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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Kenneth Jindal

Shamelessly ripping these vids from huffington post: Yeah. I thought Jindal reminded me of a know-nothing, but I couldn’t put my finger on who. Jindal/Palin (or the reverse) sounds like an outstanding 2012 ticket for the up-and-coming know-nothing party.

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Strength

I crossed some sort of threshold with my upper body strength. For a while I couldn’t crack 40 pushups. Yesterday I was able to do 50, and I feel like I could keep going. I actually feel more cardio-tired than muscle fatigue tired. I could do bicycle crunches indefinitely. Gonna bike the 17mi home tonight. [...]

The World At Work

Boston.com’s images deliver every single time, so I feel a little weird posting a link to them. Really you should just add their feed to your feed reader.
This latest series of the world at work is super awesome, and almost kinda an inspiring way to start the day.

The Road Not Taken

A recent karl rove quote reminded me of something. He said “[I]f Republicans predict economic doom, they will overplay their hand. The Democratic stimulus will slow recovery, but not stop it. Recessions don’t last forever and, if history is a guide, sometime late this year or early next the economy will rebound on its own.” [...]

Morning PB&J

Morning PB&J:
    

Recovery

Curious how the economic recovery is going? Obama is sharing.
Yeah the stimulus is not an ideal mix of fixes (republicans where near it, so it has their stink on it (too much tax cuts, not enough spending)). But, I like to think of the stimulus as one more whack at the tree. It’ll take another [...]

Republican Strategy

I’ve been trying to figure out why the republicans are pursuing their ‘no’ strategy with the stimulus package. It’s definitely a curious situation. I see a few possibilities:
1. Incompetence. This isn’t very likely (at the party strategy level), but maybe they are just batshit insane, and actually believe the stuff they’re saying (like they believe [...]

Broken Sony Shit

How does The Onion get to be so right on so much? Genius
Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work