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Recently one of my friends came back to Sri […]
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The Mises blog points me to this interactive map showing American troop levels. Apparently, Sri Lanka has 7 troops and U.S. pretty much has a presence in everywhere, execept for like 7 countries. Must confess though, I haven’t seen a single U.S. troop …
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The Mises blog points me to this interactive map showing American troop levels. Apparently, Sri Lanka has 7 troops and U.S. pretty much has a presence in everywhere, execept for like 7 countries. Must confess though, I haven’t seen a single U.S. troop …
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Scot Adams makes the case. (yes, he’s the guy who created Dilbert, but he majored in economics in college and nowadays runs a stellar blog). Scott writes,If a weather expert tells you what the weather will be on a specific day next year, you can safe…
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Fox News is now on MTV Channel one. I Just watched O’Reilly Factor, which I used to follow through Fox’s site earlier. It’s good to see good old American-Conservatism on TV, really. Both channels are undoubtedly partisan, one on behalf of the GOP a…
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We have had lots of nutty regulations recently. But there’s room for comfort, at least Sri Lanka is not the only place with nutty regulations. Here’s a peanut packet from the U.S:The packaging says : produced in a factory producing peanuts and other n…
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Ajay Shah has yet another article on India’s inflation. Here’s an important one-liner,Professional economists agree with professional politicians on the importance of low inflation.I think that sums up the case for inflation targeting.I have previously…
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Williem Buiter writing for Maverecon blog paints a gloomy picture about a world with $500 oil. He thinks when it comes to Oil prices, “sky is the limit”. With ever increasing demand from places like India and China, he thinks Oil prices will continue t…
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Despite vowing to oppose unauthorized wiretapping legislation, senator Obama decided to flip-flop on the issue and support wiretapping bill anyway. This is now one of many ‘policy shifts’ by Obama scrambling to center of the spectrum after taking a rid…
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Some observations from the TIME magazine,Libertarians are getting ready for the mainstream, and mainstream America may finally be ready for them.The whole thing here.[Link via Hit n Run]
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Drew Carey in another installment of his series at Reason.tv takes a swing at the U.S. protectionists’ (Obama-types) fear mongering over NAFTA.
Something that’s rarely understood by protectionist all over the world is that the biggest source of “job…
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Yet another one of those global warming hypocrisies, this time from the patron saint himself.In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to t…
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Seriously, have you ever wondered why the price of Petrol in Sri Lanka exceeds that of the United States? let’s do the math,1 Liters of Petrol in Sri Lanka costs about Rs.157 (Ceylon Petroleum Corporation prices)1 gallon of Petrol (gasoline) in the U.S…
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Don Boudreaux has an interesting explanation :Women are more decent than men.Fewer women than men itch to lord it over others. Also, women are less willing than men to perform the countless asinine stunts and soul-shriveling pandering necessary to win…
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Could be Bob Barr. The former republican seeking the nomination of the Libertarian Party. From Reason,The smallish room Bob Barr booked for his presidential announcement was overflowing with journalists. I’ve seen every Ron Paul 2008 event held at the …
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You gotta love P.J. O’Rourke.
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The Daily Mirror has this report today,Making a stunning disclosure yesterday House Leader and Senior Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told Parliament that six Nation Building Ministers were using 43 vehicles, incurring a staggering monthly fuel bill o…
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The Daily Mirror has this report today,Making a stunning disclosure yesterday House Leader and Senior Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told Parliament that six Nation Building Ministers were using 43 vehicles, incurring a staggering monthly fuel bill o…
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James Pethokoukis of Capital Commerce points out a serious flaw in all those new “green collar” jobs Barrack Obama and Hilary Clinton hope to create in their plans to battle climate change. He writes,As Clinton said in one presidential debate, “This is…
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Sometime back, a friend of mine writing an article for the ST Mirror commented that I have a passion for “Liberal Economics”. Immediately, that label is confusing. After all, economics is just, well, economics. There’s the good economics, the bad and…
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When I was talking […]
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This one is for you democrats (and local variants). Apparently, this fellow called Joseph Sobran said this:”Need” now means wanting someone else’s money. “Greed” means wanting to keep your own. “Compassion” is when a politician arranges the transfer.r…
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The theory of oil-induced inflationFor the Background of this post, do read my last one. This post is a result of the many frustrating times I spent listening government politicians, the media, and most other people attributing the causes of inflation …
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Oh, turns out it’s Gilani, Yousaf Raza not Gulliani, Rudy. My bad.
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I stumbled upon one of my favorite Ron Paul interviews, the one he did with John Stossel. Really offers insight into the man’s philosophy. What can I say - endorsed 100%.Here’s a good quote from a Tucker Carlson article which sums up most of Paul’s po…
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Obama speaking about the Sri Lankan conflict, gets it horribly wrong. He thinks Religion is fueling a civil war in Sri Lanka in an interview in November 2007. Here’s the quote :W. E. B. Du Bois said that the problem of the 20th century is the problem o…
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Comes from the Huffington Post, Obama’s a mac, Clinton a PC.
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Mankiw writing for the New York Times,NO issue divides economists and mere Muggles more than the debate over globalization and international trade. Where the high priests of the dismal science see opportunity through the magic of the market’s invisib…
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During the days of recent the spilitzer scandal, A reader of Andrew Sullivan’s site asked, Why can’t there be “medical Prostitution”. That is, prostitution be legal for medical requirements. After all, in some states in the U.S. have legalized Mariju…
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The American politico-blogosphere is going crazy over the Eliot Splitzer story, virtually every U.S. blog I read has a post on the New York Governor’s involvement in an international prostitution ring. The Governor, a democrat, will step down from his …
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From Bloomberg.com:U.S. plans to replace 15 percent of gasoline consumption with crop-based fuels including ethanol are already leading to some unintended consequences as food prices and fertilizer costs increase. About 33 percent of U.S. c…
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Ouch:That’s got to hurt. I Rest my case.[via India Uncut]
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