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What a great promo!
Well, you can either get the band together and go back on the road to promote the new album you spent six months recording, or get some thumbsucker in Canada to ban one of your songs. Which one would you pick if you needed some cash? Here’s a concert version. Read more
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Palin puts Arizona massacre in perspective
While everyone else talks smack about the Arizona massacre, Sarah Palin talks sense: http://player.vimeo.com/video/18698532 Sarah Palin: “America’s Enduring Strength” from Sarah Palin on Vimeo. Tip (and full text) from The Corner. National Review Online provides Mike Ramirez’ take on the shooter, as well: Update (12 January). Palin punching back with the words “blood libel” has Read more
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Practice, practice, practice!
Amy Chua reminds us all of what every hardcore programmer and serious musician already knows: What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good at it. To get good at anything you have to work, and children on their own never want to work, which is why it is crucial to override Read more
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Supernova!
It’s gonna be hard for anyone to top this on their college admission application. Way to go, KG! Read more
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Thnik again! again
Jan Nordgreen’s Thnik Again! blog is back on the air. Get your Thinking Caps ready. Read more
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Another Oldie but Goodie returns
Duck and Cover is back! Even the Obamanoids know that “choosing not to believe in the Devil won’t protect you from him.” Check out the original here. Read more
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“We are the people we’ve been waiting for”
Some highly-compensated administrators in the University of California system haven’t internalized the President’s statement “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money…”. Now they’ve gone public, putting themselves on a new California Taxpayer’s $h!t List. To their credit, citizens and lawmakers in California are not amused. Tip from George Leef at Phi Read more
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A savings account is just the beginning
For years we’ve been hearing that a key part of your financial health is 3 to 6 months’ expenses in a savings account. Now–especially if we’re public employees– it looks like we’ll need to have a serious retirement fund as well, if this bleeding edge example is anything to go by. …if a company goes Read more
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What will YOU do with your continued tax cut?
These guys — GiveItBackForJobs.org–figure out how much increased tax you’ll avoid, and set you up to donate it to a popular charity. I calculated how much me and Mrs RandomTexan will avoid, and it’s about $100 shy of what we pay the (1) cleaning lady, (2) pool guy, and (3) yard guy. I think that’s Read more
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Where the melting happened in the Melting Pot
The NY Times does total information overload about immigrant communities in the US–a fabulous display of a very dense data set. Tip from Jonah Goldberg at The Corner. Read more
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