Links and Minifeatures 2008 02 25 Monday

By Dan Melson on February 25, 2008 8:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Carnival of Personal Finance

Carnival of Real Estate

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Funny! 42 Methods of Mathematical Proof

My favorites are Proof by Calculus and Proof by Design.

Thanks, Paul!

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A civic quiz

It blows my mind that the average score is only 72%. I wonder what proportion is under 50% - and how many of them vote.

Me? I got the score everyone should, although I don't think there's anything to be embarrassed about if you get 95% (57 right) or better.

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Armies of Liberation has a report that an American convicted in absentia here is wandering around Yemen free, even though he's theoretically wanted there too.

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Stupid driver tricks: Dropping my older daughter at her school (K-8), I had just pulled back into traffic to get out of there when the full sized SUV in front of me decided they were going to turn around on the narrow street right in front of the school. Three full hems and haws to turn that beast around, stopping traffic when everybody was trying to get their kids there, and more importantly, obviously no clue about what was in front or behind - that is, whether or not there were young children there, among other things. It's an elementary school, for crying out loud! Going around the block would have been quicker, and a lot safer.

Please people, think about what you're doing with thousands of pounds of metal. The minute you stop thinking and planning before you do it, is the minute you might run over (in this case) a young child. Maybe your child who's coming back because they left something in the car. They're not responsible - that's why they're called children. You're supposed to be. That's what the license is about.

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A reform effort I could support: The 'spouse tax' on military wives

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The Road to Serfdom at Volokh Conspiracy

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Captain's Quarters takes a USA Today Editorial and builds a far more convincing case that Obama and Hillary Clinton's proposed spending programs are in fact, unaffordable.

Sadly, he announces that he's going to be closing down Captain's Quarters and moving to Hot Air. I do wish him well at his new site, where I'll be reading because of him.

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