From Quiet the Thunder
May 11, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Photo by rick via flickrI should start a series by the title of this blog post to enumerate all the wisdom I've amassed in my short life about things I took to believe as true ... (
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May 1, 2010 at 10:06 am
Honestly, if you were not interested in buying a mobile home before this commercial, something tells me you are far more likely to get one, and get one from this guy than if you ... (
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April 24, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I know I'm in love with the free market and all - but I'm just super confused by all the people who are freaking out about privatizing the busing in my (Royal Oak, MI) school district ... (
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April 11, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Hat tip goes to the great blog, Cafe Hayek, for posting about this article in the Washington Post, Five Myths about China's Economy. I found the most compelling myth to be one ... (
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From Quiet the Thunder
April 3, 2010 at 6:18 pm
If you need more reasons to ignore everything Paul Krugman says, here's another one:To be fair - I don't think PK really suggests we should kill old people to save money. (Though ... (
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April 3, 2010 at 1:37 pm
This study sounded like bunk when I first read about it in the Freakonomics column, but after reading the study, I understand why the conclusion that people who buy green products ... (
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April 2, 2010 at 9:29 pm
In what I anticipate to be an extremely troubling new rally-cry and tally-mark in the column entitled "The Joys and Benefits of Socialism" - environmentalists everywhere are simultaneously ... (
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March 27, 2010 at 11:55 am
You can see from the following graph the changes in employment post-recessions throughout recent history. Not only is our downward trend more severe, it is continuing where others ... (
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March 26, 2010 at 10:48 pm
Tired of your old garage door? Do you believe there is no such as thing as “being too hipster?” Well, then the German company Style Your Garage has a solution for you!More pics
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March 26, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I was a bit taken aback by this cheery report about Iceland banning all strip clubs, in the name of supposed male-female equality and a boon to feminists everywhere.The author ... (
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March 25, 2010 at 8:20 pm
In London, a boy is left in a tree after recess while teachers went back to classes because a health and safety policy made the school do it....instead of helping him, staff followed ... (
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March 25, 2010 at 6:41 pm
I watch a lot of Law and Order. I mean a LOT. I tend to think most cops are good cops and I have a lot of respect for police officers. However, I have had limited interactions ... (
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From Quiet the Thunder
March 25, 2010 at 11:05 am
Of all the ridiculous things our government does, I always think I cannot be shocked any more. Not that the forced unionization of self-employed home-based day care providers really ... (
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March 25, 2010 at 10:58 am
I love stuff like this, a grill pub whose prices fluctuate based on customer demand,What if the movie “The Boiler Room” took place in a bar? It would probably be a lot like Gramercy’s
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From Quiet the Thunder
March 25, 2010 at 10:49 am
Why are the American people so easily hoodwinked? It does not take more than a 4th or 5th math education to discover how unlikely the projected health care "savings" promoted by ... (
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March 20, 2010 at 9:37 am
I've noticed that for most of my adult life there are complaints that go around about "the girl who got pregnant and became so different and/or annoying." I hear this girl is no ... (
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March 10, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Apparently today is the day I revert to 3rd grade humor myself. Life is short.I thought this was funny and wanted to share it with you. From this website, which I cannot vouch ... (
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March 10, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Today, my friend posted this disturbingly hilarious item to Facebook supposedly written by 3rd graders.Now, if you happen to have cable, this type of "knowledge" by 10 year olds ... (
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From Quiet the Thunder
March 9, 2010 at 5:44 pm
It may come as a surprise to many of my regular readers that I used to be a Michael Moore rally frequenting, door-to-door for MoveOn.org knocking, liberal arts and music school ... (
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February 18, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Today I was at Trader Joe's and overheard a conversation that made me irritated and sad all at the same time. It was between a customer and an employee and went something like ... (
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February 8, 2010 at 2:31 pm
I've got spring on the brain. That mostly means I spend a lot of time daydreaming about spending time in the garden and somehow scoring my own deluxe greenhouse. Mike and I have ... (
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January 19, 2010 at 3:37 pm
Now that I'm pregnant, I feel compelled to discuss some myths I thought were true before I got pregnant.1. There is no such thing as morning sickness. Morning sickness is a complete ... (
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January 11, 2010 at 12:15 pm
So. I'm pregnant. Ah!9 weeks pregnant. With a baby. A real baby. Except it looks like strawberry to me. With arms and legs. If you are weirded out by that, don't be, it's cute. ... (
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December 28, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I don't want to be just another person jumping on the Tiger Woods hate train, and I really do not intend to focus on the scandal of his ordeal, but more about the message it sends. ... (
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December 22, 2009 at 9:04 pm
If you are anything like me, you did a double-take when reading that headline which I sort of ripped from econ blog Marginal Revolution. From the article Chinese Put These Dogs ... (
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