In the wasted money department this is today’s leading foolishness:
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing is spending $30 million to advertise that it is making a redesigned $20 bill.
It’s not as if people are going to toss these twenties in the trash when the ATM spits them out.
Via Poliblog.
For a slightly different take on the Limbaugh mess read Postrel and Sollum.
Their key point being that Limbaugh’s current public problem is caused by the drug war, an artifact of prohibition, and not specifically his pill popping.
If he and a long series of government administrations at many levels had eliminated rather then maintained the drug prohibition Rush could still be out there supporting the bushies and their ilk.
And the taxpayers would not have to be supporting the largest prison industry in the world.
This might help some folks understand exactly what no means.
Grinder Girl is also a good reason to watch Letterman instead of arnold on Leno.
Via Byzantium’s Shores.
Update(10/14): See the Curmudgeonly Clerks review of the meaning of no in a legal context while pointing out that Easterbrook while silly beyond words is right and Lithwick is wrong.
I’m not sure this is any worse then sending that fax via the ACLU or other group trying to make it easy for people to express their support for some issue:
A series of letters to hometown newspapers, purportedly written by U.S. soldiers in Iraq, contain identical language, according to the Gannett News Service. The letters praise the U.S. effort to rebuild the war-torn Mideast nation.
Except that, though some soldiers agreed with the letters, they did not know they were being sent on their behalf and in other cases letters appear to be completely made up.
The first edition of the Carnival of the Capitalists is here:
this weekly roundup is intended to be a “Best Of the Blogosphere” for posts covering business, economics, stocks, accounting, taxes, business law, and related topics
From the introductory post:
We have several goals with the Carnival of the Capitalists. First off, to provide a good summary of the best posts to those who don’t read business blogs every day. Secondly, to allow readers to try out a new blog by reading that blog’s best post of the week, instead of on some random day when maybe the material isn’t as interesting. Lastly, to encourage more and better business writing by those who participate.
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Despite the name, you don’t have to be a capitalist to submit. Posts criticizing capitalism are welcome, but will be posted at the bottom of the page (just kidding – they will get fair placement). Also, you don’t have to be a regular business blogger to contribute a post. Any relevant post is welcome.
Via Robert Prather.