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January 15, 2009

Two “Laws” of Economics We Need to Break

OK … they’re not really laws, but they are justifications that the world of economists have used for decades to explain the woes of the world away. For those of you who haven’t taken a 101 course, here they are: Other things being equal ("ceteris paribus") There are no externalities We MUST recognize that these ‘rules’ can no longer be discarded. The first rule is […]

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January 15, 2009

US Military Warns of Potential Mexico ‘Collapse’

Is it me, or are more and more headlines about economies and countries ‘collapsing’?  I know it’s there bread and butter to whip people into panic, but this is starting to feel a little over the top. Mexico is the most recent victim . Now, you wouldn’t catch me going to Mexico, given all of the press we’ve had about crime, druglords, kidnappings, etc but […]

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January 14, 2009

Tar Sands & Tankers

With apologies to the original poster, I believe I got this original story from ProgBlog, but if I’m not giving proper credit to the source, my apologies! The rest of the series can be found here .

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January 12, 2009

Canada Reaching Up to Touch Botton: Vote Against Human Rights

In a new shameless low amongst what I was hoping would be the last of shameless lows with the Harpercrite regime, Canada has voted against a resolution to condemn the massive violations of human rights by Israel in Gaza. Thanks to Canadian Dimension Blog for the head’s up . And thanks to the Disaffected Lib for his spin on Iggy and Harpie’s perspective on Afghanistan […]