"We will find what you fear" says a base poster outside its K-9 kennels.

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One of the oddest aspects of the last six months has been the degree to which the Republican base has embraced symbolic (9-9-9) over substantive (Paul Ryan) positions on entitlement reform from the GOP Presidential field.

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Now look at the per-employee numbers: Google grew its employee base 9%, from 26, 316 employees at the end of June, 2010, to 28, 768 at the end of last month.

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Already 9 million accounts, over one-third of AOL's subscriber base, have been opened for free surfing.

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We tend to grip mice between the base of our thumb and pinky, but the Rat 9 isn't well designed for that -- we ended up pinching our skin in one of the mouse's seams where no amount of soft-touch plastic could save us from chafing on those delightfully rakish edges, something that could perhaps have been avoided with a little rubber instead.

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