Category: the world
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Dark-ness
SPOILER WARNING! Don’t read the second part of this post if you haven’t seen The Dark Knight yet! It will spoil things for you. I base this post on two recent thoughts or notes: Being out of the pop culture loop has almost no down side. I wonder how dark is too dark. 1. Pop…
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Oh, Senators, Again!
Related to my public outrage against the farm bill, the Swine Line lets us know what’s been cooking on Capitol Hill as far as fiscal (ir)responsibility. Even the reform committees are adrift in bacon grease leaking out of those pork barrels!
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Pay-As-You-Drive?
There is a proposal for Pay-As-You-Drive car insurance. Your insurance rate is per-mile, not per-6-month-term. This would decrease insurance rates of those who drive little (like yours truly) but raise them for those who drive long distances. It would of course motivate decreased driving, which is a good thing from the point of view of…