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"What Are the Odds of That?" Problems

I’m surprised it took this long to make the WSJ op ed page–i.e. I thought the window was gone by this point–but the “Numbers Guy” takes up Ahnold’s recent potty mouth veto message. (See here if you don’t know what I’m talking about; the wussy WSJ doesn’t even reprint the letter.) Anyway the Numbers Guy […]

Po-Po Take Down Former LP Chair

Brandon Robison alerts me to what happened to his personal friend (and former Libertarian Party Nevada state chairman) Jim Duensing. Here is the official media version of the shooting after a routine traffic stop. As you might expect, Duensing has a different take: First, I’d like to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes. […]

The Policeman Is Not Your Friend, Firefighter Edition

As usual, William Grigg alerted me to this outrageous tale: Michael “Mikey” Bartlett Jr. said the reward he got for rescuing several people from an early morning fire Sunday on Crain Avenue in Kent was to get Tasered and arrested by Kent police, allegedly for hindering firefighters’ efforts at the scene. Standing outside the Crain […]

Standing Up to the Bully, Joe Romm

For those who read the “indispensable” (Tom Friedman’s word) Joe Romm’s climate blog, I believe you will find this analysis from the Breakthrough Institute spot-on: Think about it: If you’re an ambitious young Democratic Hill staffer, a liberal policy analyst, or a struggling young reporter, why would you ever stand up to a guy who […]

Potpourri

* Scott Sumner writes a profound post in which he gives the illusion of blowing up macro and then promises to rebuild it from scratch. I will write a lengthy critique of this post in the coming days, but this is some of the best stuff the geeconosphere has to offer. * The intrepid von […]

was e.e. cummings just in a hurry?

has anyone else’s emailing degenerated to the point where you debate using punctuation, whereas it’s just a given that you don’t need no stinkin’ SHIFT key? i used to write lovely, flowing emails in iambic pentameter. no more. i gots billz to pay.

I’m Ready to Give Karl Marx a Shot

OK, so all of a sudden the ink cartridge on my new HP 640 Fax machine died. What the heck?! I had used it for like 5 faxes?! So I pulled out the cartridge and it is called “Introductory HP Black Printer Cartridge.” On the side it says, “Intended for single use only.” So do […]

I’m Ready to Give Pelosi a Shot

Oh…my…gosh. I like to consider myself above average intelligence, and I even fancy that I know a bit about dollars and cents. I just spent a good fifteen minutes on the phone with a representative from my health insurance company, trying to reconcile the EOBs they had sent with the bills I was getting from […]