Technically, rain that falls on your roof isn’t yours for the taking. It’s a resource of the state, which regulates the use of public waters through an allocation process that can take years to navigate.
The state has long allowed people to collect a small amount of rain without asking.
A quick glance at this map shows that states in flyover country generally manage their money better than sophisticated states. The better its reputation for high culture, the more likely it is running a big deficit. (h/t Naked Capitalism)
An advertisement for padlocks that is geared toward the hillbilly (H/T American Digest)
An officer complains about how he and other officers were portrayed in the book Generation Kill. Since a number of readers of the Ethereal Voice have read the book, we thought some space should be given to its critics.
This week’s essay of the week is The Crisis of Authority by the Chieftain of Seir. Some more links need to added and the formating needs some work. But it can be read now if anyone is in a hurry.
A friend whose grandson is autistic tells me that this 50-question assessment devised by Cambridge University is considered by those in the autism community to be a pretty accurate assessment of where one falls on the autism spectrum. It’ll take you only a few minutes to complete it, but the results might startle you. It certainly did startle several readers in a thread below, which is why I’m giving it its own entry.
