Book Of Norm

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Today, Obama highlighted the plight of those Americans who have been out of work for over six months. The recession was hard, no way around that. But his response? Straight out of Atlas Shrugged. Instead of trying to lead the nation by reducing regulation, improving employment opportunities with a free market, or increasing international trade... he tells us the Federal Government will "no longer evaluate candidates based on their employment history" and that it is our duty to do the same. Yup, exactly those words. Incredible. Honestly, I think his speech writers might have just copied and pasted from Atlas Shrugged. Why should we grow by placing a fair price on the value of hard work when we can instead insist that it is everyone's mural duty to ignore other people's failings? Why, after all, is it fair for one man to earn so much when another man has had all bad luck? Clearly, the answer to America's woes is to morally demand that employers no longer consider...

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Mechanics are generally a shady bunch. It is an industry that thrives in the dark. Very few mechanics actually promote open and transparent interaction with their customers. Think of how often you go into a shop and the price they originally quoted goes up by... $100? $200? 200%? Sound familiar? It is. Americans waste 2 billion days and $90 billion dollars a year on car repair. That is equal to over 3 million years of savings for the average American. 3 MILLION YEARS - every year. It is a colossal waste of money. So how do you avoid wasting your savings on car repair? Here are the top 10 things that mechanics don't want you to know: 10) You can request parts back from the mechanic. They get around this because most parts have a core charge - in which case they don't have to give them back. However, you can still request to see the old part and to have them show you where/how it is broken. 9) You can always get your car towed out of a shop. Even if the work has started...

Could be one of the largest changes in the American judiciary system in decades. Disagree with a law, even if someone is guilty, you can acquit. The implications are huge, because everyone now gets to vote on not just whether the accused is guilty, but the mortality and benefit of the law the first place. Obviously, this will hardly affect things like violent crime, and if we're honest, white collar crime too (for a capitalist nation we have some strange beliefs, courtesy Hollywood, stupidity, and a liberal press), but the big one will probably be marijuana. With the right jury, those laws don't stand a chance. Interesting. New Hampshire weighs proposal to alert juries of 'nullification' law http://cir.ca/s/Eiu

So - the main reason that I have been writing so much less on this site is because I have been working full time on launching my first company, The Driveway Doctors . We are trying to build the first software-centric car repair company. In addition to that, we offer on-site or mobile mechanic / mobile car repair services to our customers. A lot of our customers ask "can you really do that on site?" The answer is generally yes. What most repair shops and dealerships don't want you to know is that the majority of repairs are actually quite simple. We have been open for almost two years now and we do about 75% of repairs can be done on site. Common issues such as brakes, check engine lights, and tune ups can all be done from the comfort of your home. The benefits are that you never have to leave home or work (always nice), but more than that, you don't lose your car. When you drop your car off at a traditional repair shop they have complete control over it. They will...

A bunch of the richest guys on the planet just got the general public to find their asteroid prospecting telescope. Damn rich and damn smart. Though... for $25.. a picture in space is a really cool idea. null http://cir.ca/s/26W

FDA urges doctors to avoid prescribing high-dose acetaminophen http://cir.ca/s/uyt