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Obama's Change?
Posted on November 04, 2008I keep people hearing that Obama will bring "change." Well, what does that mean? I think that's a worthless abstraction. So let's make it concrete.What, specifically, is Obama going to change? Be specific. For example, "Obama will withdraw the troops from Iraq by Jan...
Government Borrows 550 Billion Dollars
Posted on November 03, 2008How else did we expect to give bonuses to people who ran companies into the ground? Monopoly money.
Childhood Obesity and Child Abuse
Posted on November 03, 2008Someone explain to me why giving your child a chronic and preventable illness isn't child abuse:The number of children who take medication for chronic diseases has jumped dramatically, another troubling sign that many of the youngest Americans are struggling with obesity, doctors say...
Is YouTube Homophobic and Sexist?
Posted on October 31, 2008The below video went viral. It depicts a scantily-clad man (he appears to be over 18, and I'm willing to wager he's gay) dancing to a recent Beyonce hit: "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)." You may watch most YouTube videos without having to log into YouTube...
Obama: Selfishness a Virture (Sometimes)
Posted on October 31, 2008Barack Obama, taking heat for his "spread the wealth around" comment, had this this say:"The point is, though, that -- and it?s not just charity, it?s not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class -- it?s that when we actually make sure that everybody?s got a...
Bailout Money Going to Wall Street Bonuses
Posted on October 30, 2008You know the $125 billion that our leaders gave Wall Street to unfreeze credit markets? $108 billion of that is being held for employee bonuses. Really. Now, not everyone on Wall Street caused the meltdown. It was a few high-placed executives (people like our current Treasury Secretary)...
Democrats Coming After Your Retirement Accounts
Posted on October 29, 2008I realize that Social Security isn't going to be there for me when I retire; and that my Social Security payments are nothing but an additional income tax. I realize that there is literally no money in the Social Security Trust. Literally. Fine. While the Social Security scheme is crooked and corrupt, I have been able to tolerate it for...
Convert Your IRA to a Roth IRA
Posted on October 29, 2008Many of you probably make too much money to do this. Those who don't, though, should give it serious consideration.
Congress' Pension Plan
Posted on October 29, 2008Some members of Congress (mostly Democrats) have decided that I shouldn't have a 401(k), but instead should rely on Social Security and an new "guaranteed" retirement account. Should we take them seriously in light of their benefits package? Or should we resist the scoundrels' efforts to ruin our retirements? It is increasing becoming a contest of us against them...
Is Legal Writing Getting Worse?
Posted on October 28, 2008For as long as I can remember, people have talked about how bad legal writing is. People are now saying that it's getting worse. (More.) But when was it ever good?Every law student is forced to read old judicial opinions. Those are terrible cases to read...
The Ominous Parallels
Posted on October 28, 2008Today the Dow was up 10%. Brokers and bankers and government officials have been telling us that now is the time to buy. What were people saying about the market in 1929?Wave of Buying Sweeps Over Market as Stocks Swing Upward Radio Flashes High; General Motors and Steels Soar By Laurence Stern The atmosphere of doubt and caution which Wall...
Nouriel Roubini; Fooled by Randomness; Economists; Epistemic Humility
Posted on October 27, 2008Nouriel Roubini is an economist famous for predicting the current market downturn. Because of his accurate predictions, everyone is swinging from his sack. Should we, though?There are thousands of economists in this country. Many of them have made predictions...
Obama on Warren Court: "It wasn't that radical."
Posted on October 27, 2008Yes, Barack Obama is liberal. Super liberal. Ideologically, he's a socialist. If that's your thing, that's your right. Believe what you will. But please stop lying about the man. OK? Also, we're told that opposing abortion is outside of the "mainstream...
Shame on Elie Mystal
Posted on October 23, 2008I have a sense of humor. I am not politically correct. That said, some jokes are off the table. Like "jokes" about developmentally-disabled people. Even if they were funny (they aren't), such "jokes" are wrong. Apparently Elie Mystal, a leftist who is always claiming that blacks gets discriminated against, doesn't care about the discrimination other groups face:
Baby Boomers and the Market Meltdown
Posted on October 22, 2008The next time some "Baby Boomer" goes on about supposed Gen-Y slackers, have them riddle you this: Generalizations about the 79 million people born between 1946 and 1964 are overdone and easy to debunk. Boomers went to Woodstock, voted for George McGovern and, so the thinking goes, cared deeply about the Rolling Stones...
Inverse of the Shoe Shine Boy Stock Tip?
Posted on October 22, 2008Some rich guy supposedly pulled out of the stock market just before the Great Crash. How did he know to pull out? A shoe shine boy gave him a stock tip. The rich guy thought, "If shoe shine boys are in the market, then we're in a bubble that's about to burst...
The Guardian Claims McCain Wasn't Tortured
Posted on October 20, 2008And I thought American media was bad; or that the Swift Board crowd and chickehawks were scum. This takes scumminess to a whole other level.
Countrywide Paid off Senator Christopher Dodd
Posted on October 20, 2008Why isn't the mainstream media all over this story?
Stimulus Package to Involve Credit Issuance?
Posted on October 20, 2008In a post explaining why the economy is down (consumer spending has been limited because people can't play shell games with their credit card balances and home-equity loans), I noted one possible solution: Maybe give everyone consumer credit - enough to stimulate the economy, but not enough to lead to excessive inflation...
What Makes This Recession Different
Posted on October 20, 2008Here is some fearful data that relates to this previous post about home-equity loans.
Why Libertarians Should Vote for Liberals
Posted on October 20, 2008This was exactly my thinking before the market meltdown: No libertarian can hope to see the party of torture, denials of habeas corpus, indefinite detention without trial, and boundless unsupervised executive power returned to office. If our core root liberalism, if our roots in the struggles of common law against absolutist king or in John Locke or in Montesquieu or...
Deregulation Caused the Market Meltdown?
Posted on October 19, 2008Was it deregulation, or too much regulation, that caused the market meltdown? Best line: "Are the politicians saying, 'Sorry, we made a mistake?' No. Now they tell us government must do more."
Going Out of Business
Posted on October 19, 2008It's happening.... After 59 years in business, the Mervyns department-store chain called it quits Friday -- promising a huge going-out-of-business sale just in time for the holidays. And there is plenty of competition for a close-out Christmas. Linens 'n Things Inc...
Chuck Schumer's Cronies Paid Him to Cause Bank Run on IndyMac
Posted on October 19, 2008You know how Senator Charles Schumer is one of the guys who are going to bail us out of this economic crisis? Well, maybe you should read this before voting for Barack Obama. So Obama was paid off by Fannie and Freddie. Barney Frank was sleeping with a high-level executive at Fannie Mae; he also fought John McCain's efforts to...
Hedge Fund Manager's "I Quit" Letter
Posted on October 17, 2008A hedge fund manager who quit his job sent out the following insightful letter: Today I write not to gloat. Given the pain that nearly everyone is experiencing, that would be entirely inappropriate. Nor am I writing to make further predictions, as most of my forecasts in previous letters have unfolded or are in the process of unfolding...
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Do parents have the right to NOT turn in a sexual offender?
No. The offender should be turned in regardless of any disability (1), or reason...
Can someone detained in a search w/ warrant, be charged with a crime related to the search if they were not arrested at the time of the search?
The police have fairly wide discretion on when they can make an arrest so long a...
I was a bookkeeper for a recreation center. The Center Director left and a new director took over. I went to work one day and some of my files were missing. I called our computer tech and her restored the files (I had ma
In order for a crime to be established you need to conclusively prove that the D...
If I was detained by citizens unlawfully, and then the police showed up...is everything they charged me with in-admissable?
Probably depends on the law of the state in which you live. Many states allow fo...
If I pay restitution, can I still be charged with a crime?
It sounds like the law in your area is treating it as a civil matter. That being...
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