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Monthly Archives: September 2011
This is me not being surprised
Hello Mister Precedent: In a significant new blow to al-Qaeda, U.S. air strikes in Yemen on Sept. 30 killed Anwar al-Awlaki, an American militant cleric who became a prominent figure in the terrorist network’s most dangerous branch, using his fluent … Continue reading
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A new low
No, not the stock “market”. Rather, the capacity of people to realize that satire is satire: Satirical news publication The Onion broke the news on Twitter about an hour ago of a hostage situation involving Congress, but the story is … Continue reading
Posted in fevered barking, random shots
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Deeper/harder/better
Gallup did a poll about wasteful spending, and ended their writeup on the results with this: Over the last 30 years, Americans have become increasingly likely to see all levels of government as wasting the money they spend, and now … Continue reading
Posted in random shots
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Sometimes the house loses
In my usual surfing, passed across this, a Forbes post about one of those online poker sites that answered why I hadn’t seen commercials for those on the tube lately* — in short, a big-ass fraud charge. Among the details … Continue reading
Posted in law, random shots
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Stuff Happens
-I see Occupy Wall Street is on today. Well, “on” in the sense of it happening, not “on” in the sense of any of the 24-hour MSM channels breaking their usual coverage. It took 3 hours for ABC to even … Continue reading
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“Structure? What structure?”
Shorter Matt Yglesias re: health care: “Considering why it’s so expensive in the context of a scenario hinging on ability to pay is equivalent to skipping the question entirely” By this logic, bringing up in response to a comment about … Continue reading
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The string that holds the yo-yo
Familiar pattern in the stock “market” these days. Take a hit off the central bank pipe & get all amped up, then crash, slumping along until that next fat rock comes. Well, this time rather than just the neighborhood dope … Continue reading
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Recognition
Since with all those other crises, Israel/Palestine was feeling left out: Palestinian shopkeeper Fadi Bin Masraf was busy this week, putting away stacks of merchandise that feature the U.S. flag as part of imitation-designer American brands. “People are angry, and … Continue reading
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The beatings will continue until morale improves
Giving speeches on the economy is apparently so popular an activity that Ben Bernanke had to get in two in fairly rapid succession. His latest one was rather curious in a way: Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, offered … Continue reading
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Pretty much all I will say about last night
I’m against the death penalty. But if I were tempted to make an exception for it, it’d apply to the type of bloodthirsty nuts that erupt into cheers at the mention of Texas’ embrace of it.
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