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Cooler means warmer, said the Mad Hatter

Posted in Taylor Armerding on Dec 15th, 2008 Comments

Lots of stories this week on how President-elect Barack Obama is going to have to do something about global warming in a hurry, because we’re already tipping past the tipping point, according to all credible scientists.
The most interesting factoid came late in these apocalyptic reports, however, where it noted that 2008 was going to be [...]

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Merry Whatever

Posted in Taylor Armerding on Dec 15th, 2008 Comments

I guess among the things we’ll be bidding farewell as 2008 draws to a close is the Christmas party. Not the party, of course, just the label. Yes, we’ve been trained to say “Happy Holidays” now for the better part of a decade, so as not to offend blah blah blah. But it seemed like [...]

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Say Blagojevich five times fast

Posted in Taylor Armerding on Dec 10th, 2008 Comments

I’m just guessing here, but I think it’s a pretty good bet that before Tuesday, the number of Americans who could pronounce Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s last name was something below 5 percent. And after today, it’s probably better than 95 percent.
Oh, and you might have to search in some mainstream media accounts to find [...]

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Unhappy with a vote? Take a day off

Posted in Massachusetts politics, Taylor Armerding on Dec 9th, 2008 Comments

That’s a great idea that the gay marriage jihadists have. It’s not enough, in the wake of the democratic referendum in California to preserve traditional marriage, for them to harass and threaten the Mormon church or hurl insults at African Americans that would get anybody else branded as McCarthyite. The next big protest is for [...]

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We, not Big 3, have the bailout blues

Posted in Taylor Armerding on Dec 8th, 2008 Comments

I think the Big 3 auto CEOs got close to exactly what they wanted.
They said they needed $34 billion. They’re only getting $15 billion. Sounds like Congress was really tough, giving them less than half what they needed.
But that ignores the standard opening gambit of any negotiation - you ask for at least twice what [...]

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Bonus babies - at your expense

Posted in Massachusetts politics, State issues, Taylor Armerding on Dec 3rd, 2008 Comments

My apologies for the complete absence of posts on this blog for the past month. My advance New Year’s resolution is to visit it much more often. And thanks to you who have stopped by, weighed in and debated with one another. There is not much better than a good argument that sticks to the [...]

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