- Groan. Time magazine is going hysterical on its cover — again. And it’s about militias. Again. Jesse Walker shreds ’em.
- Dropped into the comments section by Philalethes, but far too funny to be buried there: The Mortgage Bankers Association, which rails against strategic defaults … strategically defailts. (Video.)
- “I can afford higher taxes. But they’ll make me work less.” Hm. Ya don’t say. (Actually, there’s some pretty good analysis here that makes the impact of taxes on high-income people look even more painful than we already know.)
- “Abolish drunk driving laws!” Sez Radley Balko.
- Per Pat, the indestructable Happy Meal. To be fair, though, somebody should try the same experiment with Mom’s homemade. The result might not be all that different.
- I really like John Tamny. Especially when he’s asking, “Do we really need a central bank?” (I think he’s gonna regret opening this article with “The financial crisis of not long ago …” John. Buddy. We ain’t seen crisis yet. We’ve only had the warm-up act.
- Editor Dave hopes we can help political prisoner Bradford Metcalf. I’m not sure anybody can. But his is sure a sad case.
- Now this could be interesting. Disgusting. But innovative and useful.
I’ve seen various versions of “the indestructable happy meal” before, and they were always a load of bull, so forgive me if I don’t believe this one. The one shown in that picture shows none of the changes that occur when substances dry out, which they will no matter how many preservatives they’re pumped with. I call BS on this one.
As for that peepoo bag, I could use something like that on my land until I can get an outhouse (excuse me, “composting toilet”) built. Pity they don’t sell it for hikers and outdoorspeople.
I agree with Mr. Balko. DUI/DWI laws have become justification for opression, not making the community safer. It would be very strange to actually punish people for the crimes/injuries they actually commit though.
Yep, the whole McDonalds thing is just an artist trying — and succeeding — to get publicity. It’s pure silliness. It’s like Twinkies or Spam lasting forever, which is also complete silliness. These are people with agendas, and hey, it they can forward those while helping their career, they figure, why not?
I was able to hear Sheriff Mack speak last night, right here in Newcastle, WY. He talked about this Time article. He was interviewed for it, and then terribly misrepresented, of course (what was he thinking!). He will be suing Time Magazine and the author for libel and misrepresentation.
Since he won at the Supreme Court against the Brady bill, I suspect Time ought to start saving their pennies now.
Okay, I bow to superior skepticism on the McDonalds story. I can’t really judge from the photos — and I’m not about to put a Happy Meal on a shelf in my house to test the theory!
MamaLiberty,
Did Mack say why he was willing to talk with Time in the first place? That’s pretty mind-boggling for a man who’s been in the media spotlight as much and as long as Mack has. Time’s penchant for hysteria is pretty notorious.
I haven’t deliberately tested the McD’s thing, although I studied tracking and forensics for a while (out of curiousity, I don’t have a degree in it). But, one time my nephew only ate part of his burger and set the other part, in its bag, on the floor of my mom’s van, where it got overlooked for a few days. It . . . didn’t look like that.
And yes, it stank!
“How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!” – Samuel Adams
Yeah, that burger and fries looks like it’s been in a frigde or a really cold, sterile room the whole time.
Plus I know that if I tried that, I’d have an open air ant farm within a couple days.
Ellendra, what? No degree? Then how dare you express an opinion? Don’t we all know that you have to have a Ph.d., a government job, or both, before you’re “allowed” to speak knowledgeably on any subject?
And in case anybody’s wondering … {snark, snark, snark — this comment is being written by somebody who barely got out of high school with a C+ average, then straggled through random bits of trade school and community college — and has lots and lots of opinions].
LOL Claire!!
Yes, I could never choose a subject and stick with it long enough for a degree. I want to know everything about everything, just not all at once. I’m working on again/off again on a degree in finance, just so I can get paid to spout off on something. But I get sick of the assumption that you can only know what the letters after your name say you can know.
This makes even less sense with schools like MIT putting all their courses and materials online for free, because now it means that degree only stands for the fact that you paid $$$ for a piece of paper.
OK, so who’s the Fed?
One more for the miscellany.
I’m curious to know what they’re putting in the peepoo bag – gonna have to watch the video and do some more research. Cool idea!