Archive for the ‘Bad Decisions’ Category
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Dilatory Motions
Posted on October 7, 2011
The Senate majority leader moved last night to cut off republican amendments to a Chinese currency bill, calling the amendments dilatory. In doing so, he changed Senate rules and caused...
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Washington Ideas
Posted on October 6, 2011
I had a chance lunch with the founder of Crate and Barrel yesterday at the Washington Ideas Forum. Gordon Segal asked if the empty seat at my small table was...
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Protest
Posted on October 5, 2011
Apparently, Radiohead couldn’t get its schedule straight with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and they didn’t play for the grungy crowd last week. I am not hip enough to know...
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Fat People Have No Reason
Posted on October 3, 2011
In 1977, Randy Newman had a hit with his song, “Short People”, with the immortal line, “short people, short people, short people have no reason to live.” Newman later said...
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Waiver Nation
Posted on September 29, 2011
It used to be that waivers were a bad thing. It was bad to be put on waivers if you were in the NFL or played Major League Baseball. That...
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