1984
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I don’t think that word means what you think it means
Post Service warns of default… The USPS, a self-supporting government agency that receives no tax dollars, said it suffered a loss of $329 million in the first quarter of federal fiscal year 2011. That compared with a loss of $297 million a year earlier. Don’t worry, they’re going to raise rates, cut hours, and lobby Read more
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Don’t take that student loan!
…unless you’re damned sure you can pay it off. Good luck on that “Tell Congress…” jive. They’re broke, and definitely not in the mood to listen to your whiney crap when 25%+ of student loans are in default. Infographic by College Scholarships.org Tip from Boing Boing. Update (15 February). If you do take the loan, Read more
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It’s like a metaphor or something
I’m beginning to suspect this sort of thing is occurring at every level of the Federal government. Tip from the Instapundit, who did NOT say “the country’s in the very best of hands.” Read more
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Kill switch? Only those terrible Egyptians would do THAT!
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. —Bismarck Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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Kick me AGAIN!
Not content with getting punked by his fave Chinese piano player, Barry gets set up by his own speechwriters with the phrase “winning the future.” Read more
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Maybe Jared Loughner shot the wrong congressman
Stay classy, Loretta. Tip from the Instapundit. Read more
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Pull the other one, it’s got bells on it.
Uncle Sam has recovered $4 billion of the estimated $60 to $90 billion in Medicare fraud, and claims bragging rights. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius touted the Affordable Care Act as one of the toughest anti-fraud laws in history. “The days when you could just hang out a shingle and start billing the Read more
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Doing jobs that white people can’t do
Hide the white man and you are in the Left’s blind spot. Read more
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Why Texans think Californians are stupid, #3
Governor Moonbeam has appointed Linda Ronstadt as California’s official Secretary of Song. Tip from American Digest. Read more
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OK, I’m done talking about AGW
Dr Richard Lindzen cooks the goose of the Climate Changers: Inevitably in climate science, when data conflicts with models, a small coterie of scientists can be counted upon to modify the data. Thus, Santer, et al (2008), argue that stretching uncertainties in observations and models might marginally eliminate the inconsistency. That the data should always Read more
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