Archive for November, 2011

Friday Fun Links

Posted: February 8, 2008 in Uncategorized

No one in the chain of production caught this?  Really? Lego Star Wars over an Eddie Izzard joke.  ‘Nuf said. Those of you who believe you are handy (footy?) with a soccer ball, look upon these tricks and despair! Tom Brady defined. And this week, I’ve saved the best for last: The 27 worst album [...]

R.I.P.?

Posted: February 7, 2008 in Uncategorized

The Maharishi has died at somewhere in his nineties (probably).  Am I the only one who thought he had already died?  Like, you know, twenty years ago.

The Safety Dance

Posted: February 6, 2008 in Uncategorized

People often argue that without worker safety legislation, everyone would be working in Dickensian mills or their modern equivalents (i.e. sweatshops).  This argument attributes credit to government when in fact this progress comes from the same place all material progress does: productivity gains.  As productivity rises, job safety improves because employers, who must compete for [...]

One Last Appeal

Posted: February 4, 2008 in Uncategorized

Tomorrow is Super Tuesday, which for most of you means that you can vote in the presidential primary then (provided, of course, that you’re properly registered).  I will urge you one last time to go out an support Ron Paul, but if all my entreaties have failed to move you over the last year, I’m [...]

Friday Fun Links

Posted: February 1, 2008 in Uncategorized

You fail! Here is Sarah Silverman’s already famous song from last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Show.  It raises the obvious question: why is Sarah Silverman going out with Jimmy Kimmel? Now this is what I call a Keynesian stimulus package! The internet circa 1993. 

To Serve and Protect

Posted: February 1, 2008 in Uncategorized

A couple of Los Angeles area cops have been convicted of “conspiracy to deprive people of their rights under color of law and conspiracy to possess marijuana and cocaine” i.e. they were breaking into people’s houses as if it was an official SWAT raid, stealing the occupants’ drugs, and then reselling them.  The story is [...]