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"Healthy" Expansion? For Whom?
to 89 Preach might be the right word, the talk about deficits over the years sometimes seems more like religious incantation than practical or sincere philosophy. Money should be spent carefully, and the world should know we defend the dollar, but the constant moderate deficits of the last eighty years played an essential part in the best economy the world has ever seen. Few realize that government debt is the ultimate backing of every dollar. When the economy expands, more dollars are needed to buy the expanding amount of goods. Otherwise prices will drop, putting producers out of business. The deficit RIGHT NOW is a good thing, When inflation strikes, surpluses are the best way to defend the dollar, but the problem today is unemployment, not inflation. Unregulated banking, not government under taxing or overspending, caused this mess. Investors now are content to hold the dollar near gratis, because they fear deflation more than inflation, and because they trust the government more than our banks or corporations. We need bigger deficits, both parties know this, but they lie to keep investor trust.— February 26, 2010 10:43 a.m.
"Healthy" Expansion? For Whom?
to 82 Those same Keynesians said "Buy war bonds." in the 1940's. They knew the difference between deflation and inflation, they had seen both. No economic policy is timeless. Tax cuts, increased government spending and a ballooning deficit will be our Keynesian response to our unemployment problems. So far no inflation or lessened unemployment, so perhaps the stimulus hasn't been enough, or as likely, misdirected. The Republican stimulus plan is war with Iran, big government, Keynesian, and very wrong.— February 25, 2010 1:04 a.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 45 Birds squawk at the idea of lip syncing our operas when they have a full repertory of their own, ranging from the tragic Toss Caw and Partridge Fall, to the comic Swallow Me and Loon Grin. Shows are usually free, but in the Summer they sometimes perform an outdoor Tern Dough to raise money.— February 24, 2010 12:40 p.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 40 Dat Old Crow magnum, dat Old Crow magnum, got me tossed from the bus, as truly pithy cuss.— February 24, 2010 12:32 a.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 33 The game might be more interesting if a woman played center.— February 22, 2010 8:57 p.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 34 Few realize that Poker Dogs is actually an icon of Puppyism, illustrating a terrifying prophecy of the Great Puppy. Some say it foretells a Wall Street collapse. Probably nonsense. One dog certainly looks like Ben Bernanke though.— February 22, 2010 8:35 p.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 28 Gentlemen hail her as Paleolithic Goddess. In fairness, the people who really sing the MTV stuff are likely not beautiful, or they would learn the simple steps and dance it themselves. Shocking to find an arena that celebrates women for their talent rather than their looks. As the 250 pound woman dies of consumption, our eyes are too blurred by tears to see anything but a delicate flower, petals blown in the wind. That is Art, a total fraud, but somehow more real than real.— February 22, 2010 9:19 a.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 29 How could I let that one slip my hook? Why is it no matter how many fish we catch, we think only of the pun that got away?— February 22, 2010 9:02 a.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
The idea of the dog singing opera launched me into a reverie of ideas for casting and costumes. Siegfried a rottweiler, Tosca a greyhound.. Suddenly I was awoken by a vision, direct from the Great Lizard. of flower collared dogs lip syncing Lakme'. There are things man was not meant to see.— February 21, 2010 7:58 p.m.
Sequenom Stock Soars on Fetal Sex Test
to 22 3,000? 70,000 at the stadium for a start. There is no performance in dance, drama or music that wouldn't draw ten times more starring a dog with floppy ears. Could Milli or Vanelli sing? Is the piano playing cat any good? Surfpuppy will save opera. He should start with the lighter stuff, The Barker of Seville, Fido Lea, mature to Tan Bowser and Ill Pug Latchkey. After saving opera, he might try theater, Oedipus Rex perhaps?— February 20, 2010 4:17 p.m.