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Police 25 Jul 2012 | 02:15 pm
Some scattered thoughts on cops, particularly cops in the US. Police exist primarily to protect property arrangements. The war on drugs have paramilitarized police, with a heavy emphasis on overwhe...
The best news this year is the Court of Justice of the European Union upholding doctrine of first sale 5 Jul 2012 | 05:37 pm
Software, once sold, can be resold. The person selling it cannot keep using it, but the original publisher has no right to stop the sale. This is a big deal. A really big deal, and really good new...
I wonder how much Ashley Fantz of CNN gets paid to mislead readers? 4 Jul 2012 | 07:34 pm
Beautiful: Assange claimed that various institutions and corporations had hit the site with a financial blockage . Claimed? It’s not a claim, it’s a fact . How much it cost Wikileaks might be a ...
To point out the obvious on today’s Supreme Court Decision on the ACA 28 Jun 2012 | 10:52 pm
Roberts voted how he did because health insurance companies are absolutely desperate for the money they will get from the mandate. All of the legitimacy arguments are bullshit, about 70% of Americans...
Greek election consequences and the shape of the developed world’s future 18 Jun 2012 | 12:30 am
will be more years of austerity, people winding up on the street, suicides and outright starvation. In this fertile ground, the neo-nazi right will rise. The left will most likely not compete, becau...
Stop bailing out banks 8 Jun 2012 | 05:09 pm
The correct thing to do is to force them to take their losses, making the shareholders and bondholders eat it. Kick out the management, cut the banks up into smaller entities then refloat. It is che...
The Scott Walker recall fails 6 Jun 2012 | 12:33 pm
Ordinary people hate other ordinary people who are doing better than them. The politics of envy isn’t about the rich, whom ordinary people almost never see, but about their neighbours. And Americans...
Oil Prices and the economy for the next year to a year and a half 5 Jun 2012 | 06:26 pm
Quick note, given I think that the economy is going to roll off a cliff in the new year, and soften between now and then, that means I think that oil prices are going to drop further. I won’t be surp...
Yes, Canada has Dutch Disease 1 Jun 2012 | 09:51 am
Or at least, the Bank of Canada thinks so, though they’ll never call it by that name: Nonetheless, Canada’s current account was in surplus for many years before the crisis, and is now expected to re...
My sympathy is about out 1 Jun 2012 | 02:23 am
If the Irish vote in a referendum for austerity, then they deserve what they get. Current polls are showing Greeks will probably vote for pro-austerity parties as well, if so, again, my sympathy will...
