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Archive for August, 2006
Thursday, August 3, 2006 Inflation is going to mean higher interest rates By Ian Mylchreest Just when it looked like we were safe from the Fed, inflation is taking off around the world. The European Central Bank and the Bank of England both pushed interest rates up another 25 points Thursday, reports the Associated Press. And the central bank in Australia raised that country's equivalent of the prime earlier this [...]
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Thursday, August 3, 2006 Media Watching Quick Hits By Steve Sebelius Got time for some been-in-meetings-all-day Totally Quick Hits, Media Style? They're a refreshing afternoon pick-me-up, and full of fiber. Here we go!
• "Senate Democrats rally to block hike in minimum wage." Oh, how they must have cackled over at the Review-Journal when they wrote that headline. Democrats? Blocking the minimum wage? Why, those a-holes! [...]
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Thursday, August 3, 2006 Why you can't use the stocks By Steve Sebelius Las Vegas Deputy City Attorney Daniel Still's memo on whether the stocks constitute "cruel and unusual punishment," is so good, we think somebody should send it to the Bush administration, which could benefit greatly from reading at least the first section.
The attorney, whose memo betrays a certain amazement that the question even needed to [...]
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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 A comedian gets serious By Len Butcher For those who don't know, Dennis Miller is a comedian
who has a show called Dennis Miller Live on HBO.
He is not Jewish.
He recently said the following about the Modest situation:
"A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as a service
to all Americans who still don't get it,
I now offer you the story of [...]
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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 Some non-technical problem Quick Hits! By Steve Sebelius Now that we’re back blogging, it’s time to play a little catch up, with our brand new feature, Super Quick Hits. They’re like regular Quick Hits, only tastier and made in half the time. Fasten your seat belts by putting the metal fitting into the buckle, and pull the strap tight over your hips, [...]
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Wednesday, August 2, 2006 The blog is back! By Steve Sebelius Apologies, readers. For technological reasons we don't fully understand, Various Things & Stuff has been down for the last two days at least. Our heartfelt appreciation to the four people who wrote in, wondering what went wrong. (And that evil Molly Ball said on Nevada Week in Review that we only had three readers. Wrong [...]
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