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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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They say you wanna Revolution!
Come one, come all. Anyone interested in attending a mass rally protesting the mess our government is, come join Hoosiers for Fair Taxation on March 25th at the capital building in Indianapolis. They are also calling for volunteers, and there … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Keith's Page
Tagged hoosiers for fair taxation, Indiana, Indianapolis, tax protest, tea party
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Heh
Dilbert
Posted in Domestic Politics, Humor, Lance's Page
Tagged bailout, Dilbert, Domestic Politics
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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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Not only is she a Bonneville record holder, but Leslie Porterfield also used an innovative new skin wrap on her bike. While I would suspect the claims of any company, a personal endorsement such as the following holds weight enough … Continue reading
Posted in Keith's Page, motoring, Technology, Travel
Tagged Bonneville Salt Flats, FastSkinz, Leslie Porterfield, MPG, Technology, Worlds Fastest Woman
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Pitchfork Time?? How about Shovel Time!
Glenn Reynolds ponders “IS IT PITCHFORK TIME? Dang, I don’t own a pitchfork. Oh well, they’re not too expensive. Maybe mail a bunch to Congress, first . . .” I think shovels would be a more appropriate gift to send … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Keith's Page
Tagged stimulus bill, tax and spend protest
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Late Night in the Halls of Congress
Well, the final text of the spendathon bill is out, looks like it was a late night in the halls of Congress. Interesting that they chose not to create a searchable PDF, but scanned in a printed version, with markups. … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Keith's Page
Tagged stimulus bill, transparency
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A Rose By Any Other Name
Sounds like they want the Fairness Doctrine to me. If they want this fight, then broadcast TV ought be included. More over at QandO. http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43414 “If markets cannot produce what society really cares about, like a media that reflects the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Libertarianism, Media
Tagged fairness doctrine
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Name That Party
Any guesses what party this state rep. belongs to? Answer after the break. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/02/62687523/1?se=yahoorefer While local and national media swarmed Henrietta Hughes for interviews, Chene Thompson, wife of State Rep. Nick Thompson, grabbed Hughes’ hand and offered them a house. … Continue reading
I Love Fast Women!!!
I think it’s great that there are fast women in the world. Fast on the 1/4 mile, fast on the Speedway, fast on the road course, and fast on the Salt Flats. If you thought I meant something else, you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Keith's Page, motoring, Sports
Tagged female racers, Jessica Zalusky, Leslie Porterfield
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Gitmo Hunger Strike
According to Talk Left, anyhow. It seems that conditions have deteriorated so badly that a large number of inmates have begun a hunger strike. They are dragged forcefully from their cells, strapped to chairs for hours to be force fed, … Continue reading
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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Mr Bad Example
Isn’t there an energy crisis or something that we all have to worry about? Guess, we can just call him “Mr Bad Example,” and be done with it. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/us/politics/29whitehouse.html?_r=2&ref=politics?xid=rss-page The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, Keith's Page, Music
Tagged energy crisis, Mr Bad Example, Obama, Warren Zevon
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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
Torture: Let’s just *say* we don’t.
I’d heard this opinion often enough from liberals when they discussed torture but have to thank Matt Damon for giving me a nice quote: ”Look, the best line about torture I’ve heard came from [retired CIA officer turned war-on-terrorism critic] … Continue reading
Obama Snubs MOH recipients
In a sense, this is surprising to me. I thought Obama had more political sense to him then this. It might have been his handlers fault. That’s being generous though. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-snubs-medal-of-honor-recipients/ In this case, the American Legion, the Military Order … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Military Matters
Tagged medal of honor, military, President Obama, veterans
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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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Is Today “Historic?”
In one sense, today is an historic day. We’ve now sworn in our 44th President, in yet another peaceful transition of the leadership of our government. But it seems to me that the only other way to see this day … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Keith's Page, Race
Tagged inauguration, Martin Luther King, MLK, Obama
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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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Taxation without Representation
The current bailout mania, and the long going practice of spending our way into debt, ought to be considered the highest form of “taxation without representation” as the government is taxing the future revenue of people who, at the moment, … Continue reading
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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Step Right Up! It’s Your Bailout Too!
I hear repeatedly from our fellow citizens “where is my bailout?” For those who have been wondering the fine journalists at Vanity Fair have found the paperwork so you can begin applying now for, as the application says, “free government … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Humor, Lance's Page
Tagged auto industry, bailout, Chrysler, Financial Institutions, Ford, GM, Hank Paulson, Humor, treasury
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Ugly Turkey
All our turkey leftovers are eaten and gone. Since I just threw away three year old zip-lock bags of Christmas ham, this is significant. We generally don’t do well with left overs. This time was different. This year I made … Continue reading
Calculating the cost of bailing out the economy
Now that the NBER has decided to endorse my view that we went into recession last December which I first first claimed last January, I think my points about the efficacy of fiscal stimulus still apply. As for spending already … Continue reading
Where have the strong women gone?
I’ve now read my first real “vampire” book. Okay, so it’s a werewolf book with vampires, but I’m told this is *the* genre these days. Kitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn. Not bad, not bad in a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Synova's Page, Uncategorized
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Bits and Pieces: 11-18-08
Russ Roberts:”Oh Please-President Bush has lost the right to say this.” Also, he has a great Mea Culpa on why he missed this, and a discussion that fits right into my theme about how many missed this meltdown, and advice … Continue reading
Posted in Lance's Page
Tagged Economics, Investing, Playboy, spam, trade, Wall Street
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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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Peter Schiff’s Payback
The insufferable Peter Schiff has a video going around, which frankly, is just brilliant. He may be unpleasant at times, but he nailed this thing, and took mounds of abuse while doing so. More importantly, I KNOW HOW HE FEELS! … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Investing, Lance's Page
Tagged credit crisis, debt, Economics, finance, Investing, Peter Schiff, risk
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De-leveraging
Given the topic of tonight’s podcast I thought a little visual data might help. First, the explosion in US debt: Henry Blodget explains: From the early 1920s through 1985, the average level of debt-to-GDP in this country was 155%. The … Continue reading
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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Getting Drunk with Oilfield Trash
I was sitting in an airport lounge yesterday and got to chatting with a member of the self-described “oilfield trash” who was bound for Lagos, and then for an FPSO in the Gulf of Guinea. These are rough and ready … Continue reading
Posted in energy, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Africa, commerical-adventurer, drinking, drunk, energy, FPSO, grandchildren, Gulf of Guniea, gunboats, incompetent, international watrers, Lagos, Nigeria, offshore exploration, oil, oil exploration, oil reserves, oilfield trash, piracy, pirates, quasi-war, West Africa
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Whoopee, its bailout time!
From the comments at Financial Times: Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — In a surprise move today, Whoopee Cushions Inc was approved bank holding company status by the Fed to enable the company access to the recently revised TURD scheme. Imported far-eastern … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Lance's Page
Tagged bailout, Bloomberg, Federal Reserve, Financial Times, industry, Mr Magoo, satire, TURD, whoopee cushions
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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