A Stitch in Haste

I think the "Chrysler-FIat dictate" is more ominous than the "oust Wagoner dictate." The former opens all kinds of very bad doors. # Ayn Rand's two best interviews were (1) Playboy and (2) Edwin Newman. Disagree — if you dare. http://snipr.com/euo26 # Follow me live at http://twitter.com/KipEsquire. Powered by Twitter Tools. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kipesquire.net%2F2009%2F03%2Fdaily-twitter-digest-2009-03-30%2F'; addthis_title [...]

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Gates, and therefore Obama, to gays: Suck it! http://snipr.com/esmex # Is it any wonder Krugman read the Foundation books as a child? Yet it's the Rand fans who supposedly are "stunted." http://snipr.com/esqm5 # The world just became a better place: The entire "Cosmos" series is now available on Hulu. Consider Epsiode 3 mandatory. http://is.gd/o7x7 # [...]

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Time to clean out the aggregator. Also: A reminder that blogging will remain relatively light for the next few weeks.

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On our "weakest, dumbest and most venal" politicians.

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Somehow I suspect that all the news entities that are gushing over "Earth Hour" will not be shutting down for Earth Hour. # I'm blogging! Me FTW! # Hell is shopping for dress shirts at Bloomingdales. At least I (eventually) found the "50% Off" rack. Joseph Abboud $49.50 FTW? # Have officially transferred my current [...]

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But for the repeated use of the word "progressive," one could easily suspect that the op-ed was written by Kenneth Starr.

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Just a reminder that DEMOCRATS are blocking DOMA repeal, despite support of some "socially libertarian Republicans" – http://is.gd/pdDD # Doctors still give insistent patients antibiotics for the flu, so 1-in-25 willingness to try "ex-gay" shouldn't surprise. http://is.gd/pctK # Wishing someone would re-route RIMM straight to detention. Enough with that commercial already! # Conservatives may love [...]

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Is "tripping over your pet" a "disease"?

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If you tell children, "any job is just as good as any other job," eventually they will start believing it. http://tinyurl.com/dxdp7s # Maybe the Fed should stop buying Treasurys and start buying Chryslers. (P.S. Dear BB, TG & BO – I'm kidding!) http://snipr.com/elf13 # P.S. In this context, "Treasurys" is indeed the correct spelling; it [...]

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"The USPS does not receive a taxpayer subsidy for its operations." Not yet, anyway. http://is.gd/oRhl # The fact that the mob sometimes fails to harm doesn't change the fact that it shouldn't be allowed to even try: http://tinyurl.com/dn2385 # When Maxine Waters and Pat Buchanan agree on something, it's dead wrong. Guess what they agree [...]

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