Archive for “January of 2008”

Idiots

January 31, 2008

Politicians will say anything if it helps their chances of getting elected, and people will believe all sorts of stupid shit, in fact, they tend to believe stupid shit in proportion to how badly they want it to be true. That said, Americans are idiots.

The president doesn’t control the price of gas. If people […]

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Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss…

January 30, 2008

The lyrics to “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by rock icons The Who have apparently fallen on deaf ears in the City of Detroit, where embattled Mayor Kwame Kilpatrickfooled them twice. As I wrote last week, Kilpatrick is under fire for allegations of infidelity with an aide and perjuring himself* in a whistleblower […]

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Gold Clauses

January 30, 2008

I love the idea of gold clauses (h/t: Cap’n Arbyte) but I don’t like them as envisioned by Reisman.
Do I agree with Reisman’s argument?
The parties entering into new contracts should be free to include whatever degree of gold clause protection that was mutually agreeable. What presently stops such contracts from being made are considerations […]

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New Edition of Market Anarchist Blog Carnival

January 29, 2008

Available for your reading pleasure at Without Hyphens.
If you are interested in contributing, see the blog carnival entry page for details.
I may be hosting another edition, soon. Details to follow…

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In Which I Learn About Making Videos, Snowboarding

January 29, 2008

Last weekend I got a few seconds of footage snowboarding up north. I am not terribly impressed with the quality of the footage, but there are several reasons for that:
There is too much 2-dimensional action in this reel. The camera need not be moving, but should be placed in a location so as to […]

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A Good Way to Get Rid of Private Schools

January 28, 2008

President Bush’s latest, we’ve been given the recipe for destroying private schools:
White House counselor Ed Gillespie, describing Bush’s plans for a new school initiative, said it would be called “Pell Grants for Kids.” If approved by Congress, it would provide money for poor kids in struggling schools so they could shift to private schools […]

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Posted in: Seen and Unseen, Democracy is Great!, Subsidize This!, American Politics | 2 Comments

Unfree Markets, and Economic Collapse

January 25, 2008

I’ve long maintained that we don’t have a “free market.” Not in the U.S., not elsewhere. Sure, some markets are comparatively “freer” than others, but the least-bad alternative is not necessarily good. Well, when mainstream financial publications like FT start denouncing the rise of corporatism…

How can it be that Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, […]

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