I'm in no way a college football fan, but this was well worth reading just for the names of the bowl games. I had to google a few of them to convince myself that Ryan didn't make the whole thing up.
The solution to all economic problems is to hurt the poor in the short run, because it will help them in the long run, and to help the rich in the short term, because it will help everyone in the long term.
I'd been out of touch all day. I was driving home and heard that the president had made a statement about the shooting, and honestly thought it was the one in Portland. I obviously need a way to keep up with the latest mass killings. Is there an app for that?
Horror on horror. The real horror of what happened, the secondary horror of trying to piece together from the many conflicting reports how it happened, and the tertiary horror of all the usual suspects trivializing the genuine horror to make their same tired arguments.
In one conversation people will agree that the effect of minimum wages and marginal tax rates on unemployment and investment are empirical questions where the evidence doesn't all point one one direction, and in the next it's back to Econ 1A generalizations. It's a lot like talking to fundies who when pressed will admit that there can be good in every religion, but deep down know those other people are going to hell.
JavaScript had to look like Java only less so, be Java’s dumb kid brother or boy-hostage sidekick. Plus, I had to be done in ten days or something worse than JavaScript would have happened.
If you’ve got a blog -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the commenters could post stuff on the Internet.
And Libertarianism, according to the Cato Institute, is a religion based on the teachings of the Aynti-Christ.. They don't consider it a real "political philosophy".
Since another justification for SYG is that it's an extension of the castle doctrine to locations other than your home, and Maye was at home, maybe "Stand Your Ground if you're not black and they're not cops, because Jesus Himself couldn't help you with that one."
Jackson Beck, one of the great radio voices of all time, who appears as one of the telepaths in The Demolished Man, presumably because he and Alfred Bester (who also worked in radio) were pals.
On “2012-13 College Football Bowl Season Preview”
The knuckleball, the official pitch of the No Spin Zone.
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I'm in no way a college football fan, but this was well worth reading just for the names of the bowl games. I had to google a few of them to convince myself that Ryan didn't make the whole thing up.
On “A Well Balanced Recipe For The Nation”
The solution to all economic problems is to hurt the poor in the short run, because it will help them in the long run, and to help the rich in the short term, because it will help everyone in the long term.
On “Thoughts and Prayers”
I'd been out of touch all day. I was driving home and heard that the president had made a statement about the shooting, and honestly thought it was the one in Portland. I obviously need a way to keep up with the latest mass killings. Is there an app for that?
On “Before the Gate of Hell”
Horror on horror. The real horror of what happened, the secondary horror of trying to piece together from the many conflicting reports how it happened, and the tertiary horror of all the usual suspects trivializing the genuine horror to make their same tired arguments.
On “Playa’ In the Hoooouse!!! : Lady Killer’s Guide to Picking Up Women at Bars”
see your orchard collection
"Orchid collection", or do you have to own a ton of property?
On “A Well Balanced Recipe For The Nation”
Yeah, when I'm tempted to say something about Kim or M.A. derailing threads, I think to myself "Don't be such a fishing Chris."
(I hope it's clear I'm kidding. Chris is one of my favorite commenters.)
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The sleight of hand here is to reference small changes to the minimum wage that were obscured by noise
That is, that didn't have the predicted effect. "Obscured by noise" is hand-waving to avoid admitting that the prediction was incorrect.
I agree that tripling (or more; I don't know what "full benefits" means) the minimum wage is a bad idea.
On “Playa’ In the Hoooouse!!! : Lady Killer’s Guide to Picking Up Women at Bars”
Well, if the chance she'll she yes is one out of ten, and you ask ten times...
On “A Well Balanced Recipe For The Nation”
In one conversation people will agree that the effect of minimum wages and marginal tax rates on unemployment and investment are empirical questions where the evidence doesn't all point one one direction, and in the next it's back to Econ 1A generalizations. It's a lot like talking to fundies who when pressed will admit that there can be good in every religion, but deep down know those other people are going to hell.
On “We’re Going Over the Cliff”
Boehner is on thin ice to begin with, being a person of color. (Orange.)
On “A Well Balanced Recipe For The Nation”
One of my favorite tech-related quotes:
JavaScript had to look like Java only less so, be Java’s dumb kid brother or boy-hostage sidekick. Plus, I had to be done in ten days or something worse than JavaScript would have happened.
Brendan Eich
On “The Majority Is Always Right”
"S.S. Good Hope. Let's see, we've already kept them off the rocks ten times this month."
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But they didn't turn off the light for non-subscribers, did they?
On “A Well Balanced Recipe For The Nation”
If you’ve got a blog -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the commenters could post stuff on the Internet.
On “The Majority Is Always Right”
It was obvious to us Satanists.
On “Conservatives’ Jim DeMint Problem”
Funny how when it comes to cheeseburgers Leviticus is obsolete, but when it comes to homosexuality it still applies.
On “People aren’t very good at making decisions”
“roll the bones”
So to speak.
On “Conservatives’ Jim DeMint Problem”
And Libertarianism, according to the Cato Institute, is a religion based on the teachings of the Aynti-Christ.. They don't consider it a real "political philosophy".
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You learn how to pass a lot of DUI tests, because if you can say the Lord's Prayer backwards, the alphabet is a piece of cake.
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Social conservative + fiscal conservative + idiot + South Carolina politician + Heritage Foundation.
Definitely the poster boy for successful career counseling.
On “What risk management has taught me about the Trayvon Martin shooting”
Since another justification for SYG is that it's an extension of the castle doctrine to locations other than your home, and Maye was at home, maybe "Stand Your Ground if you're not black and they're not cops, because Jesus Himself couldn't help you with that one."
On “The Hypocrisy of Hollwood as a Model for American Society”
I believe the standard mock-libertarian answer here requires Oliver Twist.
"Please, may I have more than 16 ounces of soda?"
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stentorian authoritative narrator
Jackson Beck, one of the great radio voices of all time, who appears as one of the telepaths in The Demolished Man, presumably because he and Alfred Bester (who also worked in radio) were pals.
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Sergeant Angua?