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Global temperature drops sharply, wiping out the entire temperature rise of 1 degree C over the last century in 1 year.

Bernanke warns on inflation. Bernanke hints at rate reduction. Runaway government spending, the punishing income tax, restrictions on our economy, and flooding the market with dollars to hide the problems have put our economy in an untenable position. If Bernanke reduces rates to keep the economy growing, we'll suffer inflation and the devaluation of our currency. If he holds rates steady, we'll sink deep into recession. Euro surpasses $1.50. Gold is near $1000 an ounce. Oils is $102 per barrel.

Russia signals it may support sanctions on Iran. Russia and China have been protecting Iran because Iran is draining the resources of the US, but they realize that they don't control Iran, and that any nuclear weapons developed by Iran will threaten them as well.

Barrage of rockets from Gaza kills Israeli. This is the neverending story.

Turkey continues assault on PKK rebels in northern Iraq. This is the model Israel should use to wipe out Hezbollah and Hamas. Lebanon and the Palestinian leadership should let them wipe out those terrorists so there can be a roadmap to peace.

Saudi's set up coffee sting operation to entrap professor who angered them.

Germany blocks spying on computers of criminals and terrorists.

Democrats force Republicans to move website highlighting their attempts to hold Democrats to their own earmark reform rules. This is just fighting politics with politics, trying to convince voters that a difference exists between the 2 parties on earmarks when none does. Neither Republicans nor Democrats want to stop earmarks.

EU fines Microsoft $1.35 billion for failing to comply with anti-trust ruling. Cato contends that anti-trust laws are poorly written and poorly implemented.

Hong Kong cutting taxes as economy soars.

Reason contemplates nanobots.

Reason discusses how modern society leads to reduced fertility rates. This shows one of the great survival benefits religions bestow on cultures - providing incentive to produce more children. In any competition of cultures, the one with the fastest growing population will eventually win.

Reason explains that Obama's messianic campaign is just what Americans want. Americans want a messiah for a president. Big-government, socialist government undermines religion because it usurps the role of religion and churches by presenting itself as the solution to all problems and the fulfillment of all dreams. This is why conservative socialism undermines religion as much as liberal socialism. But Reason is really reaching when it tries to revise history by claiming Bush was some sort of messianic figure in 2000.

Why has Barack Obama authored a global poverty bill? Does he know he's a US Senator, not a world Senator? Does he know that free markets and free trade are proven policies that pull people all over the globe out of poverty? Does he know that out-of-control government spending is going to destroy America? I know he knows the last one. I don't think a global poverty bill will help him in the general election while Americans are worried about the US economy.

Obama pays lip service to the second Amendment.

Analysis of Clinton-Obama debate.

William F. Buckley died.

Cato explains that government policies are driving up the price of food.

Cato explains why Medicare doesn' work in practice.

Cato explains that demagoguing NAFTA does a disservice to Ohioans. Ohio didn't lose jobs because of NAFTA. Ohio lost jobs because we've gone from the 3rd least to the 5th most taxed state in the union.

And you thought Terminator was fiction. Autonomous, armed robots continue evolution.

Article gets Willie Cunningham's name and radio station (WLW) wrong. Willie is unbowed.

Congress asks for probe into perjury charge for Roger Clemens.

It's illegal to issue tickets from red light cameras in Florida, so they issue civil infractions. In Ohio, judges refuse to hear the cases, so they were also changed to civil infractions. It's a violation of due process in Ohio.

Boortz provides a bunch of links to show the cost of illegal immigration.