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News Roundup: “An Exceptionally Heavy
Spaghetti Crop”

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 31st, 2007 at 11:56 pm

Here’s a little smorgasbord of items I wanted to blog this past week, and didn’t get the chance to. Because unlike spaghetti, time to blog doesn’t grow on trees!

John Nichols of The Nation asks whether we’re nearing an “Impeachment Moment,” noting that the I-word is finally being discussed — if not exactly embraced — on […]

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News: The Hidden Cost of Margarine

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm

• Orangutans may be extinct within five years, thanks to a soaring demand for palm oil leading to the destruction of their forest habitat. This situation needs to be addressed in product labeling somehow, so consumers can know that they’re buying sustainable, “orangutan and rainforest-safe” palm oil. Via this DKos diary.
• Here’s a fascinating look […]

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News: A Hive of Spam and Villainy

Posted by Ocelopotamus on March 20th, 2007 at 6:21 am

• A pair of hackers are promising to expose a month’s worth of MySpace bugs to draw attention to security problems with the site.
… two hackers going by the names of Mondo Armando and Müstaschio promise to begin disclosing security vulnerabilities in MySpace, News Corp.’s popular social networking site, every day next month.
“The purpose of […]

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