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Deep thoughts
http://lewrockwell.com/berwick/berwick53.1.html I ordered a steak and was given a metal fork and a black plastic picnic knife…I noticed across from me sat a man with a “Don’t F*&k With Texas” t-shirt on who was also trying to cut his steak with the same utensil…As I labored to cut my own steak with the ridiculous plastic […]
Economics
True economics is not a quantitative discipline. Properly understood, economics is the study of individuals’ subjective valuation of competing uses of resources under condition of scarcity, along with comparisons of those subjective valuations among persons as evidenced by voluntary market transactions. Most of what passes for economics these days is actually politics, which is the […]
Elephant holocaust
http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-05-31/reversing-desertification-livestock “In Zimbabwe we subsequently shot some 40,000 elephants, only to see the problem become worse!” Heuristic: Beware of anyone who offers killing animals as the solution to any perceived problem.
Bill 78, Rule of 78
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Rule_of_78 https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Bill_78
Neologism
Fleanoia: After you’ve experienced a flea infestation, the feeling that every movement on your skin must be a flea.
Mary Alice Divine of White Bear Lake
In response to an article about Atina Diffley and her memoir Turn Here Sweet Corn: Organic Farming Works, Mary Alice Divine of White Bear Lake seems to think that the only way land changes hands in the U.S. is by way of voluntary transactions (see http://atinadiffley.com/turn-here-sweet-corn-dialog-on-urban-planning/#more-2245). LOADED LANGUAGE: Developers can’t build unless landowners sell While […]
Grape vines
I finally pulled the trigger and ordered wine grape vines. I got 16 each of Traminette, Chambourcin, NY95.0301.01, Corot Noir, and Noiret. That means I’ve got alot of work to do in May getting them planted and trellised. That also means we’ll be enjoying some handcrafted, no-sulfite-added fine wine in about 5 years. Cheers!
Neologisms
sin-law or sin-laws, noun. Relatives of the person with whom you are sleeping. I spent Christmas with the sin-laws. My brother-sin-law is a hoot. ruburbs or ruburbia, noun. Location that is between suburban and rural. To the left of my house is my neighbor’s house, and there is a cornfield across the street. I’m less […]
Will Matt Smith eat your dog?
Matt Smith is a journalist and podcaster at Latrobe University. I read Mr. Smith’s article at http://m.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/pooch-pie-on-the-menu-if-we-dont-cut-ecological-pawprint-20101124-187bh.html. The premise of and statements in the article comparing the environmental impact of a dog and an SUV seemed preposterous to me. Even if their original source is the Vale’s book, Mr. Smith seems to accept them. A […]