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10 ways to publicly humiliate your wife
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500
10. Say you're "trying to fall back in love with her."
Drunk? Your car will know
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500
There's a long holiday weekend ahead and that means more potential business for the people who sell ignition interlock devices. Those are the Breathalyzer-like instruments that are hooked into a car and prevent someone from driving if they've been drinking.
Take the musical test -- when did you get old?
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:13:58 -0500


The Economist: Daily news and views

This week's top stories [03 July 2009]
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:01:58 -0000
Our top articles ranked by reader popularity.People protectionismAfrica votesBetter and worseA vote for change in ArgentinaFeeling freeBaltic martyrs for the euroFood for thoughtHard talk, soft policyDead reckoningA rising tide
Happy new year
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:03:55 -0000
The pain of balancing budgets is felt in California and many other statesTHE mantra in Washington, DC, is simple: spend billions now, pay later. Congress has been crafting ambitious plans for energy, health care and transport. But the mood in state capitals has been different. Forty-six states had a deadline of June 30th to pass their budgets. Just as important, those budgets had to be balanced. With the sole exemption of Vermont America’s state governments, unlike the federal one, are not allowed to run deficits. For many states June was an agonising month. Every state but two, commodity-rich North Dakota and Montana, has faced a deficit this year. One legislator in New Jersey described her state as “functionally bankrupt”. More than 5,000 Illinoisans gathered on June 23rd to protest against cuts to social services, with a child placed in a coffin for dramatic effect. In California, which faces a $24 billion gap, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor, sent the leader of the state Senate a metallic pair of bull testicles to urge him to cut spending. ...
Constitution please
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:27:48 -0000
Fiji is far from returning to democracyOn July 1st Fiji's unelected prime minister, Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, unveiled plans to introduce a new constitution by 2013. The new charter would replace the one that Mr Bainimarama abolished in April, paving the way for elections promised for 2014. Given that Mr Bainimarama, who seized power in a 2006 coup, has already broken his promise to hold elections by March 2009—and that he has spent the past two and a half years consolidating his grip on power—his latest pledge to restore democracy will be met with scepticism.Mr Bainimarama's record in office does not augur well for the restoration of democracy by 2014. Since the 2006 coup, the interim government has silenced its domestic critics by restricting civil liberties, including freedom of assembly and expression. The bureaucracy has been purged of anti-coup figures and supporters of Mr Bainimarama's regime have been appointed in their place. ...

 

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