Still life in my backyard
November 28, 2009 by eptcb126
Happy Birthday, Jon
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Wanna buy a stadium?
November 18, 2009 by eptcb126
The asking price on this 2-bedroom flat in San Francisco is $2,000 more than Canadian investors just paid for the 80,000-seat Silverdome in Detroit, the former home of the Lions and the Pistons. Built in 1975 for $55.7 million, it sold for just $583,000, including over 125 acres of surrounding property.
Great column from G.K.
November 14, 2009 by eptcb126Mr. Keillor cuts to the marrow of the issue:
“Any legislative body in which 41 senators from rural states that together represent 10 percent of the population can filibuster you to death is going to be flat-footed, on the verge of paralysis, no matter what. Anytime 10 percent of the people can stop 90 percent, it’s like driving a bus with a brake pedal for each passenger. That’s why Congress has a public approval rating of 25 percent.
Health care is much too complicated for Congress.”
Montana Rambles, Part I
November 10, 2009 by eptcb126
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Another Halloween
November 2, 2009 by eptcb126Weirdos:
Canadian Healthcare
October 17, 2009 by eptcb126A good story from Sandro Contenta at GlobalPost.com:
“Laughs aside, the American tendency to treat policy debates as life and death struggles over ‘the American way of life’ reminds many Canadians, rightly or wrongly, of how lucky they are to be living north of the border. It’s hard not to feel civically more evolved when, in some U.S. states, people can legally show up at presidential speeches sporting handguns or assault rifles.
U.S. culture wars, in other words, often reinforce Canada’s national identity.”
New Dance Craze
October 12, 2009 by eptcb126Everybody’s doing it.
Marijuana Macroeconomics
October 12, 2009 by eptcb126Interesting Washington Post article on the largest cash crop on the continent:
“Mexico produced 35 million pounds of marijuana last year, according to government estimates. On a hidden hilltop field in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, reachable by donkey, a pound of pot might earn a farmer $25. The wholesale price for the same pound in Phoenix is $550, and so the Mexican cartels could be selling $20 billion worth of marijuana in the U.S. market each year.”
Another Beer Fest down the tubes
October 12, 2009 by eptcb126I’ve done little except work and work and drink at the Great American Beer Fest – held two weekends before this last one – but have been lazy about blogging. Also saw Slim Cessna’s Auto Club on Friday at the Oriental Theater. Anyhoo, here are some Beer Fest pics.
