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 NO. 533 “Expect the Ironic” NOV 29 - DEC 5, 2010 

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ENHANCED AIRPORT SECURITY BOON TO SMALLER CARRIERS
Shown: passengers wait to board flight on Naked Air, which does not use scanners.
 
WORLD NEWS
U.S., South Korea Begin War Games
Promising “fun for all.”
Taliban Leader in Talks With Afghan Government Turns Out to Be Imposter
Millions paid to someone named Curveball.
Report: Global Poverty Doubled in
Era of Trade Liberalization

Reflecting high cost of “free” markets.
 
ALSO IN THE NEWS . . .
DHS to End Color-Coded Terror Alert System
Reverting to simpler system of “All Clear” or “Duck and Cover.”
U. S. NEWS
Report: Drivers of Trucks Carrying Nuclear Weapons Got Drunk on Job
So did senators opposing START treaty.
Troops Buck Historical Trend, Say Gays OK in Military
But want drill sergeants banned.
 
REMINDER
  Buy only goods made in America, or China.
 
Tom DeLay Convicted of Money Laundering
And murdering the tango.
 
MILESTONES
U.S. Now in Afghanistan
Longer Than Soviet Union

With similar results.
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