PR0Nzi Scheme

So that's why the SEC failed to bust Madoff. They were too, ahem, "busy."

Handy Reminder

Do what government representatives say and you (probably) won't get beat up.

Apply this tip to:
movement across borders
insider trading
wage rates
hiring criteria
international trade
drug use
income (tax)
health care

and many, many more! More every day!

"...diabolical, ruthless bunch of bureaucrats..."

Amy Poehler vehicle Parks and Recreation is starting to seem like an effective dramatization of public choice theory (relevant plot line begins at 1:40)...

Of peaceniks, Astroturfing and outside meddling

As it is in places like Iran and Myanmar, so it is in the United States: ordering of society by government's shining stars could be so great, so smooth...if it just weren't for the interfering activists on the wrong (authority-questioning) side of the ideologic divide.

And the gas pedal is the main engine of the automobile

"Consumer spending, the main engine of the U.S. economy..."

ABC World News, 7/31/2009

Seeking a Policy Policy

This morning I called my insurance company and asked what kind of protection I can get against my country moving toward fascism. They said "none." I asked why not. Their reply: pre-existing condition.

- certified Vox Politico original humor, 7/22/09

False Choice

Obama's (health care) proposals vs. "doing nothing."

Again.

Future GM Model Name Suggestions

- Chevrolet Edict
- Cadillac IOU (in red only)
- Buick Teknokrat
- GMC Leviathan
- Chevy Coercer
- Cadillac Anchor
- Buick Bloodsucker
- GMC Truck Product #8Q722326.3

"GM Was So Awful, I Just Had To Buy It!" Said Every American

"Enjoy!" replied the Universe.

This play was inspired by actual events.

It's So Amazing That Minimum Wage Increases Don't Hurt A Single Person

The EPI study found the July 2007 minimum wage hike benefited over 700,000 families and added $1.7 billion in additional spending over the following year.

A July 2008 increase benefited over 1.3 million families and added $3.1 billion in additional spending over the following year, the EPI analysts added.

Yep, not a single person hurt. I'm dumbfounded. Stupefied. So much so that I now believe we should pass more and ever larger increases in the minimum wage so that we'll become wealthier and wealthier, ad absurdum.

Government's Fundamental Job?

"[South Carolina's] top educator said Sanford was obstructing government's fundamental job of educating children."

Background here.

The Motor Law

Seems like an appropriate video considering recent news.

Peter Schiff might run for Senate

A police report

Notice anything missing?

090002172 Society VICTIM of Fail To Identify Giving False/ficticious Info (C), at 18XX Texoma Pk, Sherman, TX, on 04/22/2009, 20:13. Reported: 04/22/2009. GANN, T. LW *LW30488*
[04/22/2009 22:58, TIMG, 42] T. Gann 134 On 04-22-09, Officer Rhoades arrested a female in the 1800 block of Texoma Pk. The female gave a false name. She was arrested for FAIL TO IDENTIFY. Fail To Identify Giving False/ficticious Info

http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=10235765

Geithner Asks Congress for Broad Power to Seize Firms

The headline says it all.

Here's the article.