Category: Aggregated

Most states in the U.S. are dealing with a major outbreak of “super lice,” according to a new study in the Journal of Medical Entomology. The thought alone is enough to make your skin crawl, but it’s especially troubling because the news comes at a time when children are starting to head back to school. [1] Just How Bad Is It? Well, it’s pretty bad. Scientists tested lice in 48 states and found that a shocking 42 of them are overrun with the mutant bugs. In these states, 100% of the lice tested were resistant to over-the-counter (OTC) treatments: Washington California Nevada Arizona Utah Idaho … Continue reading →

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We had a caller to the Car Pro Radio Show this past weekend who said his wife was wanting a new Jeep Wrangler.  I asked, as I always do if she had owned one before, and what her current vehicle was.  She had a Jeep, but it was not a Wrangler.  This always raises red flags with me.  Personally, I like Wranglers, but it is not a vehicle I would want as a daily driver, and my experience tells me that they are not for everyone, but those who love them, REALLY love them. I suggested that they rent one … Continue reading →

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My generation says: “Each of us can remember where he was when he heard about Kennedy’s assassination. I can remember where I was when I heard about Nixon’s killing of the phony gold standard that John Maynard Keynes and the Soviet spy Harry Dexter White designed in 1944. It was a Sunday afternoon: August 15, 1971. I was preparing to leave Riverside, California to move to Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, to get my first full-time job. I would soon be a senior staff member of the Foundation for Economic Education. I would never again attend a graduate seminar. Free at last! … Continue reading →

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GSTAAD—“He’d fly through the air with the greatest of ease, that daring young man on the flying trapeze.” As everyone knows, life’s unfair, but this is ridiculous. An American daredevil falls out of an airplane at 25,000 feet without a parachute and manages to land on a postage-stamp-size net without a scratch. The poor little Greek boy falls off a balcony ten to fifteen feet high, lands on gravel, and breaks many bones in his body. Being encased in plaster is similar to living under a strict dictatorship—North Korea, for example. There’s no crime, no muggings, but as far as … Continue reading →

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For the developed world, clean drinking water is taken for granted. It’s one of the first things that a society has to figure out how to provide on a wide scale before it can be considered modern. However, just because the water that flows through your taps is free of dangerous microorganisms, doesn’t necessarily mean that your water is clean. If anything, it seems like the modern world has traded “water filled with bacteria” for “water filled with strange chemicals and heavy metals.” Here in the US, the public is starting to realize that their tap water isn’t nearly as … Continue reading →

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As the waters in Louisiana continue to rise, over a thousand motorists stranded by the flood have been stuck on Interstate 12 for more than 24 hours. Southeast Louisiana has been hard-hit before with flooding, and a decade after Hurricane Katrina, people are still trying to rebuild. Some families were trying to evacuate, as flood waters crept closer to their homes, while others were going about their day-to-day business. The National Guard has dispatched helicopters to drop food, water, and supplies to the folks who are waiting in their cars for rescue. Being stranded in your vehicle is not as rare … Continue reading →

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[This article is from a talk I gave on July 31, 2016, at the seventh annual “Capitalism and Morality” conference held in Vancouver, B.C. Sponsored by Jayant Bhandari – a very bright, energetic libertarian – the conference brings together speakers and participants interested in exploring the deeper implications of liberty, private property, and free markets.] To think that I attempted to force the reason and conscience of thousands of men into one mould and I cannot make two clocks agree. – Emperor Charles V Dating back at least to the time of Plato, most of us have been conditioned in the mindset … Continue reading →

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In absurd reality-disconnect, Brazilian authorities are trying to maintain a «politically correct» image during the Rio Olympics, while the entire games are imbued with nasty Cold War politics. By «politically correct» we mean the apparent absence of politics. But that absence is partial, unilateral and false, and the forced measure is itself a very political act. The Brazilian Olympics organizers are claiming that it is against the charter of the International Olympics Committee to allow any form of political expression within the sporting venues. And so, they claim, in the interest of public decorum and decency, the Olympics venues must … Continue reading →

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“Perhaps you can account also for the bullet which has so obviously hit the window?” “By George! How ever did you see that?” “Because I looked for it.” Sherlock Holmes chides the indifferently attentive Inspector Martin of the Norfolk Constabulary, in “The Adventure of the Dancing Men.” Critical evidence will sometimes evade the notice of an inattentive or inept investigator because he is not looking for it. When that evidence has been found, documented, and then ignored by the investigator, something worse than incompetence – most likely malice or corruption — is at work. This is true of what Idaho Attorney … Continue reading →

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“The third kind is the madness of those who are possessed by the Muses; which taking hold of a delicate and virgin soul, and their inspiring frenzy, awakens lyrical and all other numbers; with these adorning the myriad actions of ancient heroes for the instruction of posterity. But he who, having no touch of the Muses’ madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks that he will get into the temple by the help of art—he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man disappears and is nowhere when he enters into rivalry with the … Continue reading →

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The thing that eats away at most marijuana support seems to be the fact that, after decades of research, the ability of the active constituents found within cannabis (THC, Cannabinol) to completely destroy cancer cells in the lab is firmly established in scientific literature. For example, here is a link to a molecular biologist explains how THC kills cancer cells. If you do a google search for scholarly peer-reviewed studies on cannabis and its ability to fight cancer, you will find hundreds of publications. Not only does cannabis have the ability to destroy cancer cells (without heating the plant; when … Continue reading →

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Elon Musk may be the ultimate crony capitalist – the PT Barnum of our time. But to give PT his due, he was an honest con man. He never used the government to make his marks hand over their money. People stepped right up without a bayonet in their backs. Elon, on the other hand, depends entirely on the coercive power of government to line his pockets. Take that away and Musk goes away. Unfortunately, he’s not going away. He’s going deeper. Automotive News reports that Musk is not only fleecing taxpayers via multi-tiered subsidies for his electric turduckens. That’s old news. Here’s the latest news: … Continue reading →

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