| Government-Created Drought in California: A Long, Dry Summer
Prices for agricultural produce in U.S. supermarkets will be up this summer. Why? Drought, plus government planning. Call it a drought of liberty. Utility rates in California will rise. Small businesses in the state will be hit hard. There will be 50% unemployment in some agricultural towns. Farmers are not planting. The water costs too […] READ MORE A Jewish Farmer Has Re-Invented the Wheel I realize that this sounds unbelievable. But it’s true. The media have covered it. There really is a Jewish farmer. He broke his pelvis in 2008. He bought a wheelchair. And he didn’t like the way it felt. It was too bumpy. So, he thought about this. What if he could design spokes that would […] READ MORE Former Fed Employee Is Charged With Felony For Threatening To Kill Boss Perhaps we should be more measured with our criticism of the Federal Reserve System. It is an emotional topic for many Americans, and it’s not hard to understand why. The Federal Reserve System is a direct cause of the systematic devaluation of the average citizen’s money and exacerbates the income gap by funneling freshly printed […] READ MORE
Gravity was a popular movie. It was lots of fun, except for one thing: it’s going to happen. Statistically, it’s going to happen. The governments of the world have known this for over 35 years. Maybe you have heard of the tragedy of the commons. It’s where a valuable asset is not owned. There is […] READ MORE High Fidelity Systems and Low Fidelity Ears By the time you can afford Krell speakers, you’ll have AM radio ears. This is the grim reality of high fidelity. It’s a race against declining high-frequency hearing. Here is a very depressing pair of charts. Look at frequency perception at older ages. Here is an unbreakable rule: Do not pay more for any component […] READ MORE Weekend Play-Pretend Warriors in Nevada Cliven Bundy’s stand against the United States government has often been described as the equivalent of the Whiskey Rebellion. We can find this comparison all over the Web. Bundy has described himself as “just like Rosa Parks.” No, he isn’t. Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus. She did not pull […] READ MORE The Global Warming Movement Has Run Out of Gas The Secretary-General of the United Nations — do you know his name? — gave a speech over the weekend. He announced the following. Climate change is the defining issue of our time. If we do not take urgent action, all our plans for increased global prosperity and security will be undone.” http://www.un.org/apps/news/ California School District Assigns Essay On Whether Holocaust Was A Hoax The Rialto school district in California is under fire over a stunning eighth-grade assignment that asked students to write an argumentative essay about the Holocaust and “whether or not you believe this was an actual event in history, or merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain wealth.” The thoroughly debunked idea […] READ MORE The American Empire vs. Your Retirement Prospects Back in the late 1950′s, I used to sell records to Leonard Wibberley. He had a long gray beard, and he drove a white Jaguar convertible. You have probably never heard of Leonard Wibberley. But he was important in my life. He taught me about American foreign policy. He was a novelist. His most famous […] READ MORE Donald Sterling Breaks Silence; Wishes He Had Paid Off Stiviano Speaking publicly for the first time since the release of a racist audio recording led to his lifetime ban from the NBA., Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling said he wishes he had “paid off” the female acquaintance who taped their conversation, according to media reports. “I wish I had just paid her off,” Sterling […] READ MORE | ||||||
Monday, May 12, 2014
THE TEA PARTY ECONOMIST 05/12/2014
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