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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!”
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Is this a win? – Althouse: The new federal legislation that closed down Backpage.com “is creating an actual market for pimps.” I’m not so sure. It’s not called the “world’s oldest profession” for no reason. I’m not a fan but … Continue reading
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Professor Salil Mehta qualifies for the dumber than a box of rocks award – Google Folds, Restores Accounts Of Banned Statistics Professor | Zero Hedge Thank you all very much again, in recent days, for the outpouring of support in … Continue reading
News Boulderites can use – TREES LIKE CARBON DIOXIDE! WHO KNEW?
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Glenn Reynolds on rebuilding after disasters and the moral hazard of federal dollars: ‘When “disaster relief” is part of your lifestyle, it’s quit being a form of insurance, and turned into just a subsidy.’ And Progressives ask, “What’s wrong with … Continue reading
Obamacare surprises begin…
Obamacare Layoffs, Hiring Freezes Begin The Obamacare employer mandate doesn’t go into effect until January 1, 2014, but the government requires businesses to track worker schedules for three to 12 months in advance. That means many employers plan to get … Continue reading
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Tax Migration
An Embarrassing Metric Disappears Since 1991 the Internal Revenue Service has been compiling statistics on filers’ addresses, which the agency’s Statistics of Income division uses to show who is moving into and out of every county and state in the … Continue reading
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From the comments:”Bank reform was supposed to help consumers. How do we always get screwed when politicians try to “help” us.”
ATM fees hit record high, free checking accounts declineSo predictable. Next prediction: More regulations to address the unintended consequences of the first set of regulations. No wonder government is a growth industry. A note to Progressives, this is NOT a … Continue reading
Imagine
Escape From New York? High-Taxing Empire State Loses 3.4 Million Residents in 10 YearsIt isn’t hard to do.
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Common sense
Glenn Reynolds: If you tried to hold a series of potluck dinners where a majority brought nothing to the table, but felt entitled to eat their fill, it would probably work out badly. It’s takers versus makers and these days … Continue reading
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Aren’t Republicans supposed to be pro-business?
When being pro-market is different.
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EPA: Throttle back – H.R. 1633
Nice to see our elected legislatures pass some useful legislation. The Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act, H.R. 1633, which would prevent the EPA from issuing any new rule over the next year that regulates coarse particulate matter, or “nuisance dust,” … Continue reading
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SEXUAL ASSAULT. Ann Althouse asks this reasonable question. SO IF IT’S A SCANDAL WHEN PENN STATE OR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH cover up sex abuse, then why isn’t it just as big a scandal when the Occupy groups urge people not … Continue reading
Thinking Small
In an editorial last August, Erika Stutzman asks the question… What happened to our big ideas? In 1979, the Eisenhower Tunnel was completed. The federal and state government had blasted through the mighty Rocky Mountains with a four-lane highway to … Continue reading
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“… the role of the indiviual on one hand and the role of government and collective institutions on the other”
This is “SO BOULDER”…. “There has been a shift in the philosophy and attitudes of the public from a belief in individual responsibility, from a beleif in a society in which the roll of government was as an umpire, to … Continue reading
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Tom Johnston wants to put an end to ‘foolishness’ of Boulder’s government
No need to put foolishness in quotes.
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Solyndra
During a visit to the Fremont facility in spring of 2010, the President said the factory “is just a testament to American ingenuity and dynamism and the fact that we continue to have the best universities in the world, the … Continue reading
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This is known as “bad luck”
Robert Heinlein… Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and … Continue reading
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Local Fire – Table Mountain
Launching model rockets. Burn ban in effect, can you spell STOOPID? (well, you know what I mean!, lol) This is the 2nd fire in the general area in less than a week and Spring just started. Send this guy to … Continue reading
Inflation is here….
Common sense trumps intellectual brilliance (or something like that). If Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke were a soccer mom shopping for corn flakes, he would probably have a different outlook on inflation in the United States of America today.
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Colorado should be so lucky…
Gov. Rick Scott Kills High-Speed Rail for Florida
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