Monthly Archives: April 2005

Those crafty Russians

From an old postcard.

The implications of “social responsibility”

Another excellent one from Russ Nelson.

Funny observation

From a conversation today:
TJIC: Sometimes a slippery slope can be to your advantage: like when you’re pushing someone down one…

When the hurlyburly’s done

Futurepundit reports on the damage that globalism does (the crazies waving “capitalism kills” signs may be right):
Creating a new kind of caveman economics in their published paper, they argue early modern humans were first to exploit the competitive edge gained from specialization and free trade. With more reliance on free trade, humans increased their activities [...]

Quote of the day

From the always excellent mASS BACKWARDS:
Sometimes I think it’s the gyroscopic motion of all the dead patriots buried in Massachusetts spinning in their graves that keeps the planet aligned on its axis.
Hilarious.

Heresy!

Meandering through Marky Mark’s blog, I find this little gem (among many others, of course):
Toast171: NPR is playing some music featuring William Shatner singing
Thaurloteion: hes got a new album out
Toast171: Sometimes I think there is not enough regulation in the music industry
Thaurloteion: but i thought you were all about freedom of expression
Thaurloteion: and this is [...]