Supply Side Politics 2.0

• Climaquiddick fallout

  manbearpig is going to give it a miss....
  
  so anyway, it looks like former Vice President Al "An Inconsistent Truth" Gore, Jr. has cancelled his appearance at Chicken Little's "The Sky is Falling" conference in Denmark.
  "We have had a clear-cut agreement, and it is unusual with" [...]
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  Posted: December 03, 2009, 10:39pm EST
  by Michael X.

• The Thanksgiving Recipe post

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  actually, a contractual obligation post, in the Monty Python idiom
  
  so anyway, as far as I know, Gabriel Malor kicked off the meme over at Ace of Spades early this afternoon, with his "Pumpkin Cheesecake Dip". Do go read, it sounds delicious.
  
  In keeping [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 10:32pm EST
  by Michael X.

• The Next President

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  linking our old blog-friend InstaPun***k is A.Good.Thing.
  
  so anyway, LocoPunk has a good post up at InstaPun***k regarding the Next President. Read the whole thing. A snippet:
  ".....a definitive profile of the next president of the United States, the chief feature of which" [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  by Michael X.

• Friday night observations about nothing in particular

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  another grueling week of unemployment grinds to a halt
  
  so anyway, since I had to run some errands today I thought I'd take advantage of being out of the house and swing by Taco Bell for a couple of their most excellent Cheesy Double Beef Burritos.
  
  When' [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:44pm EST
  by Michael X.

• Hard Evidence, Indeed

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  R.S.McCain is correct: Memeorandum is where to start your blogging day
  
  so anyway, I had sat down this evening intending to blog something about Gov. Sarah Palin and her book release, but I got distracted.
  
  I hate it when that happens.
  
  Instead, via memeorandum, [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:28pm EST
  by Michael X.

• This you have to see

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  good stuff, that
  
  so anyway, watch this:
  
  
  
  more soon [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:14pm EST
  by Michael X.

• A teachable moment, with pictures

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  yeah! pictures!
  
  so anyway, we've all seen this pic before:
  
  
  and from the "way-back" file, we have this of our President "noticing something on the floor" as he greets the Saudi prince:
  
  
  In the past 96 hours,' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 10:37pm EST
  by Michael X.

• My thoughts exactly

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  sounds like a good idea to me
  
  so anyway, I completely agree with Falahime over at Dan Collin's Piece of Work in Progress:
  Shooting ranges in office buildings......I think it would increase employee productivity and morale. You have a bad evaluation–take your break and go' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:36pm EST
  by Michael X.

• A choice in beverages

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  Tea, anyone?
  
  so anyway, I shamelessly lifted this pic from Wax Lips:
  
  
  It's from the weekend after Rep. Michele Bachmann invited 35,000+ of her closest friends to the steps of the Capital Building to protest the pending B.O.H.I.C.A. legislation.' [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 10:01pm EST
  by Michael X.

• The reason for the season

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  it's not what you think.....
  
  so anyway, twenty years ago today, the Berlin Wall fell. Because of this:
  
  
  
  h/t to Ace (actually DrewM.) for the linkage.
  
  There was more to this, but it's gotten late early again.
  
  more soon [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:28pm EST
  by Michael X.

• The "Ragin" Gay Marriage debate

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  with a twist (it's old)
  
  [Written on 22SEP09, and discovered in the "Drafts" folder this evening. I know, I know: blog it whilst it's fresh.]
  
  so anyway, Ragin' Dave of Four Right Wing Wackos fame is having a debate with one of his readers over the' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:08pm EST
  by Michael X.

• This is good

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  start with Reagan, then bashes Pelosi: what's not to like?
  
  so anyway, VL of WaxLips fame brings us the good stuff:
  
  
  
  This vid will probably blow out the blogger template (again) but it's just that good.
  
  In other news, I exercised the franchise [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 10:16pm EST
  by Michael X.

• The long, steep, slippery slope to Socialism

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  Constitutional relevance notwithstanding.....
  
  so anyway, back to Susan's most excellent comment from a few days back:
  ".....the Constitution has been trampled on and ignored for a long, long, time.
  
  Take a look at what House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) had the honesty'" [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:29pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• It's been a day that I'll be digesting for a while

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  read the whole thing, even if you've "been there, done that"
  
  so anyway, tonight, I had intended on posting on Susan's excellent comment from the other day, but this caught my eye and forced me to re-live some experiences from my past.
  .....where there was [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 11:16pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Scooped! In my own backyard!

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  I should be so ashamed, but yet.....
  
  so anyway, VL of Wax Lips fame has scooped a story right in my own backyard. Apparently, the mayor of Detroit (Rock City) wants to spend $3,600,000 of so-called "Stimulus Money" to execute an "emergency demolition" of the Michigan Central [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 10:04pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• A Republic....if you can keep it

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  we're approaching Epic Fail
  
  so anyway, I tossed about some random thoughts whilst walking the Wonder Poodle™ this evening.
  
  First, the Ben Franklin quote:
  In 1787, shortly after the close of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, a woman interested in the proceedings approached Benjamin Franklin. "Well, doctor,"' [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Happy Diwali

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  I may be a few days late....
  
  more soon [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 9:38pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• The "Balloon Boy" Fiasco

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  something's not right with this whole situation
  
  so anyway, I first picked up on the "Balloon Boy" fiasco via DrewM's post over at Ace's place a little after 3:00 this afternoon. I was AFK for about 90 minutes and followed the story on the radio.
  
  By' [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 9:53pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• I demand a re-count

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  are you fcuking kidding me?
  
  so anyway, WTF? President (MMM MMM MMM) Barack Hussein Obama (MMM MMM MMM) has won the Nobel Peace Prize?
  
  For What? What has he done? TOTUS has some insight:
  "....(he) won this award for his speeches. I mean, after nominating himself" [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 11:26am EDT
  by Michael X.

• B.O.H.I.C.A., Part the Second

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  I thought we covered this?
  
  so anyway, it looks like Harry Reid (D-NV) is going to foist a "Dirty Sanchez" on the American people:
  Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is weighing a plan to bring the final health care bill to the floor without a [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 9:14pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• The Half-Century Mark

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  here's to another 50 years
  
  so anyway, today is Robert Stacey McCain's 50th birthday. Even Chris Muir of "Day by Day" fame noticed.
  
  All I ever got for my birthday is Che Guevara's execution for my fifth birthday, and for my 47th birthday this' [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 9:39pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Rio

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  there is not a Duran Duran video embedded in this post
  
  so anyway, it looks like the 2016 Summer Olympics will be held in Rio de Janeiro, despite the President investing his personal clout and the authority of his Office in an attempt to secure the Games for his [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• The snark line of the day

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  I almost spilt my crystal goblet recycled plastic mayonnaise jar of Val-U-Rite vodka over this one.
  
  so anyway, Ace has come up with the snark line of the day with this little gem:
  In related news, Ted Kennedy has now been sober for a full two weeks.Spot [...]
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  Posted: September 22, 2009, 9:31pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• An interesting question

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  shoutin' out to "Anonymous" from Chula Vista
  
  so anyway, I've moved this post to the comments of my previous post, where it should have been in the first place.
  
  Sorry for the inconvenience.
  
  more soon. [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 10:02pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Credit where it's due

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  or, as the behavioral psychiatrists would say, "catch them doing something right"
  
  so anyway, lately, I've been heaping some much-deserved bashing on my "so-called" U.S. Representative, Mark Schauer (D-MI-07). Today, it looks like he did the right and proper thing in voting to have all of ACORN's Federal [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2009, 10:43pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Finally, a Representative with some stones

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  not to be confused with my "so-called" Representative, Mark Schauer
  
  so anyway, there's apparently a Congressman who hasn't surrendered his stones to Nancy Pelosi:
  
  
  
  Representative Joe Wilson, R-SC is my hero for today. His official website is "off-line" at the moment ('though I' [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 11:14pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Subtle, but Blunt

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  Noel wields the velvet hammer
  
  so anyway, I'm late to the "Van Jones goes Under the Hope-n-Change Bus" party, and I'm just starting to read the re-acts about the 'sphere. Noel over at Cold Fury sneak in some excellent snark in his post on Dear Leader's speech [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 9:49pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Steve Irwin, Remembered

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  three years ago, today
  
  so anyway, 04SEP is the third anniversary of Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin's death. The link is to the Wiki entry on Irwin, which I found to be (surprisingly) even-handed.
  
  For most of us, our first introduction to Steve Irwin was via this now-classic' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 10:26pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Town Hall smack-down

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  I wish my "representative" had the stones to actually face his constituents
  
  so anyway, over at Ace's place, Krakatoa has posted the must-see, feel-good video of the week:
  
  
  
  I had planned on attending a town hall on the BOHICA debate, but' [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 11:06pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• She's done it, again

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  I like it
  
  so anyway, S.Weasel has outdone herself, once again.
  
  
  
  Do go read S.Weasel's post for the full effect.
  
  thatisall' [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 11:01pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Does this mean I'm exempt from taxes?

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  'cause I sure as Hell don't have any "representation"
  
  so anyway, I've been checking the website of my so-called US "Representative" every couple of days for the past few weeks to see when he was going to have a "town hall" meeting on the BOHICA (Barack Obama's Health [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 10:22pm EDT
  by Michael X.

• Beyond Viral

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  can we do this? Yes, We Can!
  
  so anyway, by now I'm sure everyone has seen this:
  
  
  
  
  This little gem has been making it's was through the blogosphere for almost a week now, it has indeed "gone viral" on the inter-tube' [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 1:15pm EDT
  by Michael

• B.O.H.I.C.A.

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  just a thought....
  
  so anyway, it occurred to me this evening that our old friend "BOHICA" can have yet another meaning. Yes, yes, I know, we've known and come to love the classic definition of the term "Bend Over, Here It Comes Again" but, as Spock would say,' [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 10:58pm EDT
  by Michael

• Sounds like a plan

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  I'm in
  
  so anyway, via Mike of Cold Fury fame we find The Gunslinger's most excellent "We The People" Three Point Plan. A taste:
  "We The People" is a non-partisan group of patriots who are extremely concerned by what is happening to our [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 10:27pm EDT
  by Michael

• Walter Cronkite, RIP

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  I'll refrain from using the obvious sub-title
  
  so anyway, Walter Cronkite passed away this evening. He was 92.
  
  For those of us of a certain age, Walter Cronkite was the face of the news during our formative years. Another little piece of our childhood has left and gone' [...]
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  Posted: July 17, 2009, 10:17pm EDT
  by Michael

• My small contribution to a vid going "viral"

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  yeah, I gotta post this
  
  so anyway, apparently this vid is pissing off the leftards:
  
  
  
  The Truth: sometimes, it hurts.
  
  more soon [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 11:51pm EDT
  by Michael

• Pure Genius

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  as I'm the last one to post this, h/t to The Blogroll
  
  so anyway, I'm somewhat surprised that YouTube hasn't found a reason to ban this vid yet:
  
  
  
  That's some inspired siht, right there. More soon' [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 10:48pm EDT
  by Michael

• A SupplySidePolitics Milestone

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  please excuse me whilst I say "woohoo!"
  
  so anyway, sometime this evening, Supply Side Politics recorded it's 10,000th hit. Thank you very much to all of you who made this possible. [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 10:43pm EDT
  by Michael

• Sarah Palin goes "Galt"

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  soon to be known as the "Sarah? WTF?" post
  
  so anyway, you could color me completely gobsmacked over the announcement Sarah Palin made this afternoon. In case you missed it, not only is she not going to seek reelection, she's stepping down at the end of the month.
  [...]
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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 10:45pm EDT
  by Michael

• Note to Self

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  just don't do it
  
  so anyway, as I mentioned the other day on the soon-to-be-defunct other blog, I've finally gotten around to reading Rand's Atlas Shrugged. As I said over there:
  ".....so anyway, I finally got my hands on a copy of Atlas Shrugged, and I'm about'" [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
  by Michael

• Picture of the Day

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  without the actual picture, but it's just a click away.....
  
  so anyway, Iowahawk makes with teh "inspirational" funny.
  
  Good stuff, that.
  
  More soon [...]
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  Posted: June 30, 2009, 10:03pm EDT
  by Michael

• Two Observations

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  pretty good for a Monday.....
  
  so anyway, I took a break from the job search this afternoon and pinged a couple of my "daily reads". Hey, job-hunting is hard work, OK? You gotta take a break every now and then.
  
  First off, Smitty over at The Other [...]
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  Posted: June 29, 2009, 10:50pm EDT
  by Michael

• Supply Side Politics: Five Years On, pt 2

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  somewhat disappointed
  
  so anyway, I had hoped to be over the 10K hits metric by the five year mark, but it's all good
  
  more soon [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:44pm EDT
  by Michael

• Supply Side Politics: Five Years On

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  Thank you for your support
  
  so anyway, Supply Side Politics was launched five years ago; at 4:48 PM on 25JUN04.
  
  My Brother-in-Blog Greg threw down the inaugural post, and we were officially "bloggers". Can you say résumé enhancement? A lot of things have changed since then [...]
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  Posted: June 25, 2009, 11:00pm EDT
  by Michael

• Monday 22JUN09

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  the "clever title" muse is on vacation this week
  
  so anyway, Dan Collins has set up his own shop over at Piece of Work In Progress. Good for you, Dan. You've been blog-rolled here at Supply Side Politics 2.0. Best of luck in your new venture.
  [...]
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  Posted: June 22, 2009, 10:52pm EDT
  by Michael

• Today in History

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  a timely reminder
  
  so anyway, 13JUN09 marks the 43rd anniversary of the SCOTUS decision on Miranda vs. Arizona. In 1966, the Supreme Court handed down the ruling that has become the boiler-plate that we all know and love. It originally sounded like this:
  "You have the right" [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2009, 10:37pm EDT
  by Michael

• Old School vs. New school

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  the smack-down edition
  
  so anyway, I haven't yet made comment on the whole "Palin / Letterman" fiasco, and I'm not about to start now. I have other priorities, thank you very much.
  
  That said, some of the ancillary fall-out from the debate has been quite amusing. One [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 11:08pm EDT
  by Michael

• The jukebox in my head

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  is cranking out some classics
  
  so anyway, do you ever wake up with a song in your head that you just can't get away from? Now, thanks to the inter-tube web-net thingie you can get that monkey off your back with just a few clicks.
  
  Case in point:[...]
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  Posted: June 07, 2009, 11:39pm EDT
  by Michael

• A response to Stephen "VodkaPundit" Green's Money³ post

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  In which I pick nits over one small detail
  
  so anyway, Stephen Green has a very good post up over at VodkaPundit titled "Money Money Money" discussing the pending GM bankruptcy. Stephen explores the details of the primary and secondary markets, the differences between bondholders and stockholders, [...]
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  Posted: May 30, 2009, 12:03am EDT
  by Michael

• We have new C.A.F.E. standards

  Number of comments: 0
  Thank you, TelePrompter Jesus
  
  so anyway, this week has seen The President signing into Law a new C.A.F.E. standard of a corporate average of 35.5 mpg by 2016. That great and all, except for one small nagging over-looked fact: a lot more people will die because of the new [...]
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  Posted: May 23, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
  by Michael