Time for Thorns

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Archive for August 22nd, 2012

Augusta caves…

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Augusta National has finally  opened its membership  to women,  a decade after Martha Burk and her women’s advocacy group first challenged the club over its all-male membership.  I’ve always considered that the private club did well not to give in to Burk and her histrionics,  but now I wonder if having a female at the helm of one of its largest corporate sponsors tipped the scales.

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August 22, 2012 at 5:50 pm

Solyndra as art…

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This is where  our taxpayer money to Solyndra went  —  to U.C. Berkeley as a modern art exhibit.

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August 22, 2012 at 9:12 am

The GM you bought…

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…and what  GM is now worth,  explained perfectly by the wickedly sharp pen of Yogi Love.

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August 22, 2012 at 9:04 am

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