Monthly Archives: November 2013

Vicious Circle Cycle

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Alaska

Overbearing government leads to corruption: local power players lower or don’t enforce public drinking water standards to attract business and property developers. People stop drinking tap water, and the bottled-water market booms. So the government raises taxes on bottled water … Continue reading →

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Inequality Revisited

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Alaska

This is an intriguing analysis: what happened around 1973? Here’s the relevant basic math effect I can all-too-easily imagine many sociologists don’t get. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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Ignorant Socialist is Ignorant

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Phil Kadath

The Seattle City Council’s newest councilwoman-elect, Kshama Sawant, went to a rally being held by the Boeing Machinist’s (who just turned down a decent contract proposal from the company), where she called Boeing’s thoughts on moving the 777X production line … Continue reading →

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Trust Me, He Says

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Alaska

I wouldn’t advise any business to believe any regulator who proposed this kind of deal. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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That is just what they do

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Phil Kadath

When statists get put into power, they always do the same thing The Marxist Sandinista movement is poised to assume lasting control of Nicaragua through constitutional amendments that would enshrine President Daniel Ortega as a dictator, experts say. Ortega achieved … Continue reading →

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Spread it far and wide!

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Phil Kadath

This video needs to be seen by all Obama voters. Especially the statement that starts at 00:57 Campus Reform’s Katherine Timpf interviews students at historically black college Bowie State University. Via the Independent Journal Review

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Embedding This Here

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Alaska

…so I can watch it later after work.

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Briggs-Tabarrok: Not That Staggering

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Alaska

I mean, it’s all about penis envy anyway, right? That’s got to be the only reason anyone would keep their guns in the face of this staggering evidence, you see. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

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If you aren’t a fan of having your movements tracked

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Phil Kadath

I’d stay away from downtown Seattle. The Stranger, one of Seattle’s alt-weeklies, ran a story a couple weeks back about these devices appearing on utility poles around town These are antennae for mobile phone networks. As the story says, if … Continue reading →

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Now that is what I like to see

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Phil Kadath

People getting exactly what they deserve Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and his administration took steps late Wednesday to strip food stamp benefits from those who loaded up their shopping carts knowing they had insufficient funds in their Electronic Benefits Transfer … Continue reading →

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