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  1. @indieconch a few of us are going to meet at Waterbar around 17h for oysters et al. keen? 3:11 PM Feb 24th via web in reply to indieconch
  2. .@StephieShaver would be happy to, as it's basically my favourite topic of conversation. good luck getting me to shut up about it afterward. 10:30 AM Feb 23rd via web in reply to StephieShaver
  3. even a broken clock is (mostly) right twice a day, though beware their supposed solutions...: economist.com/node/21540231 & economist.com/node/21540259 3:44 PM Nov 27th, 2011 via web
  4. @beltzner @johnolilly as I so often do, I think Karl's pretty much right on the money about this one, too: market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=… 4:24 PM Nov 23rd, 2011 via web in reply to beltzner
  5. @PopSci @PopSciAU automatically redirecting .au users to the .au site, so all links to US-site content are unreachable? clown shoes, popsci. 6:46 PM Nov 18th, 2011 via web
  6. .@beltzner @senior the only pub at which I've personally watched the cricket in YYZ is Fox and Fiddle, on Wellesley: foxwellesley.com 6:58 AM Nov 18th, 2011 via web in reply to beltzner
  7. market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=… -- I know, I know; impossible while everyone on handouts can vote. #notalldreamscometrue 3:32 PM Aug 9th, 2011 via web
  8. @ThatHolmesGirl sure, but the maths doesn't much care :) I wasn't kidding about revenue near all-time high (incl when top tax rate was 91%!) 4:59 PM Aug 5th, 2011 via web in reply to ThatHolmesGirl
  9. @rlove easy for you to say; you never visit. 4:15 PM Aug 5th, 2011 via web in reply to rlove
  10. @rlove @chrisblizzard @natfriedman but that's insane. as a % of GDP, federal revenue has almost never been higher. taxes are not the problem 4:12 PM Aug 5th, 2011 via web in reply to rlove
  11. .@chrisblizzard @natfriedman @rlove let's not pretend that it's not within our power to cut spending. we just don't want to make choices. 4:05 PM Aug 5th, 2011 via web in reply to chrisblizzard
  12. .@natfriedman @rlove maybe because the "extreme cuts" the political class gnash its teeth over actually represent an increase in spending? 4:02 PM Aug 5th, 2011 via web in reply to natfriedman
  13. .@shaver I'm feeling pretty good about being short the banking industry. Took longer than I thought for the bet to pay off, though. 8:25 AM Aug 5th, 2011 via web in reply to shaver
  14. .@humphd sitting here listening to 2 of the smartest people I know try to comprehend what's happened in our git repo, and thinking of you :) 7:44 AM Aug 5th, 2011 via web
  15. .@natfriedman so, how much more junk sovereign debt do you think the ECB has to buy before Germany leaves the Euro? 6:47 AM Aug 5th, 2011 via web
  16. @madhava every time I see that video I get ravenous. I had to eat right before bed last week, my hunger pains were so sharp. 2:19 PM Aug 4th, 2011 via web in reply to madhava
  17. you expect this kind of lunacy from the United States Congress, but why does *Canada* still have the penny? 7:49 PM Aug 3rd, 2011 via web
  18. @indieconch yeah, he does that. 9:28 AM Aug 3rd, 2011 via web in reply to indieconch
  19. @humphd but let's get a pint and catch up, regardless! I'm in town until the 19th 5:26 PM Aug 2nd, 2011 via web in reply to humphd
  20. @humphd not sure it's about teaching; much of the frustration is that I'm forced to contend with so many details I simply DON'T CARE about 5:26 PM Aug 2nd, 2011 via web in reply to humphd