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As airlines rush to adopt a la carte business models, I bet that someone has already patented a digital scale designed to be placed in front of airline registration desks and robot ticketing machines. The scale reads out not in pounds or kilos but in dollars or any local currency. The airlines get to set the price of a unit weight, and travelers are obliged to step on the scale's platform to determine how much extra they need to pay to for the weight of their bodies, clothing, and carry-on items. Of course, the airlines would be free to change the formula whenever they see fit, even from one passenger to the next. The weigh-ins would lead to well-reported discussions of people's weight, which might be a good thing.

Of course, you would also be weighting any food you are carrying to avoid shelling out for a la carte airline meals. Maybe you'll pay a buck for two to three pounds of victuals carried; that wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for having to pay fifty cents to heat up a unit of frozen entree on the aircraft. Still, you can game their system -- just bring on dehydrated snacks and prepared meals (which you might be able to buy cheap from military surplus) and use airplane water to bulk up. That'll show them!

They may even charge you a penny per megabyte to back up the digital data you bring on board if you choose to accept their data protection plan. You'll be secure in the knowledge that if anything happens to your aircraft, your archive will live on. They'll destroy your archive a day after landing if you opt out of their universal backup and data forwarding plan. Under it, you can upload an archive before you travel, then upon arriving at your destination and renting a laptop or PDA (from the airline's vendor, of course), you can download your archive and resume your productivity without ever having to carry your gear through airport security.

If you use this, I'd like to be credited please.
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* Given the collapse of the Iraqi government's assault on Shiite militias in Basra and the intense counterpunches it generated, what does the president's characterization of this as a "defining moment" mean? What will happen now that the Iraqi forces have been stalemated by the militias? Which groups in Iraq will benefit, which will suffer?

* What can we realistically expect from the next U.S. president that can change our relationship with Iraq? How could the U.S. be expected to ever give up its huge array of bases there under any circumstances, even if the president wanted to do so? Who is actually making the policies we are following in Iraq, and how would s change of administration affect those actors?

Some of us really want to know this stuff. We can chat about it, but how about you go digging?

Thanks for a great show, year after year.
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People say that in Iraq, Men treat their women that way is because of custom? Why they don't go and raise voice for women? Where are women activists nowadays to help them?]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#912453 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#912453 GMT the other candidates we get to see come equiped with warts and all ]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#876622 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#876622 GMT Once again I see a similar pattern emerging around the election process,when one candidate is damned and the other is not scrutinized and given a free pass
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If not, should private citizens be allowed to carry out preemptive attacks on other private citizens?]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#862022 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#862022 GMT ]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#861014 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#861014 GMT What is the status of cases there? What is the process for indictments against US war criminals in Iraq and Afghanistan for violations of Geneva Conventions and other crimes? What should we expect to see happen after the next Presidential election?]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#860012 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#860012 GMT ]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#854672 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#854672 GMT http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#854425 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#854425 GMT http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#860013 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#860013 GMT E.O. #13010 - Turns the job of the Presidency over to the Military.
E.O. 10995 - Seizure of all communications media in the U.S. by the Federal Government.
E.O. #10997 - Seizure of all electric power, fuels, and minerals, both public and private by the Federal Government.
E.O. #10998 - Seizure of all food supplies and resources, public and private, all farms and farm equipment by the Federal Government.
E.O. #10999 - Seizure of all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks, or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports and water ways by the Federal Government.
E.O. #11000 - Seizure of all American people for work forces under federal supervision, including the splitting up of families if the government has to.
E.O. #11001 - Seizure of all health, education and welfare, facilities both public and private by the Federal Government.
E.O. #11002 - Empowers the Postmaster General to register all men, women, and children in the Federal Government.
E.O. #11003 - Seizure of all airports and aircraft by the Federal Government.
E.O. #11004 - Seizure of all housing and finance authorities, to establish forced relocation. Designates areas to be abandoned "unsafe," establishes new locations for populations, relocates communities, build new housing with public funds. (Economic problems I ask?)
E.O #11005 - Seizure of all railroads, inland waterways and storage facilities, both private and public by the Federal Government.
E.O. #11051 - Provides the Office of Emergency Planning (F.E.M.A.), complete authorization to put the above orders into effect in times of increased tension or economic or financial crisis.
Thank You
Patrick Galley

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Thank you.
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The Moderator]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#820020 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#820020 GMT http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#816252 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#816252 GMT http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#814837 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#814837 GMT Johnny Doe, TX USA ]]> http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#814636 http://action.publicbroadcasting.net/theworld/posts/list/701410.page#814636 GMT shane algarin
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