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Mark Sanfords Argentine girlfriend: Maria Belen Chapur

If Maria Belen Chapur appealed to Mark Sanford, who knows how many other women there might be.

Obama: the new Dukakis

Ann Althouse writes about how she realized that Obama reminds her of Michael Dukakis. She is not the only one to think of it.

I am increasingly aggravated with Blogger about what they are doing

I don't want to do it myself, but in a heartbeat, I would have my Blogger Former Naval Person blog to Typepad (as an alternative Former Naval Person blog). I would need a reasonably priced and reliable service to do the work. I am slow to anger, as this whole business started as far back as July 2007, when Blogger instituted robots.txt files that the bloggers could not access. The blog went from 2000 to 3000 visits a day down to a neglible number, thanks to Blogger. It would be zero, but for Yahoo Image Search and a few other referers.

The stimulous package is "starting to slow the economy"

Joe Weisenthal, on Clusterstock, points out Arnold Kling's piece about how the stimulous package is slowing the economy by driving up real interest rates.

"The Great Ethanol Scam"

There is a good piece at SlashDot about Ethanol being a bad thing to burn in engines. The problem is that it causes Engines to fail.

Susan Boyle singing "Memories"

KRLD radio's website has the link to Susan Boyle singing "Memories" in "Britain's Got Talent".

Bill Clinton likes women (not a bad thing, in general)

The KRLD website has an article that shows Bill Clinton with his arm around a woman at a charity event in Vienna.

How about a coup d'etat in the House of Representatives?

Nancy Pelosi has lost any credibility she had in the recent past. This piece says that the press assumes that she is a hypocrite and liar.

Car Dealers being shut down

On my drive home yesterday, I heard on the CBS national news at 5pm (CDT) some audio from an Ohio car dealer who could stay open. He said that the GM was was forced by the Obama auto task force (he said "task force") to close the dealerships and that they would needlessly throw a lot of people out of work.

I wanted to know what foods were high in potassium and low in carbohydrates

Yesterday, I did a lot of research about foods high in potassium. I was looking for alternatives to bananas, which are higher in carbohydrates than I like. This table is the result:

		From the USDA Nutrient Database
USDA NDB Ref. #	Food Group	Potass. per measure mgs	Weight grams	Common Measure	Carbohydrates
	. FRUITS
09032	Apricots, dried	814	70	10 med.	130g wt = 81g
09038	Avocados	540	85	3 oz.	85g wt = 8.5g
09040	Banana	467	118	1 med.	225g wt = 51g
09087	Dates	542	83	10 dates	1 date, 24g wt = 18g
09094	Figs, dried	542	76	4 figs	149g = 95g
09148	Kiwi	252	76	1 med.	177g (1 cup) = 26g
09181	Melon, cantaloupe	494	160	1 cup	177g (1 cup of balls) = 16g
09200	Orange	237	131	1 med.	185g (1 cup of sections) 21g
09298	Raisins	544	73	1/2 cup	165g (1 cup packed) 131g
	. JUICES
11655	Carrot juice	689	236	1 cup	236g (1 cup canned) 22g
09206	Orange juice	496	248	1 cup	249g (1 cup from concentrate) 25g
09294	Prune juice	707	256	1 cup	256g (1 cup canned) 45g
11540	Tomato juice	535	243	1 cup	243g (1 cup) 10g (654mg sodium)
	. MEAT DAIRY
01085	Milk, nonfat	376	245	1 cup	245g (1 cup) 12g
01117	Yogurt, low fat	531	227	8 oz.	245g (1 cup) 17g (12 grams of protein per ounce)
	. NUTS
12061	Almonds	412	57	2 oz.	138g (1 cup) 27g
12078	Brazil nuts	340	57	2 oz.	133g (1 cup) 16g
16390	Peanuts	374	57	2 oz.	56g (2 oz)  12g
	. OTHER
19305	Molasses	498	20	1 tbsp	20g (1 tbsp) 15g
	. VEGETABLES				(Cooked, except as noted)  Carbohydrates
11008	Artichoke	595	168	1 cup	168g (1 cup hearts) 20g
?	Beans, baked	752	254	1 cup	253g (1 cup) 52g
16033	Beans, Kidney	713	177	1 cup	177g (1 cup) 40g
16072	Beans, Lima	955	188	1 cup	188g (1 cup) 39g
16043	Beans, Pinto	800	171	1 cup	171g (1 cup) 55g
16103	Beans, refried	673	252	1 cup	238g (1 cup) 36g
16051	Beans, white	1,189	262	1 cup	262g (1 cup) 56g
11087	Beet Greens	1,309	144	1 cup	144g (1 cup) 8g
11192	Black-eyed peas	690	165	1 cup	167g (1 cup) 100g
11091	Broccoli	456	156	1 cup	156g (1 cup) 12g
11101	Brussels Sprouts	504	155	1 cup	156g (1 cup) 12g
11125	Carrots	354	156	1 cup	146g (1 cup) 11g
16057	Chick Peas	477	164	1 cup	164g (1 cup) 45g (not canned)
16006	Jerusalem Artichokes	644	150	1 cup	150g (1 cup) 26g
16070	Lentils	731	198	1 cup	198g (1 cup) 40g
11299	Parsnips	573	156	1 cup	156g (1 cup) 26g
16109	Soybeans	886	172	1 cup	172g (1 cup) 17g
11458	Spinach	839	180	1 cup	180g (1 cup) 7g
11644	Squash, Winter	896	205	1 cup	205g (1 cup) 18g
11508	Sweet Potatoes	508	146	1 cup	176g (1 cup) 41g
11674	Potatoes	1,081	202	1	202g  (1 potato) 44g (in skin)
11529	Tomatoes, raw	400	180	1 cup	180g (1 cup) 7g (Raw, ripe)