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A few months ago I wrote about how the costs of shipping from Asia to California was making it economically feasible to rebuild the manufacturing sector of the US economy in a post titled Expensive Oil’s Upside. This new story from Financial Times shows another reason we may soon see an increase in good manufacturing jobs here in the United States.

While we are all focused on what is going on the Presidential election is anyone still listening to what President Bush has to say? Dean Baker over at The American Prospect asks a very very important question – Is it News When the President tells Untrue Statements (i.e. lies)?

McCain makes a few factual flubs in his acceptance speech. From here you can check out the fact checking on both candidate’s acceptance speeches.