Beautiful Japan and her people going through a testing time after earthquake and nuclear reactor radiation leaks.
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I have irrational fears myself from this here in California fearing radioactive rain from japan.
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Wondering if Japan will have to sell some of her US Treasury’s to rebuild her country hence negatively affecting interest rates in the US.
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Japan is like second or third largest holder of US Government debt.
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Wonder if China will come in to help Japan even though they are rivals. This would be an interesting way to see how far China has come as a world power.

The has the makings of heck of match up. The explosive Argentinan Champion Martinez vs the slick technican from the Ukraine Dzinziruk.
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This match up brings to world class athletes to the table in high stakes game for money and career advancement as both fighters up in age Martinez 36 and Dizinziruk 35.  Each fighter needs a couple of victories to get the money the deserve to retire on.

Brand Dollar is a hell of a brand, right up there with Coca Cola and Nike,Google, and Apple Computer.
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But there are competitors out there such as the Yuan, Euro, Gold, and maybe SDR’s (single drawing rights stand for a basket of currencies).

Cab driving is definitely an unhealthy activity for cab drivers. It is an extractive activity on the body and mind. It is an activity that takes but doesn’t give, it takes the muscle  strength right out of your body.
Due to the odd hours of shift , long hours of shift, sitting sedentary while being highly focused, under extreme stress is nothing but bad news for the cab driver.

Kelly Pavlik is scheduled to fight on the Manny Pacqiao under card on May 7, 2011
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Pavlik the former 160 pound Middle Weight Champion will fight at 168 pounds in the Super Middle Weight division for this fight.
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His opponent is said to be Alfonso Lopez although the contract has not been signed yet.
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This information comes from a boxing forum not reported in main stream press yet.

That is I am putting my head the sand ignoring all macro world problems and focusing on the basics of paying the bills and surviving.
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Everyone once in awhile something scratches me on the behind like the price of gasoline currently around $3.88 a gallon in my region.
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I am moving forward.

Sanders Awesome speech.
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As we can hear what the United States is really suffering from is political problem manifesting itself as an economic problem .

Western Civilization is Greeks, Romans, The Renaissance, Great Britain, United States of America, and Led Zeppelin.
                                                          

Noose closing in on Qaddafi..
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On the ground Qaddafi using mercanaries from places like Niger, Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia.
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Flying his MIG-23’s in the sky are mercenaries from Serbia,Ukraine and Pakistan..

Aside from the mass suffering there.. This Libya  uprising/civil war. is a wild one, insane dictator who likes to dress up like a North African Elizabeth Taylor in wild out fits, fighting who ?
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I don’t really follow this story except for the head lines and the price of oil going up , seeing pictures of burned out building’s all over the country..makes me wonder what is going on in this world.
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A guy told me in his cab that Mummar al_Gaddafi the the dictator likes to live in tents? and all his body guards are good looking women? I haven’t verified those  yet but makes me think..hmmmmm
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Some side trivia about Gaddafi there are several ways to spell his name. Gaddafi was and maybe still is a major share holder in the Italian car maker fiat..