12 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Damn Kate, you have good taste in music. Right around the time this would have been posted, I was just wrapping up rehearsal with my band. This song is almost always our closer. Hadn’t seen this version before, so thanks for this.

  2. US has the safest Farm Administration on earth next to China –
    USDA buys machine guns. From their web site:
    “The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General, located in Washington, DC, pursuant to the authority of FAR Part 13, has a requirement for the commerical acquisition of submachine guns, .40 Cal. S&W, ambidextrous safety, semi-automatic or 2 shot burts trigger group, Tritium night sights for front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore grip) and scope (top rear), stock-collapsilbe or folding, magazine – 30 rd. capacity, sling, light weight, and oversized trigger guard for gloved operation. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. All responsible and/or interested sources may submit their company name, point of contact, and telephone. If received timely, shall be considered by the agency for contact to determine weapon suitability.”
    Are they promoting food production or confiscating food??
    http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/usda-seeking-purchase-submachine-guns/#axzz31sKSy873

  3. Drill baby drill!
    The U.S. met 87 percent of its energy needs in 2013, and 90 percent in December, the most since March 1985, according to the EIA, the statistical arm of the Energy Department.
    Output rose 78,000 barrels a day to 8.428 million, the most since October 1986, according to Energy Information Administration data. The combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has unlocked supplies from shale formations in the central U.S., including the Bakken in North Dakota and the Eagle Ford in Texas.
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-14/shale-boom-sends-u-s-crude-output-to-28-year-high.html

  4. Character tells:
    NEW PALTZ, N.Y. — For all the screaming and carrying on, their neighbours thought they’d won the lottery. But it was a lumpy old sofa stuffed with $40,000 in cash that had three young roommates raising a ruckus.
    And here’s the other side of the ticket: They returned the money to the 91-year-old widow whose couch had been given away.
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/05/16/new-york-roommates-find-40k-in-used-couch-return-cash-to-91-year-old-widow/

  5. http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/motor-mouth-green-cars-still-a-giant-waste-of-money
    The totality of the incentives is staggering. According to the ICCT, Norwegian subsidies are worth up to 11,500 euros, equivalent to 55% of the cost of a new car. Holland’s numbers are even more generous: Depending on the exact propulsion system and the carbon emissions the government deems it may save (the Netherlands subsidizes plug-in hybrids more favourably than EVs, while Norway promotes pure, battery-powered electric vehicles), going electric in Holland could save you as much as 75% of the purchase price of a Volvo V60 plug-in hybrid.

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