Monthly Archives: March 2013

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey on Capitalism

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey is interviewed on the John Stossel show. Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com While we’re talking John Mackey, here’s a CNBC interview with John regarding Obamacare….   I’m expecting the Boulder Whole Foods parking lot … Continue reading

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“People sometimes lose sight of how remarkably variable the weather is”

John Hinderaker reminds us this Powerline post: Theater of the Absurd Seasons, Revisited

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Honestly, who is stoopid enought to buy this debt?

CA Approves $8.6B More Debt for High-Speed Rail While California suffers through a nation-high 9.8 percent unemployment rate, a state budget debt of $34 billion, and $766 billion in unfunded liabilities, Democrat-appointed officials have okayed borrowing another $8.6 billion to … Continue reading

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Obama priorities

Obama Submits NCAA Bracket, but Not Federal Budget As he left for the Middle East, President Barack Obama completed his 2013 NCAA tournament brackets for both men’s and women’s basketball. He has not, however, submitted a budget to Congress, and … Continue reading

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5 minutes of reality from a European MP: Nigel Farage

Get Your Money Out While You Can  

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Boulderites: News you can use but don’t want to hear

Pew Study Proves Fox News’ Critics Horribly, Terribly, Completely Wrong The Pew Research Center backs this up with a new study that looks at MSNBC, Fox, and CNN, and documents the time each network spends on commentary/opinion as compared to … Continue reading

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Cypress: Get up to speed…

The Absolute Moron’s Guide to What’s Happening in Cyprus Even if you, like most Americans, have no idea where Cyprus is or why anyone would care what goes on there, the fact remains that if you want to be a … Continue reading

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Cypress contagion: No worries in the United States

As the Cypress contagion spreads to Greece we are reassured that our bank deposits are safe. Let’s see: $25 billion in the FDIC insurance fund $9,283 billion in deposits $297,514 billion in derivatives Nothing to see here, move along. Perhaps … Continue reading

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Magpul receives invitation

Magpul, which will be leaving Colorado due to the imminent passage of new Colorado gun laws received an invitation from Instaundit’s Glenn Reynolds to come to Tennessee. Hey, Magpul — come to Tennessee!  No state income tax, lower property taxes, a gun-friendly … Continue reading

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Cypress from the Instapundit viewpoint

Glenn’s comment regarding Savings account seizure plan draws fury in Cyprus WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? (emphasis added) and he follows up with a suggestion for Republicans: If I were a Republican in Congress, I’d introduce a bill — … Continue reading

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Boulder should take some lessons from Bill Maher

Maher: Bloomberg’s Ban On Sodas “Makes Liberals Look Bad” I am for overturning this ban,” HBO host Bill Maher said about New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s soda ban. “I think this is what makes liberals look bad. This is what … Continue reading

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Raiding depositors in Cypress

Yahoo Finance: Why the Cyprus Bail In Is a Bigger Deal Than You Think  (I apologize in advance for the autostart video, complain to Yahoo)   Can you spell “trickle down” run on the banks?

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Cypress via Drudge

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The city is exploring whether it can specify that any natural gas not be obtained through fracking…

says Boulder Regional Sustainability Coordinator Jonathan Koehn. Really? Really? Do you have to live within the 24 square miles to say something this stoopid. Let me paint a clear picture: IF the City of Boulder purchases natural gas that’s NOT from fracking, they … Continue reading

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John “no immediate debt crisis” Boehner

Washington Post: John Boehner: Debt crisis not ‘immediate,’ but ‘looming’ And he’s in good company according to the article which is from an interview on ABC News’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos.” The nation does not have an “immediate” debt crisis, but … Continue reading

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European Central Bank Cypress bailout…

Taxing (stealing from) the savers. Zero Hedge: Cyprus: The World’s Biggest “Poker Game” 1. What did they do? In the early hours of this weekend, the Troika decided to impose an effective haircut to both uninsured and even more interestingly … Continue reading

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Do more…

… that’s what American’s demand of their Presidents these days.   Amity Shlaes on Calvin Coolidge.

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A young man, his bike and thoughts of his father…

The results are wrong. This is not a story about a guy who finished last. Taylor Phinney won that race. Concludes Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal in his article: This Is Not a Story About Last Place Davis … Continue reading

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Democratic amateur hour at the Washington State Senate

State Democrats rush a vote as GOP Senator steps away to nurse her baby State Senator Ann Rivers, also a Republican, is quoted as saying, “I think it is shameful for them to make her choose between being on the … Continue reading

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John McCain, he’s talking to you…

That he would be Rand Paul at CPAC. SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don’t think we need to name any names, do we? Our party is encumbered by an inconsistent approach … Continue reading

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