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Bain, baby, Bain

Economics 101:

 

Did Mitt Romney and Bain Capital help office-supply retailer Staples create 88,000 jobs? 43,000? 252? Actually, Staples probably destroyed 100,000 jobs while creating millions of new ones.

Oh happy day

Only four days to get ready: On Saturday we get to celebrate National Ice Cream Day!

Whether you get it in a cup or in a cone, atop a waffle or in a banana split, make sure to visit your local ice cream shop today to get some cold, delicious ice cream. Watch out for ice cream events and freebies happening in your area.

Effectively dead

So, put "Stay alive" on the list and make it 8:

Stephen R. Covey, author of the top-selling motivational book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died on Monday at an Idaho hospital from injuries he suffered in a bicycle accident in April, family members said in a statement. He was 79.

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Cost control

AAAAAAAmen!

 

Is there a "fairness" factory somewhere out in Middle America producing self-sustaining jobs? If not, President Barack Obama's obsession with ending Bush-era tax cuts makes no sense as either policy or politics.

Olympic foul-up

Free at last

How shall we celebrate this year's Cost of Government Day on Sunday? Something frivolous perhaps, such as putting a few dollars under the mattress where nobody can find it:

 

This year, Americans have to work until July 15 to pay for the burden of government, more than six months.

Same day

Is this too pessimistic -- will Amazon's push for same-day delivery really, as the headline predicts, "destroy local retail"?

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What a revoltin' development

When authority has been abused to the point where we expect it to be arbitrary and capricious, the logical result is that we lose all respect for authority:

The big smokeout

Oh, come on now, you can't say you didn't see this coming:

Greenbelt Homes Inc., a cooperative that owns about 1,600 row houses in historic Greenbelt, is considering a rule that would allow residents to ban smoking in the properties if all of those living in a row of four to five homes are in agreement.

Better and better

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