February 2006
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The UAE Ports Deal
Ted has another post about the UAE ports deal (which in turn references another post). I've been reasonably quiet to this point because I don't have much to say. This pretty well sums it up. In a nutshell: The people running the port at the highest and lowest…
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People Are Just Stupid
A reader of Scott Adams' blog has written in to express her concern over the willy-nilly way in which Mr. Adams portrayed the listless, drunken, bib-wearing hillbilly in a recent cartoon. Get a life, people. It's a comic strip, and if you don't like it, look away….
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What about the draft?
Marty wants to know how I feel about the draft. Well, Marty, unfortunately, I don't know. Or perhaps that is fortunately, because the draft has not been active in my lifetime, at least not to that point where I was able to talk. So I don't really have…
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Get Off My Back
After the folks at the American Community Survey demonstrated their persistence by not only coming back over and over again, but actually changing the address on the form so that it reflected the correct one (it did say "drive", where it should be "avenue"), I finally broke down…
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On Liberty and Sharing the Wealth
Sharing the wealth. Popular phrase. It's all the rage. Of course, these days it means that those who have somewhat more than others, relatively speaking, are going to be required to give up some of that so that the others can get some. Walter Williams talks about the…
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Old Time Fried Zucchini
One of my favorite veggies (or fruits, perhaps – I'll leave that argument for you) is the zucchini. Of course, it's probably because I usually fry it. But I still really like those zukes. This simple recipe is not only easy to make, it's messy fun and it…
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That's Just Stupid
A 12-year old finds himself in trouble at school because he took some powdered sugar with him one day. He allegedly made a joke in the bathroom about it really being cocaine, then said "just kidding". Stupid? Sure. But come on people. He's twelve years old. To illustrate…
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Let's Make Up Numbers
Apparently there's a piracy boom in Latin America. Music and video media is ripped off and sold for prices way below what the giant media companies would give you. I'm not advocating piracy – I think if the companies provide us with the entertainment, they ought to reap…
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Watching What You Say
It really gets me when people say something – especially as a lead-in or a title of some kind – and then within the body of their message, that title gets contradicted….
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Live, Shop, Work
By all accounts, the building of combined commercial, residential and retail developments is taking off. Some argue that the problem from here is that these creations are built as commercial properties becuase of zoning regulations, which in turns pushes up the price of the residentail portion, perhaps to…