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My Two Cents

by sscatz on August 12th, 2008

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Worth Less in Canada

Later this fall, General Motors is releasing new, more fuel-efficient versions of its full-size pickup trucks and SUVs.  Finally, a Hummer that gets eight miles to the gallon.

China is set to overtake the US next year as the world’s largest producer of manufactured goods as a result of the rapidly weakening US economy and apparently strong demand for poison toys.

A Vancouver woman says that she was asked to cover up while breast-feeding during a recent flight on WestJet when the flight attendant told her some men find the sight of a bare breast offensive.  When most men see a woman breastfeeding, they’re not offended, -they want to get in line.  And given the cutbacks on in-flight service, this might be the only way to get a beverage.
 
John Edwards is now admitting he had an affair, a story that was broken by the National Enquirer - a true story in the National Enquirer.  Next week, look for some actual facts on Fox News.

Two-thirds of U.S. corporations and foreign corporations doing business in the U.S. paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress. “It’s shameful that so many corporations make big profits and pay nothing to support our country,” said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who asked for the study.  “Only Congress is supposed to cheat the American people.”

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