S. challenged by new 'Sputnik moment'

"Time is running out" for Americans to take the lead in a crucial high-tech race, a top official warns.  

Rival's big plans 

Also: 

• More on Sputnik program
• Russia arms race warning
• Crops on other planets?

How war gave us the microwave

In Sex, Bombs and Burgers, Peter Nowak argues that pornography, fast food and warfare created technology as we know it today

A provocative thesis

Freak weather rattles Amazon

Bizarre weather in Amazon raises alarm

A year after massive floods, a "once in a century" drought leaves the great rain forest reeling.  

Fears of 'dieback' 

Also: 

• World's rain forests
• Mexico's climate plea  
• Climate deaths multiply

Royal Society Paints Grim Picture of 4°C Temperature Rise

Drought and desertification could be widespread within 50 years. 

Photo: John Brawley/Creative Commons.

With no doubt intentional perfect timing as the COP16 climate talks open in Mexico, the Royal Society has released a special issue on the future impacts of climate change and, as you might imagine if you've been following the climate research to date, the outlook is entirely grim for many of the planetary systems upon which humans are utterly dependent. As The Guardian puts it, the Royal Society describes a "hellish vision of a world warmed 4C within a lifetime."

Article continues: Royal Society Paints Grim Picture of 4°C Temperature Rise

What Would Happen If Every Element On The Periodic Table Came Into Contact Simultaneously?

In Popular Science, Bjorn Carey imagines a scenario in which all of the elements on the periodic table were present in the same location simultaneously:

Ramming the atoms together at 99.999 percent the speed of light—the top speed of particles in the Large Hadron Collider, at the CERN particlephysics lab near Geneva—might fuse a few nuclei, but it won’t make that cool Frankenstein element. More likely, they would meld into a quark-gluon plasma, the theoretical matter that existed right after the universe formed. “But they would last for a fraction of a second before degrading,” Tuckerman says. “Plus, you’d need 118 LHCs—one to accelerate each element—to get it done.”
The other approach, as explained by John Stanton, the director of the Institute for Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Texas, would be to toss a pulverized chunk of each element or a puff of each gas into a sealed container and see what happens. No one has ever tried this experiment either, but here’s how Stanton thinks things would play out: “The oxygen gas would react with lithium or sodium and ignite, raising the temperature in the container to the point that all hell would break loose. Powdered graphite carbon would ignite, too. There are roughly 25 radioactive elements, and they would make your flaming stew a little dangerous. Flaming plutonium is a very bad thing. Inhaling airborne radioactive material can cause rapid death.”
Once things calmed down, Stanton says, the result would be as boring as the atoms-only scenario. Carbon and oxygen would yield carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Nitrogen gas is very stable, and would remain as is. The noble gases wouldn’t react, nor would a few of the metals, like gold and platinum, which are mostly found in their pure forms. The things that do react will form rust and salts. “Thermodynamics wins again,” he says. “Things will always achieve equilibrium, and in this case that’s a mix of common, stable compounds.”

Full Story

B.C.

Super Human Elasticity

Is it possible

Are Stoners Really Dumb, or Do They Just Think They Are?

Earleywine and his colleagues studied 57 users, 30 male and 27 female. Half were given material to read suggesting that marijuana damages the brain; the other half read a research summary suggesting that the drug had no long-term negative cognitive effects. Then, all participants were asked to take cognitive tests after abstaining from marijuana for at least one day. (More on Time.com: See photos of cannabis conventions)
There was a marked difference in results — interestingly, between men and women. Men who got the negative information about marijuana performed worse than men who didn’t, but the women who were faced with stereotype threat actually scored better on tests of verbal skills and memory than women who weren’t given negative information.

Are Stoners Really Dumb, or Do They Just Think They Are?

Is Schizophrenia Caused by Retroviruses?

Mind blowing research that indicates that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and multiple sclerosis could be caused by a retrovirus and triggered by other infections such as toxoplasmosis:

The facts of schizophrenia are so peculiar, in fact, that they have led Torrey and a growing number of other scientists to abandon the traditional explanations of the disease and embrace a startling alternative. Schizophrenia, they say, does not begin as a psychological disease. Schizophrenia begins with an infection.
The idea has sparked skepticism, but after decades of hunting, Torrey and his colleagues think they have finally found the infectious agent. [...]
After eight years of research, Perron finally completed his retrovirus’s gene sequence. What he found on that day in 1997 no one could have predicted; it instantly explained why so many others had failed before him. We imagine viruses as mariners, sailing from person to person across oceans of saliva, snot, or semen—but Perron’s bug was a homebody. It lives permanently in the human body at the very deepest level: inside our DNA. After years slaving away in a biohazard lab, Perron realized that everyone already carried the virus that causes multiple sclerosis. [...]
Through this research, a rough account is emerging of how HERV-W could trigger diseases like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and MS. Although the body works hard to keep its ERVs under tight control, infections around the time of birth destabilize this tense standoff. Scribbled onto the marker board in Yolken’s office is a list of infections that are now known to awaken HERV-W—including herpes, toxoplasma, cytomegalovirus, and a dozen others. The HERV-W viruses that pour into the newborn’s blood and brain fluid during these infections contain proteins that may enrage the infant immune system. White blood cells vomit forth inflammatory molecules called cytokines, attracting more immune cells like riot police to a prison break. The scene turns toxic.

The Insanity Virus

Alien Life Found ... Possibly.

A Michigan man claiming to possess an ice meteorite rich in extraterrestrial organisms will announce in a news conference Tuesday that alien life, at long last, has been found. The announcement will take place at a Ramada Inn in South Haven, Mich.

Full Story

Partial Reversal of Aging Achieved in Mice

Researchers led by Harvard Medical School geneticist Ronald A. DePinho have managed to partially reverse the physical degeneration that results from aging:

[...] they achieved the milestone in aging science by engineering mice with a controllable telomerase gene. The telomerase enzyme maintains the protective caps called telomeres that shield the ends of chromosomes.
As humans age, low levels of telomerase are associated with progressive erosion of telomeres, which may then contribute to tissue degeneration and functional decline in the elderly. By creating mice with a telomerase switch, the researchers were able to generate prematurely aged mice. The switch allowed the scientists to find out whether reactivating telomerase in the animals would restore telomeres and mitigate the signs and symptoms of aging. The work showed a dramatic reversal of many aspects of aging, including reversal of brain disease and infertility.

Full Story

Funny Pictures

'Godzilla' joins whaling fight

'Godzilla' wades into high-seas whaling fight

A sleek new weapon joins the ongoing clash between Japanese hunters and an animal rights group.  

What it can do 

Also: 

• Group behind the boat
• Tanker, cargo ship collide
• Teens' 50-day sea ordeal

Scotland's Battle Over the Beaver

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

In medieval England, a beaver pelt was worth three years of wages to a peasant laborer. So important, in fact, was the beaver, that the Church of England classified it as a fish so it could be eaten on Fridays. After a few hundred years of such popularity, however, the European beaver became extinct in the UK.
Now, after four centuries, conservationists have decided it is time to reintroduce the beaver to Scotland—a decision many residents strongly oppose.

Article continues: Scotland's Battle Over the Beaver

Snake fangs evolved from groovy teeth

A set of 200-million-year-old teeth from a beast related to dinosaurs and crocodiles has shed light on how snake fangs evolved.

Snake fangs evolved from groovy teeth

Indian baby elephant rescue drama

Locals residents have rescued a baby elephant after it accidentally fell into a ditch on a tea plantation near Bokakhat in India's north eastern state of Assam.

The male calf, aged four or five years old, fell in the ditch when crossing a tea estate with with the rest of its herd.


The mother of the calf and other elephants are reported to have made several failed attempts to rescue the calf. Local people, forest rangers and an animal welfare volunteer then stepped it to rescue it with the help of an excavator.

Anil Deka, from the International Fund for Animal Welfare, said that the elephant had suffered only minor injuries. Once on its feet, the calf was reunited with its mother.

Chicken sore after laying 4 inch egg

A chicken was left shell-shocked after laying an enormous four inch tall egg, with her surprised owner describing the poor hen as 'bow-legged.'

The monster egg measures a whopping 9cm by 5.7cm (2.2ins) and is more than twice the size of a normal egg. It was laid by Bolt, a 20-week-old chicken from Christchurch, Dorset, who has only been laying for three weeks.

Owner Denise Sloan, a 52-year-old gardener, said she has never seen such a large egg despite owning chickens for 15 years. The egg, which has not been fertilised, is now destined for the dinner plate.

She said of Bolt’s impressive achievement: ‘I don't know what the world record is, but all I can say is she is pretty bow-legged now. It's enormous, bigger than a duck egg.’

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift

Today's horoscope says:
You're extra grounded, which is a good place to come from if you have to tell some difficult truths.
Do a little bit more research to make sure you've got all the facts, then position yourself to say it like it is.
Your scrupulous attention to the details of the situation will put you in good stead, and it's likely that your audience will be far more receptive to all this than you'd ever think possible.

Some of our readers today have been in:

Segovia, Castilla y Leon, Spain

Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Paris, Ile-De-France, France

Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

Edithvale, Victoria, Australia

Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-De-France, France

Koelin, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

as well as Serbia, Malaysia, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Singapore, Sweden, New Zealand, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Korea, Netherlands,  Brazil, Vietnam, Egypt, Russia, Indonesia, Czech Republic, Puerto Rico, Ireland, India and in cities across the United States such as Atascadero, Jamaica, Wasilla, Barstow and more.

Today is:

Today is Monday, November 29, the 333rd day of 2010.

There are 32 days left in the year.

Today In History November 29

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:

There isn't one.

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Stormy and possibly icy weather is heading to the area

Trouble late Tuesday ... and beyond

Another round of stormy weather is headed for the Carolinas later Tuesday, and the computers hint at more trouble -- possibly of the frozen variety -- late next week and about two weeks from now.

Some rapid and major changes in our weather will take place over the next 24 hours.

A flash flood watch already is in effect for Tuesday and Tuesday night for Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Rutherford, Watauga and Wilkes counties in the Charlotte region. Additional watches and warnings are likely Tuesday.

Today, we're locked in a chilly pattern, governed by high pressure off the East Coast. But the seeds of change are visible. The cloud cover that thickened overnight is a telltale sign of the moisture surging into the Carolinas from the Gulf of Mexico.

By later today, low pressure will move eastward from the Arkansas-Texas area. Rain gradually will spread into the Carolinas, falling mostly in the mountains initially but reaching the foothills and Piedmont by later this afternoon.

It will be a chilly rain at first, with temperatures staying in the 40s today and dewpoint readings also in the 40s.

But a warm front on the east side of the low pressure system will move northward Tuesday, crossing the Charlotte area sometime in the morning. That will push our temperatures into the 60s, and the dewpoint temperatures will follow suit.

The Carolinas will be in the warm, unstable southeast side of the low pressure system by Tuesday afternoon and night, and that's where severe weather takes place.

Chris Horne, of the National Weather Service's office in Greer, S.C., says strong thunderstorms and heavy rain are forecast across the Carolinas, with the most likely area for severe weather being in the Piedmont.

"Some degree of thunderstorm wind damage threat -- perhaps even a tornado -- should exist into the night," Horne said.

These likely will be those sneaky severe storms -- the kind we experience in the Southeast during the winter. They move extremely fast, sometimes at 50 mph, and often have little or no lightning to herald their arrival.

Let the truth be known

WikiLeaks reveals more sensitive U.S. data

WikiLeaks reveals more sensitive U.S. data

A quarter million diplomatic cables give a candid look at America's backroom bargaining. 

Details

Also: 

• White House responds
• New security changes
• Under cyberattack?

U.S. tries to contain fallout

U.S. in damage control after leaked cables

The Obama administration scrambles to contain fallout after WikiLeaks releases classified data.  

Unflattering details 

Also: 

• U.K. newspaper's role
• Iran condemns leaks
• Prince Andrew's remarks

Guess what leaked out today ...

Many Middle Eastern nations are far more concerned about Iran's nuclear program than they've publicly admitted.

Saudi Arabia is lobbying us to attack Iran.

According to one cable, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly asked the U.S. to "cut off the head of the snake" -- meaning, it appears, to bomb Iran's nuclear program.

Leaders of Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern nations expressed similar views.

Israel is ready to go it alone in such an attack, too, presumably with tacit support from some Arab states.

CIA missed al-Qaida figure

CIA narrowly missed key al-Qaida figure

The U.S. has come closer to capturing Osama bin Laden's top deputy than previously known.  

Tragic outcome 

Also: 

• Ayman al-Zawahiri
• Al-Qaida claims attack  
• Drone victim seeks funds

The truth be told

And you have the repugicans to thank for it, too.

The death of American dream

A must read post over at the "Great Orange Satan." it will simultaneously break your heart and get you angry.

Well today for a span of at least this one Daily Kos diary, you will get to see what the American plutocrat owned media never wants you to see, and that is how Europe in particular and the world in general has come to see America as a country in decline, whose people are so badly misinformed by the media, they actually don't realize that America is the only major industrialized nation in the world that by right of law does not offer universal medical access, paid sick leave, paid maternity leave and paid annual leave. It just seems almost impossible to get that word out to the American people. Even diaries on that subject at the Kos top out at just over 2,000 views. Let's please remember the purpose of the plutocrat owned commercial media isn't so much to inform us but rather to sell commercial advertising space.

Therefore this diary today will try to do something different. It will show you what the European media is saying about the American dream and you will be shocked! - Democrats Ramshield's diary at Daily Kos

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