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“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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- “This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
Richard weber, owner/operater Arctic Watch Generation Screwed
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Typical dose of Daily Camera common sense
Erika Stutzman of the Daily Camera pontificates on “common sense” trash and recycling. First she claims… It has long befuddled consumers why a little old lady living alone and throwing away 2 cubic feet of trash a week is charged … Continue reading
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One out of two
Well I guess I jinxed myself by posting that two of my three trash carts would be gone today. Western Disposal, in their infinite wisdom decided to only take my recycle cart and leave the composting cart. I didn’t get … Continue reading
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IOC looking into underage gymnasts
Nice to see the IOC look into the Chinese underage gymnast accusations; sure had to twist their arms though. The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into the age of Chinese gymnast He Kexin, The Times of London reports. … Continue reading
Posted in Culture of Corruption, Olympics
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PETA tactics
Michele Catalano comments on the “preaching to the choir” tactics of PETA and other like minded groups… I have no problem with PETA’s message, and I have nothing against people who want to save the environment, save the whales, feed … Continue reading
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Drain America first
John Stossel on the myth of energy independence. Most every politician and pundit says “energy independence” is a great idea. Presidents have promised it for 35 years. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we were self-sufficient, protected from high prices, supply … Continue reading
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What a surprise, underage gymnasts
I believe this Chinese underage gynmast article is from the London Times via Fox news… A determined U.S. computer expert has delved into cached pages on the Internet to unearth Chinese official documents showing a gymnast who took gold in … Continue reading
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Nashville schools teach students to understand math
Apparently this is a “new” idea. “When we found shortcomings, we went back and taught it again. We pulled kids for tutoring. I just break it down to little pieces of math and show (students) what they mean so they … Continue reading
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Buy a free ticket!
Watch the video over at Power Line. Apparently Obama can’t get enough money.
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Are Dem’s living in a bubble?
According to Power Line, if Obama picks Joe Biden as his running mate they are. Some time in the next 48 hours, Barack Obama will announce his running mate. The current favorite seems to be Joe Biden. I hope it’s … Continue reading
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Google and blog blocking
It appears google’s software bug that takes down blogs has a political bias… The problem Google describes is a software bug, one that should not affect one philosophy more than another. And yet the reports of mistaken blog takedowns by … Continue reading
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Democratic Convention activists, get your training here
What better place to get your activist training then the People’s Republic of Boulder. For a week or so, you can extend the 25 square miles surrounded by reality down to Denver.
Posted in Boulder is stoopid, enviro wackos
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Take it like a Man
Dr. Helen writes about discrimination against men in the workplace. I saw it happen at an engineering company I worked for where the “inexperienced/idiotic” but probably par for the course HR lady said somewhat gleefully, something to the effect: “He … Continue reading
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Keep drinking the GW kool-aid
I guess the record New Zealand snow base at Mt. Ruapehu is one of the (many) reasons why global warming is now conveniently referrred to as climate change.
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Tomorrow, 2 trash carts gone
Well tomorrow, Western Disposal will pick up the recycling and composting trash carts. Last week, they exchanged my 96 gallon trash cart for a 32 gallon trash cart. This county mandated recycling/composting simply doesn’t fit in with how I create … Continue reading
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The wacko enviro’s and alternative energy
Will nothing make these people happy? Unfortunately, you can’t just transmit the power from the source to the end user. It requires transmission lines. There’s always a problem and a cadre of wacko-environmentalists ready to bring progress to a screeching … Continue reading
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A view on Algebra homework
Hardly a scientific study and perhaps a slight conflict of interest, but the Mentor Products website has some common sense…. Mentor recognizes the significant efforts that are occurring in mathematics education in the United States. Mentor believes that additional emphasis … Continue reading
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Fever pitch…
That is in regards to speculating on VP choices. I admit to having an opinion, but personally, I have better things to do with my time.
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Grrrr, more on Algebra homework
If homework isn’t useful, then why did my daughter have 14 pages of relatively tedious and repetitive math homework to do over the summer? Homework must be good for something, but apparently not when you have class everyday. Inquiring minds … Continue reading
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No homework
Well my 7th grader just returned from the 2nd day of Algebra I with “great news”. The teacher does not assign homework. Scientific studies you know. Color me very very disappointed. I’m particularly disappointed that the Principal of this school, … Continue reading
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Damned if you do, damned if you don’t
That would be the residents of Eldora and Allenspark. They can elect not to work with the county and have new construction house size limited to 1500 square feet, or work with the county. I suggest that residents of Eldora … Continue reading
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