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For your Halloween reading
Via McArdle, the physics of Halloween Monsters.
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A good example of why liberals scare me
Check out this diavlog with Paul Krugman and Mario Cuomo; it’s a detailed explanation of how the government should run your life, from health care to your job, and most things in between.
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In a weird coincidence
Both the Sex Pistols and their small-government, country doctor equivalent, Ron Paul, will be on the Tonight Show tonight. We’ll see who the crowd reacts to more…
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In this day and age
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Four changes if I were king of America
I’ve made them non-political, strictly symbolic. They are
- The national anthem shall be changed to America the Beautiful; an accessible song with a solid melody and natural meter; and the Star Spangled Banner will be consigned to history, where it will be of much interest to our eventual tone-deaf robot overlords
- Daylight Savings Time shall be abolished. Trying to fool the sun sets a bad example for children and weakens our moral fiber
- Calvin Coolidge shall be worked into Presidents Day somehow. We’re long overdue for rewarding people who do their job quietly, with no drama
- We shall come up with a simple way to properly fold the US Flag that does not require two people
What would y’all do?
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Day 4 of my slightly less caffeinated life…
I reach day four of my caffeine cutback week, and I do have to say it’s helped my mood and attention span. Surprisingly I don’t get headaches when I do without it totally, as do most people.
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Ron Paul gets annoying
Or his supporters do anyway. I got two spams this morning telling me how only Ron Paul can save us from the coming dark age. The fact that he has fans among the 9-11 truth movement is troubling, though I know of no evidence that he sympathizes with that weirdness.
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Two things to read about PMCs
First, Tyler Cowen in the New York Times, second Letters of Marque on Wikipedia.
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A good one
From Scott Adams on the dangers and benefits of Crystal Meth.
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Quotes of the evening
From Napoleon
In war, moral is to the physical as three is to one.
And this old chestnut from the Duke of Wellington
For a great nation there are no small wars.