too stupid to be fiction
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Really? “Schweddy Balls” ice cream? Really?
Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream is working furiously at exposing themselves as a gang of culturally tone-deaf jerks: Schweddy Balls ice cream is an homage to a 13-year-old “Saturday Night Live” skit featuring Alec Baldwin as bakery owner Pete Schweddy, whose unique holiday offerings included a delicacy called Schweddy balls. The company’s not worried about offending Read more
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What to do with the Rowdy Ryans?
In yesterday’s post about UTSA’s inaugural football game, I failed to mention the student fans rushing the field after the game. Roughly what happened was Before the final play of the game, there was a clear announcement over the PA system to refrain from running onto the field, with a warning that you could be Read more
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Don’t stand next to me kid, ya make me look bad
I just read what’s got to be the hoot of the month, Abercrombie and Fitch–once THE outfitter, but now a purveyor of wrinkled sportswear befitting a bag lady–is offering to PAY cast members of “Jersey Shore” to NOT wear their products. Hey, you don’t have to be a doofus from Jersey to know that money Read more
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Guns don’t kill people, recycling bins kill people
I thought my brother-in-law was an alarmist when he told me about people falling into their new city-mandated large-capacity trash bins. It turns out they’re lethal. The Precautionary Principle, so beloved of environmentalists and social engineers, would seem to suggest an immediate Bin Ban. Read more
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Flash mobs and flash robs
Walter Russell Mead talks about the mobs we don’t want to talk about. The Mayor of Philadelphia takes it to heart. Meanwhile, London burns, and this dingbat is in complete denial. Update (10 August). Aha. This isn’t random violence perpetrated by criminal layabouts. It’s a cry for social justice: Here are some of the demands Read more
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Time to panic?
One of the Instapundit’s readers has a frightening question about the current debt ceiling negotiations: And so maybe, just maybe, Republican strategy (what little there is of it) has badly misread the opposition. Obama tried to add 400 billion in taxes to a deal he had already agreed with Boehner at the last minute. Boehner Read more
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Michelle Obama does Sysiphus
The CDC reports that Federal anti-obesity programs aren’t working. Therefore, we need a bigger program! But here’s the money quote: The fattest states also tend to be poorer southern states, where there’s also relatively little stigma against fat. The thinnest states tend to be wealthier, and to include more university-educated Americans who choose to exercise Read more
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Survival modeling on the job
I often joke that some bureaucracies are so tight that you can’t get hired unless one of their employees dies. For a lot of the feds, it ain’t a joke. The good news for grads in math, stats, and management science is that the staffs in Carter Administration outfits like the Department of Energy were Read more
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You kids get off my lawn!
I bet this whiner was born a fuddy-duddy. And from his comments, he’s not alone. He should post his picture here. Read more
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Getting punchy?
This seems to be the weekend for Democrats to get punch-drunk, at least in Wisconsin and New Jersey. I hope it’s just talk, ’cause if they start throwing those punches, they’re going to be whining about needing socialized dental care. Tips from the Instapundit. Read more
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