August 2011
Debt increase by presidents: Reagan 186%, Bush 54% Clinton 41% Bush II 72% Obama 23%. Source CBO
UPDATE: These numbers are old (based on this) most recent numbers can be found here: http://t.co/pktMrId
Updating the post to reflect the current numbers:
Reagan - 189% Bush - 55% Clinton - 37% Bush - 86% Obama - 35%
Hat tip to Ron Workman for the correct numbers and links.
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Serious Question: Is there any modern example of a mostly libertarian government?
Curious to see what that looks like. Anyone?
What is the square root of sexy?
Pi
“A secretive, international group of hackers has aimed its keyboards and social media masses at BART, threatening to retaliate against the transit agency for its decision to cut off cellphone service at a planned protest Thursday.”
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Hacker group Anonymous takes aim at BART - San Jose Mercury News
This will not stand, ya know. This aggression will not stand, man.
(via epicwinbook)
How Rafat Ali Found A Job →
sramanamitra.com
I’m lucky to call Rafat a friend. For anyone trying to make a business out of blogging, this is a must read.
“Homosexuals are people, my friend.”
— Things Mitt Romney didn’t say. (via spytap)
“I follow the better chef Twitterers: José Andrés is particularly prolific and fun. René Redzepi. David Chang, Mario Batali, Eric Ripert — we’re all friends so we tweet each other pictures of what we’re eating. I also follow AntDeRosa on Twitter. It’s by a Reuters guy, I don’t know his real name. I’m a political junkie, and his interests seem to mirror my own.”
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HOLY SHIT
“You have restored in me my faith in America.”
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Michele Bachmann
Hmmm, that sounds familiar, like something the FLOTUS once said and was maligned for by the GOP.
