I blog about nanotechnology regulation in the context of a class:
http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2007/11/18/7425
If I knew how to make this thread sticky I'd probably make a mess over my keyboard and have to answer a bunch of questions from my wife. Hopefully an admin can help us out here.
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"the only thing worse than a freeper is a blue state freeper that doesn't realize they're a freeper." -dhex
hoisted by their own waterboard!
-dhex
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I use a lot, a lot of profanity.
http://www.onehandedeconomist.com/2007/11/21/fuck-you-pig/
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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I post the recipe for the brew I plan to do this weekend.
http://bigscary.com/2007/11/27/black-death-ale/
"Many people are unaware the term "collateral damage" was adopted by the military because the previous euphemism, oopsies, didn't sound professional enough." -- J sub D
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I get all snarky about the Bolingbrook PD's handling of the Peterson case on my rarely-updated blog.
"But if it makes you feel better, I would also enjoy a world in which there are men, women, transsexuals, genderqueer folk, etc. who all enjoy pelican role-play." - JD
"Extraordinary conditions do not create or enlarge constitutional powers."
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Good news, D.A. Ridgely isn't dead!
He's here at Positive Liberty!
Huzzah!
I have a tank full of gentle cuttlefish.
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I get all 'Like, you guys are totally lame' at the Texas Education Agency for being totally lame and firing somebody more or less for not taking ID seriously.
"But if it makes you feel better, I would also enjoy a world in which there are men, women, transsexuals, genderqueer folk, etc. who all enjoy pelican role-play." - JD
"Extraordinary conditions do not create or enlarge constitutional powers."
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I want to preface this entry with something: you guys, we seriously have no idea how good we have it.
I've been mixing it up with the denizens of Amy Alkon's blog and the "Advice Goddess" herself.
Amy argues for her right to absolutely pristine lungs
Grylliade taught me how to give her the drubbing she deserves.
Amy calls Islam "[T]he greatest danger to our way of life, and, in fact, the continued existence of the planet. I tell her (and others) that they're cowards.
Guys, this is what the outside world looks like. shivers
Let's start our commune now. I'm scared.
Someday if Jennifer serves on a jury, I would like to see her rise up in the middle of the trial and yell, "No, you're out of water! And you're out of water! They're out of water! This whole trial is out of water!". - Stevo Darkly-
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I was wondering if that was you when I saw some comments the other day. You have much more patience than I would when dealing with some of her regulars.
I do disagree with you about the cigarette smoke article, though. The story she posted seems to be the classic example of a negative externality, and if bargaining between the parties has failed, then legal action seems entirely appropriate to settle the issue.
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AC - Yes, I do realize that, but the article seemed to indicate that they were leasing, which means they don't own their place. To me, that means the apartment owners should be able to set the policies they want. And the tenants did the right thing; they complained to their board and solved the issue that way.
My real malfunction with that thread is the way that Amy Alkon seems to think she should be able to walk around and never, ever have anything unpleasant enter her lungs, like, ever. That was kind of my whole point with the vehicle emissions (to which she lamely tried to pull a "I drive a such-and-such E85 that gets 60 MPG"...so what?). Controlling minor negative externalities in the air is going to be hard. Alkon also got even lamer when she tried to claim her pollution was "necessary" but smokers' pollution is a "vice". That's pretty convenient.
Someday if Jennifer serves on a jury, I would like to see her rise up in the middle of the trial and yell, "No, you're out of water! And you're out of water! They're out of water! This whole trial is out of water!". - Stevo Darkly-
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Thanks for the plug, Frank. I've posted a few things at my new "home" including a brief rave review for the new film Atonement, which I strongly encourage you all to go see.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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So I got this weird email from a kid who wanted me to do his econ 101 homework for him. I mocked him instead, predictably.
http://www.onehandedeconomist.com/2008/01/10/i-get-email-weird-email/
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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Timothy,
Sweet.
A parasite feeding on bacteria growing on fungus growing on cow excrement? The only way the parasitic chain could get any longer would be if the cow excrement worked for the government.
- Smacky
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To be fair, I never took micro and macro was a couple of decades ago, but the way economists phrase the academic questions always leaves me puzzled as to the right answer. Real world examples never seem to give me that kind of problem. Particularly in the elasticity question, I don't understand why a cost variable is suddenly thrown in...are they talking about the cost of the manufacture of the total output (i.e., per unit cost remains static)? Or are they meaning that there's some sort of increasing cost per additional unit, so n = 50 has a cost of 20/u, but n = 100 has a cost of 25/u? Then I'm going to charge more...like if I make an enhanced Wii, and my increased demand for them causes their price to rise. But if I have competitors and demand increases, I might find myself in a price war if my per-unit cost decreases with additional demand, such as a piece of downloadable software...so the price might remain the same. But the cost to produce everything in the market across all manufacturers will rise in every example I can think of.
This is a personal problem. There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable use of high explosives. This is not one of those exceptions.
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The question is about price elasticity - that is, how responsive demand is to changes in price. That's determined by the slope of the demand curve. "Bananas cost X" means that they have a price of X and then they give you another price and the quantity demanded (that is the amount Jonny will buy) at both prices. A line is defined as y=mx+b but you really only need m and you can get that with simple algebra because you have two points (remember that although P is the dependent variable it is on the Y axis because economists are weird). So you take P2-P1/Q2-Q1 and you're done. Just gotta remember to pick P and Q such that the slope is negative, because demand slopes down. Or multiply your result by -1, whatever really. Alternately, you can figure out the equation for the line and take the first derivative, but that'd be damn silly when demand is a line.
Anyway, that should be pretty obvious for anybody actively engaged in an intro micro course, because it's one of the very first things you learn in there, I wouldn't expect everybody to just intuitively get that question or know how to answer it. And it certainly could've been typed better.
EDIT: Sandy, yes, I agree that econ is a very jargon heavy discipline. I hope the above actually clarifies rather than muddies the issue, if not, well, I did learn from a very academic-oriented (rather than application oriented) department, so I apologize for my love of jargon.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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I thnk ts mzing tht ppl wld abbrvte wrds lke "tht" and "dnt". Wht, s th xtra fcking vowl t mch? T hrts t tpe lke ths.
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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Maybe it's the net version of Hebrew.
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Th Ttrgrmmtn? Hs to fw lttrs to b ttra....
OK thats enough of that.
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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Sorry, I was remembering the wrong one. It wasn't the elasticity one, it was the demand one, #11. Mea culpa. What does cost mean in that context?
And total expenditure in the price elasticity question does mean the total amount spent by consumers? If so, that number will stay the same because demand falls as price increases, no?
This is a personal problem. There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable use of high explosives. This is not one of those exceptions.
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Probably total expenditure on that good, but there are a lot of assumptions buried in that question. Any time you have a change in prices you change demand for that good, but how much demand changes depends on the elasticity which depends on substitution effects, which depend on utility functions for market participants....it ramps up in complication pretty fast. It seems like that question has you assume that substitution effects are minimal (say from a lack of good substitutes). Warning, dumb algebra follows. Total expenditure will, therefore, vary in some proportion with price. Total expenditure on that good is just P*Qd in that simple a model, but how much Qd changes depends on the slope of the demand curve.
Ex: Say you start with P = $5 and Q = 10 then end up at P = 7 and Q = 6 you go from $50 in total expenditure to $42 in total expenditure with that price variance. If prices are elastic they respond quickly to changes in demand, meaning the demand curve is relatively steep, so total expenditure will probably fall as prices rise.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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I'm going to take a moment to pimp the OC blog again, not for any particular reason, but because the guys currently there managed to make the Top 10 college blogs! I feel a lot of pride in that place, three other staffers and I basically built it from nothing starting in 2002. I was instrumental in getting us to start putting issues online in .pdf format so they'd go up sooner. I still pay all of $80 a year to keep it online, and the staffers who are there now are really doing a good job with the blog. Way to go, Commentator! Not too bad for a bunch of drunks in the middle of Oregon.
OC post here
Agitator Coverage here
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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The Guardian says that New Line Cinema is "wildly creative".
I say not so fast.
Someday if Jennifer serves on a jury, I would like to see her rise up in the middle of the trial and yell, "No, you're out of water! And you're out of water! They're out of water! This whole trial is out of water!". - Stevo Darkly-
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I didn't know you had a blog. Good post!
I just watched War last night. Shitty exposition, bad camera work, Jet Li is a *SHOCK* cool-headed assassin while Jason Statham is *SHOCK* a Renegade-FBI-Agent-Who-Plays-By-His-Own-Rules-and-Wears-The-Requisite-Leather-Jacket, while his marriage is in trouble because he can't give up hunting the Guy Who Killed His Partner.
No shit huh? Never seen that movie before.
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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It can't be any worse than The One.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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It was. Much worse. The worst exposition I have seen in a while. And worse fight scenes. You know, if you are going to put a fight scene in an action film, please point the camera at the action for more than a half second.
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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That is a trend I lay square at the feet of the Bourne films. "OH LOOK AT HOW SHAKY AND DYNAMIC THIS IS!"
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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Batman Beyond suffered from much of the same. All the fight scenes degenerate into black on black on black maelstroms of swirling cloaks etc.
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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Thanks Dangerman!
Yeah, I felt compelled to write that one up when I read the Guardian say there were "wildly creative"...I almost fell off of my chair with that one.
I'm thinking New Line...New Line...you mean, the house that brought us the stupidly formulaic Rush Hour series, New Line???
I know I speak heresy, but Braveheart is the trend-setter for the Nausea-cam. One of my biggest beefs with that overrated film; the other beef being that it's too damn long and kinda boring.
Someday if Jennifer serves on a jury, I would like to see her rise up in the middle of the trial and yell, "No, you're out of water! And you're out of water! They're out of water! This whole trial is out of water!". - Stevo Darkly-
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Ayn_Randian,
I hate to burst your bubble, but I think the Guardian was being sarcastic when they said "wildly creative". The whole blurb talks about how New Line has basically been doing nothing but rehashes of their old material.
I go now...
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having. - V
UNDERPANTS HAWK
DOES NOT DESIRE YOUR TOUCH
I long for the day that a chimp will ghost-ride someone's boomcar into a lake. - tymac
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Hm. It must be that super-dry British humor (or, "humour") that I keep hearing about.
My droll-ness meter (or "metre") must be broken.
I guess what I was driving for, though, was that New Line has been doing this forever, whereas the remake/rehash/PRE-KUEL trend is (relatively) new with the production houses as a whole. Miramax has (so far) managed to mostly avoid this trend, probably because they were independent up until 1993, and I think that The Weinstein Company and their label Dimension will continue to ensure that newer ideas flow into the theaters. Of course, I (along with Harvey Weinstein) am an unabashed Tarantino fanboy, so YMMV.
Someday if Jennifer serves on a jury, I would like to see her rise up in the middle of the trial and yell, "No, you're out of water! And you're out of water! They're out of water! This whole trial is out of water!". - Stevo Darkly-
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I talk about how Bridezilla is alive, well and scares the crap out of me (and what to do about it):
Traditional Weddings are Stupid, Part 37 (Thousand)
Someday if Jennifer serves on a jury, I would like to see her rise up in the middle of the trial and yell, "No, you're out of water! And you're out of water! They're out of water! This whole trial is out of water!". - Stevo Darkly-
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I ponder the phrase "Liberal Fascist."
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has gone spectacularly insane:
http://feralgenius.blogspot.com/2008/02/sharia-in-uk.html
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Good post Jennifer. I saw the first glimmers of that story on samizdata last night, and I was hoping some other people would have takes on it.
What a maroon!
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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some new reviews after a six month hiatus. i'm still hoping to get to that point where even if you have no idea what i'm talking about, you can still laugh at the review or derive some entertainment from it.
dhex.wordpress.com
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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Nice reviews. I'll most likely buy the Om album, and check out more of Wolves et al. I think 'doom' metal means more if you read 'doom' as fate, (which I think, from reading old texts, is more accurate) rather than 'doom'=death, the end, etc. Whatever. I remember a while back I snarked you about post-sludge-prog-trance-jazz-bop-metal or some foolishness, and you said that you cared more about bands and (record?)labels more than genre, and that comment seems more accurate every time I go outside the box on music and buy something on a whim.
"Hey, any chance to show off my eru — erudi — my book learnin'." - David L. Watkins
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I take the recent resignation of Gene Nichol as president of the College of William & Mary to take a jab or two at both public education and Harvard!
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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The nation's pundits have been eagerly awaiting this moment: the Feral Genius 2008 Presidential Endorsement (with bonus link list to this year's major candidates).
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Connecticut's mulling a ban on smoking in cars with small children, so I called the politician promoting it to ask: if secondhand smoke is as dangerous as they say, why don't the majority of Americans over 30 suffer from lung problems by now? And why aren't all the Baby Boomers dead?
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Jennifer,
Not having a blogger account, and frankly amazed that I could read it from work, I didn't post a response to iamagoldengod. However, his list of chemicals NOT found in tobacco smoke in 1940 is almost pure horseshit unless cigarettes had catalytic converters in the "good old days" thereby bypassing the production of Carbon Monoxide. I am not about to spend time trying to refute all the chemical claims but there are quite a few that I am pretty damned sure are inherent in the tobacco plant regardless of which decade it was grown in.
"Still, though, being fat isn't some kind of moral failing. Unless you're fat from, like, eating the people you murder...then it's probably a moral failing of one sort or another." -- Timothy
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Thanks for posting the comment on my jobsite though, Kwix. Especially since you made some points I couldn't because I didn't have enough space.
I didn't know about Goldengod's chemical claims one way or the other, but he's a real-world friend of Jeff's so I'm not going to be too argumentative with him.
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Aaah, well then, sorry you are in that spot.
"Still, though, being fat isn't some kind of moral failing. Unless you're fat from, like, eating the people you murder...then it's probably a moral failing of one sort or another." -- Timothy
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Yes, I wasn't even aware that any of his friends (except one) read my blog, though I know a few read the Advocate these days.
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I called him on it, Kwix. And I stole your catalytic converter line, I hope you don't mind.
Dude, NICOTINE? Formic Acid? Hydrogen Cyanide? At least those three plus CO are naturally occurring.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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I weighed in as well, doing what I do best: picking at other people's arguments while adding nothing of substance to the conversation.
A parasite feeding on bacteria growing on fungus growing on cow excrement? The only way the parasitic chain could get any longer would be if the cow excrement worked for the government.
- Smacky
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And now the smoke Nazis are posting at work. I wish we could post on our own comment threads.
Well, maybe not. I spend enough time on the various Internets already.
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I hope not all of Jeff's friends are insufferable douchebags. Seriously, I've tried to find that list on the CDC site, nothing doing. If Phillip Morris links to it, they do so because they're legally compelled. And the basic decomposition reaction for most organic molecules has some sort of C[A] --> CO + X[A] sort of piece to it. That is not at all uncommon, so to say that Carbon Monoxide wasn't present in tobacco smoke before the 1940s is just plain ignorant and I don't even know that much about O-chem. I'm also curious about the DDT thing: if nobody sprays it industrially, where the hell is it coming from? All we need, though, is a mass spec, some American Spirits, some Marlborogh Reds and some time. That'll answer this question.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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Considering CO is formed from the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds, I would be willing to wager a great deal of money that CO was present in cigarette smoke in 1940.
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goldengod's response to that is, "Well, but, tobacco executives started putting even more carbon monoxide in their cigarettes to make them even more addictive. Addicts gotta have that sweet, sweet MO."
"My intellect is gigantic, monstrous, terrifying."
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He used to be pretty cool. I think the marriage-n-children thing went to his head, though.
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I was just going off Timothy's post here, but then I looked at his list and had to comment. That list is the same sort of propaganda fed to high school health classes. It lists all those compounds to be scary, but doesn't mention that the vast majority are naturally occurring and present in the combustion of leaves and wood. It's not good to regularly suck that stuff into one's lungs, but the compounds aren't something evil added by the tobacco companies.
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chemicals are scary if you don't know everything is chemicals (even love!).
i talk about meeting people from the internet who actually have good bands.
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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I finally got around to blogging a classic libertarian regulation-gone-wrong story I ran across a while ago, showing that land use planning can wipe you out when you follow the law.
This is a personal problem. There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable use of high explosives. This is not one of those exceptions.
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Damned Oregon voters, they are insane. Great place...crazypants electorate. And it takes like five whole signatures to get a measure on the ballot, when I lived there I voted against all of them.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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In Oregon, are Measures the things put on ballots solely by voter signatures? If so, there's probably a good argument that those two are unconstitutional. I know that land-use referenda in Arizona have been declared unconstitutional (under the federal constitution, not Arizona's) because they violate the due process clause of the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Apparently, even courts recognize that turning land use decisions over to majority rule is not a good idea.
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Like, um, just about everything else.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Andrew: Ahh, here's the rub, Oregon Ballot measures almost always modify the State constitution. Trying it in Federal court might be worth a shot, but I can't see anybody up there being too sympathetic.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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I look at Bernanke's latest speech and resign myself to forever be a renter here, on my blog.
This is not a signature.
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I muse on the likely success of a NYC charter school paying teachers $125,000.
(N.B. -- The text editor at Positive Liberty is acting up. Ergo, my post is even more in need of editing than usual.)
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Constant Viewer encourages viewers to back away quickly from Never Back Down.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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There have been a few movies (Oliver Stone's Alexander being the most recent.) that I have walked out of. It's bad enough to have sunk $20 (tix & popcorn - it ain't a movie without popcorn), I see no reason to waste time on top of the money.
If you weren't doing anything wrong, then you have no reason to be afraid while they kick the crap out of you. - D.A. Ridgely
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I love that.
The sun is barely up and the streets are already filled with drunken Scots. That can't be good. - mk
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I steal Johnny Carson's old Carnac the Magnificant routine and try to milk a bit of Constant Viewer style political humor from it.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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I'm declaring my candidacy to be John McCain's running mate:
http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2008/03/24/8036
If all goes well, I will assume the massive powers of the Vice Presidency and usher in an era of Thoreaucracy, in which I wield my massive powers in an epic and ultimately absurd struggle against the Urkobold.
"the only thing worse than a freeper is a blue state freeper that doesn't realize they're a freeper." -dhex
hoisted by their own waterboard!
-dhex
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I get a bit angry about a greeting card line for prisoners.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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the shortest review of one of the shortest albums i own, and still one of the best.
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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The push of sob stories is on to ramp up people for a bailout, but I call bullshit.
I'm probably a heartless bastard, but where's my handout? I would love a house.
This is a personal problem. There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable use of high explosives. This is not one of those exceptions.
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The economic forest needs the cleansing fire!
"ps not an lp member so stop beating that drum. the drum is tired and wants to go home now, to the family that loves it. i haven’t even mentioned PRECIOUS PRECIOUS GOLD or ferrets or anything." - dhex
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With 1% of the population imprisoned, that is a fairly large niche. Anger and sadness were pretty much my responses.
The sun is barely up and the streets are already filled with drunken Scots. That can't be good. - mk
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Outside
"I'll be home for Christmas"
Inside
"In twenty-one oh seven."
Outside
"You take my breath away"
Inside
"With hydrogen cyanide"
Outside
"Keep looking up!"
Inside
"The guy in the top bunk is a punk."
If you weren't doing anything wrong, then you have no reason to be afraid while they kick the crap out of you. - D.A. Ridgely
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Hey, guys, it's not like the blog over there prohibits posting comments and kinda, sorta proving that someone actually reads the stuff, you know. Just sayin', is all. J sub D, I agree. although like Aresen I can't help but see a humorous side to it, too. And although I don't know off hand what percentage of that one percent is drug crimes, I know it's a huge factor.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Constant Viewer watches 21 quickly go bust.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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http://dhex.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/boredoms-black-pus-terminal-five-march-30/
SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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ps sandy that was a hell of a post and i've been passing it around.
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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Aw, shucks, thanks. :)
This is a personal problem. There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable use of high explosives. This is not one of those exceptions.
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Punch-drunk with the shock of unexpected downsizing, I committed the job-hunting blog equivalent of going on a bender and waking up hung over with a bad tattoo and a vague memory of joining the Navy.
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my friend's wrapup of the icon convention.
matt's a bit maudlin cause he got fired last week so maybe skip the text and enjoy the crazy pics.
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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I can so relate.
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Constant Viewer knows it's only rock n' roll, but he likes it, likes it, yes he does!
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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I'm forwarding the Katamari hanging out with the Furry to some friends. That's too good.
"But if it makes you feel better, I would also enjoy a world in which there are men, women, transsexuals, genderqueer folk, etc. who all enjoy pelican role-play." - JD
"Extraordinary conditions do not create or enlarge constitutional powers."
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I'm thinking about applying as a co-blogger at The Rotund. Now I just need to polish up a couple of the essays I've written for personal consumption only. (Somebody else reading my stuff! Gasp!)
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I had an interesting conversation with a spammer today:
http://www.onehandedeconomist.com/2008/04/10/great-spams-of-the-internet-this-space-for-rent/
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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You've attracted a most promising response!
"My intellect is gigantic, monstrous, terrifying."
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Constant Viewer sees Street Kings as a sort of I.Q. test for sitting presidents and other mentally challenged Americans.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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http://dhex.wordpress.com/2008/04/16/autechre-live-music-hall-of-williamsburg-april-15/
booty bass and calculus.
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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more updates:
http://dhex.wordpress.com/
"Yeah, but my character would be all swav and deboner." - Warren
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Constant Viewer watches Al Pacino and far, far lesser talents stretch 88 Minutes into 108 minutes of what seems like a mind, body and soul numbing cinematic eternity.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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While at the Washington Post Gillespie and Welch explain how Dallas defeated Global Communism, I add a few words over at Positive Liberty about how Southfork Ranch was a Potemkin Village.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Brush fires throughout Connecticut, with smoke and ashes falling on my house.
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♫ Smoke on the writer, fire in her eyes! ♫
Seriously, I trust you and yours are safe.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Oh, yes, I live in one of the paved parts of the state. And even where the fires burned there wasn't any reported damage. I just hope this isn't a taste of summer to come.
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I don't think MA got any. Two days ago was when I first ever heard of "fire advisory". I had to check what that meant from the NOAA (I think it was that) website.
Ignore D. A. Ridgely's sig. Here is what Ali really said: "love is like porn, you know it when you
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We have a real, live TSA screener arguing with us at UO:
http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2008/05/05/8197
He also claims to be a libertarian:
http://www.highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2008/04/20/8133#comment-191947
If you've ever wanted to pile on somebody from the Ministry for State Security, this is your chance!
If he sticks around, we'll have to change his screen name to "evil joe."
"the only thing worse than a freeper is a blue state freeper that doesn't realize they're a freeper." -dhex
hoisted by their own waterboard!
-dhex
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I have taken the opportunity to call it a nonperson.
Whenever I catch so much as a glimpse of pr0n, I suddenly turn into a sex-crazed barbarian, slashing and clawing my way through whatever and whomever until I find something to put my weiner into. -- Taktix
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Constant Viewer is moderately happy Robert Downey Jr. could fit Iron Man into his busy schedule between rehabs. Alas, if only the movie as a whole had been as good as all its parts.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Thoreau - I gotta say, he is at least reasonably civil and intelligent-sounding. Which is depressing in a way, because it means that intelligent, civil people see no problem with the TSA.
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I'll save you the trouble of double-clicking through my blog and just link directly to a new and fun little Matt Labash article wherein he recounts celebrity encounters at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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I have outed myself.
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I briefly share some controlled unclassified information enhanced with specified dissemination.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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This should be of especial interest to my fellow Grylliaders currently looking for new jobs.
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The new Indiana Jones flick is the first movie of 2008 I plan to see again soon.
"love is like porn, you know" -- Ali
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Didn't read all of Constant Viewer, but that's good that it's a repeater for CV 'cuz that will be one that the whole Anderson clan will see post-graduation.
Oh, and here's a tid-bit, one of my earliest and strongest memories was the Pride I felt when in pre-school I watched the whole face-melting screen of Raiders of the Lost Ark with my eyes open by myself. Man, did I feel awesome that day.