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This looks familiar somehow. Nicely realized.
Human achievement graphed against marginal tax rates:
So, Joe — thanks to FDR’s crazy socialist tax policies, you’re not reading the above chart in German while gnawing on a deep fried penny loafer in a hobo camp. Instead, a guy like you can now download anti-Obama talking points over the Internet before flying off in a plane that is exceedingly unlikely to crash, to go sit in a TV news studio that broadcasts your economic misrepresentations to the nation via satellite.
Which isn’t to say that government can solve everything — Milli Vanilli will always be with us.
[From Sadly, No! » Why Does Joe The Plumber Hate Neil Armstrong?]
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said “I do” to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his crippled first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
If the above questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are?
Now to see if this puts some downward pressure on last year’s model, refurbished. Not that I wouldn’t take a new one but I’mm all for stretching that dollar . . .
TBogg » Cat’s in the the cradle and the bun’s in the oven :
If Todd Palin spent half as much of his time being involved in his kids lives as he spent stalking Mike Wooten and harassing his wife’s staff, Bristol Palin might be planning on attending her high school’s winter formal instead of preparing to give birth to Puck Jesus Palin-Johnston on Christmas Day
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Flickr: The Film is not dead it just smells funny Pool:
35mm B&W, large format pinhole, large format pinhole printed as a cyanotype, medium format pinhole, 35mm color negative.
A pretty good selection, I think, especially as this is a curated pool. When you can only submit one per day, it makes you take a good look at your stuff.
Sorry, Dad, I’m Voting for Obama – The Daily Beast :
If Democratic populism is a farce, Republican populism is a tragedy.
Finland’s ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2008 to Martti Ahtisaari for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts. These efforts have contributed to a more peaceful world and to ‘fraternity between nations’ in Alfred Nobel’s spirit,” the committee said in announcing the prize.
By selecting Ahtisaari, 71, for the prize, the Nobel committee returned its focus to traditional peace work after tapping climate campaigner Al Gore and the U.N. panel on climate change last year.
The secretive five-member committee said that Ahtisaari’s work across the world — Africa, Europe, Asia and the Middle East — proved that such efforts can have a profound effect on peace processes.
“Through his untiring efforts and good results, he has shown what role mediation of various kinds can play in the resolution of international conflicts,” the committee said in announcing the 10 million kronor (US$1.4 million) prize.
“For the past 20 years, he has figured prominently in endeavors to resolve several serious and long-lasting conflicts,” the citation said, mentioning his work in conflicts from Namibia and Aceh, Indonesia, to Kosovo and Iraq.
[From Talking Points Memo | Former Finnish president wins Nobel Peace Prize ]
Oh, yeah, that coincides with Ken “Panty Sniffer” Starr, the Do-Nothingest Congress, Mission Accomplished, Paris, Britney, Brangelina, and all the other crud that is considered news.
Interesting idea: creativity, restraint . . . . the results should be interesting.
Deadline: 31st December 2008 – You have plenty of time, read on.
– Subject: It is hard to use only one word for that so:
– Description of the Subject:
Each contestant will shoot on a 120 roll using the 6×4.5 format. Two subsequent frames of the roll, although shot at a different place and with several days difference must tell a story. Any story… No words, no titles, no descriptions or hints. Shhh…. you must let each judge/member/guest think of their own one
