I’ve written a letter to Congress asking them to not bailout the faltering American auto industry. I’ve also written a post explaining you why I think the same industry deserves its date with the dustbin of history.
I guess you could consider me an ardent opponent of any bailout of the Big Three. But sometimes an [...]
It’s pretty screwed up that we don’t have good medical records for either of the presidential candidates. Especially since one of them is ancient and has repeated bouts with cancer. Even worse, neither VP candidate has released any medical records at all? What are Biden and Palin hiding? And Palin, where is your press conference?
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Obama [...]
I know, I know, I wrote about health care less than a week ago but everyone just has to read this post from Ezra Klein.
Here are the juicy bits (including charts!) for you lazy folk:
If you’re worried about the federal debt — particularly the long-term federal debt — there is literally no way you can [...]
U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, with the help of President Bush, is trying give at least $700 billion of our dollars to their irresponsible friends on Wall Street. I haven’t seen a good explanation of why they need that much money or why they need the bailout plan in place by the end of this [...]
Here’s the simple breakdown:
Small meatpacker, Creekstone Farms, wants to test its cows for Mad Cow Disease
USDA says Creekstone Farms is not allowed to obtain tests
Creekstone Farms sues USDA
Creekstone Farms loses in Court of appeals.
From the Reuters article:
USDA allows the mad-cow test kits to be sold only to laboratories that it approves. It says the tests [...]
This weekend my girlfriend gave me Herpes:
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Freeblogging
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What’s up with Shaq?
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Damozel at TMV keeps us informed about the telecom immunity / FISA fight in the Senate.
11:20am
Chris Dodd’s speech on FISA from yesterday:
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CNN says, “the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday that child rapists cannot be executed, concluding capital punishment can be applied only against murderers.”
Child rapists [...]
I know you like the left lane. I know you feel comfortable there. I know these things. Man.
But, for the love of god(s) you have to get the hell out of the left lane if you’re not passing someone.
There. I said it.
When you do pass, do it as quickly as possible (AQAP!)
Oh, and if you’re [...]
According to New York Magazine, the shoe industry has been killing our feet for years!
To back up their claim, they have these awesome—yet creepy—photographs of painted on shoes:
So here’s the rundown: Thousands of years of evolution have pretty much perfected our feet and the way we walk. By saddling ourselves with these crazy contraptions known [...]
35mph is not a proper merging speed!
The last few weeks I’ve encountered an epidemic of people merging onto the Interstate at frighteningly low speeds. Sometimes 20, sometimes 30 miles per hour slower than the posted speed limit. I have never in my life been on a highway, Interstate, freeway or tollway that had a speed limit [...]