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So there we were driving along on the Interstate enroute to do a public service TV ad about safe driving practices for regular Americans who didn't go to Harvard and once work for the World Bank and we were getting directions to the studio on the cellphone. And a state trooper made us late ...
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Andrew Malcolm: Geithner’s $48,000+ Honest Mistake
Patterico's Pontifications —
[Guest post by DRJ]
Andrew Malcolm at the LA Times’ Top of the Ticket:
“Who in this busy life would ever think of paying income taxes each April? There’s never anything about April 15 in the media. And who’s got time to read that stuff anyway when you’re busy coming up with financial rules for other people to obey?
There’s lots more sarcasm at the link. Malcolm’s comments remind me of Iowahawk and Jim Treacher. I think that’s a compliment but I doubt many in the media ...
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