Author Archives: ChrisA

In meantime, there are waves to catch.

Why I Support My Son’s Decision To Put College On Hold … To Surf – Forbes. As a mom of a surfer, I have come to learn—and accept—that there’s a certain surf culture, which says that when there are waves, … Continue reading

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Boulder bag tax and self checkout lanes

I predict it won’t be long until bags are removed from the self checkout lanes at grocery stores. Gotta enforce that tax, can’t let potential revenue go missing.

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Congress – what’s NOT to like about this?

Congress Is on Pace to Do Less Than Record-Breaking Low – Bloomberg. added: Corrected title to include “NOT”!

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CNBC considering rapid-fire stocks talk show – NYPOST.com

CNBC considering rapid-fire stocks talk show – NYPOST.com. One simple suggestion, stop making it the 24 hour Jim Cramer arrogant loudmouth network.

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Who are the real thugs?

Hinkle: Commit any felonies lately? Elizabeth Daly went to jail over a case of bottled water. According to the Charlottesville Daily Progress, shortly after 10 p.m. April 11, the University of Virginia student bought ice cream, cookie dough and a … Continue reading

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Obama snooping for what purpose?

Obama CFPB Credit Watchdog Snoops, Shares Personal Financial Data – Investors.com. Big Brother is watching you — in even more ways than previously known. It turns out the National Security Agency and Internal Revenue Service aren’t the only federal agencies … Continue reading

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Obama Must ‘Come to Congress’

Rep. Steve King: Obama Must ‘Come to Congress’ to Make ObamaCare Changes. “President Obama has no constitutional authority to amend his own bill,” King asserted. “He has no constitutional authority to simply waive the law. No matter Obama’s determination to … Continue reading

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Not in Boulder

Pew: Obama less ‘honest,’ more ‘incompetent’ than Bush | WashingtonExaminer.com.

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Obamacare fail

‘Best tweet ever!’ Gov. Jindal scores with epic Obamacare boom

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Nine out of 10 victims were males abused by female staff

Instapundit remarks: Expect minimal outrage from the usually-outraged. Drawing on their sample, Justice Department researchers estimate that 1,390 juveniles in the facilities they examined have experienced sex abuse at the hands of the staff supervising them, a rate of nearly … Continue reading

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Why The Status Quo Is Doomed

Guest Post: Why The Status Quo Is Doomed | Zero Hedge. The wheels have come off the endless growth via expanding debt machine. Rising interest rates are the final blow to this agenda, and the political and financial classes have … Continue reading

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Where are the Boys?

Does it matter? Where are the Boys?. Certainly, as I sat at that graduation ceremony, I was very aware that, had the situation been reversed and every role in the ceremony been given to a male, there would have been … Continue reading

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Be prepared: Boulder’s bag fee goes into effect Monday

Whatever: Boulder’s bag fee goes into effect Monday – Boulder – Daily Camera.

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Don’t see this happening in Boulder

Australian PM Who Supported Biggest Carbon Tax in History Gets the Boot. Is there any energy price or energy tax that would be too high for Boulder politicians? How about the citizens? It certainly doesn’t hurt that the State of Colorado and the President … Continue reading

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Egypt/Cairo protests: 17 million or “tens of thousands”?

The PJ Tatler » Live blogging anti-Morsi Tamarod protests in Egypt. NBC news has been reporting “tens of thousands”, that’s all you need to know. 1:50p So after a few hours the protests have swelled into the millions up and … Continue reading

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Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him. – NYTimes.com

sMalte Spitz: Germans Loved Obama. Now We Don’t Trust Him. – NYTimes.com. In Germany, whenever the government begins to infringe on individual freedom, society stands up. Given our history, we Germans are not willing to trade in our liberty for … Continue reading

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IRS agents invovled in targeting will feel “at home” at Facebook

Where retired IRS agents go to work: Facebook Blocks Fox’s Todd Starnes over ‘Politically Incorrect’ Gun Post.

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Finally, half laughing, half pissed, he growled, ‘Just write the fucking story.’

…and so he did. Longreads – ‘My Body Stopped Speaking to Me’: The First-Person Account of a Near-Death Experience. Having a daughter with an autoimmune disease who was on steriods for an extended period of time, I identify with some parts … Continue reading

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“…this is a victory of common sense”

Charges Dismissed Against 8th-Grader Who Wore NRA T-Shirt.

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Failure Deniers: Climate Change and Public-Sector Science

PJ Media » Failure Deniers: Climate Change and Public-Sector Science. Tuesday afternoon, as I was reading Barack Obama’s Georgetown University speech on “climate change,” it occurred to me that the biggest and perhaps most consequential difference between the government and … Continue reading

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