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Stating the obvious, just in case…

If you’re reading this, you know that Nucleus is gone. The spam & handling of trackbacks & tags was too much. If you’ve linked to a post in the past couple days, change the link, otherwise everything is fine for … Continue reading

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Sign of the Times

Road Rage” is soooooo five minutes ago: To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage. But doctors have another name for it

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Behold… the "Meta Rent-Seeker"

For anyone who’s ever endured late-night infomercials: Yes, there is a rational, sober-minded, philosophical reason for your desire to beat Matt Lesko with a bag of nickels… Props.

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Lowered expectations in Iraq (or "dog bites man, news at 11")

For some reason while flipping through channels late at night I hovered on a repeat of “Fox News Watch” long enough to hear Cal Thomas say, concerning the latest allegations of US soliders killing civilians: “While they’re airing these reports … Continue reading

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A true "WTF" moment…

The head of an electronics company is actually advocating putting RFID chips into immigrants & guest workers to track them. Yes, like we do with pets or cattle. What the hell is wrong with people?

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They give anybody an op-ed column these days…

Here was some idiot’s view on the raid on William Jefferson’s congressional office: …the FBI raid was overly aggressive. The same result could probably have been achieved with a properly executed court order. But there is conflicting precedent about how … Continue reading

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Keep it simple

this a few moments ago: Senior executives at Fannie Mae manipulated accounting to collect millions in “maximum, undeserved bonuses” and deceive investors, a federal report charged Tuesday. The government-sponsored mortgage company was fined $400 million. (emphasis mine) [sarcasm]Whu? A company … Continue reading

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NOW they're concerned?

investigating one of their own: House Speaker Dennis Hastert said Tuesday that the FBI and the Justice Department “took the wrong path” when they searched a Democratic congressman’s office this weekend as part of an anti-corruption probe. “We understand that … Continue reading

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Food for thought Re: the "border"

One could say about much of the screaming over immigration from both “sides” that it’s “childish”.  Well, WaPo gives reason to retire that term as an insult: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico: One hard kick launched the soccer ball around the rusted … Continue reading

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From zero to gay-bash in 3.6 seconds…

Right on cue: A Senate committee approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage Thursday, after a shouting match that ended when one Democrat strode out and the Republican chairman bid him “good riddance.” “I don’t need to be lectured by … Continue reading

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