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Senate to host presentations by Am. Meteorological Soc. on geoengineering and carbon capture

On Friday, November 21, the American Meteorological Society is putting on a seminar at the U.S. Senate entitled "Two Engineering Measures to Reduce Global Warming: Injecting Particles into the Atmosphere and "Clean" Coal". The presentations...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Nov 17 2008

Filed under: geo-engineering, climate change, carbon capture

Progressives urge Obama to invest in fast reactors to recycle nuclear "waste"

Is the Progressive Policy Institute signalling an Interest by Obama in making greater use of nuclear power? A November 7 press release, the PPI specifically urges in the headline that "Dealing with Nuclear Waste; America Must Emulate France's...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Nov 17 2008

Filed under: obama, nuclear

Paulson Declares victory, sets stage for next economic crisis

The latest word from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is that he believes “we have stabilized the major financial firms” and that he does not anticipate any more failures of large companies. He has effectively declared victory in the so-called...

Posted to Ron Morley's Freedom Blog by Ronald D. Morley on Thu, Nov 13 2008

Filed under: politics, Federal bailout, economics, automakers, Paulson

Yet another Federal "bailout" in the works

The Federal government is about to stage yet another “bail-out” of a business which is “too important to fail.” This time the target will be Detroit's Big Three automakers, beginning with General Motors. We are hearing the...

Posted to Ron Morley's Freedom Blog by Ronald D. Morley on Wed, Nov 12 2008

Filed under: politics, Federal bailout, unconstitutional, economics

Playing with fire: With a Democratic President in the wings, Buchanan advocates protectionism

See Pat Buchanan 's commentary in the November 11issue of CNSNews.com: http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39124 . Buchanan points to the unfair advantages that China has created by devaluating and keeping its currency cheap...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Nov 11 2008

Filed under: China, protectionism, Buchanan

Ed Lopez, I thank you.

A great empirical representation of recent policy topics . If you watched the election debates and subsequent discussions regarding McCain and Obama's tax policies, you'd think taxes or lack thereof held the key to the entire economy. Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Tue, Nov 11 2008

Filed under: elections, taxes

Two Roads

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 There are two ways in which to better your lot in life. One is to build yourself up. The other is to bring others down. We have all experienced people that have chosen one approach or the other. We...

Posted to -----------The Angry Elephant by Alby on Tue, Nov 11 2008

Filed under: economy, politics

Issues for a Chávez & Obama summit / Asuntos para una cumbre Chávez y Obama

Normal 0 21 false false false ES-VE X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Dear Barack Hussein Obama: Congratulations on your becoming the 44th President of the United States! I am writing to you as my humble contribution for a full restoration of diplomatic...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Mon, Nov 10 2008

El Mito de que el Laissez Faire es Responsable de nuestra Crisis Actual

Mises.org - Artículo Diario, por George Reisman - Publicado el 10/23/2008. Los noticieros de los medios de comunicación están en el proceso de creación de un nuevo gran mito histórico. El mito de que nuestra actual crisis...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Nov 8 2008

Falacias de la Teoría de los Bienes Públicos y la Producción de Seguridad

Por Hans-Hermann Hoppe Reproducido de The Economics and Ethics of Private Property, Kluwer Academic Press, Norwell, Mass., 1993. Autorizaci6n otorgada por el autor para traducir y publicar en Libertas. En 1849, cuando el liberalismo clásico era...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Nov 8 2008

FEE lectures online

I just noticed that the audio from my lectures at FEE's Freedom University 2 this past summer are now up for your listening pleasure. Read More...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Fri, Nov 7 2008

Filed under: lectures, Fee, audio, Freedom U 2

What is evidence of effective criminal justice policy

From today's Times Online: Evidence, of course, is the business of the courts, which must use it to decide on guilt or innocence. When it comes to sentencing, however, the legal system is often an evidence-free zone. A case in point is the Drug Treatment...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Thu, Nov 6 2008

Filed under: News, criminal justice, rehabilitation

Bad Apple Economics

Does a bad apple spoil the whole bunch? Unless the adult influences in my childhood misled me then the answer is no. Somehow, this came to me as my free-market, anti-regulatory brain tried to cope with the harsh reality that something has gone terribly...

Posted to -----------The Angry Elephant by Alby on Thu, Nov 6 2008

Filed under: economy, wall street, bailout

Aftermath

So here I am, standing in the wake of election night. Since the primaries passed I found myself an injured veteran of the Ron Paul Revolution. So election day for me was neither trauma nor glory, but a sad feeling as I watched the conclusion of what seemed...

Posted to The Cochran Column by joecochran on Thu, Nov 6 2008

Filed under: Barack Obama, elections, ron paul, liberty, campaign for liberty, free talk live, downsizedc, mises institute

Election night blues

Its 1:53am Pacific standard on November 5, 2008. The late night aftermath affect weighs heavily on all the strung out election junkies. I myself am obbsessively drinking coffee and refreshing the results page for the outcome of all the propositions in...

Posted to The Cochran Column by joecochran on Wed, Nov 5 2008

Filed under: Barack Obama, blues, elections, gay marriage, civil liberties