I care for kids, families, the sick and the elderly, working class, middle class, and every American. To end poverty and advance the American Dream, I am Libertarian Girl.
I just received an email from Amazon.com with the subject line, “What Type of Taxpayer Are You?” It reads: “Click on The Office characters above to determine what kind of taxpayer you are and match you personality to the right software product.” Apparently the options are: EZ Breezy Filer Fancy Filer Procrastinator Extender Typical Taxpayer [...]
Ye Olde Waffle Shop, on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, recently celebrated the 35th anniversary of their opening by bringing back their original 1972 prices for a day. The differences in prices are absolutely shocking (graphic courtesy of The Daily Tarheel). Why would waffles costing $1.25 in 1972 now cost $5.55? The answer lies in [...]
Big-government lovers like denying it, but a study has concluded that nonprofits save society money, both short-term and long-term, in a way that government does not and cannot. The study was conducted by nonprofit leaders regarding organizations located in the Washington DC area– local, national and international. The source is biased, sure, but I’d love [...]
Mormons believe that the United States Constitution was divinely inspired. Why is Mitt Romney not the Champion of the Constitution, then? Tags: Mitt Romney Constitution, Mormons Constitution divinely inspired
It’s been an eventful week. Two of my teen idols died. Monday was both the most depressing day of the year and Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday celebration/federal holiday. Tuesday was the 35th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade, designated as “Blog for Choice Day” by NARAL. I don’t want to get into a long, drawn-out [...]
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sometimes you have to ignore what you said the day before about celebrities and take a time-out from politics, because some things are just too sad… I hate the way you [...]
I haven’t yet focused much on science in this blog, but I’d like to begin discussing it more. Science is an endlessly fascinating topic for discussion. On Saturday, I attended the 2008 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference at the Sigma Xi headquarters. I met some cool people, attended some sessions on blogging, and had a [...]
If you haven’t seen the video that accompanied Bill Gates’ keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show, you have to. The richest person in the world raps with Jay-Z, calls Bono and Barack, and asks to be Ron Paul’s running mate (along with most of the other candidates). Tags: Bill Gates, Bill Gates last day, [...]
It wasn’t enough that the Governor’s Mansion the Illinois taxpayers so kindly provide to their governor wasn’t enough for Rod Blagojevich, and he thought every Illinoisan should be happy to pay to fly him in a private plane every day from Chicago for a few hours while he basically does nothing (or maybe sees fit [...]
The New York Times reports that medical doctors now have some of the lowest job satisfaction rates, along with attorneys. One trained medical internist, Dr. Yul Ejnes of Cranston, Rhode Island, reports to the Times that he is wearying of his job due to the many regulations involved, including a recent experience filling out papers [...]