My parents recently gave up a mid 90s GMC Safari to the Cash for Clunkers program and put the money to the purchase of a new Toyota RAV4. One of the primary goals of this program is to raise the gas mileage of the average American vehicle, and on the face of it this trade [...]
Archive for November, 2011
The return of snobby, artistocratic Brits to fashion. Hilarious story from church camp. It has an excellent pay off….as it were. (Via Hit and Run.) A kinectic topography from Fight Club. If this trailer is a good indication, the new sci-fi movie Moon will be fucking awesome.
In a continuation of the Ron Paul Revolution, economic analyst Peter Schiff is running for the Senate. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Schiff, he is one of the only talking heads on the financial networks who actually predicted the recession. (Go here if you would like some visual evidence for that claim.) [...]
I'm Not Sure if This is Cognitive Dissonance or Outright Ignorance
Posted: August 7, 2009 in UncategorizedWhile arguing for Obama’s health care plan, Paul Krugman relates a story that should be funny to any intelligent observer of American politics, regardless of ideology: There was a telling incident at a town hall held by Representative Gene Green, D-Tex. An activist turned to his fellow attendees and asked if they “oppose any form [...]
I realized yesterday that my insurance policy through my last employer expired on the first of the month. I have now joined the 40 some odd million Americans without insurance, and like roughly half of them I am between the ages 18 and 34 and, like three quarters of them, in good health. Health insurance [...]
So it’s been a while since I’ve given you any links, so this week I’m gonna give you a double helping. I’d like to see someone try this in America. That’s some fancy stackin’ there. What Jay-Z can teach us about foreign policy. I guess Italians really do love the theatre. Cats playing Schoenberg. Finally, [...]
