<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ? : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ? : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-29T04:32:22+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/82504/1/" /><id>82504</id><summary><![CDATA[Brother Can You Spare $300 Billion ?]]></summary><issued>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-21T12:57:21+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The United States has asked four oil-rich Gulf states for close to 300 billion dollars to help it curb the global financial meltdown.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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And access to health care did not make things better.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12244/1/" /><id>12244</id><summary><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></summary><issued>2007-03-05T00:03:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-03-05T00:03:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[That 192 countries quiz was WAY too difficult for us geographically-challenged Plimers(Plimates?)... If your ego needs a boost try one a little closer to home - unless you live in one of those other 191 countries.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[$134 BILLION dollars - in a SUITCASE]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/123049/1/" /><id>123049</id><summary><![CDATA[$134 BILLION dollars - in a SUITCASE]]></summary><issued>2009-06-15T20:29:54+01:00</issued><modified>2009-06-15T20:29:54+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Billion, mind you - not million. $134,000,000,000 worth of securities found in a suitcase by customs agents in Italy. The smugglers were Japanese, heading toward Switzerland.<br/><br/>It is either the biggest smuggling operation in history -- or a fraud of equally impressive proportions. Italian customs officials stopped two men at the Swiss border carrying bonds worth $134 billion (95.8 billion euros).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/" /><id>17692</id><summary><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></summary><issued>2007-04-24T12:42:05+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-24T12:42:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[An article from the Guardian.  It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cannabis distributors plead: &quot;Let us pay taxes!&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/40860/1/" /><id>40860</id><summary><![CDATA[Cannabis distributors plead: &quot;Let us pay taxes!&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-11-06T22:26:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-06T22:26:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[So California once again finds themselves with a budget shortfall of a Billion Dollars. That is a lot of zeros!<br/> California cannabis growers/dealers plead to have their product legalized and taxed. They assure that thier product alone will raise at least the full billion dollars missing in tax revenues, preventing the closing of any government service]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bank error leaves man $208 billion overdrawn]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/87737/1/" /><id>87737</id><summary><![CDATA[Bank error leaves man $208 billion overdrawn]]></summary><issued>2009-01-05T10:09:51+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-05T10:09:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A British man was left in major shock when his bank statement showed him to be &#163;100 billion ($208 billion) overdrawn.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pepsi ordered to pay one BILLION dollars to a  couple of dudes in Waukesha, Wisconsin]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135220/1/" /><id>135220</id><summary><![CDATA[Pepsi ordered to pay one BILLION dollars to a  couple of dudes in Waukesha, Wisconsin]]></summary><issued>2009-10-29T17:58:11+01:00</issued><modified>2009-10-29T17:58:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The uber idea they claim Pepsi stole from them?  Selling purified bottled water.  No sh*t.  One billion dollars. <br/><br/>For their part, Pepsi (who's lawyers never showed up for the trial) claims the statute of limitations should preclude the lawsuit.  But also that they weren't aware of the lawsuit until after the ruling.<br/><br/>I'd LOVE to see the board meeting where they talk about this one!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/sports/l/4052/1/" /><id>4052</id><summary><![CDATA[Cricket - The National Pastime of the US?]]></summary><issued>2006-10-22T22:30:52+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-22T22:30:52+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Cricket&#8212;now played by millions of people in 92 countries ranging from the Caribbean to Europe to Africa to South Asia&#8212;was once the national game of, yes, these United States. And one of the first outdoor sports to be played on these shores. An 1844 cricket match between teams from the United States and Canada was the first international sporting event in the modern world, predating the revival of the Olympic Games by more than 50 years.<br/><br/>Very interesting and informative article.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82008/1/" /><id>82008</id><summary><![CDATA[Not-So-Nice Things Said About America]]></summary><issued>2008-11-16T18:24:22+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-16T18:24:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here are 10 quotes, mostly by Americans, that are actually quite critical of the United States, but succeed nonetheless in being both witty and funny as well.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/" /><id>45213</id><summary><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></summary><issued>2007-12-25T17:57:19+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-25T17:57:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36320/1/" /><id>36320</id><summary><![CDATA[The Real History of &quot;In God We Trust&quot;]]></summary><issued>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-21T01:09:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Despite some people's theories, the United States' national motto, &quot;<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">In God We Trust</a>&quot; was not added to paper money by mistake.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What $315 Billion looks like.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/79036/1/" /><id>79036</id><summary><![CDATA[What $315 Billion looks like.]]></summary><issued>2008-10-08T19:46:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-08T19:46:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Now double that.  And add $170 Billion.  That's the price tag of the bailout<br/><br/>Originally posted <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://m3.torispics.com/piles/?s=315billiondollars" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How much is a &quot;Billion?&quot;]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/7898/1/" /><id>7898</id><summary><![CDATA[How much is a &quot;Billion?&quot;]]></summary><issued>2006-12-19T20:44:35+01:00</issued><modified>2006-12-19T20:44:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail?  This site will help:<br/>&quot;Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a &quot;billion&quot; really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: &quot;What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?&quot; <br/><br/>    All the following pages have tables at the bottom, listing things such as the value of the pennies, size of the pile, weight, and area (if laid flat). All weights and measurements are U.S. standards, not metric.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/127133/1/" /><id>127133</id><summary><![CDATA[Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion ]]></summary><issued>2009-07-09T02:34:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-09T02:34:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[President Obama has enlisted the world&#8217;s leading powers to contribute $15 billion to help millions of the world&#8217;s poorest farmers grow enough food to feed themselves.<br/>If the assistance is delivered and is in fact mostly new money, it will constitute the largest international effort in decades to combat hunger.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Not Turning off your work computer costs U.S. Businesses $1.7 Billion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27182/1/" /><id>27182</id><summary><![CDATA[Not Turning off your work computer costs U.S. Businesses $1.7 Billion]]></summary><issued>2007-07-12T16:39:38+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-12T16:39:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Forcing your PC to pull another pointless all-nighter isn't just polluting, it's also a waste of money. Make that a lot of money. Nearly half of all corporate computers in the United States don't get turned off at night, costing U.S. businesses $1.72 billion in annual energy costs and spewing 14.4 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere per year, according to a new report.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Climate change exiles to top 1 billion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21138/1/" /><id>21138</id><summary><![CDATA[Climate change exiles to top 1 billion]]></summary><issued>2007-05-23T06:57:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-23T06:57:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Global warming will create at least 1 billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local wars over access to resources.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Global Economic Recession, Country by Country ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/81339/1/" /><id>81339</id><summary><![CDATA[Global Economic Recession, Country by Country ]]></summary><issued>2008-11-07T18:05:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-07T18:05:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[For the last few years the global economy has been running on two engines, the U.S. on the consumption side and China on the production side, both lifting the entire global economy. That was then.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Increasing Number of States Declaring Sovereignty ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/93052/1/" /><id>93052</id><summary><![CDATA[Increasing Number of States Declaring Sovereignty ]]></summary><issued>2009-02-06T02:51:43+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-06T02:51:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[As Obama and Congress further extend the dictatorial reach of the federal government, expect more states to assert their rights under the Constitution and the Tenth Amendment.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New memory material may hold data for one billion years]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/117283/1/" /><id>117283</id><summary><![CDATA[New memory material may hold data for one billion years]]></summary><issued>2009-05-26T05:06:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-26T05:06:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists are reporting an advance toward a new computer memory device that can store thousands of times more data than conventional silicon chips with an estimated lifetime of more than one billion years.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/" /><id>45923</id><summary><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></summary><issued>2008-01-03T14:35:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-03T14:35:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral</a> College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National</a> Popular Vote <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">(NPV)</a>. Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise.]]></content></entry></feed>