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Jon Stewart Realizes If He Doesn’t Call Out Keith Olbermann, No One Will

I really wonder if Jon Stewart thinks, “This is ridiculous. Why do I have to be the referee in our political discourse?” But he does. For maximum effect, first watch Keith Olbmerann’s “Special Comment” on Scott Brown the night of the election (I think). Then watch Stewart’s response. (HT2LRC) The Daily Show With Jon Stewart […]

Things Make So Much More Sense in Context

I don’t have anything too profound to say today. Let me just mention to those of you who have tried to read the Bible before, but found portions of it–especially from the Old Testament–to be either incomprehensible, boring, or whacko, that it makes a lot more sense if you start at page 1 and just […]

Haiti or Bust

For a while I have felt that I should go on a “missions trip” with my church, which (if you don’t know) means that a church will send people to a foreign country for some humanitarian project, but which also serves to spread the gospel. So an obvious thing would be to go build a […]

"Banks Face Capital Constraints, Not Liquidity Constraints"

I have heard the above statement several times since the financial crisis began. The indefatigable von Pepe was ensconced at the library today and sent me several quotes from the work of Gerald O’Driscoll, including this: The credit crunch continues because many banks are capital-impaired, not illiquid. Treasury’s policy shifts and inconsistencies under both administrations […]

If the Mises Institute Did Not Exist, We Would Have to Invent It, part 349

Mario Rizzo laments the size of our government and the difficulty of having discussions about particular governmental measures in the context of Leviathan. He says: What we need is to create or restore a secular “religion” or dogma. We need a dogma of laissez-faire. As long as John Maynard Keynes’s argument in “The End of […]

Persons of Interest: Congresspeople Who Switched TARP Vote Then Left Office

[UPDATE below.] For a while I have wanted to produce a stunning expose on how the financial sector took care of the Congressmen and women who lost their seats because they switched from “no” to “yes” on TARP back in October 2008. I have made some initial inquiries and paid someone to do the cross-referencing, […]

The Big Picture, v. 3

In previous posts (here and here) I have offered ruminations on how the rich and powerful elites might run things. The following is a continuation in this series. –RPM ========== The Big Picture, v. 3By Robert P. Murphy If I were rich and powerful, and had no conscience, this is how I might behave… First, […]

Guy Demonstrates How to Get Bomb Parts Through Body Scanner

Tony sends along this video (HT2 Gizmodo). The surprising stuff happens at 2:07, but all I can really conclude is that the TSA shouldn’t hire Germans.