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On some level, I appreciate that the Governator is saying "FU" to California voters that opposed the budget balancing ballot measures. If you want the services, you have to pay the taxes.
These cuts also highlight the idiocy of ballot-driven government in general, such as not being able to cut some programs because they were specifically enacted by ballot measure, with the result that unprotected programs are wiped out.
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As always, Smart Football has a thoughtful piece, this time on SCOTUS nominee Sotomayor and the Maurice Clarett case.
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Some more insightful analysis of the latest and greatest infomercials. I particularly enjoy the autotuned SlapChop ad.
News blast from the Onion News Network:
May 29th, 2009 § 0 comments § permalink
“Do You Remember Life Before The Segway?”
Auto tune that SlapChop
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Via Joe Posnanski’s blog, an amusing clip:
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Amazing! Somebody snuck in Tyler Durden's address on an Avery label package.
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Giz has a nice explanation. My TV in our living room is a rear-projection LCD and is about 5 years old, so it has some issues hitting the deep blacks.
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Nice to see Justin Verlander rocking it for the Tigers of late. I'm sure Chris is happy, too, for fantasy baseball reasons.
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Consulting as second worst.