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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Kansas Day Again
James rightly pointed out that my recent Kansas Day photo was beautiful to those who have been there. He also said that those who haven’t been there wouldn’t get the full effect from just a still picture. I agree, and … Continue reading
Big Business is not Necessarily the “Free Market”
From my Cato @ Liberty feed, a book that makes my to read list: The Myth of the Robber Barons; an observation from the book: A key point about the steamship industry is that the government played an active role … Continue reading
The Other White Meat?
Today, I came across something that I absolutely must try, being a fan of bacon, sausage, and all meats porcine. It’s called the Bacon Explosion, which requires the following ingredients: 2 pounds thick cut bacon 2 pounds Italian sausage 1 … Continue reading
Happy Kansas Day!
On January 29, 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union. I’ve made no bones about my love of the place here on this old blog. I’ve also mentioned numerous times that I’d go back there to live and work, should … Continue reading
Bad Banks
Apparently Treasury Secretary Tim “I can’t use TurboTax” Geithner will float a plan for some kind of national “Bad Bank” which will take over shaky loans from existing banks. I can’t disagree with the term Bad Bank, but it seems … Continue reading
I, and 200+ Economists, Respectfully Disagree
“There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.” — PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009 Well, I disagree. But, then, I’m only a lowly computer jock. … Continue reading
Punchlines #25
And we break the unadorned punchlines drought, which has persisted far too long, with this, via one of MLB’s email jokesters: Hey, Batman, what’s for dinner? -k-
Kansas Days Past
Welcome, Kansans. I see several searches for past Kansas Day posts. And no, I’ve not forgotten the 148th Kansas Day either. That post is all queued up, and ready to publish at 12:01AM EST, tomorrow. Y’all come back! -k-
And a Pony
After reading the line items of the “Stimulus Spending Package”1, it strikes me that precious few of them can be considered “stimulating”, and that the preponderance of them are outright pork. The cure for spendthrift government is not to spend … Continue reading
Racin’ Research Commences
My equine handicapping crusade has started; I just ordered via Amazon, a bolus of Andrew Beyer books1. Andrew Beyer makes the dry, nuts-and-bolts mechanics of racing pleasant to read, and they will help me get reconnected with the principles of … Continue reading
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