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Tue, May 06 2008

Now, that's a great moment in sports!

I recommending you to a link to a video of some wonderful young women doing the right thing in sports. I wish the media would spotlight these things much more often. This was one game where everybody won.

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Thu, May 01 2008

Curiosity taxes the tax computers

I wonder why so many folks in Italy wanted to nose into what other people were paying in taxes. Apparently, so many of them hopped online to snoop that they overloaded the computers.



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Thu, Apr 24 2008

Retired cops are coming back

It's good to see local towns getting creative with law enforcement positions. As budget crunches affect more and more municipalities, we may see a lot more of this kind of thing. I did note that the electric vehicle that Officer Ihlen may get to help him in his duties will be a high-tech solution compared to the officers on horseback that we used to see in downtown parks. The exhaust is a bit earthier when it comes to horses, but their approachability makes up for it. It's touch to feel much reserve toward a cop after you pat the neck of his or her horse. Still, we live in an age when technology changes from moment to moment, so maybe an electric vehicle will make Officer Ihlen even more welcome on his downtown beat.

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Tue, Apr 22 2008

Your money or your gas. No wait. Your money or your car.

I know they're saying that high gas prices are leading to more gas theft on the part of criminals, but how about someone taking a whole car and holding it for ransom?

Speaking of gas theft, a special meanie award should go to the people who took gas from trucks opearated by the Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara County. Locking gas caps will deter some theives, but now I'm hearing that some of the theives are simply cutting the fuel lines or punching holes in the tanks from beneath. And Many of the hapless desperados end up losing more gas than they gain when they turn out to be less than adept at siphoning.

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Tue, Apr 15 2008

We pay more to pay but we get it paid earlier in 2008

If it's getting to be more taxing to pay income taxes, we can take heart in the fact that Tax Freedom Day is three days earlier in 2008 than it was last year, falling on April 23 this year.

posted at: 15:44 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry



Mon, Apr 14 2008

Bible-carrying driver tasered and arrested after wild chase and a fight with a police dog

I wonder if this poor Bible thumping man really understands how many laws he (allegedly) broke, not to mention how many Commandments he (allegedly) probably broke during his encounter with human and K9 officers.

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Tue, Apr 08 2008

Money is a great motivator

There certainly has been a bit of growling abou the recent Absolut Vodka ad that depicted an 1830s map with parts of the current U.S. states still in Mexico's territory. I'm not surprised that a lot of Americans are fussing, but let's do at least face the fact that the folks at Absolut were trying to get Mexican people to drink their product. I think it's noble and admirable when manufacturers use their advertisements for the good of society, but let's be frank. We're talking about alcohol. Why would we be surprise at their no-holds barred efforts to open up (or at least increase) the market for vodka in Mexico? It isn't as though they're selling Bibles to the choir or making rescue equipment for earthquake victims. They're selling booze. It's hardly a product based on an attempt to the reach the higher mind of mankind.

And now I'm thinking that when the French company Pernod Ricard SA takes over the Absolut name that they'll tell the advertisers they hire to get back at Americans for all those digs we made about "freedom fries" not so many years ago. It will be interesting to see what they come up with to harrass us if that happens.

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