The truth of the matter is that if the law’s been violated, we should be able to ascertain that.
We can, if we have an independent person without a conflict of interest�
You guessed it. Words spoken by ashcroft on October 4, 1997. Read the entire Liberal Oasis piece.
Via Ruminate This.
How is this different from today’s radio or TV?
He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains.
The quote is from Kurt Vonnegut, Jr’s Harrison Bergeron which is included in the new compilation: The Literary Book of Economics. It is definitely worth taking a few minutes to read!
Recommended by Marginal Revolution.
PS: Does this book support this statement from The Leiter Reports:
Economists, of course, take the existence of a Nobel Prize in their field as an indication of the closeness of their field to real science. But perhaps the best rationale for a Nobel Prize in economics is its proximity to literature?
MUSICIAN, PLAY WITH THYSELF: The RIAA is going to lose this fight. Maybe not this lawsuit, and maybe not the next few. But within the next five years it will be over.
Michael Lopez has some predictions about what the music industry will be like a few years down the road and I think he’s probably spot on.
Via Byzantium’s Shores.
Some of you may want to review this French deck before heading over to the Dilbert site I mentioned in the last post.
These should generate a chuckle whether you love’m or hate’m.
They used a good picture of dubya who ranks as the king of diamonds. Is this too high?
Via Untelevised.
Click over to Dilbert to vote for your weasels of the year:
Remember that being a weasel isn’t the same as being evil. Serial killers, for example, are evil but they rank low on the weasel scale because they give you exactly what they promise. World-class weasels are people with hidden agendas and cynical motives. They’re greedy, selfish, and power-hungry and they think you’re not smart enough to stop them. Often they’re right, and that’s the most annoying thing about weasels.
Via A Small Victory.