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We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

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Thursday, December 13. 2007

Thursday Morning Links

"As a Republican, I'm on the fringe." Being a conservative in academia at WaPo. h/t, TigerHawk

Everything's coming up Bush. Jules Crittenden

Why you cannot treat war detainees like domestic criminals. Wizbang

The Economist addresses the rising cost of food.

Hillary quote of the day:

"Where is the G-damn f***ing flag? I want the G-damn f***ing flag up every f***ing morning at f***ing sunrise."

 -From the book "Inside The White House" by Ronald Kessler, p. 244. (Hillary to the staff at the Arkansas Governor's mansion)

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:38 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Awww...how sweet...a warm & wonderful lady in the governor's mansion, taking the rough edge off life for all who know her, leading her flock toward gentle manners and respect for the eternal verities. I just feel warm all over.
#1 buddy larsen on 2007-12-13 07:39 (Reply)
The fact that the world's second largest corn producer, China, had a Disastrous Harvest, losing somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of it's crop didn't help any, either. Neither did droughts in Argentina, and the EU holding 10% of it's wheat land out of cultivation.

The biggest reason, aside from opportunistic price-raising from food processors, however, in the rising cost of food is The Cost of Petroleum. It seems that a dollar rise in the cost of petrol has from two to three times the effect on food costs as a rise of a dollar in the cost of corn.
#2 rufus on 2007-12-13 09:05 (Reply)
Canadian cuz sent this winter statistic in todays mail. It is about Kate at sda. haha.

98% of Canadians say "Oh Shit!" before going in the ditch on a slippery road. The other 2% are from Saskatchewan and they say "Hold my beer and watch this."
#3 Patina on 2007-12-13 09:19 (Reply)
A Very Good Study on Food Costs:

http://www.informaecon.com/NewsReleaseDec10.pdf
#4 rufus on 2007-12-13 11:49 (Reply)

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