In the original Naked Gun movie – remember that? – Ayatollah Khomeini, Mikhail Gorbachev, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi, Fidel Castro, and Amin conspire to have Reggie Jackson assassinate the Queen of England. Was everyone up on arms about the sensibilities of respected national leaders like Muammar Gaddafi and Elizabeth Alexandria Mary Mountbatten-Windsor? Nope. They recognized… [Read More]
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Taxation, incentives, and Eric Garner
The Eric Garner case is maddening and sickening all at once. The part that gets me is that it all started over the sale of loose cigarettes. Not being a smoker, I had no idea that people purchased loose cigarettes, but I can understand how the occasional smoker might be interested in buying just one… [Read More]
Tightwad living 2.0
I’m not sure how I managed to go for so long without knowing about Mr. Money Mustache, a website about frugal living. It has pretty much the same ethos as Your Money or Your Life and The Tightwad Gazette, updated for more modern sensibilities (and interest rates). The basic idea is to cut back your… [Read More]
