- Even lab rats, it seems, have empathy. Now, if only government agents could be raised to that level.
- I had no idea that my second favorite poem (and the one I most totally identify with) had such universal appeal.
- Only a government could manage to create a butter crisis.
- “The best way to understand the Euro Crisis is to get a DVD of “Animal House” starring John Belushi.” Snort!
- Open letter to some professorial tax eaters from Michael and Debra Jean Dean.
- The average household has a post-crash net worth of nearly $500,000??? Are you kidding? Where do I sign up to join the average class?
- The “I, Pencil” of food. (And apparently the writer never heard of “I, Pencil” until somebody mentioned it in the comment section of his piece.)
I loved the rat story. My wife and I heard it on Nebraska’s NPR channel this weekend. I thought the most fascinating was that the rat would wait to share the chocolate chips with his buddy!
My goodness. Those folks commenting on the cheeseburger article are certainly a bunch of nitpickers. Division of labor was, after all, pretty much the whole point.
I’ve done some thinking on this myself, especially after hearing from people who live in a city and have decided to buy 10 acres outside (name an eastern city) and from then on be “self sufficient” and produce everything they need.
Ah… right. Forget the cheeseburger, actually. I wonder how they plan to manufacture replacement parts for the computer they wrote that nonsense with.
LOL
The butter story tells why the West is dying. I get a lot of flack from friends and acquaintances for being negative and it’s not true. My life is filled with humor and love, but there’s nothing in me that will lie about the iceberg we’ve hit. Who would have thought that butter could be in short supply? BTW, there’s a sugar shortage in Greece.
Shortages of butter and sugar? Why is this suddenly sounding familiar . . .
(PS: That was rhetorical, I do actually know why)
A news article on the Norway butter deal alleged uber-wet weather as a cause for a reduced supply, at the same time as a national fad started: Eat more butter, for a lesser-carbohydrate, higher-fat diet.
… and then, those who would, in a free market, have happily shipped in more butter to satisfy the Norwegians got stymied by government import restrictions …
Claire – to add to what you’d just written – in the version of the butter story that I read a couple days ago – the last lines in the story mentioned that customs had indeed confiscated a significant amount of butter from a motorist crossing into the country.
My first thought – of course – was – well no wonder you’ve got a shortage there!
Yep, government regs have kept the market from responding. Zombies are amongst us and they run our governments.
While I think many import restrictions are silly, I try to know the rules when I come back from a shopping trip to Mexico. Saves hassle.
But I doubt that a national shortage is gonna be solved by bringing in a couple of hundred pounds of butter…
Do it legal, and bring in a couple of hundred tons.
Claire, it might be worth remembering that 500,000 FRNs now buy only a weeks worth of groceries.
How many ounces of gold is the average family worth?