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• Progress Ohio’s Health Horror Hype

  Over at ProgressOhio.org, Bret Thompson cited Robert Pear’s New York Times story about a former female Archway Cookie employee from Ashland, OH as an example of “when access to affordable health care is at the whim of your employer”. The crisis is on display here. Starla D. Darling, 27, was pregnant [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2008, 8:49pm EST
  by Mark

• 2 Dead in California “Gun Free Zone”

  Unfortunately the reality of the real world continues to evade a fairly large segment of society, so we continue to see stories like this one featuring a tragedy at a California Toys “R” Us location. MSNBC provides some mindless handwringing with the following quote from Palm Desert Councilman Jim Ferguson: "I think [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2008, 9:18pm EST
  by Mark

• Stupid to throw around “Socialist!”?

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  Today Jill Miller Zimon ranted about “throwing around” the terms “Socialist!” and “Communist!”. Her reasoning seemed to be that Bush also advances socialist policies, therefore it’s “stupid” to call a spade a spade. Since Jill included a definition of “stupid”, I was hoping she’d include a definition for socialism too so [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2008, 6:00pm EST
  by Mark

• Does America Want a Climate Action Mandate?

  Dennis Spisak and Progress Ohio want you to think that a clear majority of Americans want a “Climate Action Mandate”.  People actually said they want a mandate?!?  Well, not really. According to a poll sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund (sponsor of the DDT genocide), Americans believe that we should address climate [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2008, 8:14am EST
  by Mark

• Libertarians Stealing Votes in OH-15?

  It ended up being a very close race in Ohio’s 15th congressional district – so close that as of this writing, nobody really knows who won.  It didn’t take long for supporters of Stivers and Kilroy, the first and 2nd finishers, to sling accusations of “stealing votes”. What are “stolen votes”?  [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2008, 9:35am EST
  by Mark

• Give? Take? What’s the Difference?

  The Houston Chronicle today has the headline U.S. gives $40 billion to save AIG, gets ownership stake – shouldn’t that read “U.S. takes $40 billion to save AIG, gets ownership stake”? After all, the US can only “give” what it steals first. Technorati Tags: us,give,take,bailout,aig,steal,theft [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2008, 10:49am EST
  by Mark

• NBC Propaganda: Bailout the Only Out

  Last night’s NBC Nightly News featured some odd unsubstantiated claims regarding the likely effects on the economy if a government bailout failed to prop up automakers.  Specifically I’m addressing comments made by CNBC’s Trish Reagan and Phil LeBeau, another CNBC reporter in this piece: Here’s Trish’s quote: "If one of them fails, [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2008, 6:52pm EST
  by Mark

• Media Oblivious to Real Story of Found Cash

  To give you an idea how much the Federal Reserve and Congress have inflated our currency through poor financial policy, let’s take a look at the latest sweeps hype parroting the AP:  a contractor who found $182,000 in Depression-era currency hidden in bathroom walls SOURCE: Money Found House’s Walls No Treasure Sounds [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2008, 1:39pm EST
  by Mark

• "What works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne,"

  …but Barack Obama seems poised to give it a whirl.  Citing support for "common-sense" gun control, Change.gov, the official website of the office of the president-elect lists the following approach: Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2008, 9:52pm EST
  by Mark

• Campus Area Shooting After Man Stabs Officer

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  Problem is widespread as evidenced by 7 violent attacks in 7 Days at The Ohio State University campus Often when the issue of safety on campus arises – typically due to news of a violent attack on or near campus like this one, the media and educators assert that they are [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2008, 12:01pm EDT
  by Mark

• Ohio’s 15th Congressional District Candidates and The Law

  It dawned on me today that I hadn’t checked the criminal records search for the candidates in the OH-15 Congressional race.  I’m sure the Republicans and Democrats vetted their candidates to ensure that there are no felonies or anything really embarrassing, but it never hurts to check – and sometimes [...]
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  Posted: October 18, 2008, 5:56pm EDT
  by Mark

• Paul Krugman wins Nobel Economics Prize

  Here’s a rundown of some commentary on the issue. I got a kick out of this article about Krugman’s commentary on energy markets back in 2001.  Here his understanding of the effects on Zoning on housing bubbles is applauded. Reason has a short piece on the story along with links to [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2008, 6:00pm EDT
  by Mark

• The Wonders of Cell Phone Tethering

  In my spare time I do a lot of volunteer work and one of the organizations I volunteer with holds it’s meetings in an office building that is as close as I’ve found to a WiFi dead zone.  There are three wireless networks available and all of them are secured [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2008, 12:33am EDT
  by Mark

• “Stop Opening Chats! It’s Annoying!”

  A few weeks ago Microsoft (MS) released Windows Live Wave 3 to public Beta. It didn’t take long for a few of the people on my contact list to start complaining. Here’s how the conversation started this morning: 10/9/2008 8:55:04 AM Stop opening windows on my desktop!! As it turns out, I [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2008, 4:18pm EDT
  by Mark