Archive for September 24th, 2008
Mob-rule is the answer
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Yeah, 'cause that worked real great in ancient Athens.
The Republocrats are ALL against us
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Brad at WendyMcElroy.com is right on the money: If the bailout accomplishes nothing else, it may expose the charade of the "two-party" system to a few more eyes. The Democrats' excuse for supporting so much atrocious Bush legislation (Patriot Act, use of force, Military Commissions Act, warrantless wiretapping, etc.) has traditionally been ...
Cops mistake hypoglycemia for drunkenness, beat man into coma
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Detroit resident Ernest Giglen was beaten by police officers who mistook his hypoglycemia as drunkenness, which led to his entering a hypoglycemic coma. I haven't heard of any police officers beating a diabetic man during a hypoglycemic shock before, preventing him from getting to the hospital quickly and making his ...
Learning monetary theory from Mises
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008As brilliant as I sound on most matters that I write about, my grasp of monetary theory—the financial markets, banking, lending, credit, securities, how the fiat money system skews them all—is, to be honest, embarrassingly weak. The deficit is largely in my understanding of financial jargon. I experienced a similar, ...