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Month: August 2011

Accomodation or Establishment? You Make The Call!

August 31, 2011Burt Likko 10 Comments

So it seems that in Philadelphia, you can park in a no-parking zone if you’re attending services at select downtown churches and put a placard stating as much in your car’s windshield. Comments at a popular atheist website suggest that… Continue Reading →

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Preview Of Primary 2012

August 30, 2011Burt Likko 2 Comments

Nearly four years ago, an old blogbuddy and sporadic poster here noted that the Republican party in its current incarnation could be divided up into three factions: Jesus! Bombs! and Money! (My objection to the Jesus! Bombs! Money! nomenclature that… Continue Reading →

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Monday Trivia, No. 26

August 29, 2011Burt Likko 20 Comments

Not unlike last week, what is it that these U.S. cities lack? Quite unlike last week, the correct answer is not “NFL franchises.” In descending order of population as measured in the 2010 census, the cities which lack [the answer… Continue Reading →

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Sidekicks

August 26, 2011Burt Likko 23 Comments

Heroes need sidekicks. Sancho. Friar Tuck. Robin. Sam Gamgee. Herminone and Ron. Rocky. Agent 99. The sidekick is often allowed a more extreme version of personality than the hero; like Donkey is to Shrek. Sometimes the sidekick is a good device… Continue Reading →

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Stonefruit Nectar

August 25, 2011Burt Likko 13 Comments

The Wife subscribes to an organic food delivery service. I had misgivings about it — when she first suggested it, she said some words but what I heard her say was “I want to pay a lot more money for… Continue Reading →

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A Ghastly Price For Success: Krokodil

August 24, 2011Burt Likko 4 Comments

The war in Afghanistan (remember that one?) clearly is resulting in, at long last, a decrease in the opium poppy trade, and the concomitant decrease in the global supply of recreational heroin. Apparently, heroin has become next to impossible to… Continue Reading →

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The Best Safeguard

August 24, 2011Burt Likko 11 Comments

This case from Kentucky is an excellent example of why I do not think tort reform is necessary. The poster child for tort reform is the aggrieved doctor who just wants to practice normal medicine who can no longer afford… Continue Reading →

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Obamanomics May Not Be Over

August 24, 2011Burt Likko 5 Comments

Rumor has it that JP Morgan may make a bid to take over Bank of America, backed up by $100,000,000,000 of government money. In order for the deal to go through, the SEC would have to suspend antitrust rules, becasue the… Continue Reading →

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Monday Trivia, No. 25

August 22, 2011Burt Likko 17 Comments

Riverside, California; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; Orlando, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; San Jose, California; Austin, Texas; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Memphis, Tennessee are, in descending order, the ten largest metropolitan urban areas in the United States of… Continue Reading →

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On The Liberation Of Tripoli

August 22, 2011Burt Likko 3 Comments

No sane person would regret the collapse of the regime of Quadafi. However, no sane person, having observed the events of the Second Iraq War, would view the collapse of a government as anything short of perilous. I see no… Continue Reading →

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