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Links For Today

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How dangerous does your mug look?

Social Security will have no cost of living increase for 2010. Sadly, the way the dollar has been dropping lately, seniors might need a cost a living increase next year. But that is how the law is written.

Italians have been making the French look good since the Vandals wiped out what was left of the Roman empire in Italy. This just continues the trend.

Sometimes it is best to go it alone.

Interesting thoughts on the inflation/deflation debate from Macro Man.

The world gone mad part 1.

The world gone mad part 2. This one will probably be overturned. Americans are ready to give up a lot of their rights. But not the right to own a big screen TV.

College on YouTube

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At the college that I went to, most of the faculty had a very progressive, liberal, fault-finding perspective. Most of the students, too. And those that didn’t were generally arrogant and self-assured about the benefits of conservative self-centered self-help.

Now you can go to college on YouTube.

Some of this criticism is spot on. Some of it is ludicrous. Does this commentator honestly believe that all transactions everywhere are always mutually beneficial? Anyone who does not have an MBA and has worked a few jobs should know better. Exploitation is real. Capitalism does a lot better with the “worst form of commerce, except for the alternatives” line of defense than it does with the “does no harm” line of defense.

There are other such things in the commentary to complain about; other blind assertions, fiat declarations of universal rules and benefits, and so forth.

But you know what? The drivel being commented on doesn’t actually deserve better.

I was going to recommend the commentary for any kids young enough not to have experience seeing through liberal hate speech, but I am not sure I know any kids that are both capable of understanding the more complex words and sentences used and also not capable of understanding the inadequacy of the woman’s presentation. So now I am just posting it so you can get disgusted. Enjoy.

Bits of Hilarity

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Today the news was just full of jokes. My sick sense of humor has been getting a real work out this evening.

Here is a joke that you might not have heard. Here is another one that you probably did hear.

But if you have as sick a sense of humor as I do, the fun is just getting started. Try saying the quote that leads off this post out loud and see if you can keep from laughing. If at first you don’t find it funny, try thinking about the implications of such a statement. Here is some more background info.

While we are on a role, it should be noted that Brant Hansen is always good for a laugh. The only problem with today’s post is that he pulls his punches and goes all PC at the end.

This one from a while back was a lot better. I did not realize at first that he was talking about a real service on offer.

A slightly more obscure source of fun comes from this letter. Hard as it may be to believe, Hertz was actually dumb enough to sue those people in open court. A better way of convincing the world that they are about to go bankrupt could not be found. Especially when their whole argument boils down to saying “6 months ago we were even more likely to go bankrupt then we are now.”

Believe it or not, I did not stay home today to collect all these bits of hilarity. Instead, I went to work even though I still don’t have my voice back and I still am coughing and hacking like a fool. But nobody threw rocks at me so all is well.

Expect for the fact that I am feeling a little crazy.