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In addition to sharing my weekly reading list, I wanted to specifically point out Extra Life, a 24-hour gaming marathon to support the Texas Children’s Cancer Center in Houston. We all like to play (a lot), and it’s really cool to see gamers turning a hobby that some (misinformed) people decry into results that everyone can appreciate.

Here’s a weird little story in Arab News. It posits that worries about the ‘Evil Eye’—the existence of which is affirmed by the Prophet—can be exaggerated. Hmmm…. Effects of evil eye exaggerated, says psychiatrist Laura Bashraheel | Arab News JEDDAH: The evil eye is something that people in the Kingdom — like those of other cultures and religions — generally believe in.

Bob Bauman October 01, 2008 The name of the so-called “U.S. Department of Homeland Security” has always disturbed and rankled me. Created in the frenzied political aftermath of the 9-11-2001 terrorist attacks, it sounds like something Hitler’s propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels would have dreamed up to impress the gullible masses.

By Jeffrey K. Radt September 29, 2008 Before I begin this expose I want to note at the outset that I’m fairly certain that many people reading this will not finish the piece through to the end. I’ll admit that it does all seem a little “conspiracy-theorist” on the surface and I struggled with

Nouriel Roubini Sep 29, 2008 It is obvious that the current financial crisis is becoming more severe in spite of the Treasury rescue plan (or maybe because of it as this plan it totally flawed). The severe strains in financial markets (money markets, credit markets, stock markets, CDS and derivative

Bob Chapman September 27 2008 Planned profits for the elites, successive administrations set the stage for current market debacles, bailout plan set months in advance, threat of a depression from the bailout, Economy set to wither, Wall Street will not go unscathed, a stampede to safety is coming

By Paul Craig Roberts 9-27-8 Remember the good old days when the economic threat was mere recession? The Federal Reserve would encourage the economy with low interest rates until the economy overheated. Prices would rise, and unions would strike for higher benefits.

William N. Grigg There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is behind them.

by Michel Chossudovsky September 26, 2008 The Army Times reports that the 3rd Infantry’s 1st Brigade Combat Team is returning from Iraq to defend the Homeland, as “an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.” The BCT unit has been attached to US Army North, the Army’s component of US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM).

by Glenn Greenwald September 25, 2008 Several bloggers today have pointed to this obviously disturbing article from Army Times, which announces that “beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months, the [1st Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division] will be under the day-to-day control of U.S.