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• Having trouble believing this...

  On Tuesday I posted about the effort in California to return the legislature to a part time status and cut the legislator's pay by 50%. I also sent emails to a number of putatively small government / libertarian bloggers about this issue. Not one of them picked up on it. [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:18pm EST
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• I'm liking this idea - Part time legislature in CA

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  Listening to the John and Ken Show on line and they brought up this idea. Apparently there is a petition drive in CA to change the legislature to a part time assembly that is paid 50% less than they are currently.
  
  God I hope it passes. Half [...]
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  Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:42pm EST
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• When you've lost Angelina Jolie...

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  Maybe there is hope for America.
  
  US Magazine: Angelina Jolie not an Obama Fan
  
  "She hates him," a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
  
  "She's into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is'" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:12pm EST
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• Glenn Beck, Hyperinflation and the fall of the Weimar Republic

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  I have stated many times that I don't like Glenn Beck. One of the reasons I don't like him is his constant alarmism in predicting the fall of the US and destruction of the Constitution. He was at it again today discussing hyperinflation with a caller and he stated "read" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:09pm EST
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• A Helmund Awakening?

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  I have said a number of times both here and on other blogs that the success of the Iraq surge can be replicated in Afghanistan. Usually I am shouted down, but last night I was discussing the issue with my sister-in-laws brother, who has served a number of tours there [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:30am EST
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• I think I am going to switch Kuru Lounge over to wordpress

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  There are some major advantages - automatic trackbacks for one thing. just have to figure out how to do the import.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:40pm EST
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• I have been saying for years that George Soros is up to something nefarious

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  Now some other people are picking up on it:
  
  At some point it would be nice if there was a decent amount of transparency around what Soros is doing; if he genuinely believes in open societies, he ought to lead it, but since he doesn't - perhaps a decent' [...]
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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 1:12pm EST
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• Something has gone horribly wrong with your life

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  when 7/11 cashiers comment that you look "wrung out"
  
  I just had that happen. Really I am just damn tired got up early to get breakfast and try and get ahead in some reading and coupled with a cold I guess I don't look spectacular.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping' [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 12:02pm EST
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• It's been a busy week

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  2 midterms and a paper but my devotion is such that I have made it back for Rule 5 Sunday.
  
  This week we have Russian Popstar Anna Semenovitch:
  
  
  
  
  
  and musical accompaniment by some weird Russian music video
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:24pm EST
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• It figures

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  I was sick as a dog last night and all day today but now that it is time to go to bed I feel fine and probably won't be able to sleep.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 1:36am EST
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• Around the Moronosphere 11/2/09

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  Washington Post via Memeorandum - Why American health care costs so much -
  
  There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other country: because we pay so much more for each unit of care. As [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 7:48pm EST
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• Working on a paper this morning

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  I will try and get the moronosphere round-up online sometime this afternoon.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:13am EST
  by Chad

• Around the Moronosphere 11/1/09 - In which it is revealed scientifically that I am a dumbass and I prove it by questioning the NEA

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  Ace steps in it with Dede's Farewell I understand exactly what he is saying and agree completely. Many of his readers apparently disagree vociferously.
  
  Dilbert - Experience is just another word for losing hope.
  
  Doubleplusundead - Awesome local television - Jeebus, at this point we' [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 8:38am EST
  by Chad

• Coming up on Rule 5 Sunday

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  I haven't done one of these is awhile so I am returning to my most reliable hit generator Jana Defi
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I should just track her down and marry her then I would' [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 11:23pm EDT
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• Is Gen. McChrystal a terrorist or a communist? I ask because they seem to be the only ones who rank as low on the White House totem pole as him.

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  Name
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  Who are they
  
  
  Andrew Stern
  20
  Union thug in chief SEIU. Coordinating beating up protesters and "protecting" townhall meetings?
  
  
  Kim Gandy
  15
  Head of the National Organization for Women. Possibly discussing Obama's failure to include females on his basketball and' [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 11:40am EDT
  by Chad

• FMJRA Round-Up 10/31/09

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  I link and I link and do I get any trackbacks or linkbacks? well except for my occasional mention in Smitty's round-up's over at The Other McCain that would be a big NO!! OK the problem may be that most of my links go to bigger bloggers. I do [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 11:14am EDT
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• Making a little progress on the job front

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  At least F5 Networks is responding. They sent me a assessment for the Regulatory Compliance position I applied for and today notified me that I had been submitted for further approval.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 10:25pm EDT
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• Geekdom alert

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  Apparently the J.J. Abrams "Star Trek" DVD will contain the Klingons that were left out of the theatrical release via inclusion of a deleted scene:
  
  
  Star Trek - DVD Bonus Footage
  
  I don't see where this improves the movie any but hey KLINGONS!!!
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 3:10pm EDT
  by Chad

• Around the Moronosphere 10/29/09

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  Doubleplusundead - Why Is Natalie Portman So Hawt And Yet So Foolish?
  
  Good question. I'm reminded of a Simpsons quote - "You sir may have attended Harvard but you have the boorish manners of a Yalie" Portman is a self-righteous boor.
  
  Top 10 hoffman Campaign Promises -[...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 6:50am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 10/28/09

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  Ace of Spades - Shepard Smith = Asshole -
  
  Two candidates for governor. One accepts a request for an interview and one doesn't. Does the news cycle stop because the second candidate won't accede to the interview? According to Smith it does. Does that mean the no [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 3:09pm EDT
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• Suddenly I am getting hits off of searches for the Patriot Employer Act

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  Is something going on with the Patriot Employer Act today? Google and Bing searches on't show anything new.
  
  The other big search is apparently for Wendy from Sports by Brooks
  
  To make it easier for you here are the two posts Wendy from Sports by Brooks features' [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 9:45am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 10/27/09

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  Betsy's Page - The extreme dangers of the public option - essentially it boils down to it will bankrupt us. I don't believe that. Markets adapt. What it will do it decrease the availability and quality of care for avergae Americans while the rich will continue to receive the [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 7:25am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 10/25/09

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  Went thru all my feeds didn't find much except this.
  
  It appears that fellow admirers of one of Anita Dunn's favorite political philosophers are on the move in central India. (No, they aren't Mother Teresaists)
  
  RAIPUR: Four policemen died in a Maoist landmine attack in central' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:22am EDT
  by Chad

• An Update

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  In my post this morning I linked to a Little Green Football's post which, based on a Talking Point Memo DC post, accused Fox of lying about being excluded from an interview. From the comments of that thread:
  
  "You know that story that was on Fox News'" [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:17pm EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 10/25/09

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  Flopping Aces - Sunday Funnies
  
  
  
  Instapundit - GENEROUS PAY for new Freddie Mac CFO. -
  
  “The government-controlled mortgage finance company is giving CFO Ross Kari compensation worth as much as $5.5 million. That includes an almost $2 million [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 9:43am EDT
  by Chad

• Cheesy Music Alert - Joi Lansing "The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else"

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  It's been quite awhile since I did one of these:
  
  
  
  I thought that these were out of some 60's movie but apparently they were specially made for a video jukebox system called a scopitone.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
  by Chad

• A 3 Minute History of Afghanistan

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  http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 11:12am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 10/24/09 - The Triumphant Return

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  I don't know what to say other than it's good to be back. Let's get to this -
  
  Doubleplusundead - Mr. Rogers leaves his neighborhood to take on government run health care
  
  Hot Air - Did Dems just put ACORN in charge of financial regulation? -' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 9:11am EDT
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• I'm back

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  Finally got my main computer working again so I am back.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 11:14pm EDT
  by Chad

• More Multiculturalism

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  Started Persepolis - required reading for the Global Literature class. Brings back long suppressed memories of 9th grade and Mrs. Regan. Hated that woman. I may have actually become a Republican because she was a Democrat. I remember that when the Shah actually fell my friends and I couldn't believe' [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 10:44pm EDT
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• School started again today

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  It's a multi-cultural quarter as I finish off distribution requirements. World Literature, World Theater and hopefully Statistics (no multicultural aspect there so far but maybe we will have to use roman numerals or something).
  
  Once again books are outrageously expensive, it would be nice if instructors would actually [...]
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  Posted: September 29, 2009, 9:22pm EDT
  by Chad

• This weeks rule 5 submission

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  courtesy of Death Race, Natalie Martinez.
  
  It might just be me but the only way I see this girl being any hotter is if she were set on fire.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 5:35am EDT
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• This is freaking amazing

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  I heard about this lady on NPR today. She is the winner of Ukraine's Got Talent for 2009. A sand artist, in this clip she tells the story of Ukraine's occupation by the Nazis from 1941 to 1945. An occupation in which 25% of the population was killed. I am [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 8:45pm EDT
  by Chad

• Draft national Math and English standards published yesterday

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  I am going to post more on this but I lost my links and can't remember where I saw them. For the moment I am going to once again risk my vast right wing conspiracy membership card by saying I support them. Once I find the links I will go' [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 10:57am EDT
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• Ralph Peters - More troops aren't needed (in Afghanistan)

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  President Obama needs to make a decision: Either give the general the resources he believes he needs, or change the mission.
  
  I can't disagree with that, but I do disagree with most of the rest of this article.
  
  Peter's basic premise is that a classic counter-insurgency' [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 1:39am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 9/22/09

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  Ace - McChrystal to reign if not given more troops for Afghanistan - Central Front in the War on Terror abandoned
  
  Hot Air - Exclusive: CBO predicts Social Security cash deficits in 2010-11 - Score another one for Bush
  
  Slashdot - Bringing Convenience and Open [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 10:39am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 9/20/09

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  First for a Rule 5 input, Anyssa from SportsbyBrooks
  
  
  
  Ace - Football Player with Downs Syndrome Scores Touchdown - Nice story.
  
  Betsy's Page - The mistress loophole in campaign finance law
  
  
  Hot Air - McCain-Feingold takes a [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 9:42am EDT
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• Around the Moronosphere 9/19/09

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  Betsy's Page - Why FOX News is hoping ACORN will bring it on -
  
  ACORN’s unavoidable problem, however, is that suing Fox News would give Fox — or any other media organization — the ultimate Christmas present: a legally enforceable way to compel ACORN to give up all [...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 11:35am EDT
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• SNL can manage to refer to it as the Tea Party Movement why does CNN et. al. insist in refering to tea baggers?

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  Smitty at The Other McCain has posted a Hulu clip of SNL making fun of Joe Wilson, which is relatively funny but what was really funny to me is that SNL can manage to refer to the Tea Party movement correctly while the majority of the MSM can't.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping[...]
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  Posted: September 19, 2009, 1:06am EDT
  by Chad

• Appeals Court Throws Out Campaign Finance Limits

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  at least for non-profits. This case arises from a pro-abortion group that wished to run ads supporting Democrat candidates. The FEC told them that their contributions were limited and they sued under the 1st amendment. The appeals court overturned the FEC's ruling reasoning:
  
  "The First Amendment, as interpreted" [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 8:57pm EDT
  by Chad

• Olympia Snowe getting ready to pull a Spectre?

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  or just running a bluff on GOP leadership?
  
  TPMDC leans towards the latter, speculating that she is laying down cover for a yes vote on health care.
  
  The Washington Monthly seems to think it a little more likely that she may jump the GOP ship,
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 12:00pm EDT
  by Chad

• Around the Moronosphere 9/18/09

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  I return after an extended hiatus (Yay!). Of course during that time I skipped the entire ACORN implosion but I guess I can live with that.
  
  Flopping Aces - Jay Leno Rips on ACORN I guess I didn't miss it all :-) Michelle Malkin had this too' [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 4:57am EDT
  by Chad

• computer crashed hard

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  Bluescreens as soon as I boot it. Borrowed a laptop and am trying to repair my computer but I am going to be down a bit longer. Not much has been happening anyway been on a couple job interviews, waiting to hear.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 5:50pm EDT
  by Chad

• I know I said I would be back yesterday

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  I lied, but to make up for my Obama like fibbery I offer up Lara Douchette,
  
  
  
  Lala from the Tiki Barhttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 2:27pm EDT
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• Back tomorrow

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  I am refreshed - I think - and ready to resume.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 12:04am EDT
  by Chad

• A couple things that I miss

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  Typewriters and Fanzines. I love the sound of typewriters, the way the font looked on the page, the feel and smell of onionskin typing paper. Along the same lines blogs and fanzines filled a lot of the same needs but a fanzine required more effort and both putting one together [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 4:33am EDT
  by Chad

• Man, Have I been slacking off on the blogging

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  I have been doing some over at Doubleplusundead but mainly I have just been busy. Looking for work while school is on break, helping my dad build a fence, reading the Baroque Cycle again, reading the Manga guide to Calculus which is fairly amusing but if you are a [...]
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  Posted: September 05, 2009, 11:38am EDT
  by Chad

• I really need to go to UCLA if they have professor like this

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  I actually found this lecture (Newton and the Enlightenment) by accident. I saw an article about Academic Earth and this lecture was on the front page. Since I had just finished re-reading The Baroque Cycle I decided to watch the lecture and she is actually a pretty [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 6:34pm EDT
  by Chad

• Michael Barone - New facts undercut old positions on immigration

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  In his latest opinion piece Michael Barone validates my opinion on Immigration reform - Namely that if there is border and workplace enforcement economics will do the rest.
  
  From this evidence I draw two conclusions. First, stricter enforcement -- the border fence, more Border Patrol agents, more stringent employer [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 12:23pm EDT
  by Chad

• Is using a minotaur to gore detainees torture?

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  I laughed my ass off at "Frankly I think it's sad that now the words "Never ending labyrinth of pain are now synonymous with one loose cannon minotaur who admittedly went too far".
  
  
  Is Using A Minotaur To Gore Detainees A Form Of Torture?http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping" [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 12:10am EDT
  by Chad