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One of my favorite authors was, until this morning, Carl Hiassen, mystery novelist, Miami Herald columnist, and ass-kicking environmentalist. Waiting for me in the morning’s New York Times was this story, about how Hiassen had gone soft, moved out of the Keys, and like so many other aging boomers, has now devoted his life to golf. At least Ed Abbey stayed true to the very end.

• The world’s first proposed zero-carbon city isn’t being built in the United States. One does have to question, however, the sustainability of where it is being built.

• Is today’s economy worse that the one that preceded The Great Depression? A startling number of factors paint a dire picture.

• Think the lame duck Bush Administration has given up on war with Iran? A recent expenditure of $300 million (with bipartisan support!) and General David Petraeus’ promotion to commander of Centcom indicate otherwise.

• Is President Bush planning to go into exile in Paraguay once he leaves office and loses diplomatic immunity to prevent being brought up on war crimes charges?

• Today’s personal safety tidbit: If you are planning on being arrested, you need a Miranda. Miranda is a black box-like arrest documentation device that records video, audio, motion, impact, location, and other data and streams it over cell phone data networks to third party observers such as the ACLU.

• And finally, do you crave domination, subjugation and dominion over your fellow man? Do you desire to enslave the masses and make them subject to your wishes? Do you dream of building a tyrannical regime where free will is replaced with your will? If you answered yes, then you need to read this book. We’ll have to find out how Dick Cheney got a prepress copy.

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