Thursday, May 27, 2010

Another Katrina?

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If I told you there was a leak in a gold pipeline and gold coins were spewing out all over the bottom of the ocean, you would know some intr...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Aspirin was Invented in Europe, Right?

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There are about 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body. Yet if a pinpoint sized blockage occurs in exactly the right spot, it can q...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Economics, Morals, and Linkage

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Let's do a simple thought experiment:  imagine a world where you could ingest any substance you wanted, and some other anonymous sucker ...
Saturday, May 1, 2010

Voter Avoidance Tax

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The VAT is coming. By now, enough trial balloons have been launched that it is beginning to look like the movie “Up” where the entire house ...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Biggest Derivative of All

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So all of Washington has declared war on "Synthetic Derivatives" and the institutions which issue and trade them.  Did it ever occ...

Goodbye Supply Side

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(This is in response to an article, "Goodbye Supply Side"  , which appeared in the May 3rd issue of National Review)   In “Goodb...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

STAGES OF ADJUSTMENT AFTER A COUP D’ETAT

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The following post is copied from it’s origin text except the words rape and rapist have been changed to coup d’etat and offender. I hope th...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Constitutional Music

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In 2008, the Supreme Court barely upheld the second amendment by a narrow 5-4 decision in DC v. Heller. The second amendment is all of ONE S...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Healthcare Gecko - Revisited

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Here’s a question for you: Why is there no healthcare Gecko ? Wouldn’t it be great if 15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more on health...
Sunday, March 14, 2010

Healthcare Palestinians

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There is a piece in the NYT today about how Jordan is stripping citizenship  from long time Jordanians who trace back to pre-Israel Palestin...