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Thu 27 Nov 2008

An epic rickroll

Posted by Jimmy under Art and music, Humor, Software and the Internet
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This is the ultimate rickroll:

 

 

Wed 19 Nov 2008

Raise the gas tax NOW

Posted by Jimmy under Politics, Transportation
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Now that oil has fallen to half of what it was in the summer, we should the gas tax should be raised now, while gas is still cheap. The federal gas tax was last raised in 1993, and California’s state gas tax was last raised in 1994. In California, we would need to raise gas taxes by 18 cents per gallon just to keep up with inflation. It should probably be hiked a lot more. And with a higher tax, the price at the pump would not swing around so much; gas prices in Europe showed much less volatility than here.

I’m not the only one advocating this:

 

Tue 4 Nov 2008

Free goodies for voters… um…. everyone

Posted by Jimmy under Politics
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There’s still time today to get a free cup of coffee at Starbucks, a free star-shaped donut at Krispy Kreme, and a free scoop of ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s. Originally, only people who voted were eligible for the freebies, but since that apparently violates election laws, the companies had to open it up to everyone.