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Josie the Outlaw Is Happyyyyyy
This is great. First she establishes her street cred with tough videos like this (over a quarter million views and counting), and now she reveals that she wants people to be happy. I imagine the hardcore libertarians will soon denounce her.
Read moreEconomics at the Movies
Tyler Cowen: “When I am watching a movie I often think ‘why isn’t the Coase theorem holding here?’” Kyle Reese: “Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you […]
Read moreThoughts on Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday. From Matthew 21: 1-11: 21 Now when they drew near Jerusalem, and came to Bethphage,[a] at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Loose them and […]
Read moreMore From the “These Feds Are Almost as Bad as Mexicans!” Crew
Maybe the Fox clip in the last post was too subtle. Thank goodness we have Facebook, which is anything but: And my comment, as well as some others (I blacked out the names): Note how many Shares the top thing got–that is humongous. Besides the underlying sentiment here being objectionable, it’s also stupid. The same […]
Read moreFox Jumps In On the Outrage in Nevada
This clip is making the rounds now: As I noted on Facebook when someone shared this: “I get it, believe me, but it’s kind of ironic that when people on Fox get their dander up, their zinger amounts to: ‘It’s like Obama’s thugs think Mexicans are more important than cattle!!’” In case that’s too opaque […]
Read more“This Land Is Their Land”
In contrast to my wisecracking (one of my posts involved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles–you had to be there), a Facebook Friend decided to vent her frustration in satirical song:
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