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WSJ: Fed Sees Recovery Slowing – Central Bank, Worried About Economic Vigor, Won’t Shrink Securities Portfolio. http://bit.ly/b148F4 # WSJ: GM Expects Biggest Profit in Six Years http://bit.ly/bdX2zd @cbarger @cbarger # Whaaa..? Incentives matter? “Excessive Runway Delays Drop After New Rule” http://bit.ly/9lULNd #incentivesnotmotives @thomassowell # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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WSJ: Commerce Department data implies Gov’t workers comparatively insulated from economic woes http://bit.ly/9yJJEo # Just quit out of Word 2008 and my Mac suddenly stopped acting like a jogger who’s running in water. #justsaynotobloatware # I can’t help it. My brain conjures this up every time I hear yet another new rumor about the iphone […]

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Waiting to see @readysetbag at @centralcinema. Sitting with a nice family who drove here from Leavenworth (2.5 hr drive…!) # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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A man was jailed by a Kemerovo court for assaulting the fortune teller who predicted that he would be jailed. http://bit.ly/cuCSyI # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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WSJ: Cadillac’s CTS-V Coupe Makes German Rivals Look Like Taxis. “more fun to drive than the M3 or the RS 5” @cbarger http://bit.ly/bertT6 # WSJ: latest snapshot of the job market = “bleak”, “a sign the economic recovery is running out of steam” http://bit.ly/9Xw6zY # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Romer quits. Has to. You can’t be the chairman of Obama’s Council of Econ Advisers and also publish research indicating tax increases = bad. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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@tinch just emailed you about Tweet House Vegas panel Aug 17. Join me onstage to talk Twitter? # Hoping to see @kegill @twibes @2morrowknight @ShaunaCausey @seattlewinegal @BMW at RSB on Sunday http://twtvite.com/140tcRSB # LBJ’s approval rating when he announced he would not run for re-election: 50%. Obama’s approval # today? 45%. http://bit.ly/9AGxOm # Powered by […]

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Bill Paxton, WSDOT Spokesperson? http://bit.ly/9DfqNQ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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Apparently the Seattle Times ran across my post from 2008 where I talk about our “What Me Worry?” Legislators who refuse to believe that just because we voted down two funding packages (state and regional) for a new gold-plated 520 bridge, we can somehow wish the funding into existence anyway.  The Times reveals what many of us have […]

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