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Author Archives: ChrisB
Medifraud
Michael F. Cannon at Cato blogs about a NYTimes article on the rife fraud found and covered up at Medicare. A confidential draft of a federal inspector general’s report claimed that the behavior they found at the Medicare Administration was … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Health Care, Libertarianism
Tagged administration, AdvanceMed, California, Cato Institute, confidential, congress, crime, Democrat, federal spending, fraud, inspector general, Law, medicare, medifraud, Michael F. Cannon, New York Times, pete stark, road map, Ways and Means Committee
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Further Proof That China Cheated
Caches of Chinese Government documents found on a Chinese search engine show Chinese Olympic Gymnist Age as 14, too young to compete in the Olympics. Will the IOC do anything? I’m not sure I’d put money on it..
And It Seemed Like Such a Good Idea at the Time
A kite surfer in Miami decides to ride some of the wind gusts from Tropical Storm Fay.
Cross Corroboration
McQ find some general backing up of John McCain’s Vietnam cross story. Not to be outdone by Andrew Sullivan and Daily Kos, Matt Welch at Reason thinks the cross story is the least important story McCain might have made up. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Chris' Page, Election 2008
Tagged cross, domino theary, McCain, reason, Vietnam
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Black Market Bacon Dogs
L.A. Police have started cracking down on hotdog carts selling grilled bacon wrapped hotdogs. Confiscating all equipment and trashing all food on site. As always, nanny knows best.
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Libertarianism
Tagged bacon dogs, crackdown, hotdogs, Los Angeles
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Lego Olympics
On your mark, get set, Lego!
Another Iranian Rocket Test, Another Failure?
It’s certainly not unheard of, so was the recent Iranian rocket test really a success? The ever sourced “senior U.S. official” says the rocket wasn’t successful. “The Iranians did not successfully launch the rocket,” a senior U.S. defense official told … Continue reading
Awaken Your Own Russian Bear
this weekend. Russian Bear 1 oz Vodka 1/4 oz Creme de Cacao 1 1/2 oz cream (or half and half) 1 teaspoon powdered sugar (or to taste)
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged alcohol, cocktail, cream, Creme de Cacao, drinks, mixed drinks, powdered sugar, recipe, russian bear, sugar, taste, teaspoon, vodka, weekend
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Next Disney Classic
That’s SIR Penguin Nils Olav to you.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged animals, anthropomorphism, Disney, knighthood, mascots, Nils Olav, Norway, Norwegian, penquins, ridiculous, royal
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Those Vultures
This is more for Lance than anyone else.
A Conservative Blueprint for Health Care?
Ryan Ellis, the Tax Policy Director at Americans for Tax Reform, presents 3 principles of conservative health care. Principle 1: Conservative health care reform should neither raise taxes nor increase the size of government. You’d think this would be a … Continue reading
Elegant Solution for Starving, Rat Infested Parts of India
Let them eat Rat. An official also claimed it was a delicacy in France. The things you learn…
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged delicacy, eat, food, France, hunger, India, Indian, infestation, meat, poverty, rat, rats, starvation
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Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Has Been Shot
Arkansas Blog has the updates on this horrible tragedy. Arkansas State Democratic Party Chair Bill Gwatney was shot and critically wounded at State Democratic Party Headquarters on Capitol Avenue about 11:50 a.m. today, witnesses at the scene said. Police were … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged Arkansas, Arkansas State Democratic Party, Bill Gwatney, blog, capitol avenue, car dealership, crime, crime scene, democratic, Grant County, headquarters, identity, murder, party, police, shootings, suspect, tragedy, victims, violence
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The Lights are Out and Somebody’s Home
Now that Lance is back with a vengeance I’m almost motivated to not be such a deadbeat. So here’s a neat little story I found. It’s apparently been a long tough few months of 3-4 day work weeks for Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged congress, debate, domestic drilling, sessions
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Reregulation
Megan McArdle remembers the good old days of regulation
Review of The Dark Knight
Megan McArdle managed to get in at a screening of The Dark Knight and offers her short review. (No Spoilers)
Man Sells his Soul to Hell
for $3,800.
Who are the ‘ideal’ Vice Presidential Candidates…
for each party? Well surprisingly enough, the ideal candidates for Obama and McCain are… Colin Powell. This is the result of a survey which was powered by an Affinnova algorithm it calls “evolutionary optimization”. Powell seems to occupy a special … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008
Tagged affinnova, Bonnie Garcia, Colin Powell, polling, Sarah Palin, vice president
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Kool-Aid Man on the Loose on North Side Chicago
Oooooh yeah!
Kelo 3 Years Later
Damon Root at Reason takes a look at what’s happened in the three years since Kelo v. City of New London. By now, even non-cynical people can’t be surprised. So what’s the status of the “comprehensive” and “revitalized” development site … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Law
Tagged kelo, kelo v. city of new london, reason
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A Different Perspective on the Election
Certainly no “lock of the week”, but Sunday Morning Quarterback has Obama going all the way this year. HT: Burnt Orange Nation
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 2008 election, election, football, McCain, Obama, satire, sunday morning quarterback
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Paralyzed Woman Sues Chiropractic for Half Billion
It seems a chiropractor in Canada was manipulating a patient’s neck and paralyzed her. Luckily she isn’t dead from a stroke. Sandy had been going to Stiles regularly for more than seven years, receiving adjustments to her back and neck … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Health Care
Tagged chiropractors, class action lawsuits, malpractic, psuedoscience
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DC’s Hottest Blog of the Summer
Matthew Yglesias introduces us to DC’s hottest blog of the summer, m4intern. M4intern, DC’s most common sexual preference.
The End is Nigh
McCain Condoms Obama Condoms Have to go with the McCain brand myself. Trust my troops with it more and I have to pull out too early with the Obama brand.
Is Larry Johnson Credible?
David Weigel at Reason gives all of us another reason to say, “No”. David looks at the reports coming out in the past few days about the alleged tape of Michelle Obama going off on a racist rant and finds … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008
Tagged Larry Johnson, Michelle Obama, Obama, Trinity United
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A Socialist Reads Hayek
A very interesting read and perspective. H/T Reason. EDIT: Excellent comments at the reason link.
Posted in Around the Web
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Greatest Judicial Opinion of Our Time
This has to be seen by all judicial and college football fans. I’m not sure what the original complaint was, but the opinion is great. Pay special attention to the footnotes to learn that it is the official opinion of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor, Law
Tagged Arkansas, court, game of the century, judges, Texas
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Synergy at ASHC
This post + this post = This.
Posted in Art, Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, Music
Tagged Obama, zz top
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Obama’s Getting Repetative
But he still gives a great speech.
Where Do Most of Our Problems Come From?
From Congress and the unintended consequences of their actions. Bruce over at QandO has a post discussing an excellent piece by Walter Williams. Most of the great problems we face are caused by politicians creating solutions to problems they created … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, regulation
Tagged alternative energy, congress, gas prices, oil, unintended consequences
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This Kid Has a Bright Future Ahead of Him
Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father’s existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing “Halo” on an Xbox with … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor, Law
Tagged halo, newark, politicians, prostitution, ralph hardy, tx, world of warcraft, wow, xbox
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Galaxy’s Two Worst Senators
Nice picture.
This is an Onion Headline Right?
Right? Please? University of Kentucky picks up commitment from 8th grader. Word is he wants to major in pokemon training.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged college basketball, kentucky, onion, recruiting, too young
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Political Coup in Nevada GOP Convention
Some political chaos going on in the Nevada Republican Convention. Ron Paul supporters amassed at the convention in hopes of taking it over and electing their own people as delegates. Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008, Libertarianism
Tagged Nevada, republican convention, Republican primary, Ron Paul
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Man Regrows Finger, Amazing or Not?
Reading Instapundit I came across this story from BBC about a man who’s used a special powder of pig bladder cells to regrow the tip of his finger that he’d chopped off. I share the professor’s futurist view and optimism, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Media, science
Tagged BBC, Lee Spievak, regenerative science, regrow finger
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Man Arrested Trying to Cash $360 Billion Check
Some people just don’t think things through.
Jefferson Memorial Follow Up
Following up on Jon’s post a few weeks ago on the group dancing at the Jefferson memorial, we have some more information. A group of friends and other people at the incident have set up a web page. Free the … Continue reading
Man I Hate Illinois Nazis
I’m sure by now most of you have heard of Tony Zirkle, the Indiana lawyer running for Congress (as a third candidate) who attended a Nazi party in Chicago. However, I found his campaign site and joy of joys, it … Continue reading
Search for Truth About 9/11 Leads to Beating Up Handicapped Girl
German “Gary” Talis of the 9/11 “Truth” organization “We Are Change” beat up a wheel chair bound girl with cerebral palsy yesterday. His compatriots also got into an argument with Secret Service after trying to verbally assault Laura and Jenna … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Society
Tagged 9/11 conspiracy, assult, German Talis, truthers, we are change
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Try Legal Weed
No, not that. We’re talking Weed Beer. I’m talking about a beer made in the city of Weed, California. A local brewer there has named his beer after the small town. The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms however, wasn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, regulation, Society
Tagged atf, beer, California, war on drugs, weed
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Life Imitates the Onion
9/11 Conspiracy Theories ‘Ridiculous’ al Qaeda says – The Onion April 2nd Al-Qaeda accuses Iran of 9/11 lie – BBC April 22nd
Posted in Chris' Page, Foreign affairs, Humor
Tagged 9/11, 9/11 conspiracy, al Qaeda, conspiracies, life imitates art, the onion, Zawahiri
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Man Found Dead in Lady Bird Lake in East Austin
Riad Hamad was found with in the lake with duct tape on his face and his hands and feet tied. Hamad ran the Palestine Children’s Welfare Fund (PCWF). He sued a number of people and entities like David Horowitz, NGO … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page
Tagged lady bird lake, Palestine Children's Welfare Fund, PCWF, Riad Hamad
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Ezra Levant Sued Again
Richard Warman is suing him and many other Canadian bloggers. Read all about it.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Canada, Canadian Human Rights Act, ezra levant, free speech, richard warman
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