It’s been quite a week for the White House. These guys make Nixon and Bush The Younger look like pikers. (note: this post is in no way a defense of them) The lesson from the last week might not be…
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Another Reason To Privatize, & Canada’s FAA
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Excellent points here, and I didn’t realize Canada had privatized their FAA. The entire brief column is worth a read. Also check out this: Privatize almost everything. Democrats lose sequester battle: USA Today - Glenn Harlan Reynolds: But there’s another lesson in…
Kinder Eggs As Contraband Update …
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I’ve ranted a few times before (here & here) about the ridiculousness of Kinder Eggs not being available in the U.S. thanks to bureacrat decree. (pic via Wiki) Here’s an update on the story. Choco Treasure Eggs Avoid U.S. Ban On Toy-Filled…
Not From The Onion: Maryland Governor Taxes Rain
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I pray this story is bogus. Via Mark Perry. Maryland Governor Taxes Rain: Maryland Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley has instituted a tax on citizens for the amount of rain that falls on their property. The tax, officially known as a…
The Revolving Door Between D.C. & Wall Street
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This is unsettling. Definitely click through and read it all. Quite an eye-opener. Via Nassim Taleb. Where Bank Regulators Go to Get Rich – Bloomberg: No need to worry about her and the so-called revolving door between government and Wall…
Keep A Close Eye On Your Retirement, They Want It
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I’ve been saying this is coming for a while now (here, too). It’s only a matter of time before they get a twinkle in their eyes at the thought of getting their hands on any retirement money you have saved (401k, retirement, etc.). It’s never enough…
Let’s Take An Honest Look At This Sequestration Business
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There’s been a great deal of hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth in recent weeks over the sequestration business. I haven’t followed it too closely but from what I can tell (I concede I didn’t dig too deeply), the federal budget…
“You won a Democratic primary and you don’t drive a hybrid?”
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There is so much in this story I’m not sure where to begin. So just enjoy. (and the title of the post is a quote from the story) ‘Prius tax’ foes urge McDonnell to kill it – The Washington Post:…
Three On The Sequester: Sowell, Boudreaux, & Gillespie
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Two good reads. Nick Gillespie: 5 Scenes from a Sequestered America – Reason.com: “We’re not quite yet a week into the sequester,” writes Reason’s Nick Gillespie, who notes that just this morning he received an Obama fundraising email that called…
Liberty & Govt At Work: Paychecks, Parking, Tanks, & More
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People who rely on a federal paycheck, in one map - The Washington Post HHS Awards $6 Million Contract for Parking Spaces County Will Pay $15.5 Million To Man Who Spent 22 Months In Solitary Confinement : NPR Tanks a Lot…