TheEncogitationer

Reg,

Gary Larson’s anthropomorphisms were always great Sunday Morning comic strip entertainment, as were Looney Tunes’ anthropomorphisms on Saturday Morning! As I had shown earlier with Looney Tunes cartoons on Economics, they both can convey great truths.

Nevertheless, in the real world, the target market for both are humans and, perhaps…[Read more]

Unapologetic,

I could be wrong, I think I remember that at one time PETA was offering a $ prize for someone to invent vat-grown meat. PETA is your current market.

I had not thought of that possibility. It would be a chance for them to get some actual Vitamin B12 versus synthetic Vitamin B12 which is an analog of the real thing.

But, of course,…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

The spurious War on Ranching.

Before I comment on this, let me just say a-rat-is-not-a-pig-is-not-a-dog-is-not-a-boy. Man, The Rational Animal is not the same as a hooved, four-legged, four-stomached primitive-brained ruminant, raising livestock is not equivalent to child abuse, spouse abuse, chattel slavery, or the…[Read more]

Reg and Fellow Unbelivers,

Here is hoping that, despite the wars, persecutions, famine, and superstition in Ireland’s history, that everyone has a great day on St. Patrick’s Day!

The “luck of the Irish”: The history, folklore, meaning and mythology of Irish luck
Written by Ciaran Vipond on Mar 13, 2024 | 0 Com…[Read more]

Jake,

Gefilte fish does look unappetizing in a jar, but I think Nova Salmon in cream cheese making a lox spread is delicious as a schmear for bagels or matzo. Do give your own cuisine some credit.

I may be blaspheming here, but maybe if gefilte fish were batter-dipped or coated in panko bread crumbs and air fried, it might be more attractive…[Read more]

Unseen,

Again, so screw it.

And again, to tie it back to my original post, no system can as yet turn back time or bring the dead back to life. But at least Immortalists, Transhumanists, and Singularitarians in the remaining freer societies can rightly say:

Unseen,

You obviously haven’t read a word of Bastiat. Bastiat sang praises to the benefits afforded to humanity by trade, especially in Economic Sophisms and Economic Harmonies.

Trade is the result of individuals accumulating the fruits of their labor to the point of excess and voluntarily exchanging those fruits with other individuals who…[Read more]

Unseen,

There are a lot of assumptions there, one is that reducing poverty providing living money for every adult person would somehow damage the economy, whereas more money in circulation would seem to boost the economy, especially if it comes out of the pockets of the rich who spend a greater proportion of their wealth outside the country than…

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Jake,

That’s a great idea on their part and at least shows enterprise an initiative.

If it’s not being done already, someone a beat-up pickup truck, shovels, and a leaf-blower could clean the track stables, gather up Secretariat’s left-behinds, mix it with unwanted kitchen left-overs in an aerated compost bin, keep it stirred, and make…[Read more]

Unseen,

There’s no greed involved in the inflation? Shortages of supplies and supply line problems drove the pandemic-related inflation, but clearly a lot of companies are treating pricing like a ratchet system that can only go in one direction. Now that the supply and supply line problems have greatly eased, have the prices gone back down or h…

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Jake,

Whether your prognostications/assessments as to the American economy are accurate does not change the reality of so many who suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous vicissitudes.

Should we help the needy or let them suffer and die?

Well, Hamlet 💀😉 we help them by not destroying the greatest economic powerhouse ever on Earth and…[Read more]

Reg,

World of Woo: Why won’t mediums solve crimes?

Penn Gillette and Teller of Showtime’s Penn &:Teller::Bullshit interviewed John Walsh of the TV show America’s Most Wanted and all shared the same answer too.

The Dynamic Duo of Debunking also refuted any evidence for an afterlife from which the dead can communicate when they exposed and r…[Read more]

Jake and Unseen,

What makes the fate of this woman and her children so perilous is that the “Stimulus” of Trump and Biden and the inflation it has wrought makes the Dollar worth less and less with the passage of time. Inflation is a Conqueror Worm monster that hits everyone and hits the poor the hardest.

And the “Stimulus”, the “War On…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers,

Yesterday, I encountered something at work that kept me up most of the night.

I was having problem sync-ing up my smartphone and getting a price for a customer, but finally managed. The woman behind this customer was visibly impatient and started removing her items from the register’s conveyor belt. I said: “I have the…[Read more]

Reg and Simon,

Myself, I always make room, clear the way, give wide berth, and open doors for anyone with a load, regardless of sex, and offer to help lift if needed (certainly as part of my retail job, but also as a random stranger.)

However, if someone makes a snit about my generosity, there is no crime in the schadenfreude of pointing and…[Read more]

Davis,

Don’t get too down. I doubt any of us here are the bad guys and the very ones needing the lecture are the very ones who can’t be reached anyway.

Just a note in passing: Armed citizens are statistically and actually more able and more willing to help fellow citizens victimized by crime.