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Archive for March, 2009

Forget Tea Bags, Australians Do Protests Better

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 21st, 2009. Filed under In The News

I wonder if this will ever catch on in the States:
POLICE were called to check harassment claims against a Sydney councillor who put a motion to buy a sex toy for NSW Fair Trading Minister Virginia Judge so she could go “screw herself”.
Independent Strathfield councillor Danny Lim lodged the motion last month, recommending that the [...]

Peter Schiff On The Fed’s Inflationary Bubble

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 21st, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Peter Schiff was on CNBC the other day talking about the Federal Reserve Board’s decision to inject another $ 1.2 Trillion into the economy:

An Update On The MAIC Report

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 21st, 2009. Filed under Bob Barr, Individual Liberty, Politics, Ron Paul

Glenn Beck and Penn Jillette talked the other day about the Missouri “terrorism” report that informed officers that supporters of Ron Paul and Bob Barr, among others, should be considered threats:

H/T: Jason Pye

Pennsylvania Rejects Corporate Registration As “Blasphemous”

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 21st, 2009. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Legal, Religion

One would have thought that laws against so-called blasphemy would have died out long ago, but they are apparently alive and well:
Back in the fall of 2007, with only the most practical motives in mind, George Kalman took his pen to the standard form for creating a limited liability company in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Kalman had already [...]

The Rising Specter Of Protectionism

by Doug Mataconis @ Saturday, March 21st, 2009. Filed under Business, Credit Crisis, Economics

Here’s an interesting discussion from CNBC about the extent to which protectionism is making a comeback during the economic downturn:

H/T: Club For Growth

Saying Goodbye To The Old Girl

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 20th, 2009. Filed under Battlestar Galactica, Television

Tonight marks the end of one of the best shows on television:
(CNN) — “Battlestar Galactica,” the TV series that has held up a mirror to post-9/11 politics and paranoia for the past four seasons, comes to an end Friday.
The show’s legions of fans may be in mourning, but executive producer David Eick finds the looming [...]

The Garden State Declares War On Brazilians

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 20th, 2009. Filed under In The News

Apparently, the politicians in my native state have solved every other problem facing them:
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is drawing the line when it comes to bikini waxing.
The state Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling is moving toward a ban on genital waxing altogether after two women reported being injured in their quest for a [...]

The Not-So-Great Communicator

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 20th, 2009. Filed under General

It’s perhaps the biggest single surprise of the Obama Administration to date. After a Presidential campaign where he was renowned for his inspiring speeches, where he sent chills up the legs of journalists, and where he managed inspire large groups of people to rally to his side, the biggest problem that Barack Obama has is [...]

How Government Intervention Caused The Financial Crisis

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 20th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

Stanford University Economics Professor John B. Taylor challenges the rapidly developing conventional wisdom that it was too little government that led to the crisis that we are in today.
The reality, Taylor argues, is that it was government intervening in the operation of the market that led us to where we are today:

Mark Sanford Rejects $ 700 Million In Stimulus Funds

by Doug Mataconis @ Friday, March 20th, 2009. Filed under Credit Crisis, Economics, Mark Sanford, Politics

After the Obama Administration turned down his request to use stimulus money to pay down debt, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has announced he doesn’t want any of it:
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he won’t spend $700 million in federal stimulus cash.
Sanford’s announcement Friday came soon after the White House rejected [...]

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