Monthly Archives: August 2009

The Secret to My Success

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Joe White

I love xkcd! Tech Support Cheat Sheet:

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Stupidity causes food to go to waste, increased prices for consumers

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Joe White

Record cherry crop will be left on trees – UPI.com: TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Aug. 22 (UPI) — Tart cherry farmers near Traverse City, Mich., and in six other states are as sour as their fruit over a mandate they must … Continue reading →

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To quote Weird Al, “Everything You Know Is Wrong”

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Joe White

More Evidence That We’re All Getting Richer: Steve Horwitz While looking for something else, I stumbled across this Census report on household income from 2006. What’s really interesting is to look at the percentage of households in each income category … Continue reading →

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Less Power=Less Maddening Actions

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Joe White

The Problem With Politics: The way to avoid the maddening convulsions of politics isn’t to change them, or rise above them, or move past them, or transform them, or whatever the trendy term of art is on any given day. … Continue reading →

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Something Is Happening Here, But You Don’t Know What It Is…

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Joe White

Something Is Happening Here, But You Don’t Know What It Is…: Seems to me the media accounts of this story are missing the point. Yes, it’s amusing and a bit surreal to picture Bob Dylan wandering around a local neighborhood … Continue reading →

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The decline and fall….

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Joe White

Panem et Circenses: The Los Angeles Times reports that Uncle Sam is on the verge of paying the City of Los Angeles $30 million to subsidize a ten-year run of Cirque du Soleil. So it’s finally come to pass – … Continue reading →

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