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What should government do?
Forcing fast-food restaurants to disclose calories seems like a safe ‘no’ by my way of thinking, but it’s not the clear cut answer I thought before I read the following from the Becker-Posner blog – this is Posner: A law … Continue reading
Difference between Popularity and Leadership
From a July 25 WSJ Editorial about Sen Obama’s remarks in Germany: For our money, the best line in Barack Obama’s speech yesterday in Berlin came in the form of a quote from Ernst Reuter, the city’s mayor during the … Continue reading
Tagged Politics, Ronald Reagan
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Marco Rubio on Cuba
Please check out this video clip of Marco Rubio addressing the press at a luncheon attended by Sen Obama in May of 2008. The video was posted on the Babalu blog. Rubio is the Speaker of the Florida House of … Continue reading
This is the Day, the Lord Has Made and …
… here’s one way to rejoice and be glad in it – a bike ride through a beautiful part of my hometown of Miami 1.1 miles into my bike ride – looking west on just past the toll booth to … Continue reading
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MSNBC Dream Report
Dateline: January 2, 2010 – Las Vegas, NV [AP-BHO] President Obama addressed an adoring throng of approximately 1.5 million Americans yesterday in the outskirts of Las Vegas and urged them; to keep hope alive, to bring change to America, to … Continue reading
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Opportunity Knocks
If at first [pre-trial mediation] she doesn’t succeed, she’ll try [postpone her ruling so that Miami-Dade County’s megaplan will be dependent on a coming Florida Supreme Court ruling] again. Charles Rabin of the Herald described Tuesday’s ruling in his article: … Continue reading
Posted in Marlins Ballpark & Finances
Tagged Marlins Ballpark Trial, Norman Braman, Sarah Talalay
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Batman’s Secular Miracle at Local Mall
The Dark Knight movie was great. I saw it in a packed movie house with downscale demographics [Mall of the Americas], and yet there were no detectable acts of rudeness in the audience during the movie. Perhaps not a Saint … Continue reading
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The Dark Knight by Nicole Galego
I recently went to the movies with my family to see The Dark Knight, the most recent Batman film starring Christian Bale. Though there were many things going on at once involving different parties, the plot was not too difficult … Continue reading
See no *EBIT, hear no EBIT, definitely speak no EBIT
Why would local government officials testify in a trial [or deposition] under oath and say things which no one believes? An article by Sarah Talalay from the Sun-Sentinel, describes testimony in the Braman trial yesterday: Miami-Dade County Manager George Burgess … Continue reading
Braman, Petards and Hoisting
Turns out a petard is a small bomb. During Braman’s testimony in the trial yesterday, there was the following exchange as reported by Charles Rabin in the Miami Herald: Auto dealer Norman Braman opened his lawsuit against Miami’s megaplan Monday … Continue reading
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