January 2011
487 posts
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
– Seneca
GAO can’t render opinion on government financials →
the U.S. Government Accountability Office says it can’t render an opinion on the federal government’s financials “because of widespread material internal control weaknesses, significant uncertainties, and other limitations.”
Specifically the GAO won’t weigh in because of three areas: “(1) serious financial management problems at the Department of Defense (DOD) that made its financial statements...
“Going to the voters and saying, “Boy things really suck, but you know what? If...”
– Barney Frank
as quoted in Too Big To Fail
(via fred-wilson)
As usual, Barney is wrong again.
But for me, we’d be in a world wide depression. ~ Newly Re-elected Harry Reid, 10/21/2010
8 Smears and Misconceptions About WikiLeaks Spread... →
The corporate media’s tendency to blare misinformation and outright fabrications has been particularly egregious in coverage of WikiLeaks. As Glenn Greenwald has argued, mainstream news outlets are parroting smears and falsehoods about the whistleblower site and its founder Julian Assange, helping to perpetuate a number of “zombie lies” — misconceptions that refuse to die no matter how...
Don't drink and drive- and don't ride with anybody...
Sanitation workers targeted Queens and Brooklyn in... →
It was more targeted than people actually think,” said a labor source. “Borough Park was specifically targeted [because of] … its ability to sort of gin up the p.r. machine.”
The plan worked. Residents of those neighborhoods — who, after three days, were still trying to dig out their cars — are apoplectic.
“It’s hurting people for greed,” seethed Barry Coogan, 60, who lives on 64th Road in...
December 2010
448 posts
“You can only connect the dots in retrospect.”
– One empty argument | Taylor Davidson (@tdavidson)
Outstanding!
“Let things go. Release them…. Closing cycles. Not because of pride, incapacity...”
– Paulo Coelho (via iamprincessdawn)
“We see the emerging opportunity to ‘snackify’ beverages and ‘drinkify’ snacks as...”
– Pepsi’s CEO
(via jonathan-deamer)
Oh my god. It is the end times.
(via whitneymcn)
gbattle sez:
I need more hands to palm my face.
Sounding kinda Star Trekkie now aren’t we Pepsi. FYI I’ll eat nails before I’d ever drink a Chalupa.
Must See: Howard Davidowitz Destroys The Recovery... →
Truth hurts.
Isn’t Progressivism just grand?
“Everyone says he or she is for “bipartisan consensus,” but usually this...”
– Dump the Bipartisan Mush: Here’s How You Do It for Real — The American, A Magazine of Ideas (via conservatarian)
“… the middle is always evil.” ~ A.R.
(via jessarmentrout)
FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for someone to blow the illusion of bipartisanship out of the water.
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to look for it.”
– Henry David Thoreau (via agoodthinghappened)
“As already noted, farms and food producers will be paying more fees to the...”
– » Food Fight: Will the Federal Government Control Our Food? - Big Government
So much for Obama’s “freeze” on the unionized govt employees’ pay huh?
It's Snowing in Phoenix
yeahyouoverhere:
life20:
As of this very moment it is snowing in my back yard.
In Phoenix.
Arizona.
Yes.
You heard correctly.
Damn man-made global warming!
I’ve come to understand that man-made CO2 causes all weather, especially if its unusual or catastrophic.
Which is a remarkable achievement for a trace element that makes up just .036% of the atmosphere!
Since humans are carbon...
Word.
dallasclayton:
GOOD ODDS If you’re going to gamble bet on the longshot. If you lose, people will respect you for bucking the establishment And if you win… you’ll be telling that story for the rest of your life.
It's Snowing in Phoenix
As of this very moment it is snowing in my back yard.
In Phoenix.
Arizona.
Yes.
You heard correctly.
Damn man-made global warming!
Breitbart.tv » Liberal Star Blogger Ezra Klein:... →
alexanderclarence:
life20:
Ezra Klein proves once again that you can get paid big bucks for demonstrating what willful ignorance looks like.
You go Ezra!
I disagree. He could be right, if he addresses whom it doesn’t have binding power on. The Constitution has no binding power on the individuals. It only has binding power on the States who agreed to it. The individuals didn’t all get...
The State of Unemployment in America →
visualoop:
Via: UniXL
Breitbart.tv » Liberal Star Blogger Ezra Klein:... →
Ezra Klein proves once again that you can get paid big bucks for demonstrating what willful ignorance looks like.
You go Ezra!
Kids, There's No Need for College... Ever.
Are your parents urging you to go to college and get that degree?
Are you tired of hearing the lectures telling you if you don’t have a college degree you’re screwed?
Tired of paying those crazy college tuition costs that rise twice a year?
DON’T WORRY! You never have to worry about college ever!
Then there are recent revelations about the infamous Local 1 Broadway...
End Of American Era? Don't Count On It →
Victor Davis Hanson gets it.
“2011 Predictions..Steven Tyler, Miley Cyrus, Europe and More”
– 2011 Predictions..Steven Tyler, Miley Cyrus, Europe and More
From one of the best - UpsideTrader
A Look Back on How 2010 Changed Our Lives →
visualoop:
Via
Fidelity & Morgan Stanley Get in on Groupon
entrepreneuradvocate:
It is being reported that Groupon has already raised half of the One Billion they plan to raise in preferred stock sale.
Read the full post @ TechCrunch
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Obamacare is Already Unraveling →
That didn’t take long now did it? Of course, if one had even an ounce of critical thinking they would have known that ObamaCare has nothing to do with health care reform.
Can you say Progressivism fails… again?
The Happiness Project: Recommended happiness... →
Get your happy on!
“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full...”
– Confucius
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”
– Epictetus
A preview of Obamacare →
kiztent:
Not sure if everyone knows this, but Massachusetts passed something like Obamacare in 2006 (they had the guaranteed issue and individual mandate).
Totally unsurprisingly, the market for individual insurance in the state collapsed, and it’s possible (see link) to see what happened to prices for insurance there. I’ll save you the trouble of flipping through the presentation (though you...
Conservatism vs. Libertarianism →
hipsterlibertarian:
thai-madness:
The Conservative:
I’m a conservative. I believe in individual liberty, free markets, private property, and limited government, except for:
1. Social Security; 2. Medicare; 3. Medicaid; 4. Welfare; 5. Drug laws; 6. Public schooling; 7. Federal grants; 8. Economic regulations; 9. Minimum-wage…
I have many conservative friends of whom I am very fond. I often...