http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoLdONp-enc
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Do you want to achieve more self-confidence? Brilliant and hilarious ad, especially the disclaimer in rapid-speak.
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RANT: It looked like a “rape” to me
Monday, February 4, 2008http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1yUsYIk2EM
Dial 911 and Be Stripped and Humiliated by the Police
By J.H. Huebert
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To follow up on my article on why calling 911 might not always be the best idea, we have a story out of Canton, Ohio, where a woman called 911 after being the victim of an assault — and then…
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This is stunning and, unless some mitigating circumstance come to light, a lot of these “police officers” should be on their way to prison for a long time.
It looked like a “rape” to me.
I find it hard to believe that anyone watching this would not be moved. It certainly shows the true nature of the gooferment and the “protection” it gives it citizens.
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FUN: FEDEX got my vote for best superbowl commercial
Monday, February 4, 2008http://www.spike.com/video/2938219
FedEx pigeons nosed out Bud’s Clydesdale training by a whisker imho.
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POLITICAL: “Never” means never from the straight talk express
Monday, February 4, 2008http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019121.html
February 03, 2008
McCain will be in Iraq forever
Posted by James Ostrowski at February 3, 2008 07:30 AM
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He says he “will never set a date for withdrawal.”
“Never” means never from the straight talk express.
McCain has zero chance to win in November. He has been decreed by the power elite and corporate state media as a sacrifice on the altar of Hillary.
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I think McC is nuts. I saw the quote on YouTube about never leaving Iraq.
“We’ll be there for 100 years. What’s wrong with that?”
I think that sums up the candidacy of “everybody but Ron Paul”.
Endless warfare? Right out of George Orwell.
Sigh!
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RANT: Why isn’t it “grounding”?
Sunday, February 3, 2008When the quarterback “spikes” the ball to stop the clock, why isn’t that “grounding”?
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TECHNOLOGY: Who needs smoke detectors?
Saturday, February 2, 2008http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/02/fire_at_south_brunswick_apartm.html
Fire at South Brunswick apartment complex displaces 16
by Seung Min Kim/The Star-Ledger
Saturday February 02, 2008, 2:50 PM
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The fire was first detected when a tenant working on his computer around 3:15 a.m. noticed the power flickering throughout the apartment, South Brunswick police Detective Jim Ryan said.
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Who needs smoke detectors? We have the “web surfers”.
:-)
Can laff now about a potentially serious incident.
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PRODUCTIVITY: Cut back. Simplify. De-load.
Saturday, February 2, 2008http://zenhabits.net/2008/01/a-guide-to-cutting-back-when-you-feel-overwhelmed/
A Guide to Cutting Back When You Feel Overwhelmed
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My recommendation: Cut back. Simplify. De-load.
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1. Step back.
2. List everything.
3. Set limits.
4. Prioritize.
5. Eliminate.
6. Renegotiate commitments.
7. Take time off.
8. Create the ideal workday.
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Well, there’s no doubt, I’m feeling the pinch. Maybe it’s my mid-life crisis. The sadness of unmet expectations. The realization that the end of journey is closer than the beginning. An appreciation for Rodney Dangerfield’s rendition of Dylan Thomas. An small understanding of DaVinici’s tears for tasks undone. Maybe I have to try this chap’s advice.
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MONEY: three ways government can get the money for a stimulus package
Saturday, February 2, 2008http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2008/01/30/stimulus_package_nonsense
Stimulus Package Nonsense
By Walter E. Williams
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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There are three ways government can get the money for a stimulus package. It can tax, borrow or inflate the currency by printing money. If government taxes to hand out money, one person is stimulated at the expense of another who pays the tax, who is unstimulated and has less money to spend. If government borrows the money, it’s the same story. This time the unstimulated person is the lender who has less money to spend. If government prints money, creditors, and then everyone else, are unstimulated. As my colleague Russell Roberts said in a NPR broadcast, “It’s like taking a bucket of water from the deep end of a pool and dumping it into the shallow end. Funny thing — the water in the shallow end doesn’t get any deeper.”
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Good point!
And, we, of course, know who’s going to pay for it! “The Rich!”
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RANT: what is happening to our money
Friday, February 1, 2008http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080218/howl
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The Ron Paul Economy
Nicholas von Hoffman
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He is the only candidate who brings up what is happening to our money, which is another way of saying that he is worried about why the cost of buying groceries is going through the roof. While the other presidential contenders are silent on the topic, Paul reminds us that “government officials consistently claimed that inflation is in check at barely 2 percent, but middle-class Americans know that their purchasing power–especially when it comes to housing, energy, medical care, and school tuition–is shrinking much faster than 2 percent each year.”
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Seems obvious to me.
It’s not that the tangible things are getting worth more. It’s that the money is worth less. All due to the inflation tax that allows the gooferment to spend more and more.
Argh!
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