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Interest Rates on Portugese Bonds Hits 15%
Portugal 10 Year Yield Passes 15% For The First Time, Is Where Greek 10 Year Was In August And Greek bonds recently hit 415%.
Al Gore Lied, the Climate’s Not Fried
“The sole arbiter of scientific truth is repeatable experiment” — Richard Feynman Al Gore’s tabletop climate experiment – supposedly reproduced by Bill Nye the Science Guy – not reproduced by Anthony Watts. That doesn’t disprove AGW or greenhouse gas theory. … Continue reading
Lots of vampire stuff in the RSS feeds lately
The Online Photographer – 1864 photo of Nicholas Cage the vampire jwz – Self-proclaimed vampire chick eats homeless dude’s face in front of Hooter’s Ironic Sans – Vampire Teething Toy What better thing is there for your baby to sink … Continue reading
S&P Downgrade of US Debt
To add to what WizardPC said last week. They said if we didn’t pass the stimulus, unemployment would go above 8%. We passed the stimulus. Unemployment is above 9%. They said if we didn’t raise the debt ceiling, the stock … Continue reading
Back from the Beach / DSLR Video and Audio
The Jones family was at Panama City Beach this past week for vacation. This post might have been a hint. We’re back now. We brought back a pound of sand and that was just in one pair of shorts. For … Continue reading
New Nikon 50mm F1.8 lens ships June 2nd
says NikonRumors. It’s an AF-S lens, so it will autofocus even on cameras like the D40 and D5100 that don’t have focus motors. People who have looked at the test charts are blown away by the quality for a $219 … Continue reading
Greg Mortenson, Bullshit Artist
Reason – Two Cups of Tea, One Cup of B.S. Lied about starting schools in poor countries and made up tales of daring. CBS News 60 Minutes – Questions over Greg Mortenson’s stories: Mortenson (in an interview): One of the … Continue reading
Happy 4/20, Stoners
Legalize It. Legalize it – don’t criticize it Legalize it and i will advertise it Some call it tampee Some call it the weed Some call it Marijuana Some of them call it Ganja Legalize it – don’t criticize it … Continue reading
This explains the fall of the dollar
S&P cuts U.S. rating outlook to negative. Downgrades eventually mean higher costs of boring, which would be disastrous. Previously US Dollar Getting Killed Economic Nutpunch: Japanese Debt Normal Interest Rates Would be a Disaster for U.S. Debt
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Dorothy Lucille Jones, 1926-2011
Dorothy Lucille Whitehead Jones died March 28, 2011, at Asbury Place. Mrs. Jones was a graduate of Walland High School, a longtime Maryville resident, and owned and operated Dorolee’s Carpet House until her retirement. She was a loving mother, grandmother, … Continue reading
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Word of the Day: Blockwort/Blockwart/Blockleiter
From Wikipedia: In Nazi Germany, a Blockleiter (block leader) was the lowest official of the NSDAP, responsible for the political supervision of a neighborhood or city block and formed the link between the NSDAP and the general population. Also colloquially … Continue reading
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No-fly Lists: What could possiblie go wrong?
Immigration Officer Puts Wife on the No-Fly List An immigration officer who worked for the UK Border Agency managed to get his wife out of his hair for three years by putting her name on the no-fly list while she … Continue reading
I hate to break it to you, Tam …
but that’s what it’s like for many of us who live with a woman. “I have mentioned before that my roommate gets lost in her own thoughts while she’s in the shower in the morning, and then winds up in … Continue reading
Update on William Clark, the Military Impersonator
In comments on William Clark, Military Impersonator and Strange Ranger, Ellen Clark writes: “wow. i guess my big bro really is a crook by the way he is back in jail on check fraud and identity theft because he stole … Continue reading
Stocks Underperform Gold in 2010
“Under a gold standard, the amount of credit that an economy can support is determined by the economy’s tangible assets . . . [but] in the absence of the gold standard . . . there is no safe store of … Continue reading
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Word of the Day: Backhoe
From Dave Foulk’s Facebook: “Backhoe (noun) A mechanized digging machine used to find gas and water lines.” I love Dave Foulk. From another status update this morning: “Horse walking down the middle of Tazewell Pike near Ridgeview Road.” Previous WOTD … Continue reading
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William Clark, Military Impersonator and Strange Ranger
Marko and Tam point to this story of a real Special Forces dressing down a fake SF who showed up at a gun show talking bullshit. That turns out to be the tip of the iceberg. It appears the phony … Continue reading
Movie: Public Enemies (2009)
Good acting, good action, no shortcuts in the budget. Amazingly good sound, fer Pete’s sake. It was a little too sentimental with some of the criminals – Dillinger, obviously, which is hard to avoid, but more annoyingly with some of … Continue reading
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