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States want to break pension promises http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/your-money/07money.html

Israel border problems http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129039586&ft=1&f=1001

Gaza's one power plant shut down for lack of fuel. For once Israel wasn't directly involved: Hamas gets fuel from the Palestinian Authority, which claims Hamas wasn't paying enough.

Massive and many wildfires in central Russia, in the hottest year on record.

Blackberry caves in to Saudi Arabia http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129048165&ft=1&f=1001

Lindsey Graham proposes amending 14th Amendment to remove birthright citizenship
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/us/politics/07fourteenth.html

Most human-bug interactions involve female bugs. Spiders are bugs for these purposes. http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/2572731.html?thread=48083643#t48083643

A glacier the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland. I wondered what would happen if it ran into Manhattan.

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[dubaiwalla.livejournal.com]

A glacier the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland. I wondered what would happen if it ran into Manhattan.
Michael Bay would film it.

[fellmama.livejournal.com]

Zing!

[februaryfour]

Said glacier would either have (a) completely melted, or (b) sludged Manhatten with oil from the BP spill. At least, that's assuming the oil will travel that far. (It might finally get corporate fat cats off their asses...)

[oniugnip.livejournal.com]

A glacier the size of Manhattan broke off Greenland. I wondered what would happen if it ran into Manhattan.

I would be very upset.