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Athletes, Families Hit by Olympic Ticket Scam

Comment in News (0 diggs, 3 replies) - on 08/07/2008
http://web.archive.org/web/20080129125519/http://w ... I'm not saying any of these people deserved to get scammed, but if you fell for that site, you are a complete idiot. It's rife with grammatical errors and provides contradicting information- one page … (see comment)
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Solar Power From Outer Space Could Reduce Fossil Fuel Depend

Comment in News (0 diggs, 1 reply) - on 07/29/2008
"According to his vision, satellites would electromagnetically beam solar energy to ground-based receivers, where the energy would be converted to electricity and transferred to power grids." Sounds good to me, but don't build any of these receivers near … (see comment)
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Vanity Fair Editor Arrested for Infiltrating Elite Club

Comment in News (7 diggs, 2 replies) - on 07/17/2008
Is it really that big of a deal if a few rich people want to form a vaguely homosexual club? (see comment)
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12 Ways To Become an Utter Failure at Work

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 07/09/2008
"If you need a big day off, don’t risk booking it in advance. If you ask for July 4th off, management may say no." Er...aside from a few people in the service industry, who the hell would need to ask for July 4th off? It's a national holiday... (see comment)
190

Charges Dropped for Man Who Shoot Neighbor's 'Burglars'

Comment in News (7 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/30/2008
Now if only this would apply to "no-knock" police raids as well. (see comment)
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Childhood Poverty Costs the U.S. about $500 Billion a Year

Comment in News (1 digg, 0 replies) - on 06/27/2008
Make as much as you can while losing the least? You mean attempting to turn a profit? (see comment)
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Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraper

Comment in News (5 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/26/2008
I can confirm this is mostly true. The Indian/Pakistani laborers are not treated very well and live in poor conditions at their "labor camps". (see comment)
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Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraper

Comment in News (4 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/26/2008
Not true. The individual emirates have a great degree of autonomy and have separate economies. In fact, if you go to the UAE-Oman border, you would be greeted (or cavity searched, perhaps) by the Abu Dhabi Border Patrol, not the United Arab Emirates Bor … (see comment)
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Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraper

Comment in News (5 diggs, 2 replies) - on 06/26/2008
Yeah, America really went downhill between 1900 and 2000. Between winning two world wars, a cold war, and becoming the planet's sole superpower, it's a wonder the USA still survives today. (see comment)
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Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraper

Comment in News (7 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/26/2008
That's like saying you support the Patriot Act because President Bush supported it. Yeesh, think for yourself. (see comment)
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Dubai to get 'moving' skyscraper

Comment in News (54 diggs, 3 replies) - on 06/26/2008
Actually, only 2% of Dubai's economy is oil. Most of it comes from tourism (taxes on hotels and booze) and financial services. (see comment)
188

Clay Aiken appeals for world attention on Somalia

Comment in News (5 diggs, 3 replies) - on 06/26/2008
The last time we tried to help Somalis by providing humanitarian aid back in 1993, it resulted in the Battle of Mogadishu (also portrayed in the film Black Hawk Down). Here's a quote from Wikipedia about the battle: "Ambassador Robert Oakley, the US spec … (see comment)
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Feingold, Dodd planning filibuster of wiretap bill

Comment in News (8 diggs, 1 reply) - on 06/25/2008
Introducing the new AT&T. Your world. Wiretapped. (see comment)
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World now has 10 million millionaires, report says

Comment in News (6 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/25/2008
More likely, he rents. (see comment)
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Feingold, Dodd planning filibuster of wiretap bill

Comment in News (47 diggs, 2 replies) - on 06/25/2008
I wish Obama had the courage to stand by his original position (opposing retroactive immunity) and support Senators Feingold and Dodd. (see comment)
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Christianity 'could die out within a century'

Comment in News (185 diggs, 10 replies) - on 06/21/2008
I'm guessing a lot of my fellow Diggers will gloat over this development, and perhaps with good cause. The problem is that Britain will not become secular, Islam will become the dominant religion and begin to impose its own rules and values- just look at … (see comment)
80

Dad gets life after son sucks 'cocaine fingers'

Comment in News (2 diggs, 1 reply) - on 06/19/2008
The second sentence says he was convicted of "felony murder"...as opposed to petty misdemeanor murder??? (see comment)
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Sacha Baron Cohen's “Bruno” Coming To Theaters May 2009

Comment in News (3 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/18/2008
The first Youtube video was removed, anyone know where we can watch it? (see comment)
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The Circle of Strife [Political Cartoon]

Comment in Images (2 diggs, 2 replies) - on 06/17/2008
Inflation going up does not cause interest rates to go up. In fact, when the Federal Reserve raises interest rates, it actually slows inflation by reducing economic growth and reducing the cost of holding money. (see comment)
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The World's Largest Theme Park is Now Being Built in Dubai

Comment in News (0 diggs, 0 replies) - on 06/13/2008
Wow, an article about Dubai on Digg? You don't see these very often. /sarcasm (see comment)
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