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Damn, That’s One Long Traffic Delay

Posted on December 9, 2008 by bob harris

Dang. I’m gonna need to use the can waaaaaay before then.

Posted in Almost Seven Wonders

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What really happens when you lend $25 via Kiva.org to help an overseas mom-and-pop business? I followed my own money all the way to clients in Peru, Nepal, Cambodia, Lebanon, Kenya, and a dozen other countries. Do you really get paid back? And does it really do any good?

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