University of Houston Student Suspended And Required To Attend Cultural Events For Writing “All Lives Matter”
13 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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The University of Houston has offered the latest example of how free speech is being rapidly eradicated on our campuses. Rohini Sethi, vice president of the university’s student government association, was given a 50-day suspension from her student government post for saying “all lives matter” on social media. She has now been told that the suspension will be lifted after she publicly apologized and agreed to attend cultural events.
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Amusing Anti-Libertarian Humor
13 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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The presidential contest between Clinton and Trump (can we shorten that to “Clump”?) is so depressing that it’s time to distract ourselves with some libertarian humor.
And I’m even willing so share such humor when libertarians are the target of mockery.
- Cartoons on libertarian ice fishing and libertarian lifeguards.
- A mosaic showing 24 types of libertarians.
- A poster showing how the world sees libertarians.
- A 23-photo montage of libertarian problems.
- The answer to the riddle of why the libertarian chicken crossed the road.
- Alleged libertarian views on fire departments can be seen here and here.
- A libertarian ambulance service.
- Dealing with a libertarian child.
- The tyranny of government snowplows.
We have a new addition to that list. Here’s Ron Paul selling Libertarios, a “deregulated cereal.”
I have to confess that I laughed when I first saw…
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The great Brexit devaluation mystery
13 Aug 2016 1 Comment
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A James Alexander post
Simon Wren-Lewis has an interesting post, Brexit harm denial and the exchange rate, where he discusses some popular notions about the great British devaluation after the Brexit vote.
I have already discussed it here and explained that part is a pessimistic reading of the future trade deals that the UK might strike. If you are pessimistic then fair enough. But this is not really about economics but futurology.
For a more optimistic, but very realistic understanding of the issues involved in trade deals Dr Richard North and his colleagues at EUReferendum have an excellent blog and series of monographs on Brexit, or Flexcit as they call it.
Wren-Lewis who, as far as I can tell, has never written a blog post on the economics of wealth creation out of the hundreds that he has posted, is not a great guide to the workings of the…
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Declassified JCS report shows U.S. invaded Iraq based on flimsy evidence of Iraqi WMDs
13 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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The Iraq War was a protracted armed conflict that began with the invasion of Iraq on March 20, 2003, 1½ years after the traumatic 9/11 attacks, by a U.S.-led coalition.
The invasion began with a “shock and awe” bombing campaign. Iraqi forces were quickly overwhelmed as U.S. forces swept through the country. The invasion led to the collapse of the Ba’athist government of Saddam Hussein, who was captured in December 2003 and executed by a military court three years later.
But the war continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the occupying forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government. Worse still, Saddam’s former military officers morphed into ISIS, which became the Islamic State. (See “Blowback: ISIS leaders are former officers of Saddam Hussein’s army”) After officially withdrawing from Iraq in 2011, the United States became re-involved in 2014 as the Iraqi government proved itself unable to…
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If you’re a cricket fan, there is this Aussie classic…
13 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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Alchian and Allen on the superfluousness of economic principles to civilisation
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in applied price theory, Armen Alchian, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, industrial organisation, international economics Tags: industrial revolution, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The Rhodesia Solution – Yes Minister
13 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice Tags: Yes Minister
Ludicrous regulations of the US Airline Industry and Contestable Markets
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Richie Benaud Milo Ad (1960s)
12 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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Queen – “We Are the Champions” Acapella (Vocals Only)
12 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
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