$%^& Switzerland

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Wednesday March 04, 2009 · 6:11 PM PST

2009/03/04 · 18:11

Yes, I said it. $%^& those precision-engineered, chocolate-covered bastards. Why?

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Monday March 02, 2009 · 9:52 AM PST

2009/03/02 · 09:52

AIG announced a $61.7 billion dollar loss in the 4th quarter of 2008, the worst single-quarter loss in US corporate history. Annual losses for 2008 were $99.1 billion.

Poll

98 votes Show Results

Continue to bail out AIG?

98 votes Vote Now!

Continue to bail out AIG?

Yes; "too big to fail" is a sad reality.

11 votes

Yes, but only with strict conditions.

3 votes

Nationalization/government takeover is a better option.

43 votes

No; let the market run its course.

31 votes

$99.1 billion would buy a lot of pie.

10 votes

Almost 30% turnout in North Carolina already

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 10:16 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 22:16

With three days remaining in early voting in North Carolina, the statistics from the State Board of Elections show a nearly 30% turnout rate at this point. As of 10:00pm EST 10/29, of the state's 6,224,230 registered voters, votes had been cast by 1,847,564 (29.68%). A deeper breakdown of the numbers inside the fold...

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 8:23 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 20:23

Took my family to the NC State Fair today, now in it's fourth day. I was dismayed to see that McCain/Palin stickers (and other assorted Republican swag) outnumbered Obama/Biden/Democratic gear by a factor of about 10 to 1.

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Wednesday October 08, 2008 · 5:21 PM PDT

2008/10/08 · 17:21

As a few other diarists have noted, the right-wing 501(c) group Freedom's Watch has decided to stick their greasy noses into the North Carolina senate race now that Liddy Dole is taking a beating in the polls. Guess if a carpetbagger can't win "at home", next best thing is to call in some more out-of-town friends to lie on your behalf.

Thankfully, I don't have a land line and haven't yet gotten one of their robo-calls that are popping up across the state. But we did get a flyer in the mail today, which makes for a good political science lesson:

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 10:06 AM PDT

2008/10/03 · 10:06

Time and time again in the post-debate punditry, the main criticism (usually from Republican wonks) of Biden was that he came off too "professorial". Meaning, I suppose, that he spoke coherently and with a solid grasp of the English language. As opposed to Sarah "Gee-Jimminy-Whilikers" Palin. What I want to know is...

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Tuesday September 30, 2008 · 2:43 PM PDT

2008/09/30 · 14:43

Monday's 777-point collapse left precisely one stock out of the S&P 500 in a better position than it started the day at. Care to take a guess which one?

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Friday September 26, 2008 · 12:54 PM PDT

2008/09/26 · 12:54

I know this is a topic of little interest to most Americans (at least until it starts showing up in our food supply), but it's one that I follow quite closely as a China wonk.

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 7:56 PM PDT

2008/09/25 · 19:56

Couldn't help but notice this tidbit from the abysmal Couric interview, when asked why she didn't have a passport until last year:

"I'm not one of those who maybe came from a background of, you know, kids who perhaps graduate college and their parents give them a passport and give them a backpack and say go off and travel the world. No, I've worked all my life. In fact, I usually had two jobs all my life until I had kids. I was not a part of, I guess, that culture."

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$%^& Switzerland

AIG = EPIC FAIL

Almost 30% turnout in North Carolina already

View from the NC State Fair worrisome

Anatomy of a Smear: Freedom's Watch and the Hagan/Dole race

Why is "professorial" a bad thing?

Wall Street collapse good for soup stock

Chinese tainted milk sickens 54,000

Palin: Passports are for rich liberal kids