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$5 gas?
Lots of bloviating (and wisecracking) about “What Would Happen If You Woke Up To $5/Gallon Gasoline?” over at The Truth About Cars. The answer is much simpler than anyone has mentioned. Not a g*ddamned thing. It was $4.989 a gallon when you went to bed, a$$hole, and nothing besides another record wave of home foreclosures Read more
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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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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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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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Beware of the “potentially evangelical”
University of Kentucky gets themselves crosswise on diversity hiring –and probably violated Federal law–by turning down astronomer C. Martin Gaskell, who is “potentially evangelical.” He’s suing. Boneheads, especially thumbsuckers Sally Shafer and Michael Cavagnero. Even if you are discriminating against evangelicals–despicable as that is–you don’t put yourself on record saying so. When the facuilty and Read more
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Why Texans think Californians are stupid, #2
They put up with government shills like Monet Parham-Lee who want to sue McDonald’s over Happy Meals. No wonder they’re broke. Read more
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Commies vs. Nazis
Money quote: “When the communists show up to protest the nazis, you’re supposed to pray for an asteroid, not pick a favourite.” Read more
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Bad idea, ASA
While I support the idea of giving the Bureau of the Census more autonomy and making it less susceptible to political influence, I really don’ t think that passing a bill during a lame duck session of Congress, especially after the historic change we saw in November, is any expression of the Will of the Read more
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Of course, we would do cap-and-trade SO much better…
…than those feckless Danes, who managed to get taken for over $7 billion. I don’t know why anyone was surprised, the whole idea of trading carbon credits is a scam. Read more
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It’s not just software that’s half-assed…
…Tim Geithner’s Treasury Department can’t even print play money correctly. The country’s being run by this guy: Tip from The Belmont Club. Read more
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