Archive for October, 2005

The Speculation Continues

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An AP business writer thinks Google Base is an online classified ad service. The only people who know what it really is aren’t saying much.
“Google Gives Peek at Classified Ad Service”

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A Sluggish Start

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This season Desparate Housewives has been missing something. I thought it might be that its newness wore off. Marcia Cross might have it right that the characters’ stories aren’t as intertwined.
“I think it would be nice if we start spending a little more time together,” said Cross, who plays Bree on the hit ABC series.
“I […]

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Washington Waits

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Indictments on the Valarie Plame case are rumored to be coming. I’ll say it again: Scooter Libby is toast. Not for blowing the cover of a secret agent, (A real covert agent told the Washington Times, “She made no bones about the fact that she was an agency employee and her husband was a diplomat.”) […]

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Banian on Bernanke

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King goes into Ben Bernanke’s idea of “inflation targeting.” It may not be that different from what Alan Greenspan has been doing for years. In a later post he goes into the role of the Federal Reserve as an economics research outfit.
“Bernanke, Inflation and Targeting”

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“Jesus Was a Black Man”

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Milwaukee has its share of wacky politicians. None wackier than Alderman Michael McGee. The Journal Sentinel’s Spivak & Bice report on their attempt at getting McGee’s side of the story on what transpired on a recent bus trip to Washington, D.C.
“Spinning Statements Can Be Hard to Follow”

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Political Loyalties

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On the Miers nomination Robert at Watchman’s Words asks,
When it comes to the subject of loyalty and support, who owes whom? To what degree does a President owe his supporters the fulfillment of his campaign promises? To what degree do a President’s supporters owe him their support when he does not (or appears to not) […]

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Need Posts Now!

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I’m hosting this week’s Carnival of the Badger. Send me your posts or I’ll have a very small carnival. They’re due by Wednesday at 8 pm. E-mail them to sean–at–theamericanmind–dot–com or use this carnival submission form.

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A Soup to Avoid

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If you ever have the opportunity pass on Chunky’s chicken and dumplings. The soup is bland but with an annoying bell pepper flavor. It also looks like nacho cheese dip.

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Free Web Database

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Google is playing again. Google Base, a free, online database, will be announced at their Zeitgeist conference today.
Play, play, play. That’s how the company seems to be coming up with new ideas. I wonder how management sorts through them to find the good stuff they think will help build profits?
“Google’s Upcoming Database Service” [via Download […]

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Trackback Spam

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In the past few weeks the amount of trackback spam has really shot up. Now, it appears Jay Allen is done updating the MT-Blacklist. Too bad. Other than the trackback and comment spam MT 2.661 has been good for me. My philosophy with software is “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.” Upgrading for the […]

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Bernanke Comments

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*Even though Hayek’s early work involved monetary theory and trade cycles. That work, along with his tussle with Keynes garnered him fame, but the ideas in his “The Use of Knowledge in Society” are more important.

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Bush Hates Podcasters

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JimK is having technical difficulties so there might not be a Starkcast this week. He blames Bush. I think it’s Emily.

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Bernanke to be Next Fed Chairman

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CNN reports President Bush will name Ben Bernanke as the next Federal Reserve Chairman to replace Alan Greenspan. Unlike Harriet Miers Bernanke won’t be labled as a Bush crony. The unsurprising pick (he’s been mentioned many times as Greenspan’s replacement) worked at the Fed before as well as in academia. Currently he’s the chairman of […]

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Post-Game Observations

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After Dante Culpepper’s touchdown passes he didn’t do his rolling, rolling, rolling celebration. I wonder if someone told him about John Jaggler’s reporting on the source of that dance.
Ahmad Carroll didn’t commit any penalties but he gave up a big touchdown pass. He’s another Mike Sherman-as-GM bust.

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Zilch. Zero. Nada.

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That’s what my weblog is worth according to Business Opportunities Weblog.

My blog is worth $0.00.How much is your blog worth?

Huh? It’s not like Technorati doesn’t acknowledge my existence. Almost six years of writing has to be worth something…anything. I’ve got an advertiser. That has to mean TAM has some value. Dane Carlson needs […]

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