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Month: February 2009

Won’t Someone Please Think Of The Children?

February 28, 2009Burt Likko
Government, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Money, Really Bad Ideas

Who’s Getting Help Anyway?

February 27, 2009Burt Likko 2 Comments

As I see it, there are three categories of people out there who have suffered losses because of the collapse of the real estate and financial markets. Category 1 is represented by the green field in my improvised diagram. These… Continue Reading →

Lighting Our Money On Fire, Link Love, Money, Really Bad Ideas

Separation Book Update

February 27, 2009Burt Likko

Been doing a lot of reading online. So far my first look into America’s heritage from sixteenth-century England tells me that the Tudors, all of them, were pretty much a disaster from the standpoing of separation of church and state.… Continue Reading →

History, Writing

Set Phasers To "Maple Leaf"

February 27, 2009Burt Likko

Item: William Shatner announces his interest in being Prime Minister of Canada. RTFA — that’s “Prime Minister,” as in the head of the government, not “Governor General,” as in the ceremonial head of state. Well, it seems like a joke,… Continue Reading →

Canada, International Politics

My Biblical Morality

February 27, 2009Burt Likko

This will not come as a surprise to longtime Readers: Your morality is 0% in line with that of the bible. Damn you heathen! Your book learnin’ has done warped your mind. You shall not be invited next time I… Continue Reading →

Ethics and Morality, Link Love, Religion, Unimportant but Mildly Amusing

Federal Spending Update

February 26, 2009Burt Likko

Total money appropriated by the House of Represenatives, as of today: $1.2 trillion. Number of days in Obama Administration, as of today: 38. Spending per day: $31.5 billion. Annual spending per year at this rate: $11.5 trillion. Just-released budget from… Continue Reading →

Government, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Money, News

Planetary Politics And Sarah Palin’s Future

February 26, 2009Burt Likko

Nate Silver, though not a conservative himself, does seem to have a fairly clear eye about politics. He has created a very interesting way of indexing the potential contenders for the GOP’s 2012 nomination, by graphing in two dimensions the… Continue Reading →

2012 Election, Sarah Palin

The Regional Great Depression Of 2009

February 24, 2009Burt Likko

So let’s see if I have the myth right. Way back under the administration of [insert name of last opposition party President here], and inspired by the legislative efforts of [insert opposition ideology bogeyman’s name here], banks were [allowed/encouraged/required] to… Continue Reading →

Government, Houses, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Money, Really Bad Ideas

One Source Of New Funding

February 24, 2009Burt Likko 2 Comments

I think maybe our federal and state governments haven’t been looking hard enough for money. After all, there’s actual gold to be hand if we’re just willing to go get it. My big question is, how did it get there… Continue Reading →

Japan, Link Love, Weirdness

Make A Small Promise Seem Big

February 24, 2009Burt Likko

President Obama, directly addressing a critical issue, has promised to reduce budget deficit to $650 billion by 2013. To get that promise, I have to parse through a few of his statements, like his evaluation that the government was running… Continue Reading →

Barack Obama, Domestic Politics, Government, Lighting Our Money On Fire, Money

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