I have posted the rules themselves before, but found these descriptions to be more fitting. See any of this ad hominem, our-end-by-any-means going on in our government anywhere?: RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people.…
DetailsBoth sides of the campaign finance debate remain unconvincing. On one hand, money is speech, and these types of campaign donations are exactly what democracy entails. On the other, the result is oligarchy (which may be the natural progression of democracy). Bob Murphy at least, is a guy making sense on the issue: (1) If…
DetailsQuote: [I]f it wasn’t for the (government-mandated) spending surge resulting from Obamacare, which resulted in the biggest jump in Healthcare Services spending in the past quarter in history and added 1.1% to GDP, real Q1 GDP (in chained 2009 dollars), which rose only $4.3 billion sequentially to $15,947 billion, would have been a negative 1.0%!…
DetailsThough I already posted your lecture this week, there is a documentary you MUST see, this one about your health and diet. Enjoy:
Eat, Fast and Live Longer – Horizon from Steve Hartman on Vimeo.
See also: Fat America, the stats.
What is it like to be an unattractive woman? A Reddit user explains (and should make you ponder how you treat people!): you’re basically completely ignored. in a lot of situations, it’s fine: honestly, I don’t know how my more attractive friends deal with the onslaught of unwanted attention. people are always approaching them like…
DetailsBob Murphy is absolutely correct here:
Call me a whack job, but I have gone 180 degrees here. The borders should be opened completely at this point, damned with the welfare consequences.
Let’s start a new thing and hope it continues. Wednesday Wiki will be a Wikipedia Page about something I have pondered of late, worthy of note.
Today’s? The Infinite Monkey Theorem. Enjoy.
I want to ask an innocent question here, because in honesty I don’t know. Is it normal for this many military officers to be disbanded in so short a time? It may be, but if not, what does it mean?
This is one for the history books. File under “terrifying complicity”: On September 12th, 2012, Federal District Judge Katherine B. Forrest issued a permanent injunction against enforcement of Section 1021 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act. In July 2013, the 2nd Circuit ruled the plaintiffs did not have standing to challenge that law. Monday,…
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