Pay the Man
Friday, April 28th, 2006
An enlistee in the U.S. military is paid $1,273.50 per month, or $15,282 per year. That’s roughly $100 less per month than the Federal Poverty Guidelines for a married couple with one child ($16,600 per year). Assuming a 40 hour work week and 52 weeks per year, this works out to $7.35/hour. That’s less... »
Tags: Military
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President Believed to Be Conservative!
Friday, April 28th, 2006
The Daily Danet has uncovered startling evidence that President Bush may, in fact, be a conservative. There have, of course, been unsubstantiated rumors regarding his political affiliation. The facts, however, have been muddled by conflicting evidence. For example, the president has maliciously and repeatedly cut taxes, a clearly... »
Tags: Bush, conservatives, Media Bias, Satire
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Big Bird Plays Risk
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
The map below is from the National Bureau of Scaring You Shitless. I couldn’t help but think of the game Risk. You always won if you got Asia first. Worldwide Reports of Bird Flu Of course, just like Risk, this map is ridiculously disproprortionate. One sick bird in Siberia and you get all of... »
Tags: Government
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A Peaceful Plan for Iran
Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Trinitite Photo credit R.Weller/Cochise College If you don’t have a degree in geology, click the picture for context. Share this:ShareEmailPrintFacebookDiggStumbleUponReddit »
Tags: Iran
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A real fair tax system
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
I suggest the following simple cure for the American tax problem: tie congressional pay to after-tax pay of the average worker. In fact, since they do have to talk out of both sides of their ass, let’s say the median household income, net of taxes. It’s a fairly simple scheme: No congressman shall take... »
Tags: Congress, conservatives, economy, liberals, Taxes
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France Surrenders to Itself
Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
April 12, 2006. Paris. Jacques Chirac, man of principle, caved into protesters today and announced he would replace the new labor law with one that is as toothless and impotent as, well, France. This was the first time in the 216 year history of the French Republic that the country actually... »
Tags: fail, religion, terrorism, united nations
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$60K per Day for a reading the news
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
Katie Caustic is being paid $60,000 per day by CBS just to read a teleprompter with a concerned look on her face. $60,000 per day. That is nearly twice what the average American makes in a year. Not only that,but little miss progressive will have paid her full social security for the year by... »
Tags: fail, hypocrisy, Media Bias
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Think Rationally, Act Normally.
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Global warming is a fact. Sure it is. According to the most eco-deranged estimates, the Earth has warmed under .5 degrees Celsius over the past two decades. That means, by the time you’re dead it will be unnoticeably warmer than when you were born. April 30th will feel vaguely like May 3. Poor baby.... »
Tags: Analysis, Global Warming, math
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Katie Moves to CBS
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
Katie Couric moves to CBS. I guess the C no longer stands for “Columbia.” I’ll leave it to you to decide what it stands for now. Share this:ShareEmailPrintFacebookDiggStumbleUponReddit »
Tags: fail, hypocrisy, Media Bias
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Let Us Eat Cake
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
French students and other unemployables are striking, protesting and rioting again. For a people that have not (successfully) defended their freedom since they were ruled by a short man in a tri-corner hat, they do love to protest. This time, it’s over the right to fire incompetent employees. The rioters are obviously against it.... »
Tags: Business, economy, france, Healthcare, law, liberals
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