“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!”
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California Education Budget
Darren at Right on the Left Coast responds to a frustrated teachers comment:”More cuts? When will this end?” His response… Well, Teacher X, it will end when you quit voting for the Democrats who keep running this state down the … Continue reading
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Glenn Reynolds: Because ruining the lives of New Yorkers isn’t enough, I guess. Mikey Bloomberg campaigns for higher taxes in California. Goodness gracious you can’t make this stuff up.
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“Maybe when it will be called “the refuge of the smarts”, it will be time to sell.”
Jim Grant commenting on Warren Buffett’s (or possibly Charlie Munger’s) comments on Gold.
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Glenn Reynolds: “My advice to the Chinese: Pay off some environmental groups to shut this down.”
Rare earth mining starts again in the United States. No need to worry NIMBY Boulderites, we’re talking Mountain Pass California. Let us know if the Chinese are calling for you to complain!
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Frank Fleming: “If the goal is to create annoying, useless hippies, I’m pretty sure it can be done for much cheaper.”
This student loan nonsense has to end.
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Glenn Reynolds:”…any other industry that did this to its customers would be regarded as predatory in the extreme.”
And the mystery industry is?
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JP Morgan’s Jamie Diamond: “We screwed up”
No sh!t. $2 billion down the hole and counting.
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Flashback: Doomsday Scenarios
Ed Driscoll: Incidentally, it’s worth flashing back to all of the doomsday enviro-prognosticators of the 1970s, and how much they got wrong — hilariously so, in retrospect: Here’s the video… Of course, this time the prognosticator’s are right, just like … Continue reading
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Plastic Bags: “But hey… they’re saving the world, right?”
concludes Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air. They tried it in DC and wound up losing more than 100 jobs and realized a net drop in disposable income. They passed the same ban in San Francisco in 2007 to cut … Continue reading
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Paper or Plastic, pay the fee in Boulder
Boulder to consider fee on paper, plastic grocery bags rather than ban Jamie Harkins, a business sustainability specialist with the city, said Boulder officials considered several recommendations before settling on fees, which officials hope will encourage shoppers to bring their … Continue reading
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House of the week: missile silo home with runway
I’m not moving to the Adirondacks for the missle silo home but others might… Nestled up in the Adirondack Mountains, this $750,000 property listed on the Saranac real estate market has more to it than meets the eye because it … Continue reading
200 Year Supply Of Oil In Green River Formation
Mark Perry at Daily Markets examines the shale oil reserves in the Green River Formation that “is located in a largely vacant region of mostly federal land on the western edge of the Rocky Mountains that includes portions of Wyoming, … Continue reading
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Obama $95 Sweatshirts
Made in a sweatshop where the workers are subjected to verbal and emotional abuse. So let’s see. Racial harassment, bullying, fear of retaliation. Can you imagine the mileage the left would get if a company connected in any way to … Continue reading
Coming soon to Boulder: Germany’s Failing Environmental Projects
The energy-saving light bulb ends up as hazardous waste, too much insulation promotes mold and household drains are emitting a putrid odor because everyone is saving water. Many of Germany’s efforts to protect the environment are a chronic failure, but … Continue reading
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Not to worry, Government will fix this…
Hybrid car owners cite price, technology in refusing to buy again Despite a desire to help the environment, lighten fuel bills or reduce dependence on foreign oil, hybrid owners’ decision to buy a second one comes down to dollars and … Continue reading
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Brad Delong “Is the square root of 12 bigger or less than 4?”
Calculator math gone wild. Specifically we’re talking Berkeley of all places. Brad concludes… The best students are great, but the quantitative reasoning skills of even the average student at a good university are worse than those of a typical waiter/waitress … Continue reading
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Michael Brown: “To many of my fellow conservatives, prepare to be offended.”
Conservative talk show host Michael Brown takes on the Colorado Replublican establishment in regards to civil unions. I have never understood why I need a license from the state to get married. Marriage doesn’t need testing, a particular degree, continuing … Continue reading
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“With Dicks in, all 6 WA congressional Democrats favor repeal of gay-marriage ban:”
LOL!
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Clutter
If your living abode is full of clutter, get rid of it. Pure and simple, get rid of it. Do not, do not, do not leave it for your children to clean up. Uugh. We will be de-cluttering our house … Continue reading
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