Though Fedofsky's music sounds like easy, breezy retro-pop, he sometimes incorporates strange, otherworldly lyrics into his songs instead of singing only about more conventional topics like love and heartache.

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Democrats love to crow about how Republicans only do the bidding of their Wall Street fat cat buddies.

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The parents in the BMO office love him about this time a year, when he is the only person around who has a hot-but-sold-out toy, like Squinkees.

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But the sober message about wind and solar applies to all renewables: All renewables, much as I love them, deliver only a small power per unit area, so if we want renewable facilities to supply power on a scale at all comparable to our consumption, those facilities must be big.

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On the consumer side, they have sought smart partnerships with Foursquare, Facebook and Zynga that not only drive revenue, but drive real conversation between users about their purchasing experiences (as you know, Amex holders love talking about their rewards points).

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