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Posted on December 26, 2008 | by Ed

I'll have more to say in the near future about the economic outlook for 2009, but let's go ahead and assume that it's a bad sign when state governments have to start asking Uncle Sam for emergency loans to pay unemployment benefits.

Gin and Tacos

23 hours ago

Anyone else old enough to remember when airports had vending machines in the terminals for passengers to buy life insurance before they got on the plane? It was legal (and common!) until about the mid-80s.

I'll bump this when they make it legal again in June and release an app for it. ...

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Gin and Tacos

4 days ago

Folks I know it seems too obvious to bother saying but we should say it anyway; this guy is out of his fucking mind.

If someone sat near you on public transit or in a restaurant said this sequence of words in the tone of voice in which this is meant to be read, you would get up and move. You would feel unsafe in their presence. You would want to get them help without endangering them or yourself. ...

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Gin and Tacos

6 days ago

A bit late to the party but a look at mass-vs-elite opinion and why that Dobbs Effect the Democrats were counting on (and benefitted from in 2022) didn't materialize in 2024. ...

THE DOBBS EFFECT THAT WASN'T | Gin and Tacos

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Gin and Tacos

7 days ago

The simple exhaustion of being lectured daily by the literal dumbest people you've ever seen in your life about how the problem with our society and government is a lack of competency. ...

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Gin and Tacos

1 week ago

When they say "There's nothing we can do" they are admitting that Tommy Tuberville - quite possibly the dumbest man alive - is smarter than they are.

On his own, a guy who can barely read blocked 400 military promotions requiring Senate approval. From the minority. Over the opposition of even his Republican colleagues. ...

Tuberville Drops Blockade of Most Military Promotions (Published 2023)

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Under pressure from senators in both parties, the Alabama Republican allowed more than 400 promotions to move forward, saying he would continue to block only the most senior positions.

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