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    Rich CEO Demands to be Taxed

    By Michael Wolraich on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 4:17pm | Politics, Business

    Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, publicly asked the government to raise his taxes in a NYT op-ed today. His position was not that of Warren Buffett, who has argued that taxes are unfairly low for the super rich. Rather, Hastings argued that higher taxes offer a more effective way to limit CEO incomes than pay caps. And he's right. To see why, we need to first understand why CEO salaries have gotten as high as they have.

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    MOFT: Episode 8 (Reddi-Wip)

    By Deadman on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 1:26am | Personal, Food & Drink

    The first time I remember seeing a Reddi-wip can was on a camping trip during a high school summer when some of my friends tried to get high by snorting the nitrous oxide gas inside it. Even back then, a 'whippit' sure looked like a stupid, only mildly effective, thing to do.

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    Bill Gates Begins "Nefarious World Domination Plot, Phase One", BBC Buries Lede

    By DF on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 6:12pm | Humor & Satire, Social Justice

    From the Eccentric_Billionaire++ department:

    The 2009 TED talks are going on this week.  Apparently, during his talk on fighting malaria, Bill Gates unleashed a jar full of mosquitoes genetically engineered to implant nano-bots in their victims.  Gates laughed maniacally and revealed the details of his plot, phase one of which involves the nano-bots infecting their hosts with a fanatical devotion to Windows Vista.

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    Mitt: Down With The Sickness

    By DF on Thu, 02/05/2009 - 4:23pm | Politics

    So, I'm doing my typical morning thing, which includes staples such as black coffee and Google News.  I like Google News for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the sort of "smart" aggregation that can sometimes lead to interesting or amusing juxtapositions.  It would be fun if someone did a more Burroughs-Gysin style news presentation.  The technology is there.  I'm just sayin'.

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    The Valentine Generator ™

    By Michael Wolraich on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 7:19pm | Humor & Satire

    Ready or not, here comes Valentines Day! You've only just finished breaking your last New Year's resolution, and now you have to find a sincere way to express profound sentiments of passion to your significant other.

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    Four daughters, Two Very Different Examples: George W. Bush vs. Barack Obama

    By Orlando on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 10:03am | Politics

    To say that George Bush and Barack Obama don’t have much in common is an almost laughable understatement. About the only thing they share is the fact that each has two daughters. After Obama’s mea culpa yesterday, I was thinking about what different examples the fathers have set.

    From watching their father in action, Barbara and Jenna Bush learned some interesting lessons:

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    Around the World in 80 Songs: Turkey

    By Orlando on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 9:25pm | Arts & Entertainment

    Currently, sitting atop the Turkish Pop Chart is a singer called Murat Dalkilic, singing Kasaba.

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    The problem, DF, is you haven't really learned to love the recession

    By Deadman on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 5:06pm | Business

    OK, so I don't know proper protocol on this, but I read with interest DF's latest post 'Macroeconomics 101: Spending versus Stimulus, or 'How I learned to stop worrying and love recession'' and responded with a rather lengthy comment of my own. I realized afterward that my comment probably would stand on its own for a separate post as well.

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    Macroeconomics 101: Spending versus Stimulus or "How I learned to stop worrying and love recession"

    By DF on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 2:10pm | Politics

    Par for the course, the "national dialogue" (read: what the MSM deems to be fit for their truncated list of trite and nonsensical talking points) regarding our current economic quandary has detiorated to the sort of semantic sophistry that every single anchor on CNN will be all too happy to entertain with brows furrowed and lips pursed just so, subtle psychological cues meant to persuade the viewer that they should take this earful of horseshit seriously.

    Supposedly, everyone agrees that the economy is on the ropes.  It requires stimulus.  Everyone knows that.  Duh!

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    Superbowl Ads - Live blogging

    By Michael Wolraich on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 6:38pm | Potpourri

    I sit here before Deadman's brother's giganamous extreme-density power projection screen, eagerly awaiting the biggest television event of the year--Superbowl Ads XLIII. Yes, I belong to that silent majority of superbowl watchers who don't give a flying football about Cardinals vs. Steelers. We're here to see Ford vs. Toyota, Coke vs. Sprite, Bud vs. Miller, Mac vs. PC. I'm here to live blog answers to all your burning ad questions:

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