Author Archives: Gaius

And Still More Bleak

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Gaius

The latest Gallup Poll shows that a whopping 27% of Americans approve of Obama’s handling of the deficit. 68%, however, are very, very unhappy with the same issue. These are not strong results on most of the issues, even when … Continue reading →

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Bleak And Getting Bleaker

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Gaius

Senator Jim Webb, D-Virginia, will not run again. Instead he will retire after a single term. Virginia Democratic Senator Jim Webb plans to announce today that he won’t seek reelection, the Senator confirmed Wednesday. Webb appeared likely to face a … Continue reading →

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Out With The Old Serfs, In With The New

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Gaius

This is rich. Having thoroughly pissed off her original serfs by cashing in on the content that the serfs built for free, Arianna Huffington is planning to bring in new serfs to provide free content for her newly AOL-acquired Huffnpuffpo. … Continue reading →

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Obama Didn’t Raise Taxes Once…

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Gaius

…No, he raised them dozens of times. Any thinking American had a “jaw hit the floor” moment when Obama made the utterly absurd (but literally true in one nuanced sense) claim that he had not raised taxes once on Sunday. … Continue reading →

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Texas Flood

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Gaius

Via the Daily Mail, we can finally understand what Stevie Ray Vaughan was really singing about in his classic, Texas Flood. (Have the SRV video playing before you watch the one from the Mail article. It improves the ambiance.) Tweet

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The Green Black Hole

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Gaius

Sucking down millions in taxpayer money and delivering exactly nothing, a “green” startup goes bust: To turn wood chips into ethanol fuel, George W. Bush’s Department of Energy in February 2007 announced a $76 million grant to Range Fuels for … Continue reading →

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Arianna Gets Rich

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Gaius

Off the free labor she enticed into writing for her: The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is … Continue reading →

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They Have Learned Nothing, And Forgotten Nothing Everything

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Gaius

David Warren: For 30 years since, Hosni Mubarak has tried to advance his country in the direction Sadat pointed, while fully aware that he was straddling a volcano. Those who judge Mubarak by the standards of western constitutional democracies must … Continue reading →

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Color Me Jaded

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Gaius

Egypt’s future is being decided right now by a few power brokers: It is a safe guess, though, that while the media are in Tahrir Square boosting “revolution,” and commenting that nothing will ever be the same again, the future … Continue reading →

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Planning Ahead Versus Banking On Scams

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Gaius

Israel is accelerating development of gas deposits within their borders to ensure energy independence. As Jazz Shaw at Hot Air points out, they same cannot be said of our own government: Good for them. Of course, we’re sitting on massive … Continue reading →

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Sing It

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

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Liar Or Idiot

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

Rich Horton reports, you decide. Tweet

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No Whey

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

Hot buttered murder! A Sicilian couple thought they had the perfect weapon to get rid of her ex-husband — a slab of butter which would melt after they asphyxiated him, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported Saturday. But a post-mortem … Continue reading →

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He Wasn’t There Again Today

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

Last night I saw upon the stair A little man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today Oh, how I wish he’d go away Adamson / Hanighen, The Little Man Who Wasn’t There Check this out, you have to … Continue reading →

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No Worse Friend

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Gaius

One of the unofficial mottoes of the United States Marine Corps is, “No better friend, no worse enemy*”. Unfortunately, the Obama administration has embraced a completely different motto, “No worse friend, no better enemy“: Information about every Trident missile the … Continue reading →

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