January 2011
19 posts
Common sense tells us that ... →
squashed:
When a country cuts programs for the poor in a time of unprecedented wealth disparity, it’s gotten its national priorities wrong.
When that stark wealth disparity closely follows racial lines, that country is, near its core, a racist country.
Anybody living in that country who knows these facts and doesn’t want to change them has grown awfully chummy with racism.
See what I just...
Taco Bell is using false advertising when it calls... →
azspot:
Where’s the beef? Not at Taco Bell, apparently.
A law firm is claiming that the fast food chain is using false advertising when it says its Mexican delicacies are filled with “ground beef” or “seasoned ground beef.”
In fact, the lawsuit claims, the “taco meat filling” used by Taco Bell contains is only about 35% beef, with binders, extenders, preservatives, additives and other agents...
angovodo asked: "This. Only good can come of forcing people to deal with the consequences of their actions. Eventually they’ll stop making mistakes."
Not easy to say to someone who is dying of cancer, my friend. All this rhetoric is all well and good when everyone is healthy, but if suddenly someone in your family wracks up a $800,000 medical bill are you going to be willing to take...
Not easy to say to someone who is dying of cancer, my friend. All this rhetoric is all well and good when everyone is healthy, but if suddenly someone in your family wracks up a $800,000 medical bill are you going to be willing to take...
Soup: Why the "requiring health insurance isn't... →
life20:
soupsoup:
There is a very good chance you will never need to drive a car. There are many options for you to find alternative methods of transportation. It’s not likely that you’ll find yourself absolutely in need of car insurance. Sorry, excuse my east coast metropolitan bias, you’re likely going to need…
I was going to answer this via my phone last night but I thought Anthony’s post...
givemeindiana asked: Buck in velvet - When male deer first start growing antlers the antlers grow in with a fuzzy, velvet like coating that later falls off to reveal the bone like antlers. So a buck in velvet is someone still new to their surroundings
Hells half acre is any large undesirable tract of land, like East-Central Indiana's rustbelt.
My guess is that you knew these, or...
Hells half acre is any large undesirable tract of land, like East-Central Indiana's rustbelt.
My guess is that you knew these, or...
look who has a new theme
It was time for a change. I really rather like the layout and features of this theme, especially the like-sharing section. I would have preferred to keep the wine-color of my last theme, but alas nothing is perfect.
givemeindiana asked: Thanks for the follow. I can't believe you are a high school student. I know college grads without such a good head on their shoulders. Considering you are still just a buck in velvet I think it is safe to say you are going to be running the world in twenty years or so
Are We Happy Yet? →
A very interesting report on who is happy.
I think it is fascinating that Republicans end up being a good deal happier than their political counter-parts, yet it is the Republicans who often get characterized as pessimist and defeatist.
What does one TRILLION dollars look like? →
angovodo asked: haha! send us over a kit sometime.
I've got to try this
Posing as a surveyor, English prankster Horace de Vere Cole asked a passerby to hold one end of a length of string while he made a measurement. He chose the “pompous sort of good citizen of the bowler hat and rolled umbrella sort,” according to his friend David Scott-Moncrieff. Then he walked around a corner and give the other end to “another consequential ass.”
“Both victims held their ends...
angovodo asked: Hey man,
Just wanted to apologize, I had only ever heard premise as a noun. I think that preface works better but I absolutely stand corrected on the accuracy of your usage.
Just wanted to apologize, I had only ever heard premise as a noun. I think that preface works better but I absolutely stand corrected on the accuracy of your usage.
