Yes, I’m still alive. I’ve been watching a lot of TV in the evenings. Lots of stuff going on at work. I would lie and say I’ve been working on a really big essay, but I don’t really see the point. I’ve been coming home in the evening, crawling into bed and dozing through the [...]
Also tagged advertising, food, health care, lie to me, Nanny StateJohn Galt at Shenandoah does a ton of economic analysis. Some of it is pretty technical, with charts and graphs, referencing technical market trading terms that I, frankly, don’t always follow. But, if you read it regularly you can pick up a lot of very interesting economic information. He’s had a number of posts that [...]
Also tagged Economics, Nanny State, Obama, Politics, wordsmithingWhen I was in grade school I had a crush on a girl in my class. She was cute and very sweet and smart and I really, really liked her. Of course, I never said anything to her, although once (in the 6th grade, I think) I brought her a bouquet of flowers I had [...]
Also tagged ethics, global warming, lie to me, wtf?If you’ve got half an hour, it would be worth your time to watch this video. I find it rather refreshing to hear Lord Monckton labelling the principals of the AGW fraud the criminals that they are. And then back up the charges. I was also tickled by his statement that these individuals “call themselves [...]
Also tagged global warming, green, Nanny State, Science/TechnologyDid you know the EPA has a Criminal Investigations Division? Or that they are stocking up on Glock pistols? Now that they’ve declared themselves Lord and Master of everything that breathes, I find the notion of armed EPA agents a bit disturbing.
Also tagged global warming, Guns, Nanny State, PoliticsI thought I was done for the night, but this post from Coyote is priceless, as is his postscript, In the language of mathematics (I mentioned before I am in the middle of Goedel-Escher-Bach) if actually aiding someone is “helping,” then I guess organizing people to help is meta helping, and lobbying government to force [...]
Also tagged global warming, Nanny State, PoliticsNot much posting lately as I’ve been very busy with work and having a hell of a time wading through all the fallout of the East Anglia emails. If you’ve been listening to network TV you probably haven’t heard any of this because they’ve mostly been ignoring it. A few days ago someone hacked the [...]
Also tagged global warming, humor, Science/TechnologyThe FTC is now regulating bloggers. (via Gormogons) Basically, I face an $11,000 fine if I fail to disclose any freebies or payments I have been given for reviewing a company’s products. I’m given to understand that this includes books and other reading material. So, rather than risk being assessed a fine of $10,997 dollars [...]
Also tagged blogspeak, ethics, Nanny State, Science/Technology, social justiceFirst the houses. Waxman/Markey (the Cap and Trade bill) contains 397 new regulations and 1100 new Federal Mandates. One (just one, mind you) makes selling almost all private homes a Federally Regulated Transaction. FRT’s require that you would have to have your house inspected for “greenness” and if it didn’t pass you would have to [...]
Also tagged green, Nanny State, numbers, pointless gesturesI have spent a fair amount of my life chasing after the “Know Thyself” advice allegedly inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. While there is a certain chicken and egg dimension to the issue (am I naturally self-absorbed and therefore predisposed to the “Know Thyself” quest, or has the quest created the consequence [...]
Also tagged Obama, wtf?Ratlands is using WP-Gravatar