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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Seen around and about... 

[] Don't believe all the hype about Avatar already being the #1 movie of all time at the box office. Adjusted for inflation, it's not even in the top 20...
1. Gone With the Wind: $1,537,559,600
2. Star Wars: $1,355,490,100
3. The Sound of Music: $1,083,781,000
...
5. The Ten Commandments: $996,910,000
...
8. Doctor Zhivago: $944,670,800
...
10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: $829,490,000
11. 101 Dalmatians: $760,370,300
...
18. The Graduate: $651,198,300
...
20. Fantasia: $631,960,900
21. Avatar: $603,789,300

[] Hey, look how the $787 billion stimulus grew by $75 billion all by itself without anyone knowing it!

CBO now anticipates that the law will increase deficits by $862 billion ... [CBO]

[] When a big country is stuck in a funk like we are, nothing lifts the spirits like a fun and rewarding adventure next door! Such as ... Or. Too bad we have only Mexico and Canada.


[] Australian censors ban A-cup porn actresses. Another for the "You know your government is too big when..." file. First they came for the small-breasted porn stars...


[] Post-partisanship policy on special interests:
"We need to stand up to the special interests, bring Republicans and Democrats together, and pass the farm bill immediately." -- Barack Obama, 2007.
We should have known then how this was going to work out. [ht: Reason via M. McArdle]


[] The next time a bee stings you, it might be because it didn't like your face.


[] Canada's Premier of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador comes to the US for heart surgery. Whew! The rich and powerful in Canada breathe a sigh of relief. With Obamacare on life support, they can still get decent treatment by coming here.


[] The late Senator Kennedy waxing poetic about the good old days of U.S. politics...
... Mr. Kennedy waxed sentimental about Washington in the early 1960s: "It used to be civilized. The media was on our side. We'd get our work done by one o'clock and by two we were at the White House chasing women. We got the job done, and the reporters focused on the issues ... It was civilized." [WSJ]
Oh, for the way things used to be....