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As I was reading the comments to some blog posts around the net I came across one that suggested a read of Ludwig Von Mises’ book The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality. So I looked at the reviews and found an interesting one. This book explains the basis for the American (and Western) fascination with non-capitalism despite an…

It seems there is a mismatch between jobs and workers that is keeping as many as 3 million people unemployed. (it could be a lot less – but still) Are American employers too picky? Are they rejecting reasonable candidates at the same time they claim to have lots of openings they would like to fill?…

Schizophrenics like to self medicate with tobacco – a LOT. Schizophrenia and Tobacco And they are among the heaviest of tobacco users. So maybe we need to call the tobacco tax a Schizophrenia Tax. If we can raise tobacco taxes high enough maybe there will come a day when only crazy people will pay taxes.…

The Obama Administration has another plan to screw poor people. He is working with Congress to drive the poorest people out of the used car market. The plan is called Cash For Clunkers. Committee members emerged from the meeting Tuesday claiming a modest victory. They said they agreed to embrace a “cash for clunkers” plan…

It is not Mr. Obama who will be guilty though. It is you. Obama has a plan to raise business taxes which I discussed in The War On Business Continues. As part of that plan the rules of evidence for innocence and guilt will be changed. You will be guilty until you prove you are…

Bill Whittle gives Jon Stewart a history lesson. Probably the best 15 minutes of video I have seen in the last year. Stop what you are doing and watch it. H/T Instapundit Cross Posted at Power and Control

Cross Posted at Power and Control

I think the moral of this story is: don’t stand between old people and their medicine. Wait until word gets out that marijuana is Better Than Viagra. Well Viagra is a prescribable medicine. But Viagra can make you go blind. Going blind for sex seems to be rather a high price to pay. Marijuana has…

The Obama Administration has a brilliant new idea. Ban HFCs. UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration, in a major environmental policy shift, is leaning toward asking 195 nations that ratified the U.N. ozone treaty to enact mandatory reductions in hydrofluorocarbons, according to U.S. officials and documents obtained by The Associated Press. “We’re considering this as…

Los Alamos National Laboratory gave the Polywell Fusion Experimenters some critical help when they needed it. It all started out with this program. Northern New Mexico businesses are getting financial help from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and there are plenty of ways LANL can help boost local economies, according to LANL Director Michael Anastasio. “There…

It looks like GE is going to make a fortune when energy restrictions hit America. And they are working very hard with their government (they paid for it) to get what they want. One last point, MSNBC is owned by General Electric. GE is already making money off the issue with their Carbon Credit Master…

I was noodling around the net looking for a good book on FDR and the Depression Economy and came across New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR’s Economic Legacy Has Damaged America. Philosophically I agree with that. So let’s see what some reviewers think. …many of FDR’s programs were struck down as unconstitutional. These include…

I just got an alert from commenter Neville at Watts Up With That about a book that is going great guns in New Zealand called Air Con: The Seriously Inconvenient Truth About Global Warming. I haven’t read it. But here is what Neville has to say: …a new book debunking global warming was released in…

During Mr. Obama’s recent trip to Mexico he was greeted by a man who may have subsequently died from the Swine Flu epidemic that is sweeping across Mexico. At least 20 deaths in Mexico from the disease are confirmed, Health Minister Jose Cordova said yesterday. The strain is a variant of H1N1 swine influenza that…

The Obama Administration thinks that Venture Capital is under regulated. President Obama and Treasury Secretary Geithner recently declared a need to regulate venture capital firms on the grounds they pose systemic risk to our economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Venture capital is focused almost entirely on new technologies of small startup companies,…

A commenter at American Thinker had this to say. But I must also note, as a Christian, that marriage is a sacred vow taken within a church, synagogue, or mosque, as a Sacrament. There should be no democratic government that tries to dictate such a holy action. So the government now hands out sacraments? Or…

Click to see the full size Note the “Young Pinkies from Columbia and Harvard” sign on the side of the cart. H/T ravingdave Cross Posted at Power and Control

It seems the DEA is telling lies again about the drug war. Cocaine is as cheap as ever, according to a new analysis of government data by a Washington, D.C. think tank. The findings appear to contradict claims by U.S. law enforcement officials that the drug has become more expensive. “[Over] the last two years…

The left has a hard time applying economic analysis to problems except the drug war. And the right is fairly good at economic analysis (comparatively) except for the drug war. Drugs makes the left smarter and the right stupider. Interesting, no? Capitalism applies selection pressure in the right direction – efficiency, waste reduction, etc. Socialism…

Today we are covering opening and closing tags. Please follow the lesson closely. There will be a quiz. H/T Extra Good Sh** by blogger Fred Lapides whose blog is neither work nor wife safe. But it is #1 in Google rankings if you look it up. Funny that there are so many people interested in…