Am I the only one thinking that perhaps karma exists after all?You've read plenty on this site in the past few weeks about our friend Aubrey McClendon and the financial 3-card monty he's been playing with Chesapeake Energy. Now, it's really starting to hit the fan. From the AP:Chesapeake Energy CEO forced to sell company stockAubrey K. McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp., has sold the bulk of his stock in the company over ...

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Panicking McCain tries to control the monster he conjured up from the underworld: LAKEVILLE, Minn. -- Sen. John McCain responded Friday to the increasingly angry crowds at his rallies and town halls by urging them to be respectful of his rival, Sen. Barack Obama, despite their deep policy differences with the Democratic nominee. ical supporters at a town hall in this Minneapolis suburb, McCain prompted boos from his crowd when he called Obama "a decent person" and ...

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From the A.P.: The absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County identified the two presidential candidates as "Barack Osama" and "John McCain." The article goes on to helpfully point out: In the United States, the best-known individual named Osama is Osama bin Laden, leader of the al Qaida terrorist group behind the 2001 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City. Wow. Is this on purpose or not? (Thanks to various Slog Tippers including Tracy and ...

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Subscribers to Global Rhythm magazine may be in for a shock this week. Instead of a November issue, subscribers will find in their mailbox a copy of the November relix magazine, a decidedly less global publication, with a letter from the Global Rhythm brass explaining that "due to astronomical costs increases and our desire to reach a broader audience, we have decided to take [Global Rhythm] completely digital."The Global Rhythm website shows no sign of ...

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We spun tunes from the Top 10 World Music Albums of October 2008, and asked for your support to keep spinning more. Your calls and emails are great, and even better is if you can slip us a few dollars and become a listener-member of KAOS. You can do so by calling 360-867-6894 or pledging online at www.kaosradio.orgWith your support, KAOS can keep going for another 35 years (35? Are we that old aready?) and ...

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The End Of American Capitalism?: "The End Of American Capitalism?By Anthony FaiolaWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, October 10, 2008; A01The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression is claiming another casualty: American-style capitalism.Since the 1930s, U.S. banks were the flagships of American economic might, and emulation by other nations of the fiercely free-market financial system in the United States was expected and encouraged. But the market turmoil that is draining the nation's wealth and has upended ...

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Obama as seen by America?Obama and GranmaNot since the days of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency have chickens been welcome guests and pets of the sitting president at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. But that could quickly change come next January when the next president of the United States is sworn in…should Barack Obama become that next president. Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Onyango Obama, “Mama Sarah,” currently lives among the mango and mimosa trees in a somewhat austere cinderblock home ...

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