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Archive for April 2008

April 30th, 2008

Party Over At Kelly’s

 
Stop on by Kelly’s Taxgirl blog to help her celebrate her one year blogoversary. You could get lucky … or get some good tax advice.

Happy Blogoversary, Kelly!
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April 29th, 2008

MSNBC Reports ‘Stocks Slide As Investors Eye Data’

Investors ‘Totally Busted’ As Data Catches Them Checking Out Its Ass

Stocks traded lower today as the consumer sentiment data caught red-faced investors checking it out on its way to class.
“What are you looking at?” the data demanded when it suddenly turned around to catch a group of guys with 401-Ks staring at its ass.
Consumer Sentiment […]

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April 29th, 2008

Consumer Confidence Hits Five-Year Low

Instead of Tax Rebates Bush Administration To Mail Out Tickets to Tony Robbins Seminars
Responding quickly and with the type of clear-eyed decision making the nation has come to expect from this Administration, the White House today announced it would be replacing tax rebate checks with a pair of tickets to the Tony Robbins seminar, Unleash […]

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April 28th, 2008

Dolphins Collide During SeaWorld Trick

Collision Indicates Animals May Not Be As Smart As Previously Thought
Two dolphins collided during a SeaWorld exhibition resulting in the death of one of the animals and a last minute change to the seafood special in the SeaWorld cafeteria.
SeaWorld officials term the mishap a “freak accident” noting it is only under extremely rare circumstances in […]

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April 28th, 2008

Mars To Buy Wrigley For $23 Billion

Candy Company To Use Large Bills, Hopes to Get Quarters For Laundry in Return
Mars Inc. today announced a bid to buy the Wrigley chewing gum company for $23 billion in cash. Wrigley officials said they expected Mars to have the correct amount of money and refused to make change for Mars’ initial $100 billion […]

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April 27th, 2008

Scrolling Headlines Don’t Scroll Unless You Do — April 27, 2008

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French Agriculture Minister Michel Barnier Warns E.U. Officials Against Putting ‘Too Much Trust In The Free Market’
Maintains Government Bureaucrats Are Much More Efficient At Exacerbating World Hunger Problems, Will Dream Up Ways To Screw Up that Market Players ‘Couldn’t Possibly Conceive Of’
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Not News: Women Aren’t In The Mood…
News: …To Shop for Clothing

“It’s not you, […]

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April 27th, 2008

This Week In Newsweek: Why Higher Gas Prices Are Good

Magazine Hopes to Spur Sales With More Stupid Articles Like ‘Why Paying More for Food Makes You A Better Person’ and ‘What’s So Great About Life-Threatening Illnesses’
Newsweek continued its campaign to become the official magazine of the Special Olympics this week with an article entitled Should You Pay $6 Per Gallon?: Why higher gas prices […]

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April 25th, 2008

Shhhhhhhhh

http://www.lezkeepitreal.com/the-price-of-being-different/
http://www.dayofsilence.org/

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).
-Ayn Rand
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April 24th, 2008

World’s Biggest Three-Year-Old Throws Tantrum, Wrecks His Toy House

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Nah, you’re right. It probably was a twister….
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April 23rd, 2008

Exit Polls Show Two-Thirds Feel Clinton Attacked Obama Unfairly

Clinton Wins Primary Anyway, Voters ‘Just Feel More Comfortable’ With Pandering and Fear-Mongering
Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly agreed that Hillary Clinton unfairly attacked Barack Obama in the weeks leading up to the primary. Nevertheless, voters did whatever the opposite of voting with their feet is and flocked to the polls to give Ms. Clinton a near […]

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