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Category Archives: Chris’ Page
Where the Hell is Matt?
This is the greatness of the internet
Posted in Chris' Page, Culture, Humor, Travel
Tagged Matt, new media, the world, travelling, youtube clips
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FDR Prolonged the Great Depression
New Deal policies signed into law 71 years ago thwarted economic recovery for seven long years. Continue reading
The Bailout…
doesn’t look like it’s going to pass the House floor. Update: It failed. The vote was 207-226 against the measure, with one member not voting, half an hour after voting began. Voting remains open even though the “official” time has … Continue reading
China Pulls a Lapham – UPDATED
China space mission article hits Web before launch A news story describing a successful launch of China’s long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground. … Continue reading
Ike Aftermath
Hey guys. I’m still here and everything is fine. Had a small leak in my ceiling but otherwise no damage. Got power and water back Sunday, but there are still 1.5 million without, including my mother and sisters. Gas is … Continue reading
Hurricane Ike (Updated)
Scroll down for the updates. Well Hurricane Ike is heading my way. The center is projected to hit west of Houston, but a Freeport landfall would be the worst case for Houston, as it would entail a huge storm surge … Continue reading
A Western Vibe Ticket
Todd Zywicki, of the Volokh Conspiracy, takes a look at libertarianism in the McCain/Palin ticket and notes a distinct western vibe to the first all-western ticket in our history. He had an interesting observation that I think captures a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Libertarianism
Tagged cinc, Libertarianism, McCain, military, Palin, Sarah Palin, statism, Todd Zywicki, volokh, Volokh Conspiracy, western, westernism, worldview
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Fred News : FredPac
Looks like the big Fred Thompson news is the formation of FredPac. I thought he already had a pac though, so I guess it’s more of a change in mission statement moving forward. Dear Friend, The challenges America faces may … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Republican Convention
I tuned in for a little bit and here are some thoughts. ABC, NBC and CBS showed it in SD, while CNN had it in HD. Dunno why. ABC was behind. They had Thompson speaking while the other networks had … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Election 2008, Media
Tagged Fred Thompson, Joe Lieberman, republican national convention
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“Major” Fred Thompson Announcement Monday?
Just got this email from the Fred Thompson PAC. Friends, At this crucial moment in our nation’s history, it is vital that we adhere to the fundamental conservative principles that have unified us for over two centuries. On Monday, September … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics
Tagged conservative, email, Fred Thompson, PAC, September
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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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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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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
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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Tagged lady bird lake, Palestine Children's Welfare Fund, PCWF, Riad Hamad
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In Absolut Mockery
Many of you may have seen the Absolut Vodka ad that ran in a Mexican magazine recently in links around the blogosphere. Now the mocking has begun as well. I submit this more historically accurate version of their ad. While … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Humor
Tagged absolut vodka, advertising, aztalan, Mexico, mockery, Texas
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More Correlation Between Pirates and Global Warming
Pirates Take French Cruise Ship and Gobal Temperatures to ‘Decrease’ It seems we have more correlation between pirates and global warming now. It may be time to update this graph with a downward and backward turn.
Anyone Remember the Old Muppets Show?
Man they had some great skits on that show. I miss it. [youtube 3AdFA6WWJ7E Old Muppet Show skit]
Mark Cuban Opens Locker Room to All Bloggers
So Dallas Mavericks owner close the locker room to bloggers earlier this month. He says it was because they didn’t have enough time for everyone though some think it was because he didn’t like what The Dallas Morning News’ Tim … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Chris' Page, Sports
Tagged blogging, dallas mavericks, dallas morning news, mark cuban, new media, newspapers, old media, tim macmahon
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Henke on Greenwald
If this blog is about one thing, it’s fisking Glenn Greenwald, and a libertarian examination of the world. Two things, if this blog is about two things, it’s fisking Glenn Greenwald, and a libertarian examination of the world, and a … Continue reading
Cuba Lifts Ban on Computers, Other Electronics
The Cuban government has lifted the ban on computers, dvd players, television sets, which were already on sale, electric pressure cookers and rice cookers, electric bicycles, car alarms and microwave ovens. It seems the move was allowed because of improving … Continue reading
Chavez Threatens Colombia Because He Finances Terrorism
McQ alerts us to this developing story in South America. Colombia, apparently, struck at a narco-terrorist camp inside Ecuador after tracking FARC spokesman Paul Reyes and other leaders there. Reyes and 16 other terrorists were killed. Chavez reacted by sending … Continue reading
Posted in Chris' Page, Hugo Chavez
Tagged Colombia, ecuador, FARC, Hugo Chavez, Terrorism, uranium, Venezuela
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