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Friday, February 13, 2015

Miscellany: 2/13/15

Quote of the Day
In shallow waters, shrimps make fools of dragons.
Chinese Proverb

Chart of the Day: Our Globally Competitive Farm Economy

Courtesy of HumanProgress.org
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Bad Judge of the Year Nominee: Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Two Catholic dioceses and a private Christian college lost an appeal over an ObamaCare mandate requiring coverage of abortifacients, which Christians have consistently opposed from the very first written documents in the early second century (recall Hobby Lobby?) The plaintiffs are deliberating on whether to seek a full court (en banc) hearing or going straight to SCOTUS.

The Obama Net Neutrality Scam



An Entrepreneurial Immigrant Selling Delicious Tamales in Anti-Food Cart Chicago

I miss my Tex-Mex cuisine--if I lived in the Chicago area, I would personally go and buy a dozen tamales from this wonderful businesswoman, Claudia Perez. As for the corrupt Chicago city government, crony restaurants and the city's legal thugs, there's a reason I haven't returned to Chicago since leaving a decade ago.



Facebook Corner

(Reason). Hey, Barack Obama, when you're spending the last 30 or so years of your life wandering the planet as an ex-president, don't ever get on your high horse about the dignity of the office of the president or any of that sort of shit. YOLO, man.
Don't overthink the "much ado about nothing" Obama Presidency. It's like an 8-year Seinfeld episode. (I wonder if it'll end the same as the series...)

(Cato Institute). "The lesson to be learned is clear: the tactics which socialist governments like Venezuela and Argentina employ yield miserable results, whereas dollarization is associated with less misery.
What about some socialist countries of Europe? Like Norway, Holland etc. that have higher standard of living/ quality of life than the United States? Not supporting socialism of course, just curious? How do you account for them?
This is leftist propaganda 101. The trouble with leftist economic illiterates is that they are gullible and incapable of elementary analysis. Educate yourself: http://theuklibertarian.com/2010/06/22/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/

Political Cartoon



Courtesy of Henry Payne via Townhall
Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists

James Taylor, "Country Road"