August 2010 – the quick Sliver

8.27.10 Fat Cats and Bureaucrats

August 27, 2010 Mike Keeler

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Here’s what happens when folks in charge of education can’t answer simple questions correctly. Since taking office in January, New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie has been in a highly visible, very personal battle with the teacher’s union, the NJEA. Christie slashed the education budget and then demonized teachers as overpaid…

8.6.10 Blue Ribbon Beer

August 6, 2010 Mike Keeler

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China provides the U.S. with lots of inexpensive goods. In return, the U.S. sells back to China many high-end luxury products. Here’s a case in point. If you pick up a copy of Window of the South, a highly respected bi-weekly business magazine in China, you’ll find lots of advertisements…

2010 beer China German Pabst Blue Ribbon

8.3.10 Dixie Delicious

August 3, 2010 Mike Keeler

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On a summer sojourn south, we discovered the ultimate Carolina cross-branded culinary confection. In 1917, the Carolina Beverage Company was established in Salisbury NC, which is strategically located along a major railroad distribution system. There the company manufactured a soda with a deep burgundy color, a very sweet cherry…

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