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NYTimes.com – More Customers Give Up the Cellphone Contract
I’m not surprised at all that this is happening.  I’ve been using a pre-paid phone for many years now.  I’ve seen way too many people get eaten alive by cell contracts and it has worked out well for me.  The cost per minute is higher and it [...]

NYTimes.com – When Consumers Cut Back: A Lesson From Japan
People in the U.S. tend to overlook the fact that the country of Japan went through what we are going through right now in our economy.  Their economic downturn lasted well over a decade.  They have managed to pull out from under it, but the effects [...]

Scientific American – How does salmonella get into peanut butter? And can you kill it once it’s there?
Found this article mentioned in a post on The Consumerist.  Has some interesting items concerning the presence of salmonella in peanut butter.  I was always of the understanding that PB was heated to a point where bacteria like [...]

PBS.org – Frontline: Inside The Meltdown
Finally got to watch this today.  A very detailed and sobering view of the financial meltdown.  Some of the descriptions of the historic meetings of leaders of congress and the banking industry were haunting.  I couldn’t even imagine what it was like to have to tell congress that unless they [...]

CSPI – Maryland Senators Debate Food Dye Prohibitions
Is there anything in our food today that doesn’t cause some issue, especially with our kids?  I’ve always wondered when I would read over the ingredients on various food items and would see things like Yellow #5 and Red #40.
USFDA – Food Color Facts
And we thought sugar was [...]

MixThatDrink.com – Skittles Vodka Tutorial
Starting to see all sorts of things like this where you take a particular type of alcohol and alter it to make it more interesting to consume.
Some others I have found.  These are commercial pre-made/mixed products:

Sapporo – Chocolate Beer

Drinkhacker.com – Review: Three Olives Root Beer Vodka and Triple Shot Espresso Vodka
These [...]

No Agenda Netcast #72 For February 15, 2009 – Obama, Denver & The New World Order
Plenty of talk about the recent Flight 3407 disaster that was interesting.