Last month I talked about my displeasure with the predatory practices of the loathesome credit card industry, and I was promptly raked over the coals by my libertarian and arch conservative readers, who somehow find interest rates of 35-50% and obscene layers of fees wholly acceptable (to read some of the comments, you would thing …
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The Purge Continues
Sayeth the Bull Moose: The Moose argues that the Democrats need Lieberman more than Joe needs the donkey. The Moose is a ticketed rider on the anti-privatization train. If there is one remaining defined benefit in society, it should be a guaranteed safety net for the aged. Moreover, it appears that the American public agrees …
An Incredible Feat
This is pretty impressive: Steve Fossett’s audacious attempt to fly an airplane around the world alone, without stops or refueling, ended successfully today at the former Air Force base in Kansas where it began, as his GlobalFlyer, its 13 fuel tanks nearly empty, touched down safely in Salina some 67 hours after it left. The …
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I Used Latin in My Post, But I’m Still Stupid
The invaluable Tom Maguire rightly heaps scorn on this idiotic post by Ed Kilgore (filling in for the Josh Marshall). From Mr. Kilgore: Not having any particular Advertisement Tired of holding meetings the old fashioned way? Improve your conference calls or Web conferences with GoToMeeting. It has a flat rate with no overage charges or …
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What A Difference
Seems there was a firefight in Congo: U.N. Peacekeepers Kill 60 Militiamen in Congo U.N. troops killed as many as 60 militiamen in a stepped-up campaign to clear northeastern Congo of rogue gunmen who have preyed on residents and are suspected in the recent slaying of nine peacekeepers, U.N. officials said Wednesday. The peacekeepers, backed …
Enough is Enough
All Democrats are soft on terror, love criminals, dildos, and drugs. How do I know this? No less an authority than Kevin Drum: Newt knows this stuff backward and forward. He just doesn’t care. He’s not thinking like an academic, he’s thinking like a Republican. Kevin is just taking his cues from the wingnuts in …