The single-celled parasite Toxoplasma gondii lives infects rats, but it needs to be inside a cat’s digestive system in order to reproduce. The parasite actually alters the brain of its rat host so that it won’t be afraid of cats. … Continue reading
I get the whole disparity of government benefits thing, but that is a problem of unconstitutional and unjustifiable bloated government benefits. When black people were denied jobs by law, the remedy was not to add another federal law that redefined … Continue reading
This guy owns the world. We’re merely visitors.
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) came out swinging against Republicans in Congress on Saturday as she addressed the unemployed during a forum in Inglewood. The event occurred a day after new statistics were released showing that California’s jobless rate last … Continue reading
Warren Buffett loves to bemoan the fact that he doesn’t pay enough in income taxes, and of course that makes him a favorite son of the class warfare loving left who want to hold him up as a perfect patriot … Continue reading
From my good friend David McElroy.
Economics 101 for all you Keynesians. I’d add one thing. When he says that investing in government debt isn’t productive, it’s not (necessarily) because the investment itself isn’t productive, it’s because you lose access to that liquidity for the time … Continue reading
This is just a lovely example of how President Obama thinks he’s above the law. Bowing to pressure from immigrant rights activists, the Obama administration said Thursday that it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants … Continue reading
This is one of the key roots of the problem with many mainstream economists. They believe the economy is about money. In reality, it’s about value produced. If they were stupid enough to believe what they were saying, all they … Continue reading
Through the end of July, Chevy has sold about 3,200 of the plug-in hybrids compared to 4,500 Nissan Leafs. But both makers have begun ramping up production, General Motors forecasting sales of around 16,000 for the year as a whole … Continue reading
Planned Parenthood, the state’s largest abortion provider, announced a sweeping cutback of abortion services in Arizona on Thursday, saying it will no longer offer the procedure in communities outside metro Phoenix and Tucson. The organization had been offering abortions at … Continue reading
We accept without question the idea that the cost of living has gone up dramatically and is at its highest right now. That’s not necessarily true.
This week’s ruling in T.V. v. Smith-Green Community School Corp. starts with a declaration that “Not much good takes place at slumber parties for high school kids, and this case proves the point.” In the opinion, the judge rules that high school officials … Continue reading
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HP reported that it plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones. HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward. Steve Jobs is sitting … Continue reading
After falling the previous week, claims for unemployment benefits rose during the second week of August, according to the Labor Department’s latest report released Thursday. For the week ending Aug. 13, the department said claims climbed by 9,000 to 408,000. … Continue reading
The Justice Department is investigating whether the nation’s largest credit ratings agency, Standard & Poor’s, improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years leading up to the financial crisis, according to two people interviewed by the government and another … Continue reading
This is how househunting feels to me.
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Getting… Sleepy…