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Happy Family Plan
Taiwan enjoys all things Japanese, a holdover from when the island was a Japanese possession. For example, several Japanese stations are broadcast over the cable system here (subtitled in Chinese).…
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The Fruit-of-the-Loom Bomber Fails; Or, Hasn’t Detroit Suffered Enough?
The guy was caught and nobody was hurt, but it is still too early for the obvious joke of the futility of bombing Detroit. So, as everybody already knows, on…
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It’s not to late to avoid the worst—reconciliation coming; Or, What does Whole Foods have to do with health care?
It's not too late to prevent the worst in health care. The Senate bill must still be force-fit to the House bill during reconciliation. We still have time to discuss…
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Avatar: A lot to look at, not much to see
A bunch of little guys fight to save the ranch from an evil baron. One hired hand rises up, leaves the baron, befriends the little guys, learns their simple ways,…
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Pajamas Media: Merry Christmas. Now Stick ’em up!
Today's---depressing---post is over at Pajamas Media. I had originally guessed the vote would not be all Democrats and Independents against all Republicans. I had supposed Reid was going to play…
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Christmas Eve Party Game: Spot the Logical Fallacy!
What better way to celebrate Christmas Eve than with a game the whole family can play? So gather round the tree, load up the eggnog with some Barbancourt 5 star,…
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Health care: Dems to vote to increase taxes and debt ceiling simultaneously
Some ill-informed persons out there actually had the temerity to accuse Democrats as the "tax and spend" party. A stereotype! Whatever could have given them that idea? Perhaps this: Democrats…
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Guest Post: Amazon Kindle review by Ari Schwartz
I received a Kindle this year as a Chanukah present, courtesy of my delightful fianc´e. Since e-readers had come up on this blog a couple of times, I thought I…
