Thanks goodness.
On with the show…
- Steven Joyce talks unusual sense for a politician. He says “Each time we say ‘you can’t’ it carries a cost.” And so it does. But what’s with the “we,” minister?
‘We’ Are a Little Confused - P O L I C Y M A T T E R S - “You’ve heard that America is enjoying a “jobs-led recovery”? Don’t be so sure.
No Evidence of a Jobs Recovery
- O B J E C T I V I S T I N D I V I D U A L I S T - And you thought Bill Clinton was the president who couldn’t keep it in his trousers…
The Truth About President Kennedy – S C O T T H O L L E R A N ’ S B L O G - How to choose from a bad bunch.
Ayn Rand on Selecting a Presidential Candidate? – Burgess Laughlin, M A K I N G P R O G R E S S
“Central bankers are the arsonists of [the present economic]
crisis who now pose as fire fighters quickly labelling
further monetary debasement ‘stimulus’.”
- Detlev Schlicter, “There will be no end to ‘quantitative easing’”
- The groundswell against the warmist scam continues. German scientists and German media join the skeptics and “plunge into raucous discord on climate change.”
Body Blow To German Global Warming Movement! Major Media Outlets Unload On “CO2 Lies!”
– N O T R I C K S Z O N E - Yes, John Key and Nick Smith jumped the gun. And you and the unemployed paid the price.
Australia’s 7th State realizes it jumped the gun on climate deal - Steven Milloy, J U N K S C I E N C E - Yes, it’s true.
Man Arrested For Stealing a Glacier - G I Z M O D O
“What is the difference between animal spirits and the confidence
fairy? Why do Keynesians embrace one but not the other?”
- Russ Roberts
- The Europeans have a plan, and like all political plans…
Why Europe’s Plan to End the Debt Crisis Can’t and Won’t Work - D A I L Y R E C K O N I N G - Dept. of Yikes: "In effect the EFSF is being used to recapitalize the ECB."
http://soberlook.com/2012/02/efsf-used-to-recapitalize-ecb-on-greek.html - Do government-engineered "soft landings" ever work out as planned?
Are "Soft Landings" really softer? – Darius Cooper, P R A C T I C E G O O D T H E O R Y - Alleged economists suggest printing more to devalue your currency is a good thing and not a disaster. That the job in times of economic disaster is to “boost demand.” The biggest disaster is the economic theory on which such “thinking” is based.
Will Currency Devaluation Fix the Eurozone? – Frank Shostak, M I S E S D A I L Y - You know about gold and how it can protect you when the times become those about which historians like to write. And how bonds can provide a return when they aren’t. But where do gold bonds fit in?
Gold Bonds – Keith Weiner, K E I T H W E I N E R ‘ S P O S T E R O U S - What politicians, economists and environmentalists need to learn from the billion-dollar collapse of Obama’s “green jobs” flagship, but won’t.
Lessons From Solyndra – Robert Murphy, E C O N L I B
“There are few branches of learning as devoid of history’s
light as economics. Economists are rarely informed by it.”
- Jonathan R. T. Hughes’s in his book
The Government Habit,
quoted by Don Boudreaux
- Message to those who favour rights for prisoners: properly convicted criminals no longer have all the rights they were born with.
Rights Are Inalienable But Forfeitable – Diana Hsieh, N O O D L E F O O D
- "It's one of the most ancient insult gestures known," says anthropologist Desmond Morris. And after halftime at the Superbowl, this is the question all America is asking:
When did the middle finger become offensive? - B B C - What are the two most important things in life? Answer from The Philosopher: Work, and sex with someone you love.
The Indispensables: Work, And Sex With A Woman You Love – C H A R L O T T E C A P I T A L I S T - Three suicides; one life-affirming lesson.
Three Suicides – Jim Woods, W O R D S B Y W O O D S - Publish or perish, but at what cost?
Research in universities - the good and bad – John Drake, T R Y R E A S O N - Answering those questions you’ve always asked:
Why Jews don’t farm – Steve Landsburg, T H E B I G Q U E S T I O N S - So the great man was religious? So what.
How religious was Isaac Newton? – Fred Seiler, S E I L E R O N S C I E N C E - “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Discuss.
Video: Overcoming Perfectionism – Diana Hsieh, N O O D L E F O O D - Good news: Christchurch Art Gallery rescues art from damage. Bad news, however: any damage could only have improved the 'art.’ Take a look…
http://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/blog/bunker-notes/2012/02/08/saved/ - Dickens’ Novels in 140 Character Tweets: Is this what you might call short stories?
What if Charles Dickens and his characters had written for Twitter? – D A I L Y M I R R O R
[Thanks and hat tips to Geek Press, Marginal Revolution, Watts Up With That, Rational Jenn, Cafe Hayek, The Playful Spirit]
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