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September 16th, 2008

September 16th, 2008
06:27 am [Link]	The Onion - Evolutionists Flock To Darwin-Shaped Wall Stain DAYTON, TN—A steady stream of devoted evolutionists continued to gather in this small Tennessee town today to witness what many believe is an image of Charles Darwin—author of The Origin Of Species and founder of the modern evolutionary movement—made manifest on a concrete wall in downtown Dayton. Darwinic pilgrims claim the image fills them with an overwhelming feeling of logic. "I brought my baby to touch the wall, so that ( the power of Darwin can purify her ) Tags: цыбулька (Leave a comment)
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07:08 am [Link]	Якая ўсё-ткі ангельская мова прыгожая Менавіта ангельская, амэрыканец так ні за што не напіша First I felt woefully out-of-touch. Then I simply hated the world a little more. And then an uneasy thought came over me. If the majority of other men genuinely spend hours hoisting their scrotum over the bathroom sink with one hand, nail scissors in the other, meticulously snipping and pruning their man-bush into a tiny ornamental hedge, until their entire pubic region resembles a tranquil arboretum in miniature, albeit one with a cheerful bit of dick poking out of it (Leave a comment)
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12:21 pm [Link]	Republicans are good for economy? Let's assume the president does affect the economy. Let's assume Dow Jones is valid approximation for the economy status. Let's assume CPI is a valid approximator for inflation. Let's take the Dow-Jones values at the beginning and end of presidents' terms and compare how Democratic presidents do vs Republicans. (I took DJIA values from http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI ; CPI numbers from http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/HistoricalCPI.aspx - all of them January numbers except August for 2008) The results are - during the 7 Republican terms (Nixon, Nixon/Ford, Reagan, Reagan 2, Bush, Bush Jr, Bush Jr 2) DJIA multiplied by 3.667; during the 5 Democratic (JFK/LBJ, LBJ, Carter, Clinton, Clinton 2) - by 4.765; the CPI-adjusted DJIA multiplied by 1.088 under Republicans and by 2.184 under Democrats. So the end result is - any growth caused by Republican presidents is eaten by inflation caused by their excessive spending. Party of small government, indeed. Google Docs: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pFVTZ52OE49aMajFkth64Ww&hl=en Original spreadsheet: http://syarzhuk.victoryware.com/images/lj/DJIA.xls Tags: shmeconomy (11 comments | Leave a comment)