6 months ago

The Whole Foods Alternative to ObamaCare

Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter it is best provided through voluntary and mutually beneficial market exchanges. A careful reading of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution will not reveal any intrinsic right to health care, food or shelter. That’s because there isn’t any. This “right” has never existed in America.

6 months ago

Yadier Molina Knows Squat

From the August 10 issue of ESPN Magazine (with Yadi on the cover):

With Molina behind the plate, most baserunners are just trying not to get picked off. Since 2004, he has caught 31 runners off first base, nearly twice as many as any other catcher during that time. On July 11, against the Cubs, Molina bounced to his right, dropped to one knee to make a backhanded stab of a pitch in the dirt, and in one smooth motion hopped up around lefthanded batter Micah Hoffpauir and gunned down a bewildered Ryan Theriot. Most catchers will throw only when they have a clear line to first base, but Molina likes to tuck in behind a lefty and use him as a screen. “I’m sneaky,” he says. When Fox showed the replay during the All-Star Game three days later, announcer Tim McCarver, a two-time All-Star catcher, called the play one of the best he’d ever seen.

7 months ago

Google Will Eat Itself

We generate money by serving Google text advertisment on a network of hidden Websites. With this money we automatically buy Google shares. We buy Google via their own advertisment!”

10 months ago

Still Tasty?

How long will your favorite food or beverage stay safe and tasty? What’s the best way to store it?

Created by a retired food safety expert with the Canadian government, I have a feeling this site is going to settle a lot of disagreements in our household.

10 months ago

Maybe They Should Have Been Nominated to the Cabinet Instead

From The Washington Post:

A House panel looking into a federal bailout program has found that 13 recipients of government funds owe more than $220 million in unpaid federal taxes, a lawmaker said today.

Mind you, that’s from a survey of just 23 out of 470 total recipients. At that rate, the total amount of taxes owed would be 4.5 billion dollars.

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Coincidentally, just sat at the table next to Todd Stroger at Le Peep. 5 days ago

Will Todd Stroger see his shadow? Will Chicago have four more years of nepotism and fiscal irresponsibility? 6 days ago

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