What Ever Happened to TV?
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Number 481, August 17, 2008
"Yep. We've sunk a long way, baby."


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What Ever Happened to TV?
by L. Neil Smith
I am exactly the same age as broadcast commercial television. So when I say I've seen it all, that's almost literally true. I've been watching TV from the days when you were stuck with whatever was on the one channel most people could get wherever they lived, to a time when you could choose from 500 channels and there still wasn't anything to watch.
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Picking Bankers
by A.X. Perez
Remember the word usury? I don't think I've heard or seen it used to describe the practices of American bankers since the 1980's.
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Playing the God Card
by Ann Morgan
During the past few weeks, I have identified a specific sort of human behavior which is nearly universal (probably at least 99% of all people engage in it at times) and also responsible for many of the problems that have existed in human societies since the dawn of history.
FULL STORY

Some Random Notes and Observations
The Kaptain's Log

by Kaptain Kanada a.k.a. Manuel Miles
The following is a partial list of some of the philosophical/ ideological reefs, snags and shoals which interfere with the progress of the good ship Liberty. I offer them that other mariners of the seas of peace may chart their courses accordingly.
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