January 2011
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New Pawlenty Ad Heavily Amped Up
Tim Pawlenty has released basically the first TV ad of the 2012 Presidential cycle:
I’m with Josh on this one. I’ve seen Pawlenty on TV numerous times and have often found him plain-spoken and milquetoast. While I can understand the impetus for creating an exciting ad to create an aura around a candidate with low name recognition, I would think they would be very careful with which...
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“… Political violence in America always has been a matter of great convenience to...”
– Esquire Magazine Editors (via Balloon Juice)
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US Solar Industry Ready to Pop? Not Quite.
Saw this TPM post on the US Military potentially driving a spark in the US solar industry and though I would chime in. By way of background, I covered the US solar industry as an investment analyst for ~4 years (basically since the start of the solar IPO machine in early 2007). In evaluating the potential for “buy America” to drive true growth in the US Solar Industry (for physical...
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Mayan Calendar Warning
My nephew was born on Leap Year, 2008. My niece was born yesterday on 1/11/11 at 1:11pm. I’m warning everyone now, if jobus gets pregnant any time between now and next April, I think we should all prepare for the apocalypse. The cutest apocalypse you can imagine, but still.
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BCS = Barely Care [about the] Score
Wife: What time is the Oregon/Auburn game?
Me: It's tomorrow night.
Wife: Really? Why?
Me: Yes, no clue.
Wife: That is the dumbest shit ever.
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“(A change of a procedural rule) can only be made on the first day of business,...”
– Gail Collins
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