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Bill Maher Takes Aim at the Economic Meltdown [Intelligent Comedian]
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, americans, bushadministration, cheney, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, economy, ethics, government, healthcare, housing, iraq, lies, media, news, obama, politics, republicans, military, socialsecurity, us )

Kathleen
- 292 days ago - rollingstone.com
After teeing off on George W. Bush (a man Bill Maher calls "a thundering doofus") for the past eight years, the host of Real Time With Bill Maher needs a new comic foil. He tells us in our new issue that he'll manage to mine comedy from Barack Obama...
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Hyannis Leaders Want Help on Homeless Problem
Offbeat  (tags: activists, culture, ethics, freedoms, government, humans, transportation, society, rights, business, consumers, cover-up, dishonesty, politics, society, abuse, prevention, protection, warning, americans, business, culture, ethics, interesting, police, saf )

James
- 413 days ago - capecodonline.com
HYANNIS -- Ongoing concern among Main Street business owners over loiterers and problematic "street people" has opened up discussion about whether Hyannis shoulders a disproportionate share of the Cape's homelessness burdens. Boycott Hyannis Cape Cod Ma
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The Top 23 Undiscovered Web Sites
Offbeat  (tags: technology, unusual, news, odd, off-beat, business, discovery, internet, NewTechnology, media, movies, coolstuff, consumers, marketing, blog, research )

Gregory
- 469 days ago - articles.mercola.com
I'm a major fan of the Internet, and I love sharing interesting sites that I come across, but most of us are too busy to go through all 100. So, I cut out 75 percent of them, and here are my top picks out of their finds:
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The End of Food
Offbeat  (tags: food, Sustainabililty, world, consumers, economy, farms, oil, SustainableDevelopment )

Kristi
- 558 days ago - alternet.org
oil consumption and rising fuel costs , end of grains
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Raid Uncovers 28 Ailing, Waste-Covered Puppies
Offbeat  (tags: animals, abuse, business, consumers, corruption, ethics, abuse, abused, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalrights, animalcruelty, animals, animalwelfare, crime, cruelty, dogs, humans, investigation, pets, protection, rescued, sadnes )

Informati
- 607 days ago - nj.com
More than two dozen sick dogs purchased from Pennsylvania puppy mills were seized from a home in Gloucester County early yesterday during a raid of what authorities said was an illegal dog sales operation that netted $200,000 annually.
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Beauty Brand Tainted By US Animal Testing
Offbeat  (tags: animals, research, suffering, abuse, consumers, corporate, cover-up, dishonesty, shopping, dishonesty, fashion, abuse, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, cruelty, investigation, suffering, news, research, research, animals )

Informati
- 614 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
Several popular beauty products contain an ingredient tested on live pregnant rats and their foetuses in the US. Three popular products, produced under the leading brand Olay, contain a cosmetic preservative, butylparaben, that was tested on animals.
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Beware of Lemons Slices in Your Drinks When Dining Out!
Offbeat  (tags: americans, healthcare, news, business, consumers, environment, humans, society, safety, environment, pets, protection, death, diet, disease, food, health, illness, medicine, nutrition, prevention, research, safety, science, treatment, warning, investigati )

Susan
- 648 days ago - articles.mercola.com
Two out of every three restaurant lemon wedges in a study were covered in disease-causing bacteria -- incl. fecal bacteria. A tot. of 25 dif,potentially dangerous, microorganisms were discovered.FYI, used to be a cert. restaur.inspector,but 2/3 ratio...!
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Freegan.Info
Offbeat  (tags: freegans, anti-consumerism, consumers )

Jodi S
- 660 days ago - freegan.info
Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Anti-materialism Very interesting..
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Smoking Ban Workaround Catches on at Bars Across State
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Dana
- 662 days ago - startribune.com
Having patrons become "actors" when entire bar is turned into a "stage" started as a one-night experiment 2 weeks ago, but now it's becoming a way around state law.
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Cigarette Toxins Disable Gene Which Slows Aging
Offbeat  (tags: destruction, environment, pollution, research, suffering, propaganda, death, business, corporate, consumers, marketing, safety, rights, cancer, diet, disease, drugs, ethics, health, illness, medicine, prevention, warning )

Susan
- 688 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Toxins in cigarette smoke wipe out a gene that plays a vital role in protecting the body from the effects of premature aging. Rahman has spent years studying how the 4,700 toxic chemical compounds in cigarettes assault lung tissue.
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Vermont Customer Sues Burger King After Finding Unwrapped Condom in Sandwich
Offbeat  (tags: business, consumers, safety, risks, food, alert, protection, weird, bizarre )

Suzybell
- 739 days ago - foxnews.com
A man who says he bit into a Burger King sandwich and found an unwrapped condom inside has sued the owner of the restaurant.
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Cannabis Coffee Shop
Offbeat  (tags: bush, business, ecosystems, government, greenhousegases, politics, americans, bush, bushadministration, cover-up, dishonesty, healthcare, healthcare, lies, democrats, republicans, 2008, business, commercial, consumers, corporation, dishonesty, economy, fa )

Lars
- 805 days ago - en.wikipedia.org
I think the U.S. could benefit from doing this, think of the taxes collected! A coffeeshop in the Netherlands is a place where the sale of cannabis (marijuana) for personal consumption by the public is tolerated by the local authorities.
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Giant Ads Set for World's Busiest Runways
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Sue
- 811 days ago - today.reuters.com
adverts the size of three football pitches seen by plane passengers coming in to land.
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"Funny JFK Air Traffic Controller Chat" Who Hired This Guy???   video
Offbeat  (tags: Airport, airplanes, air traffic controller, jobs, u.s., business, consumers, bizarre, interesting, off-beat, offbeat, unusual, weird )

Echo
- 817 days ago - youtube.com
"About This Video This is not a faked, not a game. It is real lif... This is not a faked, not a game. It is real life for the last time! "
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Indiana Casino Expansion Causes Slight Increase in Problem Gambling
Offbeat  (tags: americans, congress, constitution, democrats, ethics, freedoms, GoodNews, media, politics, propaganda, republicans, troops, GoodNews, government, freedoms, congress, media, ethics, government, economy, americans, banking, business, consumers, dishonesty )

Craig
- 823 days ago - casinogamblingweb.com
Indiana has seen only a slight increase in problem gambling over the past several months since the French Lick Springs Resort Casino opened. Please help us regulate Internet Gambling by signing petit http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/30614941 9
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