Too hot not to post: Return of the Quack
The best post about Elves in the history of Earth.
via geekologie.com
Lolololol! This is so freaking Waiting for Guffman.
A Statement From California's Department of Agricultural
Well, the crops are growing very well and they're organic and some of them have pesticides and I think that we should make a perfect pesticide for the crops that is good for people and healthy and keeps the crops preserved too, because we need the food, because it's food and stuff. And, organic food is good also.
And the businesses downtown really need to lower their rent, because if the rent was lower those people would really have their own businesses. They have enough stuff. They're very good at making things. They're like experts. They're really good.
And we can really be a community and make the things and sell them in our stores. And I really believe that it can be a California thing -- that it can really work out, because we can be rich in cotton, and mining metals, and silk worms, and we could make things. We could make things cars. The Machine can make it for us. And we can have the community and the city, and San Fransico, and we can make things and put them in the store.
On the East Coast they have slaves and they believe in slavery, and Made in China but on the West Coast, the New West Coast we don't believe in that. We believe in The Union, and that's what we are.
As in the Bush Administration, which is really good. He has government funding for small business owners.
You can grow every kind of fruit and vegetable you want. That's how they do it. They have fruit trees and, vegetable trees. That's where fruit and vegetable comes from. You freeze the fruit and vegetables it will last forever. You can put, you know, broccoli or strawberries in the freezer. It will last forever. If you don't, it, you know, might go bad in a while, but...
...People, we live in California. This is our home. This is where we live.
Growing food is so good for the people, because it's free. Als-you have to do, is pay the farmers and pay for the land. But why do we have to pay for the land? The land's free. It's new land, you know? I mean, do we have to pay for the land? Do we have to pay rent? Do we have to pay? Um, the food's free. So, we should just...sell it at the Farmer's Market.
Good Listening - The Law, Frederick Bastait (Free Audio Book)
One of my favorite books on economics, and government is The Law, by Frederick Bastiat. You can read it for free at Bastiat.org, but the audio is also available for listening in 9 parts on Youtube. I have posted them below. Enjoy:
Part 1Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6
Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Reason TV on High-Speed Rail-Fail
via youtube.com
I've mentioned before that essentially, you paid me to ride Amtrak last year. Twice, in fact. As much as people like the idea of rail - it is not a solution, only a trade-off. In this case - a trade-off that has a track record (Ba-dum-chsshh!) of costing far more to operate, than it returns in profit.
The problem is that we don't see our dollars going to subsidize someone to ride Amtrak, because they are taken through taxation, rather than at a ticket office. This is the Unseen. The Seen is some politician (President Obama, George W. Bush, Benito Musselini, anyone.) building a really cool, super-fast train (Profitable or not - you have to admit - Trains are definitely cool...) - which appears to exist for free.
Android Tablet gives iPad run for the Money
via androidtapp.com
Interesting. Competition will be so great for the consumer. Products like these will either force the iPad to improve, or fail.
Really Cool Videos Highlighting Chrome Features
via youtube.com
Get Chrome and try it out. So far - it's the fastest browser on my machine...
