Weekend 413.0
“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell (1) The Reckoning of the Continue Reading →
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Weekend 234.1 (the Hive Mind)
(1) The Joys of Urban Tech: Goodbye, office parks. Drawn by amenities and talent, tech firms are opting for cities (WSJ) (2) Orwell’s Guide to Making Jam: George Orwell’s show Continue Reading →
Weekend 217.1 (Crony Capitalism Edition)
Crony Capitalism ALERT Rival: City’s bike-sharing program ‘tainted’ A rival bidder is trying to put the brakes on Chicago’s plan to launch the nation’s largest bike sharing program — by Continue Reading →
Weekend 192.1
(1) Trouble on the China Express (WSJ) In a blistering essay titled “The Derailed Country,” posted online this past week and then quickly removed by censors, Han Han, one of Continue Reading →
NY Times on Government Perversion
Jury duty. You endure CNN and watch some crappy video about how judges don’t legislate from the bench. I don’t typically use my blog to rant so I’ll spare all Continue Reading →
Weekend 156.0
(1) 12 Awesome Airplane Paint Jobs (2) How to Turn a Recession into a Depression (2a) “As hostility to businessmen grows, politicians tax them more heavily, while debasing and inflating Continue Reading →
‘Unexpected’ Priorities: Mosque versus U.S. Unemployment/Double Dip Recession
(1) Poll shows more Americans think Obama is a Muslim (The Washington Post) (2) Obama’s Point of No Return “With Obama, suspicions have involved his status as an American. The Continue Reading →
Economic strategy of public debt…$862B
The Obsolescence of Barack Obama (WSJ) The vaunted Obama economic stimulus, at $862 billion, has failed. The “progressives” want to double down, and were they to have their way, would Continue Reading →
Horse Tranquilizer…Aisle 3
The Pelosi-Reid Economy (Forbes) Stimulus. TARP. ObamaCare. These three words are being written into the political obituaries of politicians who voted for the programs–for good reason. These three bills, made Continue Reading →
Red Ink
A Weakened U.S. Goes to the G-20 The American leaders are under the illusion that their Keynesian spending and easy money policies actually have worked, 10% unemployment notwithstanding. It surely Continue Reading →