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Oil passes $117. Gas hits $3.50. Cato explains that the Fed's actions to limit the credit crisis 
have led to higher gas prices through both inflation and investment in oil as a hedge against inflation. More unintended consequences of government interference in markets.

Georgia claims a Russian Mig shot down its unarmed drone in Georgian airspace.

British Foreign Secretary reports that Mugabe is trying to steal election in Zimbabwe. Duh. This recount has been going on for 3 weeks.

Canadian Earth Day festival forced into tent by blizzard. Vancouver sees latest snow fall on
record. That's global warming for you.

Building on his legacy as a tool, Jimmy Carter reports Hamas is ready to accept Israel's right to exist.

Reason explains freedom means free to be a hate-filled imbecile too.

Reason highlights the debt problem of local governments.

Reason points out the left's double-standard on morality, and how it embraces Obama despite his close connections with terrorists and other extremists.

McCain says cutting taxes is more important than balancing the budget. Both are equally 
important. We need to cut taxes and cut spending even more to reduce our debt. Democrat 
plans to raise taxes and increase spending are worse for the country, but we shouldn't settle for assuming more debt. We're already sinking under debt and taxes.

Clinton's campaign has more debt than cash. Oops. We can expect more of the same for our government regardless of who wins the election.

Clinton camp is excited over projected 11 point lead in Pennsylvania. I don't think an 11 point win would change the race at all. She'll have to do better than that, imo.

Clinton and Obama trade attacks claiming each accepts support from special interests both claim to reject. They're a pack of liars.

Mickey Kaus exclaims he's a vulgar Marxist like Obama.

Richard Branson capitalizes on space tourism - to marry couple in space.

Rudimentary bionic eye implants.

Cato say cigarettes are overtaxed, but it's easy to raise taxes on them because the number of smokers is going down, so the number of people upset is small. This is case of the majority punishing a minority with harsh taxes.

Cato hopes the Supreme Court overturns the millionaire amendment, giving the political opponents of self-financed campaigns extra free speech through increased campaign donations, of McCain-Feingold. It's a shame only aspect of the McCain-Feingold abomination is before the Court.

Open source software has taken $60 billion from proprietary software companies.

Boortz goes off on a rant because Democrats voted to create a new bureaucracy to harass people using Health Savings Accounts to make them less attractive.

Our government is using taxpayer money to provide flashcards to immigrants to help them pass the citizenship test. Worse, the questions sound like something taught in government schools instead of serious questions with serious answers about America.

Obama and Bill Ayers of the Weather Underground.

Another fantastic essay from Mark Steyn explaining why God and guns are good for people and countries.