Why regulation is stoopid.
It’s tempting to believe that government regulation of the Internet would be more consumer-friendly; history and economics suggest otherwise. The reason is simple: a regulated industry has a far larger stake in regulatory decisions than any other group in society. As a result, regulated companies spend lavishly on lobbyists and lawyers [...]

Via the libertarian aware Onion:
WASHINGTON—A panel of top business leaders testified before Congress about the worsening recession Monday, demanding the government provide Americans with a new irresponsible and largely illusory economic bubble in which to invest.
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The current economic woes, brought on by the collapse of the so-called “housing bubble,” are considered the worst to hit [...]

End of the world hedge funds? Cool. Apocalypse investing… Armageddon insurance…a whole new way to look at diversifying your portfolio. I was thinking about gold but this is much more interesting.
I became intrigued by an oddity that I came to think of as the end-of-the-world trade. The trade is the purchase of insurance against what [...]

Who could have guessed Tuesday’s turnout!?! OMG, what an unpredictable world we live in! The Socialist Lady and the Endless War guy. Fuuuuuck me. Oh the sweet choices Democracy has laid before us yet again.
If you think I’m being facetious, get yourself a beer.
Say what you will about Ron Paul, the man made a [...]

I spent Thanksgiving as I usually do, with family, all of whom live nearby. This year it was at my parents house in Woodstock. I have never hosted a holiday dinner, since being single and with no “responsibilities” means there are no familial expectations demanded of me. I don’t wrap presents, or if I do, [...]

Factcheck.org gettin all meta-psychological on our ass. Now I’ve been a pious fan of research cherry-picking watchdog groups for about as long I’ve been politically aware and internet enabled, and perhaps therein lies part of the problem, one man’s statistically sound study, another man’s crock-full-a…
But Factcheck, who remain all too infrequent and obscure, contemplate the [...]

Cost of the War in Iraq
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Now, even if you don’t believe the government should be involved in public education or health care, this is still money that could be spent elsewhere. In other words, it’s your money, beeyatch! Wake up! See “What $1.2 Trillion Can Buy.” Imagine if [...]

The implementation of capital punishment is flawed, both morally and logically. Everyone understands the emotions of revenge, no matter how self-serving and ultimately futile they are. We’re human after all. The problem is that the legal system kills and jails innocent people at staggering numbers. So revenge comes at the price of further innocent death. [...]

Not really surprising that out of the 2008 Presidential Candidates the Democrats are leading what in my estimation is the most important polling metric, the Myspace friend count. Democrats have always been slightly hipper…or had more time to waste on Myspace.
Barak Obama 113270
Hilary Clinton 50364
John Edwards 40566
Now what is really surprising is that Ron [...]

Ron Paul will never win the Republican nomination because he’s too mild mannered and rational to win the Big-Dumb-War-Fox-News-Gay-Hater party nomination. The “conservative” party has come to mean anything but, and they should be ashamed of it. Might I suggest Seppuku, losers? If he had a little more fire in him I think he [...]