I just finished repairing grout in my master bathroom. As a home repair hack, I typically remove excess caulk and sealant with my bare fingers — it’s messy, but quick and easy.
OK. So far, so good.
Then, while washing my hands, I read this warning on the back label, “This product contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer.”
Seeing the capital “S,” I decided that state does not refer to everyday residents of California, but instead refers to the occupying apparatus of coercion and compulsion.
Here’s my most in-depth discussion of the Depression of 1920, which reversed itself in the face of dramatic government budget cuts and a Federal Reserve that did not use its money creation powers. The article is a more formal version of my presentation at the Mises Circle in Colorado Springs back in April:
On October 9, 2009, the announcement was made that President Barack Obama is to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Below are some preliminary observations.
The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama is further confirmation, along with 2007’s award to Al Gore, that the prize has degenerated into politically motivated rubbish. The great and noble concept of peace has again been perverted.
Another government program shown to be stupid.
Jimmy Winkelmann, a freshman here at the University of Missouri, established The South Butt clothing company, poking fun at today’s logo-obsessed youth. The result? You guessed it: a cease-and-desist letter from The North Face, accusing Winkelmann of sowing “confusion” in the marketplace and violating its intellectual-property rights.
