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Archives for September 2011

Because every penny counts.

September 15, 2011 by

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In which lawyers become strippers…and news becomes tabloid trash.

September 14, 2011 by

In the category of weird legal news, we have this: “Lawyer turned stripper to pay the bills.” (No, we don’t have pictures to prove it, and by “it” I mean that she is a stripper, or a lawyer, either, for that matter…and just like that, 99% of the readers who found this blog while Googling […]

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Twelve Adults and the CBO: How many adults in the room?

September 13, 2011 by

The much ballyhooed Congressional Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction–aka the “supercommittee”–was supposed to hear a history of the debt crisis today. You can imagine how well that was going to go over.  Partisans from both sides were prepared, I’m sure, to lay blame for the federal government’s fiscal problems at their opponents feet. “It […]

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What happens when Gingrich gets his mojo on? The CNN/Tea Party Debate.

September 12, 2011 by

They say that you can’t win a debate, but you sure can lose one. Tonight, despite walking in at the front of the pack, Perry sure did his best to prove that true. He’ll stay on top of the polls, for now, but he didn’t do himself any favors tonight. Like any front-runner, he took […]

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Science Edition: Spongebob is not your friend. Also, wrinkled fingers.

September 12, 2011 by

First, don’t miss the CNN/Tea Party debate tonight at 6 PM MST. I’ll be live tweeting here. Until then, here’s your factoid(s) for the day: Spongebob Squarepants is not your friend. Or your children’s’ either, for that matter. As if anyone is surprised: Spongebob is hazardous to your children’s health. [R}esearchers had three groups of […]

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Obama’s Latest Jobs Speech: “Stop the political circus,” says the Ring Master.

September 9, 2011 by

President Obama and I agree on at least one thing: “Washington hasn’t always put [Americans’] interests first.” Ain’t that the truth. With Republicans vying for his job, the economy persistently sluggish, and unemployment relatively unchanged since the Bush Administration, President Obama took to the podium to make “the big speech” before a special Joint Session […]

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Reagan Debate Recap: Perry, Romney and six other candidates

September 8, 2011 by

Ah, presidential debates. They have little to do with demonstrating one’s fitness for the highest office in the land, and yet they are often weighed and measured with the highest of stakes. Such it is for our generation, cultured to see winners and losers after a series of head to head play-offs, championships, and competitions between […]

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