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US inflation rate at 17 year high. Seems worse. That's probably because this inflation rate government reports doesn't include energy or food prices. That makes sense to government. Ignore the important stuff and try to fool the people into thinking things are better than they really are.

Cato thinks that a court ruling that a Qatar man held in Guantanamo can be held indefinitely means that the same can be done to an American. I don't see how they make that extension. I'd have to read the decision. What's odd here is that the court seems to want to have it both ways. It recognizes the president's Constitutional power to hold enemy combatants indefinitely, but it thinks they have access to civilian courts. You can't have both. These are schizophrenic decisions.

Cato provides 2 essays explaining why we should privatize Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

While growing violence in Afghanistan may seem reminiscent of Iraq, the problem is very different because the violence in Afghanistan is being driven by the safe haven bases in Pakistan.

This explains the spam I got this morning from a friend. A Google bug has revealed the names of all gmail accounts through Google calendar. Thanks, Google.