Monthly Archives: December 2009

Question of the Decade

How did this not blow up? See ya next year…

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The one thing missing…

At some point during “Sherlock Holmes” I kinda expected someone to say to Sherlock “no shit?”.

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Two bits

This looks like an interesting movie.  Meanwhile, this is a discussion I REALLY didn’t expect to see come up…

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How broad the pain…

While reading about the extensions of subsidies in the All-Encompassing Shit Sandwich in some random post elsewhere, the following recurring thought came back up: If people above the “official” poverty line, according to the “mainstream” Left still need assistance, then … Continue reading

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Someone is wrong on the internet!

Shorter Mary Grabar: “Having the State punish people for willingly consuming certain plants is consistent with a general philosophy of leaving people alone.  Why?  Because weed creates libruls, silly!” Congrats, Mona.  You just may have found the dumbest fucking argument … Continue reading

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Productivity Update

Doing more with less:

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Painful Irony We Can Believe In

The Obama administration has actually argued not only that the gov’t arbitrarily UnPersoning people is an option to remain open, they even argued that the Supreme Court shouldn’t even consider the case saying otherwise.  Last week, while the media was … Continue reading

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Just a hunch…

On one of the many sites talking about the All-Consuming Turd Sandwich bill of the moment, someone from Europe chimes in about their system: Where i come from, The Netherlands, which is far from perfect, i pay 125 Euro’s for … Continue reading

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Scenes from the Fail

-Question for Matt Yglesias: How exactly do you reconcile your Kung-Fu Grip on the concept of government being a tool of the Left with your acknowledgment of just how deeply entrenched class division is in your desired tool? -Speaking of … Continue reading

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Question in the form of an answer

DougJ @ Balloon Juice, in frustration at something Joe Lieberman is doing: I believe that the biggest question about our society is why it is that so many sociopaths rise to positions of power and influence. Are all societies this … Continue reading

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