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Asian Carp infesting the Great Lakes? Nope, problem solved! Obama has appointed a "Carp Czar" to handle it. Hope & Change, motherfuckers!

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UM professors say Asian Carp crisis overblown, no threat to the Great Lakes - Ann Arbor Observer

I hope they're right, but I have my doubts.

Michigan Tea Party candidacy filings under suspicion - Detroit Free Press

It's looking more and more like the MTP is actually a false-flag operation of some Democratic Party activists.

Museum displays the 'bling bling' weaponry captured from Mexican crime cartels - Daily Mail Online

Union Boycotts LA Times Over Teacher Evaluation Disclosure - Slashdot

From the comments: "Teacher's Unions are the biggest problem with the US educational system. They are more concerned with teachers' benefits than they are about students. Of course, that is their job, but they give campaign contributions and students don't, they've become a bit too good at it."

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I really need to concentrate here you guys! - There, I fixed it.com

Can Asian carp survive in Michigan's rivers and streams? - MLive
Maybe, maybe not. I hope not.

Tennessee officials to promote "moonshine tourism" - Daily Caller
"Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Assistant Commissioner Jennifer Spence said she knows of no other such government-sponsored tourism attraction based on moonshine and bootleggers. The White Lightning Trail is one of 16 self-guided driving trails that have opened or are being developed and is intended to be a 'fun attraction ride.' "

Police lobby congress to keep warrentless cellphone tracking legal - CNet (Declan McCullagh)
Two LA pot dispensary workers killed in separate robberies - LA Times
Take a hint from liquor stores, banks, 24 hour convenience stores, and etc.: You need to have better security. You're in business now, not selling weed to your friends.
British cat gets first artificial bone leg-bud implants - Popular Science

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White House Press Secretary's Tweets To Be Archived- USA Today
The Poor Are Better Off Renting - Wall Street Journal
It helps the poor from becoming homeless, you see. As their incomes inevitably fall they'll never be able to make the mortgage, pay the taxes, insure or maintain a house anyhow.
Asian Carp Battle - Chicago vs Michigan - Michigan Public Radio
"Wednesday's public hearing on keeping Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan turned into a forum on the threat to the financial health of Chicago's tour boat industry."
Pop Nihilism - AdBusters
"[By the 1960's] Advertising agencies had mastered the ability to sell the American consumer products that they had never heard of and had no real need for."
ACTA Treaty's secret negotiations - BoingBoing
"...a naked bit of crony-capitalism that has so much more at stake than mere copyright."
Can cops look through your cellphone with a warrant? -Cnet
Special Ops Gunships To Get Pain-Inducing Weapons - Popular Mechanics
The bottom line is that banks like Goldman have learned absolutely nothing from the global economic meltdown.-Matt Taibbi @ Rolling Stone
Army looking at using cockroaches to find hidden nuclear materials - Wired
No stupider than other stuff they've wasted money on over the years.