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  1. joe1347

    2007 $160 billion supplemental appropriation to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

    I guess that it's just a coincidence ;) that the request for an extra 'unforeseen' $160 Billion supplemental comes a just few days after the midterm election. I don't think that Bush will be able to use the 'soft on Terrorism' and support our troops spin (yet again) to easily push this one...
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  2. Ryokan

    Got change for a billion dollars?

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  3. J

    In this century 1 billion people will die from cigarette smoking

    A billion people will die from tobacco-related diseases such as cancer this century unless more are encouraged to quit, a UK expert warns. In the last century the death toll was about 100m, including 7m in Britain. Professor Sir Richard Peto told a cancer conference in Birmingham developing...
  4. J

    2 billion poor people could benefit from new pared down computer

    A pared down "computer" to replace bulky, grey desktop PCs could help close global digital inequalities. Not-for-profit developers, Ndiyo - the Swahili word for "yes" - said it could open up the potential of computing to two billion more people. The sub-£100 box, called Nivo, runs on...
  5. J

    World's population going to rise by 40 percent, from 6 to 9 billion

    The world's population is expected to rise from the current 6.5 billion to 9.1 billion by 2050, the UN says. Virtually all the growth will be in the developing world, according to a report by the UN Population Division. By contrast, the population of developed countries will remain almost...
  6. J

    Spam costs businesses $22 billion a year

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  7. M

    9 billion dollars

    Remember the good old days when Republicans at least PRETENDED to care about where your tax dollars went! $9 Billion seems to have just went up in smoke and the biggest response seems to be the outrgage that someone dared to ask where it went. Must be great in to be in the in-crowd.
  8. T

    So what is it, billion or million??

    I'm confused.... http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=2933 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/28/politics/28cnd-aid.html
  9. S

    'Twin Peaks' Director Urges $1 Billion for Meditation

    I say we give him the $1 billion... ...converted into pesos... ...in the form of one peso coins... ...on his head. Sound like a plan?

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