Archive for April, 2008
Posted in April 30th, 2008
So, “scientists” are noticing now that the earth is capriciously failing to cooperate with the gloom and doom Global Warming narrative. In fact they’ve even noticed it’s getting cooler. But you just wait. It’s all just a climactic rope-a-dope man! And in ten years it’s coming back with bells on!!! Bloomberg.com: Worldwide April 30 (Bloomberg) [...]
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Posted in April 30th, 2008
… and now it’s happening… wcbstv.com – New Jersey Lawmakers Consider Tax On Fast Food WINDSOR, N.J. (CBS) ― The sputtering economy has caused an increase in prices of many staples including gasoline, rice, ice cream, even beer. Now some lawmakers in New Jersey are considering taking food taxes a step further and install a [...]
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Posted in April 30th, 2008
Pinch-hitting for middle reliever Brandon Medders, Owings blasted a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 6th inning to tie the game. The Diamondbacks went ahead for good later in the inning. What’s so intriguing about this Owings kid is that he is also one of Arizona’s starting pitchers and, I believe, is undefeated [...]
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Posted in April 30th, 2008
So, I’ve spent almost all of the content on my new car posts talking about the financial aspect of the improved gas mileage. Now that I’ve driven my new Yaris over a hundred miles, I feel qualified to report on how it drives. Frankly, I was surprised by how much I enjoy driving it. I [...]
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Posted in April 30th, 2008
Posted in April 30th, 2008
Can it get any better? The Diamondback’s starting pitching rotation already owns the best ERA in the league, the team has the best record in the majors, and they may have just added another ace to their roster, a rookie heat hurler named Max Scherzer. Time will tell, but this kid looks good… AZCENTRAL.COM – [...]
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Posted in April 30th, 2008
I have been analyzing the Cosmic Family driving habits as part of this purchase of the new car. It’s actually pretty scary. I put a spreadsheet together and just listed the driving that we have, up until now, considered “normal” driving behavior. Basically it comes out to roughly 1,250 miles spread among three cars EACH [...]
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Posted in April 30th, 2008
OK, we’ve basically had the Yaris for about 36 hours now. That means I’ve driven it home, the Cosmic Daughter has driven it to school and back, the Cosmic Wife has driven it to pick up the Cosmic Son and get some Cosmic groceries… and I’ve driven it to work. The car was filled up [...]
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Posted in April 29th, 2008
So now that Wright has made the media tour and even with all Obama’s horses, and all Obama’s men, nobody could put Wright’s mind back together again, Obama has had to admit that Wright is exactly what I’ve called him from the first day I became aware of him. A racist, anti-American nut-job. Now here’s [...]
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Posted in April 28th, 2008
Well, maybe it isn’t REAL freakonomics, but it freaked me out. The economy has gotten to the point that it has become insanely counter-intuitive. Here’s the deal. I had a fairly decrepit 1993 Nissan Pathfinder. It’s been pretty decrepit for a while. In fact it’s remained decrepit because it was paid for. Nothing was owed [...]
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