April 2012
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“If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the...”
– John Stuart Mill
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Somewhere, Geno is sitting in a corner rocking,...
Geno can run a team on his own.
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If Pennsylvania bans any Founders beers I will... →
OK, maybe not literally, but this is absurd:
You can buy Fat Bastard wine in Alabama, but you’ll have to go elsewhere for Dirty Bastard beer.
The state alcoholic beverage control agency said Thursday it has banned the sale of that brand of beer in the state because of the profanity on its label.
Beer and wine are commonly sold in grocery and convenience stores and anyone can see the...
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I want indentured servants
I belong to that ubiquitous group of people who pay their taxes. I am, as it were, a taxpayer. And, not altogether incidentally, I am an indentured servant. I am forced, by my masters, to fill out paperwork and they do not pay me for this task. Rather, they force me to give them up to half of my earnings through their income tax, property tax, sales tax, gas tax, corporate tax, and an infinite...
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Want to be better at solving puzzles? Have a... →
Beer makes men smarter.
So say researchers at the University of Illinois in Chicago.
They found that men with a couple of beers under their belts were actually better at solving brain-teasers than their sobre counterparts.
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Presdential Candidate Gary Johnson wants to lower... →
Johnson:
“I’m always the guy to advocate for lower ages. I just believe that the lower the age the better you come to grips with what these substances are,” the Libertarian Party presidential candidate said.
“If you can go to Iraq and die, or Afghanistan and die as a service man or women at 18, and you can’t drink — I’m sorry I don’t buy into that.”
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“Hypothetically no, there shouldn’t...
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Mississippi enters 21st century, finally allows... →
The new law permits Mississippians to sell and purchase beer up to 8% alcohol by weight, which translates to roughly 10% alcohol by volume, the more common measurement.
It’s certainly a step forward, but people in Mississippi still won’t be able to buy some of my favorite beers including Dogfish Head’ Palo Santo Marron, which weighs in at 12% ABV. And it will probably still...
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“That thing some men call failure, I call living; breakfast. And I’m not leaving...”
– Pierce (Chevy Chase), Community
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“Average is as close to the bottom as it is to the top.”
– Brooks Orpik (And 1,000 other people)
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Another scoring title for Evgeni Malkin →
Malkin scored his 50th goal and secured his Art Ross trophy as the Pens topped the Flyers 4-3 today. Not a bad way to end the season. And more evidence for what I have been told is an outrageous claim: Malkin is better than Crosby.
Anyway, we’ll see the Flyers again very soon. Game one of the Stanley Cup playoffs will be Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at the Console Energy Center.
P.S.: I...
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“They used to say, “If you’re 20 and you aren’t a liberal, you don’t have a...”
– Ron Paul (via statistsgonnastate)
The Intentional Life: If conservatives treated men... →
impuretale:
themikebilly:
theintentionalife:
…A man seeking a vasectomy would be asked by his doctor to obtain his wife or girlfriend’s permission first. They would be asked “But…don’t you want to get a girl pregnant someday? All guys want to do that eventually.”
…Viagra would not have ever been a covered medication on insurance plans held…
I take it you’ve never known anyone who has...
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A new black market in laundry detergent →
Over the past few months, the police force in Prince George’s County, Maryland has been dealing with a strange rash of robberies. Thieves have been going into grocery stores and drug stores, loading their carts up with Tide laundry soap, and then rushing out the door where they have a get-away car waiting. As Anthony Randazzo explains, it turns out that the detergent is street currency for...
The Intentional Life: If conservatives treated men... →
theintentionalife:
…A man seeking a vasectomy would be asked by his doctor to obtain his wife or girlfriend’s permission first. They would be asked “But…don’t you want to get a girl pregnant someday? All guys want to do that eventually.”
…Viagra would not have ever been a covered medication on insurance plans held…
I take it you’ve never known anyone who has gotten a vasectomy....
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“Ron Paul spoke at UCLA last night with several thousand people showing up to...”
– Washington Times
I would add that this shows that Paul has fervent supporters who probably won’t be won over by another candidate. And that a lot of Paul’s supporters are young, which bodes extremely well for the future. I think Paul once said something along the lines of ‘No army...
“The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from...”
– Milton Friedman (via whakatikatika)
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New Belgium is building a brewery in North... →
Hopefully this means we’ll be seeing more of their brews on the East Coast, specifically Pennsylvania. I love their beer (I had some in D.C.) but it’s impossible to get around here. I want to try their Biere de Mars so very badly.
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Ronald Reagan once said that the most terrifying... →
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Judge allows man to use drug money to pay taxes →
I’m actually a little surprised that this turned out his way:
A judge ruled this week that money seized in a Burlington police drug bust could be used to pay the defendant’s property taxes.
The man was, apparently, selling pot because he was behind on his property taxes, a choice that the judge called a “bad decision.”
But, hey, it’s a recession! It’s hard...
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Obama Defends Supreme Court Remarks →
50statepress:
It is, of course, absurd (and a manifestation of both arrogance and naivete) that President Obama should attempt to lecture the Supreme Court.
Fortunately, it seems pretty clear that we have nine justices who are simply intent upon doing their jobs, and could really could care less about what the President has to say.
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Mother blames Rand Paul for the death of her son →
A mother blames Senator Rand Paul for the death of her son who smoked a synthetic marijuana because Paul blocked a vote to ban the substance. Should we also blame the deaths of those who die of alcohol poisoning on senators who don’t vote (or propose legislation) to make alcohol illegal?
Side note: The drug didn’t kill her son. Driving while intoxicated did, which, it turns out, is...
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