Looks like the abnegation of free speech is coming to the US if 15 House members have their say. The law as planned isn't quite like Canada's "hate speech" laws, but in one way is significantly worse: we're talking about it being a felony to call Arlen Specter a political whore who would sell his…
Holy crap! A penguatroll sighting!
A couple of quick hits then time for bed. First, I'm pretty happy with the Browns' draft. Mack was a bit of a reach, but I'll take an awesome center late in the first round any day. Robiskie was another great pick I squealed with joy for. I'm hoping Robiskie is the billionaire's version of…
Higgs On The Left On Rail
Following up on McArdle on Streetcars, Robert Higgs has his own question regarding rail: specifically, why is it that people on the political left are so fascinated with train travel? Regarding Higgs' point, it's good to take a look at Steven Dutch's work on why people don't take mass transit (with my summary and addition…
Demand For Goods Is Not Demand For Labor
Case in point #796: America is still, despite how it may sometimes appear, the premier manufacturing nation in the world. What we see is more production of goods but fewer individuals necessary to produce those goods. That frees up people to perform more valuable services: rather than being cogs in an assembly line, they create…
Nudging The Nudgers
Mario Rizzo has a wonderful bit of polemic judo regarding behavioral economics and "nudging." I personally like the idea of tying Congressional salaries to forcing the "stimulus" money to be eliminated as soon as this "stimulus" is no longer "necessary" (my, how many scare quotes I use...), but I would go a step further: tie…
Beautiful
This is a wonderful depiction of Obama's proposed $100 million cuts. It also gives you an idea of the size of mandatory spending, mainly for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Again, if you ever want to get the federal budget in check, those are the three you absolutely must change.
I’ve Got A Fever And The Only Cure Is More Bailouts
The New York Times needs to read what the Cato Institute has said regarding the bailouts before noting that they were quiet on the subject. David Boaz sets them straight. Meanwhile, Veronique de Rugy points out that bailout reciept involves rent dissipation, just like everything else that goes through Washington. This doesn't reach the full…
Spit In The Ocean
The President wants $100 million in budget cuts. Considering that he increased spending by a good $1.2 or $1.3 trillion this year, that's practically nothing. If he wants to make real cuts (naturally, he doesn't, but let me play along...), he could start by cutting out all of the extra spending he added this year,…
Temporary Tables
Here is a good article on the various sorts of temporary tables in SQL Server. In my day-to-day work, I tend to use the @table variables rather than #temp tables, and certainly never the ##global temp tables.
Sorry, Pat
Looks like once they get elected, politicians realize that raising gas prices really is a stupid idea. Well, I should say that it's a silly idea.
36 Chambers - The Legendary Journeys: Execution to the max! 