tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.comments2023-03-25T19:24:00.019-04:00The Economist's CookbookThe_Chefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-81423137322046128382017-04-16T11:27:50.697-04:002017-04-16T11:27:50.697-04:00I believe the content matter here is rattling magn...I believe the content matter here is rattling magnificent. I genuinely enjoyed reading this article. Thank you!<a href="http://www.medicalmarijuanacardarizona.org/" rel="nofollow">medical marijuana doctors</a>. James E Lutzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15737115218751255501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-49447838303810159352012-01-15T04:01:16.556-05:002012-01-15T04:01:16.556-05:00Both the Western World and Iran need the illusion ...Both the Western World and Iran need the illusion of sword rattling. As long as there is a perception of instability in the region, there is an excuse to raise oil prices benefiting both sides.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011480897466421128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-56629657787602600232011-07-28T20:52:00.751-04:002011-07-28T20:52:00.751-04:00This Keynesian thanks you.This Keynesian thanks you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-77860904008247988892010-10-20T14:04:45.934-04:002010-10-20T14:04:45.934-04:00Very beautiful and thought-provoking.Very beautiful and thought-provoking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-35797458774866038692010-10-04T21:56:26.110-04:002010-10-04T21:56:26.110-04:00Chef,
Haven't been around. I've missed out...Chef,<br />Haven't been around. I've missed out. Great writing as usual<br /><br />JasonJay21https://www.blogger.com/profile/13800050699809897529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-33411164127461989912010-10-03T23:18:08.116-04:002010-10-03T23:18:08.116-04:00Un-freakin-believable. What a gaggle of zombies.Un-freakin-believable. What a gaggle of zombies.VHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070864512034930080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-90581490608112779782010-09-22T13:56:14.608-04:002010-09-22T13:56:14.608-04:00Asserting you are right doesn't make you right...Asserting you are right doesn't make you right. First, marriage predates religion. Second, the churches don't want separation of state and marriage, it was the Reformationist who insisted the two be merged in order to weaken the Catholic Church. Third, if you did separate it the battle continue because the fundamentalists:<br /><br />a. want the state to forbid liberal churches from performing marriages for gay couples and<br />b. demand that the state NOT grant any legal rights to gay couples.<br /><br />The culture war exists here because the Religious Right demands that the state impose their morality on others. Privatizing marriage won't remove that demand from their agenda. And the Republicans are controlled by these people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-31192731652022923132010-09-08T15:21:42.217-04:002010-09-08T15:21:42.217-04:00http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?s=13111531&am...http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?s=13111531&clienttype=printable<br /><br />Ruling in Virginia just about confirmed the California ruling. Though with the case Virginia looked at the line is a bit more blurry.The Fohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17750435654256163000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-236162508202603802010-09-03T02:34:42.452-04:002010-09-03T02:34:42.452-04:00I don't think people should get privs for shag...I don't think people should get privs for shagging or shacking up or having kids.<br /><br />Nobody gives me tax breaks for raising livestock and dogs...<br /><br />Marriage equality is "screw whatever you want and leave the government out and don't make ME pay for your progeny, via woman, man, or goat."<br /><br />That's MY version.<br /><br />Government shouldn't have anything to do with marriage, nor churches, if anything, it should be outed as WHAT IT IS, contract law with tax breaks.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-41451007314604275742010-09-02T13:56:15.827-04:002010-09-02T13:56:15.827-04:00I agree with the proposal to separate religious ma...I agree with the proposal to separate religious marriage from the legal rights and obligations of the parties to the marriage. Unfortunately, however, the political will for such a change is almost certainly absent. I suggest that the An-Cap solution and your much more practical solution are similarly far from becoming a reality. <br /><br />In the meantime, however, liberty-minded individuals should support efforts to expand liberties where they are unduly withheld. One such area is marriage equality. Several <i>constitutional</i> arguments provide a non-statist, presumably founding father approved, rationale for expanding marriage rights to same-sex couples. <br /><br />I hope that in the short-term, marriage equality will be extended to same-sex couples, but the optimal long-term solution is to remove the religious connotation of marriage from consideration with respect to legal rights, obligations, and privileges.Greg Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-20228124571258626102010-09-01T16:07:08.067-04:002010-09-01T16:07:08.067-04:00Noted and Linked.Noted and Linked.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-9197373866193288222010-08-25T19:57:11.703-04:002010-08-25T19:57:11.703-04:00Oddly, I just finished reading 1984 for the first ...Oddly, I just finished reading <i>1984</i> for the first time last night. Now, today I have run into 3 references to it.<br />Hmmmm. Almost makes me suspicious.<br />I saw so many parallels between that book and current events it kept shocking me. Big Brother is watching us all, indeed.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-45156968742141330922010-07-31T15:11:44.659-04:002010-07-31T15:11:44.659-04:00Invaded?!
Doesn't that require large number...Invaded?! <br /><br />Doesn't that require large numbers of armed combatants rather than large numbers of unarmed civilians. <br /><br />Step 1: Demonize the opposition<br />Step 2: Dehumanize the opposition<br />Step 3: Eliminate the opposition and everyone will thank you.<br /><br />Nice playbook you've got there.<br /><br />If you are so worried about the "social impact" how do you determine good social impact from bad? Was MLK wrong for advocating equality between races? Were the founding fathers wrong for advocating decentralization of control from the Crown? These are BIG social changes that have consequences and your argument is that "change from status quo = bad" I don't buy that without some explanation of how you differentiate good policy from bad. <br /><br />I'll believe that they come to "reclaim" when I see a bollot measure for AZ, NM, TX, NV, and Southern CA to leave the US and join Mexico. <br /><br />The economics are what is being argued for the most part and I've answered that. If you want to talk about the social changes then you're free to do so, but keep in mind that my arguments still stand, and if you want to make one, it will not be one based on data but rather one based on opinion.The_Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-13196835214767104482010-07-30T18:42:01.017-04:002010-07-30T18:42:01.017-04:00Cook County stole a really nice self-built custom ...Cook County stole a really nice self-built custom from me way back when (when it was a misdemeanor, even) because I was "transporting it improperly" and I had to forfeit it as part of a plea.<br /><br />Think if I'd been drunk and had a badge I'd have been OK? I never thought of that. DAMN. If I could just go back in time and be a seriously corrupt Chicago area police officer, well, no, it was worth losing the 1911.<br /><br />I have to sleep with myself every night and I don't think I could if I ever worked for prats like that on purpose...Lots of those dudes make Batfook Max Kingery look like an Eagle Scout. The police report on my arrest wasn't even close to what happened. It was about as real as a Stephen King movie. Sometimes it's cheaper to eat a minor hit than to risk a bigger one...Chicago Political Machine and Police THRIVE on the fact that that is so.<br /><br />But on the other hand, when I die, I'll get to vote in every election in Chicago as a Democrat because I lived there once and they still have my old voter registraion number, no doubt. Although I never registered as a Demontwat, I bet they could make it so in my afterlife. :-)tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-56862524622397977322010-07-23T22:22:09.346-04:002010-07-23T22:22:09.346-04:00"If your only tool is a hammer, then all prob..."If your only tool is a hammer, then all problems look like a nail." See post above. Economics alone will not solve all problems. There are shades to all situations. You may have the answer to why it does not matter economicaly, but you are totally overlooking the social and political impact of being invaded by a foriegn nation. Those who came in thepast came to become Americans. That is not the caes today, they come to "reclaim"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-37751272080324931252010-06-11T10:09:55.855-04:002010-06-11T10:09:55.855-04:00I agree Tom. Spooner had it right.
Pickdog
IIII agree Tom. Spooner had it right.<br /><br />Pickdog<br />IIIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-75338631744031343632010-06-06T00:08:21.042-04:002010-06-06T00:08:21.042-04:00Make his award a double. He earned it.Make his award a double. He earned it.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-55988720383516926722010-06-02T18:32:41.613-04:002010-06-02T18:32:41.613-04:00Clearly you're a nihilist. :)Clearly you're a nihilist. :)The_Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-79451391748193052322010-06-02T18:15:32.974-04:002010-06-02T18:15:32.974-04:00Great. I'm nothing. What does that say about...Great. I'm <i>nothing</i>. What does that say about how I see things?Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-556214243306718142010-06-02T00:09:01.255-04:002010-06-02T00:09:01.255-04:00Most of the members of congress are lawyers and so...Most of the members of congress are lawyers and so is the current occupant of the White House. It's no wonder the country is adrift.VHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070864512034930080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-85680905530799537292010-06-01T11:36:30.575-04:002010-06-01T11:36:30.575-04:00One would think...
But one would of course be wr...One would think... <br /><br />But one would of course be wrong.The_Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-61288544537920931322010-06-01T08:24:44.948-04:002010-06-01T08:24:44.948-04:00OMG! The stupid.... It BURNS!!!!!!
I have to ask ...OMG! The stupid.... It BURNS!!!!!!<br /><br />I have to ask this... shouldn't people who decide the economic policy of the biggest, most influential nation in the world actually know something about... um... economics?Nickihttp://www.thelibertyzone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-6242650040369000092010-05-31T13:49:53.027-04:002010-05-31T13:49:53.027-04:00FWIW: I'm still with Lysander on the fact that...FWIW: I'm still with Lysander on the fact that a "Constitution" was written that I didn't sign being evidence of the fact I <b>didn't sign on</b>, as I wasn't hatched yet. :-)tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-41468820960713182252010-05-31T13:45:12.197-04:002010-05-31T13:45:12.197-04:00I thought about it. Some of the "tin foil ha...I thought about it. Some of the "tin foil hat" folk I personally KNOW, as they are in my AO, are sorta the reverse of Lenin's "useful idiots". They spend god (or deity of your choice) knows how many hours a week triage nursing my news feeds and then I have other news feeds too.<br /><br />We're friendly. I don't insult them, they don't insult me. They could see me at the range, but I have my own...<br /><br />They are LOUD canaries in the mine and they are OFTEN wrong, but they also sometimes dig something up of value.<br /><br />Fair?<br /><br />I went for an Econ/History degree before I decided to smith.<br /><br />Moonbats and stupids inhabit the earth and there is a sliding scale there.<br /><br />I have family that are HIGHLY educated and well credentialed that are for all PRACTICAL purposes MOONBATS and I can say the inverse about a lot of moonbats I personally know.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14230665595988628546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083572548028483665.post-59650602975746527462010-05-31T13:16:04.901-04:002010-05-31T13:16:04.901-04:00Oh I am not a big "L" libertarian. I...Oh I am not a big "L" libertarian. I'm a philosophical libertarian. I don't support the party, but I do support the tenants of the school of thought, so I understand where you are coming from.The_Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05544443854634465201noreply@blogger.com