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• YouTube - US-Sino Currency Rap Battle

  Complex China-U.S. currency issue explained in bizarre news animation. "Need a primer on the issues? Check out our US-Sino Currency Rap Battle, featuring Chinese president Hu Jintao and American president Barack Obama. China has mad stacks of US Treasury debt and fears America will inflate its way out the hole by weakening the greenback further. The US, on the other hand, says China is keeping its currency artificially undervalued to protect its exports. It's a battle for the ages. And everything you need to know about US-Sino trade relations can be learned right here." posted by Fizz at 5:05 PM - 18 comments

  tags: economics

• Frisk the Old Lady in the Wheelchair! « LewRockwell.com Blog

  TSA Thugs Force Elderly Mother in Wheelchair to Tears. She's forced to stand-up, spread eagle, and have a rubber-gloved hand thrust up her crotch. TSA threatens to arrest her if she doesn't stop crying. (lewrockwell.com)submitted 8 hours ago by Rhiannon272 commentssharesavehidereport

  tags: worse than failure

• The Crossroads Nation - NYTimes.com

  tags: culture

• Washington Post’s Kaplan Faces Growing Scrutiny - NYTimes.com

  Scrutiny Takes Toll on For-Profit College Company

  tags: worse than failure

• Chefs’ Tale of the Thanksgiving Turkey - NYTimes.com

  Chefs’ Tips for the Thanksgiving Meal

  tags: recipe

• Hacker News | We're moving. Goodbye Rackspace.

  +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Rackspace vs. Amazon — the Cloud Wars|   from the i-hear-the-music dept.|   posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 09, @11:10 (IT)|   https://it.slashdot.org/story/10/11/09/1420259/Rackspace-vs-Amazon-mdash-the-Cloud-Wars?from=newsletter+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  fdicostanzo writes "The folks at Mixpanel are leaving Rackspace's servercloud for Amazon and have left [0]a little note about their reasons.There's been some talk that [1]Rackspace's offering has not been up tosnuff once you scale. Analysis suggests that [2]Rackspace's offeringstill has some advantages however."
  Discuss this story at:   http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/11/09/1420259&from=newsletter
  Links:   0. http://code.mixpanel.com/amazon-vs-rackspace/   1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1884685   2. http://www.thebitsource.com/featured-posts/rackspace-cloud-servers-versus-amazon-ec2-performance-analysis/

  tags: technology

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