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]
1 Comment » - Posted in Beliefs, Random News by Joe White
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 insight [...]
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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.”
