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Category Archives: Chris’ Page
Big Banks Got Played
A Daring Trade Has Wall Street Seething from the Wall Street Journal. Amherst, a small Austin firm found a small loophole in the system. To use a crude metaphor, they sold the big banks hurrican insurance and then made sure … Continue reading
Spending Cuts: Better Ideas Needed from the GOP
At the Next Right, Tad DeHaven looks at why The GOP Is Clearly Not Serious about Cutting Down Spending. The spending cuts the country needs must be substantial, serious, and put forward in the spirit of recognizing that the federal … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Gov't Spending
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Taxing Email is Useless
Derek Thompson at the Atlantic blog writes about a NY Times piece on taxing email. He’s not advocating it, or arguing against it but looking at the supposed benefits and negatives, and how it would likely increase instant messaging. What … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, taxes, Technology
Tagged broadband infrastructure, email, taxes, web
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GPS System Could Break Down Next Year
On the bright side, I’ll be able to save battery life on my iphone by turning off the gps. The downside of course being that the gps is increadibly useful.
Posted in Chris' Page, Military Matters, Technology
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Some Lenders Object, Why Not Others?
20 Chrysler lenders or about 30% of the debt Chrysler owes lending institutions are objecting to getting fleeced in the governments planned “surgical bankruptcy” plan. In a normal bankruptcy the senior secured creditors (the lenders) are first in line, while … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, regulation
Tagged bankruptcy, banks, Chrysler, government coercion, tarp, thuggery
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Twitter as a Story Telling Medium
Twitter is the social media website that allows users to share updates on their life with others who choose to follow their updates. It’s proved useful for friends to quickly keep in touch, politicians to keep constituents updated on their … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Chris' Page, social science, Technology
Tagged dark tower, ka, katet, randall flagg, roland deschain, stephen king, the stand
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New GOP 2012 Challenger: Gary Johnson?
2012 could be an interesting year for GOP presidential candidates if it features both Mark Sanford and Gary Johnson. This, along with the tea party movements, seems to be an outgrowth of the Ron Paul candidacy, perhaps similar to what … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Libertarianism
Tagged 2012, gary johnson, GOP, Mark Sanford, president, Ron Paul
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Journalist Arrest for Journalism in Front of USC Journalist School?
That’s the glib way to put it, but John Ziegler explains what he says happened at event and responds to a Journalism school Dean Wilson’s email accusing the Dean of “blatantly lying”. Go check it out and watch the video … Continue reading
Your New Drink
Burbon and Ginger beer. Thank me later reader(s).
Posted in Chris' Page, Culture
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Tea Party Turnout Totals
Texas leads the way with 18 protests and 64,000 attendees.
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, taxes
Tagged Houston, protests, tea party, Texas
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US Treasury Refusing Bank Repayments?
That’s what’s claimed in this article in the IBD. This becomes pretty thuggish when you add to the fact that these banks were (allegedly) outright threatened to take the TARP funds in the first place. The reason for all of … Continue reading
Sugarland Tea Party
Live at the Sugarland tea party now. Yes I’m working harder than Washington already. Good number of people here. Hundreds maybe over 1000 if you count people that left earlier. Young republican head talking now after the railroad commish I … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, taxes
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Houston Tea Party
I’m at the Houston tea party downtown right now. Over 1000 people easy (update: closer to 10,000). Definitely an experience. I can’t even get close enough to see the stage. Previous speaker was pretty good at firing up the crowd … Continue reading
List of All Tea Party Protests
A pretty comprehensive list for Texas here. I roughly estimate around 64 protests planned for just Texas. You’ll note that other states are listed on the right. I’m closer to the Sugarland one and may check it out. I’m curious … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, taxes
Tagged Houston, protests, tea party, Texas
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Jenny McCarthy Body Count?
though probably not the kind you were hoping for. I think the “Anti-Vaccine Body Count” version is the better one to use, but the Jenny McCarthy one will be used because it’s more sensational and attention grabbing, the same reasons … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Health Care, science
Tagged autism, psuedoscience, vaccines, woo
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Happy Tax Freedom Day
Today is the day that we have earned enough to pay its tax burden for the year. This year’s day comes earlier than last year, though this is due to recent stimulus effects. Before you start to celebrate though, Doug … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, taxes
Tagged obama administration, protests, tax freedom day, tax policy, taxes, tea party
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Using a Police Search as a Free Speech Threat
That’s what is claimed by Jeff Pataky after his home was searched by Arizona police and his computers, records, wireless router, and even his cable modem (presumably to cut off his internet access so as to quit blogging) were confiscated. … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Law
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Obama Fires Izzo
…awards Michigan State 18 points.
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Humor, regulation, Sports
Tagged basketball championship, cato, GM, government, government motors, michigan state, NCAA, President Obama, satire
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The 90% Myth – Only 17% of Guns in Mexico Come from US
You’ve probably heard all over the media and from the politicos about the out of control crime in Mexico. And of course 90% of the guns used come from the US so therefore we need to take away your guns. … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Firearms
Tagged 2nd amendment, gun violence, guns, Mexico, Statistics
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IPhone Blogging
Blogging from the iPhone. This will probably be everyday useful once they get copy/paste but could be great for covering events live and with pictures.
Twitterati
I’ve recently joined the ranks of the twitterati. If you’re so inclined, you can follow my twitter feed here. Content is a bit lighter than on here of course.
Why the AIG Mess is Ignorant Populism of the Worst Kind
Via Greg Mankiw comes this letter by a Mr. Desantis published in the NYTimes. The government is spinelessly trying to punish the very people who’s help it most needs. It’s almost tragic really. I am proud of everything I have … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, taxes
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Political Slogan Bad Timing
After working very hard and soliciting thousands of ideas for a slogan to attack and bring more attention to Rush Limbaugh, the DNC has settled on, “Americans didn’t vote for a Rush to failure”. This slogan seems like especially bad … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged bad timing, DNC, Obama, political slogans, Rush
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Houston Tea Party
I didn’t get to make it out, as I work almost 30 miles away, but here’s the video:
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, Libertarianism
Tagged liberty, protests, tea party
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So This is How the Zombie Apocalypse Starts
The good news is that it starts in Russia. According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, a mosquito managed to live 18 months clinging to the outside of the International Space Station, without any food, being bombarded by radiation … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor, science, Society
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Houston’s Own Mortgage Bailout Bad Idea
Kinda. Basically the city of Houston wants to take public money and give it to private individuals to help them pay off loans and improve their credit scores to help them get approved for a mortgage loan. Judging from the … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged bad ideas, Houston, houston city council, improving credit scores
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Picture of the Day
This is a statue from outside Denver International Airport.
Posted in Art, Chris' Page, Travel
Tagged Denver, denver international airport, el, horse, zombie horse
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Texas Bill Introduced to Reassert 10th Amendment Rights
H.C.R. 50 has been introduced to the Texas House. Authored by Texas State Representatives Brandon Creighton, Bryan Hughes, and Leo Berman, it reasserts Texas’s rights of sovereignty under the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution. RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Law, Libertarianism
Tagged 10th amendment, bill of rights, sovereinty, states rights, Texas
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Two Cows Theory of AIG Implosion
I always love these explanations. Hat Tip: Megan McArdle
Posted in Chris' Page, Economics, Humor
Tagged AIG, bank bailouts, two cows, Wall Street
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Sarah Palin in the Eye of the Beholder
With news that Governor Palin started her own political action committee at SarahPAC, she has entered the punditry discussion again, and yet again provokes strong responses, though as Josh Painter shows, little consensus. Many of the descriptions have to be … Continue reading
David Cay Johnston Puts on his Bad Idea Jeans
(Edit: Mr. Johnston graciously replies in the comments section. It seems the invasion was a bit of a modest proposal that I failed to pick up on. While there are things to disagree with in the rest of the article, … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Foreign affairs, taxes
Tagged bad ideas, calls for invasion, militant left, mother jones, tax shelters
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How to Show Off Your Conservation Credentials
Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) decided he wanted to show off how green he was by driving an electric car being developed in his district to his swearing in at the Capitol in D.C. Of course no electric car actually has … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, energy, Environment
Tagged boneheaded congress, conservation, electric cars, government waste
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What Does It Take for a Police Officer To Get Fired?
Radley Balko compares two police officer firings and finds that it’s pretty hard for an officer to get fired, unless they go easy on marijuana users.The first officer kind of reminds me of Alaskan State Trooper Mike Wooten from Sarah … Continue reading
Resolution to Repeal the Twenty-Second Amendment
Rep. José Serrano introduced a bill to do just that last week. Not sure why. I would think it had something to do with Obama being president, but he also introduced the same bill in 2005. (H/T: Euguene Volokh)
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged 22nd amendment, constitutional amendments, jose serrano
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Gaza War Arrives in Second Life
And amid the protests, obscenities, and intolerance we find a scene that you’d only find virtual worlds like Second Life:
Posted in Chris' Page, Foreign affairs, Technology
Tagged Gaza War, Israel, online communities, Palestine, virtual reality
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New Chili Pepper on the Block
The Dorset naga: Tesco, Britain’s biggest supermarket chain, recently added a new pepper to its vegetable shelves: the Dorset naga. Inhaling its vapour makes your nose tingle. Touching it is painful; cooks are advised to wear gloves. It is the … Continue reading
Utter Insanity
Those are the only words I can think to describe this proposal. The Hubbard-Mayer plan calls for the government to revive the moribund housing market by providing just about everybody with access to a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage with a 4.5 … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, housing, regulation
Tagged Bloomberg, business reporting, housing crisis, idiotic laws, insanity
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“Worst Waste of the Year” Report
Cato looks at Senator Tom Coburn’s “Worst Waste of the Year” report that was just released (pdf report here). Tad DeHaven on how nauseating it was to read through the projects in the report, including a ” $15,000 in HUD … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged cato, government waste, pork, pork busters, Tom Coburn
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Stimulus: Spending vs. Tax Multipliers
Greg Mankiw has a post today look at the real world studies of spending and tax multipliers. Keynesians might be surprised to learn that the tax multiplier appears to be much larger than the spending one. Studies put the Government … Continue reading
Jon Henke for RNC Communications Director
A good look at how the RNC needs to restructure and how they don’t for the next generation of campaigning. Jon is mentioned as paradigm of what the RNC Communications Director needs to be, I’d agree. You need someone who … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Technology
Tagged ecampaign, Jon Henke, rebuild the party, rebuildtheparty, reorganizing, RNC
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Sullivan: Unhinged as a Truther
Andrew Sullivan, who’s never met a Sarah Palin rumor or slander he didn’t like, continues his transformation into an irrelevant and deranged Palin truther. It’s sad to see a once respectable voice in the blogosphere come unraveled, but Sullivan has … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged Andrew Sullivan, palin derangement syndrome, Sarah Palin, truthers
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Huckabee: Enemy of Libertarian Republicans Everywhere
Mike Huckabee’s new book is coming out, and in it he takes some pretty heavy shots at libertarian and economic conservatives who don’t share his populist big government views. The real threat to the Republican Party is something we saw … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Libertarianism
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Sarkozy The Georgian Hero?
Not sure how true this is, but here’s what the London Times says about how close Putin came to over throwing the Georgian government. With Russian tanks only 30 miles from Tbilisi on August 12, Mr Sarkozy told Mr Putin … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Foreign affairs
Tagged ceasefire, France, Georgia, Putin, Russia, Russo-Georgian War, Saakashvili, Sarkozy
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Is it the Means or the End that Matters?
Michele Catalano writing at Pajamas Media yesterday, defending Obama’s call for (at one point) mandatory community service, gets it completely wrong. To backtrack a little bit for those who haven’t been paying attention the last week or so, at President … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Libertarianism
Tagged community service, controversy, draft, Michele Catalano, Obama, pajamas media, slavery
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Post Election Polling?
I’m signed up to recieve emails for Zogby Polls so I too noticed the strange questions a reader at Clayton Cramer’s blog did. If you knew Barack Obama supported a plan to place a 75% excise tax on the sale … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008
Tagged 2008 election, gun control, Obama, polling, Zogby
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Our President
Yes, Obama has made history and been elected president. I didn’t vote for him nor support him, but I have supported every US president in my lifetime and President Obama will be no different. I am going to disagree with … Continue reading
Proper Voting Attire
People are finding out that you have to be careful what you wear to the polling booth. The 40-year-old Houston Realtor was wearing one of her souvenir T-shirts when she went to cast her ballot at a Cypress polling place … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008, Law
Tagged Alaska, harris county, Houston, Voting, voting laws
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