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Written by Rob
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Friday, 15 January 2010 |
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...TRex emailed me asking about the
transition to the new WordPress format I mentioned in an earlier
post. It is happening. The site is actually up and functioning
here: http://combateffective.us/wpblog
I have enjoyed using Joomla to run the CombatEffective blog, but
WordPress is a better content management system overall (thus the
migration). Over the next couple of days, the "new" blog will be
populated with much of the visual content the old one has. I was
going to keep posting on the "old" one, but I'm farther along in
the setup than I anticipated, so new posts will begin appearing
today at the new URL. Very soon, I will redirect the main URL to
the new blog, meaning simply visiting combateffective.us will take
you to the new blog.
Last thing, the existing infrastructure will be held in place until
I am able to migrate all of the data over to WordPress. I will not
do this until I am sure I can preserve the URL (and any hyperlinks
that are out there).
Questions, let me know. See you online!
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Written by Rob
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 |
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You may think that's how banks and
politicians should feel right now (and you'd be right to think
that), but the headline above is actually taken from a
banker...slamming someone who argues the social utility of the
banking industry in the last decade has amounted to a huge FAIL.
The blog post presents in very good detail the bet Paulson made
against the housing industry. That would be the same Treasury
Secretary that led the charge to bailout the very firms he set up
for failure.
When this man goes to meet his maker, I believe - I want to believe
- the conversation will something like this:
God: What life have you led?
Paulson: I was a good man who led a noble, good, and kind life. I
did not defraud my fellow man and did not manipulate the global
economy for the benefit of me and my investment partners, so we may
have gold toilet seats while others could not even afford fake
porcelain.
God: Divine Cow Poop. I smite thee to Hell. That is all.
God (to St Peter): Who's next?
St Peter: Tim Geithner.
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Written by Rob
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
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Mr. Lee equates defaulting on a mortage to shoplifting. Not
quite. Even if default is "promise-breaking," the mortgage industry
has not honored it's moral obligation to the people in this whole
mess.
UPDATE: Commenter Jed Harris (from Mr. Lee's blog) sums up my
feeling on the situation exactly: But in the mortgage world, and
a lot of other domains, the burden of values seems extremely
asymmetrical
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Written by Rob
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 |
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I agree with the sentiment of moving away from the gotcha
politics, but it just isn't going to happen any time soon.
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Written by Rob
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Sunday, 10 January 2010 |
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The lengths to which the politicians have
to contort themselves to be offended when one party makes comments
like this, then not be when they do it...must wear them out.
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Written by Rob
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Saturday, 02 January 2010 |
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...should his lie, under oath, kill his
nomination? IMHO, yes. That said, it's a sad state of affairs
when the people grilling him are guilty of far worse crimes and
will never suffer the consequences of their failures.
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Written by Rob
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Friday, 01 January 2010 |
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...it's a shame they didn't kill the
terrorist mofo.
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Written by Rob
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Wednesday, 30 December 2009 |
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...I disagree. The state cheats taxpayers through its often fradulent,
negligent, and wasteful spending of our taxpayer dollars. Were the
gov't to make true efforts to regulate that spending, I'd bet
folks would be much more inclined to pay taxes.
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Written by Rob
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Tuesday, 29 December 2009 |
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A very good point. I highlight this not to
downplay the threat of terrorism, but agree with FDL a certain
amount of perspective is needed.
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Written by Rob
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Sunday, 27 December 2009 |
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To my fellow Nevadans: vote this guy out of office.
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Written by Rob
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Sunday, 27 December 2009 |
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...I almost blew my lid on
reading this...then I saw the word under the title.
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Written by Rob
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Sunday, 27 December 2009 |
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No, it didn't. President Obama, please fire this person.
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Written by Rob
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Friday, 25 December 2009 |
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In a move that shows just how disconnected
from the rest of us they are, the government has approved a
multimillion dollar payout for the top dogs of Fannie and
Freddie.
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Written by Rob
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Sunday, 20 December 2009 |
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I agree, this debt is not serviceable.
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Written by Rob
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Sunday, 20 December 2009 |
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...not even Tiger Woods could have hit them.
Ouch.
Not exactly a scientific term of measure, but it'll do.
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