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Fun with Partisanship and Self-Deception: the climate follies and Rob Bradley

Political scientist and climate commenter Roger Pielke, Jr. and scientist and Climate Progress blogger Joe Romm had a heated little spat last month, with both trading accusations of lies and bad faith . When I left comments with each suggesting that the...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Aug 25 2009

Filed under: Rob Bradley, Joe Romm, Roger Pielke Jr., self-deception

Healthcare and Rationing

Currently, many experts are denying the claim that a government run healthcare service would need to ration out care to patients. However, this impossible. Just like the free-market, which "rations" according to ability and willingness to pay...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Sun, Aug 23 2009

What would Russ Roberts say?

This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Sat, Aug 22 2009

Amitié et résumés

“ Lors de ton avance dans la vie, ton temps disponible se rend plus étroit et tu dois prendre des décisions et tu dois établir des priorités. Ces décisions blessent parfois les autres personnes, mais il faut que...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Sat, Aug 22 2009

Filed under: exhaustible, convertible, disponible, simultanément agréable, traduisible, capable, érudit, serviable

Amistad y currículum vitae

"Al avanzar en la vida, tu tiempo disponible se torna más escaso y tienes que tomar decisiones y establecer prioridades. Estas decisiones a veces hieren a otras personas, pero debes seguir adelante y dejar que el tiempo cicatrice las heridas...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Sat, Aug 22 2009

Filed under: exhaustible, erudito, servicial, agradable, convertible, disponible, simultáneamente, traducible, capaz

On friendships and resumés

"As you move forward in life, your available time becomes scarcer and you've got to make decisions and establish priorities. These decisions sometime hurt other people, but you must move forward and let time heal the other person's wounds...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Fri, Aug 21 2009

Como masificar al soberano

por Manfred F. Schieder “El desea del niño por alcanzar la meta que se ha propuesto lo lleva a actuar correctamente. NO es la maestra quien le advierte sobre sus errores y le enseña a corregirlos, sino una compleja actuación...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Fri, Aug 21 2009

Ma Bell, Milk, and the Medical Industry.

Okay, I'll admit that I was listening to NPR yesterday (8/20/09). Like the old Cold War addage goes, you have to know your enemy. And admittedly, NPR covers a lot of news I wouldn't otherwise hear about. I have to listen to it with my filters...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Fri, Aug 21 2009

The Single-Payer / Public-Option Lie

The old joke goes something like this: How can you tell a politician is lying? Easy. His lips are moving. While elected officials have contributed mightily to our perception of their honesty they are not entirely responsible for their reputation. Having...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Thu, Aug 20 2009

Filed under: Obama, Barney Frank, Healthcare, health care, single payer, public option

A View from the Trenches, August 20th, 2009: Focus on China

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com/martin What a day! As we wrote on Tuesday that it was possible to have both treasuries and stocks rallying, we saw exactly just that happening in front of our eyes a day later, to...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Aug 19 2009

The Economy of Scale: Why European-style Health Care CAN'T Work in America

Dinosaurs were big. They were the largest land creatures to ever walk the Earth. The largest were nearly a hundred feet long. But as large as they were there is a good reason they didn't get any bigger. In fact, there is an absolute limit to the size...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Wed, Aug 19 2009

Filed under: socialism, Obama, Healthcare, health care, Germany, England, single payer, Sweden, France, Norway, Europe

A View from the Trenches, August 19th, 2009: Thinking out loud

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com/martin If you read most daily comments from yesterday, you will leave with the impression that nothing really substantial has taken place lately, perhaps on grounds that that trading...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Aug 18 2009

"Impuesto y gasto" demócrata vs. "menos impuestos pero que sigan los gastos" republicano

Los demócratas partidistas todavía no han captado que la imposición de impuestos para gastarlos no es una política fiscal viable. Los republicanos partidistas no se han percatado que "menos impuestos pero igual nivel de...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Mon, Aug 17 2009

Filed under: Dale Wettlaufer, fiscal, Pelosi, impuesto, republicano, militar, electorado, gasto, moderado, demócrata

A View from the Trenches, August 18th, 2009: Which way is it going to go?

Normal 0 false false false Inevitably, we need to discuss yesterday’s events. I must confess I read and reread all sorts of comments dating back to two weeks ago, encompassing a wide spectrum of opinions. There are the uber bears, telling us we...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Mon, Aug 17 2009

Capitalismo, Gobierno Limitado y Cristianismo

El Profesor Alberto Mansueti es abogado graduado por la Universidad Nacional del Litoral y Licenciado en Ciencia Política por la Universidad Nacional del Rosario, Argentina. Es el vicepresidente del movimiento Rumbo Propio, de Venezuela y director...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Mon, Aug 17 2009