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Connecticut town threatens to take overgrown pet bunny from girl, 7 | Fox News: "Zoning Enforcement Officer Arthur Hausman issued a cease-and-desist order to the Lidsky family two weeks ago, informing them that they were violating town zoning regulations because their property was smaller than the 2 acres required to keep rabbits and other types of livestock."
"North Haven First Selectman Michael Freda said town officials are not trying to take the bunny away from the girl, but are instead trying to get Josh Lidsky to respond to neighbors' complaints about blighted conditions on his property."
They want them to clean up there property so they bug them about the rabbit?!?
Friday, August 10, 2012
2 Pa. teens cited for parking lot chalk drawings | Fox News
2 Pa. teens cited for parking lot chalk drawings | Fox News: "Doylestown police Chief James Donnelly says although chalk washes off, the drawings are "an attempt at vandalism.""
Let's ban finger painting in kindergarten because it might lead to vandalism!
Let's ban finger painting in kindergarten because it might lead to vandalism!
Make Profits, Not War - Gary North - Mises Daily
Make Profits, Not War - Gary North - Mises Daily: "In the days before the income tax, anyone could come into the United States. There were no passports. Late in the 19th century, there was an entry point at Ellis Island. Immigration bureaucrats blocked the entry of sick people. This meant that immigration restrictions were a public-health issue. The authorities blocked out microscopic invaders by blocking the people who carried them. But healthy people were allowed to enter the nation."
"When immigrants could become citizens and vote their way into other Americans' wallets, the barriers went up."
"You mean we should charge Americans an extra 20 percent or 30 percent because the government on the other side of the line is going to nuke us? Does this make sense?"
"When immigrants could become citizens and vote their way into other Americans' wallets, the barriers went up."
"You mean we should charge Americans an extra 20 percent or 30 percent because the government on the other side of the line is going to nuke us? Does this make sense?"
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Nobel economist: Inequality weighs on US economy | Fox News
Nobel economist: Inequality weighs on US economy | Fox News: "To Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist, the economy's strange behavior can be traced to the growing gap between wealthy Americans and everyone else."
Why do we see Nobel prize winners so often making statements about areas in which they didn't win the Nobel prize? This guy got his prize for "research was on screening, a technique used by one economic agent to extract otherwise private information from another." It's like they are saying, "because I got a Nobel in one area, you should believe what I say in other areas." Krugman seems to do that a lot too.
Why do we see Nobel prize winners so often making statements about areas in which they didn't win the Nobel prize? This guy got his prize for "research was on screening, a technique used by one economic agent to extract otherwise private information from another." It's like they are saying, "because I got a Nobel in one area, you should believe what I say in other areas." Krugman seems to do that a lot too.
How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab | Wired.com: "the very four digits that Amazon considers unimportant enough to display in the clear on the web are precisely the same ones that Apple considers secure enough to perform identity verification"
"the Apple rep didn’t bother to tell me about the first call concerning my account, despite the 90 minutes I spent on the phone with tech support"
"Apple issued a temporary password. It did this despite the caller’s inability to answer security questions I had set up"
"First you call Amazon and tell them you are the account holder, and want to add a credit card number to the account. All you need is the name on the account, an associated e-mail address, and the billing address. Amazon then allows you to input a new credit card. (Wired used a bogus credit card number from a website that generates fake card numbers that conform with the industry’s published self-check algorithm.) Then you hang up.
Next you call back, and tell Amazon that you’ve lost access to your account. Upon providing a name, billing address, and the new credit card number you gave the company on the prior call, Amazon will allow you to add a new e-mail address to the account. From here, you go to the Amazon website, and send a password reset to the new e-mail account."
"the Apple rep didn’t bother to tell me about the first call concerning my account, despite the 90 minutes I spent on the phone with tech support"
"Apple issued a temporary password. It did this despite the caller’s inability to answer security questions I had set up"
"First you call Amazon and tell them you are the account holder, and want to add a credit card number to the account. All you need is the name on the account, an associated e-mail address, and the billing address. Amazon then allows you to input a new credit card. (Wired used a bogus credit card number from a website that generates fake card numbers that conform with the industry’s published self-check algorithm.) Then you hang up.
Next you call back, and tell Amazon that you’ve lost access to your account. Upon providing a name, billing address, and the new credit card number you gave the company on the prior call, Amazon will allow you to add a new e-mail address to the account. From here, you go to the Amazon website, and send a password reset to the new e-mail account."
Is There a Right to Unionize? - Walter Block - Mises Daily
Is There a Right to Unionize? - Walter Block - Mises Daily: "Yes, theoretically, a labor organization could limit itself to organizing a mass quit unless they got what they wanted. That would indeed be an implication of the law of free association.
But every union with which I am familiar reserves the right to employ violence (that is, to initiate violence) against competing workers — "scabs" — whether in a "blue-collar way" by beating them up, or in a "white collar way" by getting laws passed compelling employers to deal with them, and not with the scabs."
"Why, by the way, is it not "discriminatory," and "hateful," to describe workers willing to take less pay, and to compete with unionized labor, as "scabs"? Should not this be considered on a par with using the "N" word for blacks, or the "K" word for Jews?"
But every union with which I am familiar reserves the right to employ violence (that is, to initiate violence) against competing workers — "scabs" — whether in a "blue-collar way" by beating them up, or in a "white collar way" by getting laws passed compelling employers to deal with them, and not with the scabs."
"Why, by the way, is it not "discriminatory," and "hateful," to describe workers willing to take less pay, and to compete with unionized labor, as "scabs"? Should not this be considered on a par with using the "N" word for blacks, or the "K" word for Jews?"
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Obama Encouraging Americans to Get on Welfare | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary
Obama Encouraging Americans to Get on Welfare | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Combined with state and local spending, government spends $20,610 for every poor person in America — or $61,830 per poor family of three.
Given that the poverty line for that family is just $18,530, we should have theoretically wiped out poverty in America many times over."
"we actually have a pretty good idea of what the keys are to getting out of or staying out of poverty: (1) finish school; (2) do not get pregnant outside marriage; and (3) get a job, any job, and stick with it.
None of this has anything to do with getting more people to sign up for welfare benefits."
Given that the poverty line for that family is just $18,530, we should have theoretically wiped out poverty in America many times over."
"we actually have a pretty good idea of what the keys are to getting out of or staying out of poverty: (1) finish school; (2) do not get pregnant outside marriage; and (3) get a job, any job, and stick with it.
None of this has anything to do with getting more people to sign up for welfare benefits."
China Beats India Again, This Time in Corruption | Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Cato Institute: Commentary
China Beats India Again, This Time in Corruption | Swaminathan S. Anklesaria Aiyar | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Top politicians claim they have no links with the businesses of relatives. But a veteran diplomat says "everything is controlled by a couple of hundred powerful families... most foreign companies are trying to hire the sons and daughters of Chinese officials so they can get access and do business."
Multinationals often start joint ventures with the princelings, who typically hold their stakes through holding companies in Hong Kong or Caribbean tax havens. This helps hide business secrets."
Multinationals often start joint ventures with the princelings, who typically hold their stakes through holding companies in Hong Kong or Caribbean tax havens. This helps hide business secrets."
DREAM Act a nightmare for legal immigrant | Fox News
DREAM Act a nightmare for legal immigrant | Fox News: "If Lauren Gray's parents had been illegal immigrants, she wouldn't be facing deportation"
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Court strikes blow to Illinois eavesdropping law | Fox News
Court strikes blow to Illinois eavesdropping law | Fox News: "In a blow to Illinois' sweeping eavesdropping law, a federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked its enforcement in cases where someone is recording a police officer at work."
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