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POPSA House Fit for a Hobbit? Why are we doing this? 1.It's fun 2.Our society is almost entirely dependent on the availability of increasing amounts of fossil fuel energy. This has brought us to the point at which our supplies are dwindling and our ecological catastrophe. We have no viable alternative energy source and no choice but to reduce our energy consumption. The sooner this change can be begun, the more comfortable it will be.
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POPSBad news Cosmo fans So it's pretty obvious Cosmo makes up most of their material...HELLOOO? Entertaining read though for dudes and -ettes. Click top link in clip cast to view the rest of this article.
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POPSPostal Rate Hike Could Kill Small Publications
The article points out The Time Warner plan represents another step in the gradual reversal of the Founders' public service principles of supporting democracy through the postal service. It is the latest, largest move towards abandoning these public service priorities and permitting a system that no longer favors low-advertising, political speech -- like In These Times and The American Spectator -- over ad-heavy magazines like People and Cosmo. Subsidizing smaller publications is also a crucial policy for keeping the Internet open and vibrant. Much of the material on the web sites people visit that covers public affairs is generated by these print publications. Much of the material bloggers address originates in these print publications. If these publications are forced to slash their editorial budgets -- or even go out of business --to pay the massive postal rate increases brought on by the Time Warner plan, it will shrink the range and quality of material available on the Inte