Author: Mark Draughn
ECONOMICS DEPT.
Thinking About the Bailout
I know I still owe my readers a post on what can go wrong with the stimulus, but I found something interesting about the bailout. Kip Esquire posts the following context-free tweet: If A owes B $2, and B owes C $2, and C owes A $2, and nobody has any money, then the required… Read more
SCATTERSHOT DEPT.
A Police Shooting, Terra, Tranqs, Weather Alarmism, and Nuclear Bombers
Random shots around the web: Radley Balko is tracking yet another police shooting of an unarmed person during a drug raid. The police aren’t talking about it, which is usually a sign that they screwed up and are trying to get their story straight. As usual, they haven’t released the name of the shooter. The… Read more
CATBLOGGING DEPT.
The Triumphant Return of Friday Catblogging
Yeah, it’s been a while, but I thought it was time to hop back on the catblogging train. This week, a brief introduction to the cast: Buffy In Among My Books Ripley Takes a Break Dozer Contemplating…Sleeping Probably More photos of the kitties coming next week. Update: The Friday Ark is up. Update: Kip blogs… Read more
ECONOMICS DEPT.
EFCA and Secret Ballots
I disagree with a lot of what Lindsay Beyerstein writes, but she’s still one of the most thoughtful people on my blogroll. However, she gets a bit goofy when it comes to labor unions. Consider yesterday’s post about the Employee Free Choice Act: Management groups object to majority signup (aka “card check”) for the simple… Read more
BITCHING AND MOANING DEPT.
Stuck In Computer Limbo
A couple of weeks ago, my main computer started crashing. Sometimes Windows would just hang, not responding to the keyboard or mouse, and sometimes I’d walk in to find it sitting there displaying the Blue Screen of Death. This happened two or three times a day. I’m running a pair of Seagate Barracuda 500GB hard… Read more
