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trifecta on Ezra Klein: Why elections matter, in one graph

2010-09-10T01:07:03.090755+00:00-0700

Nah. When times are crap we like to elect democrats. Things sucked in 2008. Obama won. Things sucked in 92. Clinton won. Things were pretty good in 2000. We decided to have a beer with W.

trifecta on "Obamacare" worked today. Help me spread the word.

2010-09-01T03:55:14.449014-07:00-0700

Yes. The poor should just die. Preferably they should expire on the lawns of libertarians so they can at least be put to good use as fertilizer for the noble pasture of John Galt. Sometimes, libertarianism just means being a selfish douche.

NY candidate: Prison dorms for welfare recipients

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:24:04 -0700

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trifecta on Lack of adult booster shots and child vaccinations cause worst outbreak of whooping cough outbreak in California.

2010-08-16T05:27:03.639237-07:00-0700

not true. Mild autism might be easier to diagnose. Profound autism, there is no mistaking it. The numbers are climbing ridiculously fast, and causes likely are some unknown environmental (not vaccine) combined with some genetic markers is causing it.

China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:16:18 -0700

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trifecta on Mommy, Mommy When I Grow Up I Want to Be A Federal Worker -- Forbes — government employees seem to work shorter hours, have more vacation time, access unbelievable healthcare, never worry about job security and even make more money than people slugging it out in the private sector.”

2010-08-15T15:35:04.041783-07:00-0700

Forbes and the National Chamber of Commerce crowd only care about the giant international corporations. They don't give two shits about 5 employee shops. Get real.

A Diva Gets A Personalized License Plate (PIC)

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 06:59:49 -0700

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trifecta on In the U.S. plutonomy, the top 5% of Americans by income now account for 37% of all consumer outlays

2010-08-08T03:42:02.215368-07:00-0700

5% of the US population is 15 million people. They have sold about 4 million I-phones. Or less than 2% of people have bought them. Do math. It's fun.

trifecta on US underemployment is 28.4% for the ages 18 to 29

2010-08-08T03:23:06.309750-07:00-0700

Gen X'er checking in. What my Baby Boomer bosses have decided to do was to give us pay cuts, lay off the younguns, and keep us on salary doing 2 jobs for the price of one. It sucks for all involved. You all aren't finding work, our souls are being sucked away from us.

Antoine Dodson Puts Up Blog: Ringtones Coming Soon.

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:36:16 -0700

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Movies That Could Be Improved By Bacon

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:09:46 -0700

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Army reports record number of suicides for June

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:25:48 -0700

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Minor case of toe fungus causes 50% health insurance premium spike

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:48:59 -0700

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trifecta on Noone is talking about this but Citibank is getting caught in the middle of a ponzi scheme

2010-07-01T03:54:30.267714-07:00-0700

Peter Noone is a very wise man.

trifecta on Paul Krugman - The Third Depression: "...while long-term fiscal responsibility is important, slashing spending in the midst of a depression, which deepens that depression and paves the way for deflation, is actually self-defeating"

2010-06-29T03:35:42.715350-07:00-0700

You are being just doctrinaire. In fantasy Qualude von Mises land that is ok. In reality, there is no "rational" market response to things like wars being fought over oil resources, and terrorism being funded by it. What the fuck does going Galt do to stop that situation exactly? Businesses are interested in oil now because it's cheaper. They are being "rational". They also are fucking us up big time because they are more interested in quarterly profits than what is going to happen 30 years from now to their business that is so dependent on cheap abundant fossil fuels. Hey, wait, they aren't so rational actually. The free market is bound to cure diseases that aren't profitable. They are bound to conduct pure research with no guaranteed profit. They are bound to act responsibly when drilling for oil. Just go Galt already. Try Somalia. Very limited government jack booted thugs there.

trifecta on Paul Krugman: The Third Depression

2010-06-29T03:15:38.028006-07:00-0700

Honestly something like a serious "green stimulus" would do a world of wonders and pay most of it self off if it was done. If the government massively retrofitted all of it's buildings, changed lighting, put solar panels on all gov building roofs, changed the entire fleet of all cars, including all postal trucks over to hybrids or full electrics, retrofitted all public housing units to reduce energy usage, this would stimulate all those industries. It would create jobs in those areas, from economies of scale it would reduce prices for those green items, creating more demand from other areas of the economy. Or we could cancel unemployment benefits, lay off workers and see how well that does to turn things around. The problem with the people advocating pain is that they don't expect to feel much of the pain. They expect the little folk to suffer for the excesses of tax cuts for capital gains, give away tax breaks to big oil. Fuck em. Seriously fuck em and the austrian horse they rode in on.

South African Vuvuzela Philharmonic Angered By Soccer Games Breaking Out During Concerts

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:02:52 -0700

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trifecta on 12 Things I Learned From The Saved By The Bell Oil Spill Episode

2010-06-11T13:45:27.003895-07:00-0700

I want to buy a buddy band right now.

trifecta on Due to a bizarre tax law passed by George W. Bush, during 2010 billionares pay no estate tax. Dan Duncan, a texas energy tycoon, just left his kids $9 Billion tax free!

2010-06-09T13:29:35.612057-07:00-0700

That is why they have exemptions. Some years every dollar before 10,000,000 is not taxed. It's only taxed on dollar 10,000,001.

BP Points the Finger at the Guilty Party In Spill.

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:30:36 -0700

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Breaking: Trans Alaska Pipeline Shut down Due To Spill. (Yes, BP is the largest shareholder)

Tue, 25 May 2010 18:07:21 -0700

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trifecta on Where is the hyperinflation that the Libertarians promised us last year?

2010-05-24T15:47:06.665331-07:00-0700

I am not a libertarian. I think they are silly dogmatists. That being said, we printed a ton of money. The answer to why there isn't hyperinflation has to be hoarding by the rich. If the wealthy took all that printed money and gave pay raises to the peons, we should/would have high inflation.

Miley Cyrus jewelry literally poisoning our youth. Pulled for excess Cadmium

Wed, 19 May 2010 16:28:04 -0700

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Scientists link ADHD in kids to routine pesticide exposure

Mon, 17 May 2010 15:17:23 -0700

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Metal Legend Ronnie James Dio Dead At 67

Sun, 16 May 2010 13:47:59 -0700

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