Archive for November, 2008

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

Free Dr Pepper today

Dr Pepper On Call

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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

One thing upon which I whole-heartedly agree with our next President

Obama might get rid of daylight saving time [hat tip Boing Boing]

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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Fixing the country (by Russell Roberts)

Fixing the country (by Russell Roberts): This is the biggest fantasy of politics, that the country is broken or damaged and we just need to get a different contractor in charge of the project who knows more about how to do renovations. It is a dangerous metaphor and an inaccurate one. It ignores the fundamental [...]

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Free Coffee today at Starbucks

Twitter / Starbucks Coffee: IMPORTANT: To ensure that we are in compliance with election law, we are extending our offer to all customers who request a tall brewed drip.

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Monday, November 3rd, 2008

The questions should have been asked before the bailout

Effectiveness of AIG’s $143 Billion Rescue Questioned: A number of financial experts now fear that the federal government’s $143 billion attempt to rescue troubled insurance giant American International Group may not work, and some argue that company shareholders and taxpayers would have been better served by a bankruptcy filing.

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Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

Political Wisdom from The Bard (by Don Boudreaux)

Political Wisdom from The Bard (by Don Boudreaux): As H.L. Mencken observed, “Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right.”

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