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March 25, 2012Iran not unplugged: Oil prices on Friday briefly spiked to the highest level in three weeks following a report that Iranian oil exports dropped significantly this month. … Benchmark U.S. crude rose by $1.52 to…
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‘Bad Apple’ My Ass
March 23, 2012Doc: I don’t give a shit if he’s from Johannesburg. I don’t want to hear dune koon or sand nigger from him or anybody. Vig: Captain uses those terms. Troy: The point is, Conrad, ‘towel…
‘Obvious Satire’
March 21, 2012“I mean, with the other guys, you can dig into their past and find at least some shred of rational thinking, even if they’re cynically downplaying it now,” Gallardo continued. “But I get the sense…
Spring Well Sprung
March 20, 2012Raining like a mad dog up here on California’s northern coast, and in the pre-dawn hours, cold as shit. And on this first day of spring, weather is screwed. And so is the world —…
CSA — Crime Scene Afghanistan
March 19, 2012Although the name of the supposedly “lone service member” who killed 16 Afghan civilians a week ago has finally emerged — Sgt. Bob Bales — the names of the victims of the rampage haven’t seen…
Terminal Death
March 12, 2012Understatement on the crazed shootings yesterday in Afghanistan: It is believed that, some time before the killings, the soldier suffered a nervous breakdown. In a bad situation getting worse, the incident only makes it near-imperative…
Educating Nada
March 9, 2012In the education dust-up via California state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco: “It is a little embarrassing that Harvard is cheaper than the California State University,” he said in an interview. “When you price out…
Warmonger Us — ‘A population under stress’
March 8, 2012Pornographic war creates sweet dreams: “I laughed as I heard a story,” said Ryan Endicott. “One of the platoons had strapped dead bodies from a gunfight on the hoods of their Humvees and then drove…
Twisters on Time
March 5, 2012In terms of pure weather horror, this past week should send a complete, focused message to peoples everywhere — the climate is quickly shifting and all bets are off. Ohio Gov. John Kasich on tornadoes:…
Seeping Crud
March 4, 2012In the midst of a crazed, over-gorged news cycle of late – from weather to sluts — a continuing, most-nefarious news story popped up again this week in the announcement of a subdued settlement in…