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"Murphy was an optimist!"

Stand up Dave, Lose the election September 24, 2008 11:05 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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McCain canceled on David Letterman at the last minute to rush to Washington in order to solve our economic crisis but stopped for an interview with Katie Couric first. Dave was less than thrilled and less than complimentary.

Update 25Sept2008 8:20am: Wow! When I posted that video there were 300 views and 125 comments. Now there are 403,936 views and 985 comments! That’s incredible.

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October 1st martial law begins in the United States September 24, 2008 6:58 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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First off, isn’t civil unrest and crowd control part of the duty of the National Guard and the local police?

The Army unit may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control. [0:36-0:41]

Does an active military unit on US soil sound reasonable to you in the name of national security? Has fear and brainwashing led you to not question your leaders? Watch this next video as people sitting in a park are handcuffed, pepper sprayed, beaten, and arrested and ask yourself if we really need the Army doing crowd control on American soil.


Mass Arrest on Labor Day in the Park RNC from GlassBeadCollective on Vimeo.

The story of the park and the buried tape comes from The Minnesota Independent and Twin Cities Indymedia. Watch a really big version at Blip.tv.

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Of Grasshoppers September 24, 2008 3:00 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Of Grasshoppers, Philosophy
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Student: I think I’m going to die.
Master: Some day.

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Bank bailout unnecessary September 24, 2008 12:28 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Economy, Touchy Subjects, United States
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The bank bailout is unnecessary is Naked Capitalism’s assessment of Bert Ely’s comments from an interview at Institutional Risk Analytics.

A banking industry expert, Bert Ely, who has a stellar track record in predicting crises and calling false alarms says that the banking industry can handle this mess internally and does not need subsidies. [Source, Naked Capitalism, Banking Expert: Bailout Not Necessary, Industry Can Take Losses]

Update: Bailout has been planned for months and The New York Times says the Issue Is Payback, Not Bailout.

How come he gets horsies?

Update 25Sept2008: Billionaire George Soros says Paulson cannot be allowed a blank check.
Update: Ron Paul lectures Bernanke on the flaws of the bailout plan and the hazard of the attempt to fix prices versus letting them correct naturally in the free market.
Update: Newscoma points to another billionaire, Mark Cuban, who is harsh on the bailout. "The bankers that we hope will reflate the economy with loans to the people and companies who need it ARE THE SAME BANKERS THAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS." Watch for comments at No Silence Here.

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PBS wants to know if Sarah Palin is qualified September 24, 2008 11:21 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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PBS has a poll asking if you think Sarah Palin is qualified to be the vice president of the United States of America. The answer is no.

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Sonny…back in my day… September 24, 2008 9:47 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Publishing, Sex, Touchy Subjects
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…if you wanted a random stranger to impregnate you, you had to at least leave the house and let him buy you a couple of beers first.

…In less than two weeks, I will be ovulating, which as everyone should know is primetime for baby making. The problem is that I don’t yet have a partner…I just need some good, hearty seed…I am 26 years old, 5’4″, 115lbs., long brown hair, well, you can see more details in the pic. I have most of a PhD in Biophysics and will be finishing my JD before the child is born… [Source, The Garage Sale Blog Network, My Biological Egg Timer is Ticking, Ticking, Ticking - Ship in a Bottle]

The skeptic in me thinks this is a great way to get some short-term, unqualified traffic to her blog. And of course, I just participated in helping her strategy work if that is the plan. Remember folks, short-term spikes in traffic does not necessarily result in fame, increased ad revenue, or long term readership; it often just causes extra cost in hosting.

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