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Herman Cain is a great man, but his GodFather pizzas do not taste good. — [QUALITY TEST]

… “the panel unanimously voted Godfather’s Pizza the worst slice of the five.”

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The Kauffman Foundation wants a Steve Jobs Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — [LINK]

Quite a rich idea, me thinks. On a related note, here’s Eric Schmidt on Steve Jobs. [Download this post to watch the video, if your feed reader does not show it to you.]

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Ex-HSX Max Keiser claims that InTrade’s Ron Paul prediction market is manipulated. — [VIDEO]

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The Belo Monte dam project in the Amazon rainforest has been OK’ed. — [VIDEO]

NYT. BBC. Wikipedia: The Belo Monte Dam (formerly known as Kararaô) is a proposed hydroelectric dam complex on the Xingu River in the state of Pará, Brazil. The planned installed capacity of the dam complex would be 11,233 megawatts (MW), … Continue reading

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Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in an earthquake that struck the city of L’Aquila on 6 April 2009. — [NEWS]

“Six Italian seismologists and one government official will be tried for the manslaughter of those who died in an earthquake that struck the city of L’Aquila on 6 April 2009.”

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Grandson of famed economist Milton Friedman is sued for downloading porn over the Internet. — [LINK]

Patri Friedman: http://m.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/bittorrent/

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Cryptome (a kind of WikiLeaks) publishes 10 photos of the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant. — [PHOTOS]

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Christchurch, New Zealand, as the 2011 quake hits — [INCREDIBLE PICTURE]

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Japanese nuclear disaster and Japanese press coverage — [TRUTH SOCIOLOGY]

In response to Marginal Revolution. Here’s a French journalist covering the events in Japan. My translation. I got rapidly aware that information is blocked. It is not possible to assist to press conferences or to get accredited. And our Japanese … Continue reading

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Consumers in the U.S. will soon be able to receive and send funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit or prepaid account, anywhere in the world. — [NEWS]

“Bank customers of participating financial institutions will have the option to select a Visa account as the destination for funds when making a personal payment. By simply entering the recipient’s 16-digit Visa account, email address or mobile phone number, consumers … Continue reading

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