4/3     A few days back someone was advocating going to good restaurants over
        saving money.  I'm curious, I've never been to a really expensive
        restaurant. (Over $30 per person.)  In general I've found that once I
        get beyond about $10 the food doesn't get any better, instead I start
        paying for stuff I don't care about, like "atmosphere."  Which
        basically means I've rarely been to a restaurant where the food
	...

10/9    What's the point of treating animals nicely and then kill them
        for consumption at the end?
        \_ Because some people care about not causing suffering.  Just
           because they are going to be food doesn't mean they need to
           live painful, miserable lives until then.
           \_ So how is the new CA prop going to affect prices at
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5/29    Thanks for the ethanol folks!  Try getting beef now.
        http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=axIrowbBQ7fo
        \_ Thanks for the people living in SUBURBS who are consuming
           more ethanol than everyone else!
        \_ Wow, ethanol has a plus!  Corn fed beef on feedlots are pretty
           much the same as those chickens down below.  Beef aren't supposed
	...

5/23    http://www.christiangunowner.com/handgun_shooting_stance.html
        URL says it all.
        \_ Ok?  Who cares?  What's your point?
           \_ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24818417  S Koreans hate US beef
              \_ Dude, there are protests in Korea all the time.  There's
                 always a protest going on somewhere over something. Farmers
	...

2/20    "Condoleezza Rice to perform at benefit concert"
        http://www.csua.org/u/q55
        While I'm no fan of Condi's hawkish diplomacy, I've always admired
        people with multiple professional-level talents.
        \_ Will she be in a porn video later?
           \_ She doesn't have a hot body.
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12/29   Candidate for chairmainship of GOP *improves* his chances by
        distributing "Barack The Magic Negro" songs:
        http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html
        \_ He should have put a Confederate flag on the album jacket.
        \_ What do Powell and Rice have to say about this?
        \_ This article is total FAIL for not even mentioning what a Magic
	...

8/26    I've been wondering about the Georgian side of the story, here it is
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/6bn2co
        Very interesting.
        \_ Can you summarize? I'm not going to read this unless it blames
           Obama for the whole thing.
        \_ Can you summarize? I'm not going to read this unless it blames
	...

8/22    Non-MSM article on the conflict in Georgia.  Other than Bush
        ordering the invasion of Somalia (what?) -- I found it interesting:
        http://tinyurl.com/5ag5jn
        \_ Bush did order the invasion of Somalia - the first Bush:
           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Restore_Hope
        \_ I didn't get very far because it starts off with a couple of
	...

8/21    Well, now they've got a timetable.  I guess the "facts on the ground"
        finally worked out.
        http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-08-21-rice-meeting_N.htm?csp=34 (shorten this please)
        \_ I really hope Miss I Have a freakin' PHD In Russian Studies Rice
           did not tell Georgia a few weeks ago that the US would stand
           behind Georgia if they were stupid enough to taunt Russia into
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4/24    Run on rice hits American stores:
        http://www.csua.org/u/lca (LA Times)
        \_ went to costco this weekend (4/27) and wow, they were cleared out,
           of the two pallets of space for rice, they were empty except for one
           lonely bag.   -ERic
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4/24    Lefty gives the beat down on girl in wheelchair, cause he hates Bush so
        much.
        http://www.kxmc.com/News/Nation/232115.asp
        \_ left wing nuts are more violent than right wing nuts.
           \_ yeah, just ask those kids in Oklahoma City...oh wait
              \_ Or Waco
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