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Rod Dreher: Peak Oil is Coming, and we’re Unready

Posted in August 18th, 2008

great article over at DallasNews.com . Just read this excerpt.
Maybe we’ll come up with a new wonder drug to fight the superbugs. Maybe we’ll invent some new way to meet our power needs when oil can’t be had cheaply, or at any price. Maybe Wall Street will come up with some new financial instruments […]

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NIN Rocks The House in KnoxVegas

Posted in August 13th, 2008
Published in Art, Music, Fun

Hell yeah. Once again Trent Reznor and crew rock the house and make the elderly staff at Civic Coliseum think “WTF” in unison. There are some photos from the show taken by the amazing Rob Sheridon on the official NIN Flickr photostream for our human consumption. Thank You NIN.

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Heinz Spotted Dick Pudding, 10-Ounce Cans

Posted in June 21st, 2008
Published in Food, Art, Fun

From the WTF Category. Order a 6 pack, today.

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“We’re talking about people who make over $200,000. That’s not rich”

Posted in June 12th, 2008
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Your Liberal Media: “Not Rich” Edition | OurFuture.org
CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo made her mis-observation to the New York Post, who ran it under the headline “Barack’s Bite:”
The income tax is also in for a bump. Bartiromo says, “Right now [it] is 35 percent, Obama wants to take that to 39 percent . […]

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Portion of Median Daily US Income Spent on Gasoline

Posted in June 10th, 2008

from MountainSentinel.com
At $4 per gallon, gasoline consumption will take 11% of daily income. It is expected that gasoline prices might rise above $6 per gallon by the end of summer. Such an increase would require 17% of daily income to meet gas needs. The percentage of income spent on gasoline climbs over 20% as we […]

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