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For Profit Venture By Night, Libertarian Delight

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

Those rascals at Google are making a splash today with the announcement that their philanthropic arm Google.org will be a for profit venture, meaning they will have to file taxes in exchange for the ability to solicit venture capital, form partnerships and lobby congress.
One would figure that the normal libertarian supporters would applaud this move, […]

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And For My Next Trick, I Predict The Sun Will Rise

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Just like I said back when the Season Finale aired, HBO announced that the Sopranos “final” “bonus” episodes will be pushed back to March instead of the previously slated January. All that remains is the inevitable extension of the eight episodes to the regularly robust 12, and it will happen, oh you mark my words.
HBO […]

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A Note On Subscription Television

Monday, June 5th, 2006

Quick hits for a Monday morning:
• The Sopranos season finale was predictably underwhelming. Here is the problem with that show, it’s been A-1 for so long that it has no pressure to resolve anything in any kind of hurry. Last night we got what should have been a great midseason setup: AJ grows up and […]

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