I'm excited for our future liberation of Canada
Show us the way Romney.
March 2012
“I’ll get us that oil from Canada that we deserve.”
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Mitt Romney, during his victory speech Tuesday night. WTF? (via politicalcanuck)
Welp, we’re apparently getting invaded.
(via jakke)
Chats with students
Yes, Lakewood new jersey is just like Pakistan and India. Thank you for your input.
How much am I like my blargh personality?
Good question.
February 2012
Professor meeting
My senior thesis is about some USA-Canada history and the professor wondered if I was Canadian because of that and because “I’m so nice.”
The End of Ownership: Why Aren't Young People Buying More Houses? →
theatlantic.com
I’ll admit that I have been thinking about buying within the next two years. But reading through the comments on this article, I started thinking about why I even wanted to do that.
And I really have no idea. Investment? Nope. More space for the kids? Nope.
Really? I think the reason is so I can say “hey, I’m single and making it on my own enough to buy a house.” And that definitely should not be the reason for making such a leap.
Many people will say I’m throwing my money away by continuing to rent, but to me it’s the price I pay for absolute freedom to do anything and go anywhere if and when I need to.
I still think I’m better off buying a boat.
I’m at least 80% certain I never want to own an actual house. I hated yardwork as a kid, and I’ve never had the urge to paint any walls in the apartments I’ve rented that would be fine with painting. If I want escrow and tax benefits I’ll buy a nice condo (when I have the money, and feel comfortable committing more than a few years at a time to a city.) And when the actual-house homeowners post status updates about losing another Saturday to cleaning their gutters, I’ll crack open a beer and smile.
I totally agree with Will. I was thinking about this the other day, actually. The thought of committing to decades of mortgage payments for a place that I have to repair and maintain myself sounds like a pain the ass. I refuse to chain myself to a property until I’m in a position in my life where I actually want to settle down and stay in one place.
I own a condo now, and it’s probably the greatest mistake/experience of my life.
Who is Steve brigham
This anti abortion sign isn’t clear.
My restaurant got mentioned in the NYT! →
mobile.nytimes.com
“I WASN’T prepared to find martini perfection in a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, strip mall. Maybe my excitement had something to do with low expectations. Or maybe it was the long workday, which closed with a two-hour “Faith, Family and Freedom” town hall hosted by Rick Santorum. He is not known for brevity. But with that first sip from the bar at Vino’s Ristorante, it didn’t matter where I was. This was an exceptional gin martini. It was cold, clean and crisp, shaken just enough so there was a small island of ice shavings floating at the top. The pour was generous but not too much so, stopping just short of the lip of the glass so none would spill over. The gin, Boodles, was an unexpected find in a restaurant sharing a parking lot with a Play It Again Sports and Godfather’s Pizza. I rarely come across Boodles, an airy 90.4-proof British spirit with a hint of coriander, at bars in Manhattan. So when the waitress listed it as one of the options among the more conventional brands like Tanqueray and Bombay Sapphire, I couldn’t say no.”
Sure it was for the drinks and not the food, but trust me, the food is almost as good as the martinis.
He drinks a martini like I do, exactly.
Ron Paul married to 19 year-old. →
deathandtaxesmag.com
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is married to a 19 year-old woman. Carol Paul—Ron’s wife of over fifty years—was born on February 29th.
“I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks.”
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Republican presidential candidate MITT ROMNEY, apparently unimpressed with the rain protection gear of choice worn by NASCAR fans at Monday’s Daytona 500.
He’s gone from gaffe-prone to outright dickish.
(New York Times via Wonkette)
U.S. House Votes to Make Protests Illegal →
rt.com
Ladies and gentlemen, the people we elected to Congress are idiots. Maybe we should protest this?
Hay yo so the bill as described doesnt sound like the story being told.
But whatever, tea bag everything.
Texas TBagger Doctor Indicted In Largest Medicare Fraud In History
Daily Kos - A Texas doctor was accused Tuesday in the largest Medicare fraud case in US history, with federal prosecutors charging him with scamming the government with $375 million in phony billings.
Justice Department officials announced that Dr. Jacques Roy was arrested in Texas and faces life in prison as well as fines of more than $250,000 if convicted. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Doctor Roy and his assistant, who was also charged, sent “recruiters” door-to-door in the Dallas area to get people to sign bogus medical forms that were then used in the alleged scam. The pair even went as far as to pay homeless people $50 each to sign the forms, according to the DOJ accusations. read more
WOW. $375 Million? I wonder what they told people going door-to-door to get them to sign off on their fake medical forms?! READ WHAT YOU SIGN, PEOPLE!
In Florida he would be elected governor. just sayin’
artyucko replied to your post: Everyone’s favorite closeted Congressional Republican
did you know he’s a KC native? went to his mom’s estate sale, jesus christ what a swank house.
I’ve met his Chief of Staff who is usually considered his partner. Because they have lived together for ten 15 years or so. At a party at my doctor’s house. Or was it his partner’s house? I forget.
Colonialism Sparked the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
A new book implicates colonial practices in the early spread of HIV and argues that HIV would never have become a global pandemic without the mobility, urbanization, medical campaigns and prostitution introduced to central Africa by Europeans, The Washington Post reports. Tinderbox is coauthored by Washington Post journalist Craig Timberg and AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin, PhD. It explores several recent genetic discoveries that have enabled scientists to pinpoint where and when HIV-1 group M, the most common strain of HIV that has killed tens of millions, first crossed over to humans from chimpanzees. Scientists traced the crossover event to a dense forest in southeastern Cameroon, between 1884 and 1924, and they maintain that the first human to be infected was probably a hunter butchering chimp bush meat for food.
However, the authors argue that HIV was spread because of the harsh forced-work conditions of colonial commerce—including the practice of making men work as porters carrying ivory and rubber to trading posts along the Sangha and Congo rivers. By creating large urban trading centers like Kinshasa, European colonists had set into motion the social and economic circumstances necessary for HIV to infect thousands and be transported across national boarders. Kinshasa, the authors argue, was a tinderbox, waiting to ignite.
woof
Everyone's favorite closeted Congressional Republican
David Dreier is retiring now.
not a surprise given California’s redistricting took away his district.
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The United States says North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and a moratorium on nuclear, and long-range missile tests.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland also said Wednesday the North has agreed to alllow International Atomic Energy inspectors to verify and monitor the moratorium on uranium enrichment and confirm disablement of its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.
Her statement says the U.S. will meet with North Korea to finalize details for a proposed package of 240,000 metric tons of food aid.
” —The Associated Press (via USA Today), “U.S.: North Korea Agrees to Suspend Nuclear Activities” (via inothernews)
remember when we did this that one time when Clinton was President?
