Judging by their behaviour, most people have an obsession with wealth. Politicians promise to create it, most popular magazines are filled with gossip about those who have it, and the average person spends much of their adult life trying to obtain it. But most people misunderstand money. Here is an overview of the seven steps …
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Apple seeks rights to iPhone trademark
Apple Computer has filed for a trademark on the term iPhone, suggesting the company plans to use the moniker, recently popularised amongst the analyst and blogging communities, as the official name for its highly-anticipated iPod cell phone.
Magazine names America’s 10 ‘dumbest Congressmen’
Congress, as any CSPAN viewer can attest, has never been a bastion of intelligence. As far back as a century ago, Samuel Johnson was demeaning the nation’s legislators as a “circus of rogues and fools.” But when it comes to sheer stupidity, the men and women of the 109th have distinguished themselves as a breed …
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75% US citizens support bringing home troops from Iraq
A new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll conducted October 10-11 finds that nearly three in four Americans (73 percent) agree that U.S. troops should start to come home. It seems as though 97% need to support it before Bush even considers it.
Bush in the Rose Garden is a president adrift
When Bush went to the Rose Garden on October 11th, the event failed as theatre and served as an unintended display of a presidency adrift. His usual repartee with reporters about their inflated salaries and spiffy dress failed to elicit more than polite titters. It was the serious stuff that was laughable.
Invisible forcefield system for military vehicles
General Dynamics has just released a new video demonstrating its Trophy Active Defense System, which is basically an invisible force field for military vehicles that disables incoming RPG rounds.