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FreeMarketNews

• Two Competing Silver Prices

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:05am PDT

  These two silver prices were at loggerheads with each other. Every time the 'real' silver price began to rise, a 'paper' silver price would show up in large quantities and scare some of the holders of real silver to dump and run. Silver miners and ...

Mises Economics Blog

• It's the Pattern Privilege, Stupid

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:04am PDT

  As noted in Patent Reform Touches DNC in Denver, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., told a crowd in Denver on Tuesday that it is crucial for Congress to pass legislation to update the U.S. patent system next year ... A proposal that would ...

FreeMarketNews

• At the J-Hole

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:04am PDT

  Fortunately, I was cowering in the Mogambo Big Brawny Bunker (MBBB) when I looked at Total Fed Credit (TFC) and saw that it was up by $4.6 billion last week, which is $4.6 billion in new credit that has magically appeared in the banks, created ...

• Don't Think About White Elephants

  Posted: August 28th, 2008, 12:03am PDT

  After the biggest spending and borrowing binge in history, Americans need time and money. They need to pay their debts. They need to build savings for their retirements. They need time and money to recover from their mistakes. What kind of mistakes? Well, down near ...

• Fed Fright - Negative Real Rates

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:54pm PDT

  Reason: behind the growth slowdown, real interest rates have turned dramatically negative....

• Confidence at '01 Recession Level

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:52pm PDT

  American workers' confidence in the job market is as low as it was during the 2001 recession, according to a new survey....

• Mile-High Anxiety

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:48pm PDT

  This Democratic convention has a vibe so weird and jittery, so at odds with the early thrilling fairy-dust feel of the Obama revolution, that I had to consult with Mike Murphy....

• Food Stamps Up at Farmers' Markets

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:41pm PDT

  A pilot program that began last year in Vermont in Brattleboro and Bellows Falls to allows consumers to use food stamps at farmers' markets is now spreading across the state....

• Obama Set for Giant Rally

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:38pm PDT

  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's big speech on Thursday night will be delivered from an elaborate columned stage resembling a miniature Greek temple....

• Newspapers Are 'Dying'

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:37pm PDT

  In a bombshell announcement in the world of sports journalism, star columnist Jay Mariotti has abruptly resigned from the Chicago Sun-Times....

• Thousands stage anti-war protest

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:34pm PDT

  A column of people three blocks long, led by members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War, streamed from the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday in an anti-war protest march to the Pepsi Center....

• Farewell, NATO

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:32pm PDT

  The savvy and sinister Taliban just targeted the French contingent. It figured the loss of ten French soldiers might have a greater demoralizing effect on French public opinion....

• Indicted Senator Wins G.O.P. Primary

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:31pm PDT

  Senator Ted Stevens's easy victory in Alaska's Republican primary on Tuesday sets him up for two more fights this fall....

• MBIA Agrees to Backstop FGIC

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:28pm PDT

  MBIA Inc. will stand behind $184 billion in municipal bonds that are currently guaranteed by FGIC Corp.'s Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., a smaller bond insurer whose future remains uncertain....

Taki’s Magazine

• John McCain’s Bogey Man

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 10:52pm PDT

  Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a new section at Takimag, Taki TV. Here we’ll feature original videos, by the Southern Avenger and others, as well as interviews and coverage of some the events Taki’s Magazine will be hosting around town in the ...

Liberty Maven

• Bob Barr, Only Presidential Candidate On Ballot In Texas?

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:03pm PDT by Marc Gallagher

  The Bob Barr campaign sent out a press release earlier today claiming that Barr is slated to be the only Presidential candidate on the November ballot in Texas. Apparently, the Democrats and Republicans have failed to meet the filing deadline for being on the ballot ...

Bob Barr 2008 Blog

• Arguments heard in WV ballot access case

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 7:25pm PDT by Jason Pye

  Oral arguments were heard today on the lawsuit filed by the campaign over ballot access laws in West Virginia. Ballot Access News (a popular place today) has the details: On August 27, a federal court in Charleston, West Virginia, heard five and one-half ...

Taki’s Magazine

• Graham and Lieberman on Georgia

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:13pm PDT

  Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, two devoted McCainiacs--and possible VPs?--got together to write a WSJ op-ed on Georgia and Russia. Needless to say, Putin Derangement Syndrome was out in force:  The pair opens the essay expressing relief that Moscow was “deterred from marching on Tbilisi ...

RedStateEclectic

• THIS Could Make Things Interesting

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:42pm PDT by Laura Ebke

  From Bob Barr's Campaign: Barr Only Presidential Candidate on Texas Ballot Republicans, Democrats miss deadline to file presidential candidates in Texas Atlanta, GA - Bob Barr is slated to be the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...

• Unbelievable!

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 3:06pm PDT by Laura Ebke

  I turned the Democratic Convention on, and found that they are conducting their "roll-call" (sort of). Apparently the delegates voted at their hotels, and the "secretary" of the convention apparently... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...

Bob Barr 2008 Blog

• McCain and Obama miss filing deadline in Texas

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 2:46pm PDT by Jason Pye

  Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News reports that Democrats and Republicans have missed the August 26th deadline to place a presidential candidate on the ballot in Texas. According to the Texas Secretary of State website, Bob Barr and Wayne Allyn Root are the ...

• Who isn’t addressing the issues?

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 2:25pm PDT by Jason Pye

  The frontpage of Yahoo! earlier this afternoon had this headline, Why have the candidates made no mention of the financial crisis?, which lead to this article. Huh? Did I read that right? It should read, Why have McCain and Obama made no mention ...

lowercase liberty

• Achilles in the Trench

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 2:08pm PDT by bkmarcus

  Patrick Shaw-Stewart was an Oxford scholar who died in WWI. He wrote this during 3 days of R&R as he waited to be sent to fight at Gallipoli, which is across the Dardenelles (formerly known as the Hellespont) from ...

EconLog

• Fear of Looking Rich Redux

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:48pm PDT by Bryan Caplan

  (August 27, 2008 08:48 PM, by Bryan Caplan) A while back I questioned Robin Hanson's view that virtually everyone wants to imitate the rich in order to raise......

RedStateEclectic

• Just Curious...

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:36pm PDT by Eric Parks

  Anyone heard from Georg lately? [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Taki’s Magazine

• 7 Years of College Down the Drain?

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 1:12pm PDT

  In his new book, Charles Murray doesn’t just break down the “any child can do anything,” “soft bigotry of low expectations” illusions of modern education, but he makes a cogent argument for why few people should go to college--not simply because only a small percentage ...

• The Stupid Party

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 12:52pm PDT

  Senator Allan Simpson of Wyoming was reportedly the first person to label the GOP the “Stupid Party,” a slightly preferable organization to the depraved Democratic “Evil Party.” Well, I find it difficult to tell which party is more evil these days, but the Democrats are ...

lowercase liberty

• waiting it out

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:39am PDT by bkmarcus

  I haven't followed the Olympics and I don't plan to follow the electoral horse race. We don't even plan to adjust our lives or our technology to the upcoming switchover from analog to digital television (and no, we don't have HDTV, just an old-fashioned ...

Taki’s Magazine

• Joe Biden’s Constitution

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 11:39am PDT

  As Tom Woods and I demonstrate in our new book, Who Killed the Constitution?  The Fate of American Liberty from World War I to George W. Bush, there is a bipartisan consensus in all three branches of the federal government that the U.S. Government can ...

DownsizeDC

• Congress Is Coming Back Soon

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 10:53am PDT by DownsizeDC.org

  Quote of the Day: "I planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don't know what to feed it." -- anonymous Subject: Congress is Coming Back Soon Congress will return to work when the party ...

The Second Great Depression

• Stories of Interest - Wednesday 27th August

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 10:08am PDT by rich2010

  Slowdown Echoes Great Depression, Says Bank's Deputy Chief Polar Bears Found Swimming 60 Miles Offshore Why Precious Metals May Power To New All-Time Highs In 2009 Iraq Body Count Do Native ...

EconLog

• Public Goods, Externalities, and Education

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 10:03am PDT by Arnold Kling

  (August 27, 2008 05:03 PM, by Arnold Kling) Bruno S. Frey and Reiner Eichenberger write, externalities are not technologically but rather socially determined. There are no inherent properties......

Bob Barr 2008 Blog

• Do you want Bob in the debates?

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:35am PDT by Jason Pye

  I’ve seen many comments over the last couple months complaining about the lack of contact information for the Commission on Presidential Debates. A colleague forwarded along the information to me this morning. Please call the Commission on Presidential Debates at (202) 872-1020 and ...

RedStateEclectic

• Bob Barr's Colbert Bump

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:35am PDT by Laura Ebke

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FreeMarketNews

• Broad Authority At Homeland

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:34am PDT

  The broad authority given to the Department of Homeland Security to monitor the comings and goings of U.S. citizens is evidence of the Bush administration's ongoing exploitation of terrorism....

RedStateEclectic

• To the Democrats in Denver

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:27am PDT by Laura Ebke

  [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

FreeMarketNews

• Hoover Eliminate Homeland Dept

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:26am PDT

  Hoover Mayor Tony Petelos said today that the city would eliminate its Department of Homeland Security and Immigration on Oct. 1, when Director Bob Berry, the only employee, retires....

Mises Economics Blog

• Join Ron Paul, Judge Napolitano, and Pascal Salin!

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:24am PDT

  The Supporters Summit 2008 From Menger to the present day, Austrians have favored sound money over government-manipulated paper currency. The very first Mises Institute conference in 1983 was on the gold standard. At the time, people said the idea was outmoded and ...

FreeMarketNews

• DH - 5th National Preparedness Month

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:24am PDT

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Ready Campaign (www.ready.gov) is sponsoring the fifth annual National Preparedness Month (NPM)....

• Anti-Terror Delays at Ports

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:22am PDT

  After missing two days of work, logging countless hours on the computer and standing in long lines, Mitch Kramer says he has had it with the federal government's post-9/11 port security program....

• NYPD Cop Heads for Abu Dhabi

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:21am PDT

  The NYPD announced Tuesday that it's sending an officer to Abu Dhabi to help the United Arab Emirates' capital bolster its counterterrorism efforts....

RedStateEclectic

• McCain's VP

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:14am PDT by Laura Ebke

  Who's it going to be? According to Politico, McCain (and whoever it running mate is) will be going on a 3 state swing through Ohio, Pennsylvania and Missouri (in that order). I'm still puzzling over... [[ This is a content summary only. ...

Mises Economics Blog

• "If Sarbanes-Oxley were a stock, we'd recommend selling it short."

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:08am PDT

  A great comment and article on the editorial page of the New York Sun on the US Court of Appeals decision concerning the PCAOB and Sarbanes-Oxley. The issue is whether Sarbanes-Oxley's creation of an agency to police auditors of public companies violated the doctrine ...

EconLog

• My Answers to My Questions for Civil Libertarian Economists

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 8:00am PDT by Bryan Caplan

  (August 27, 2008 03:00 PM, by Bryan Caplan) Since people are starting to respond to my actual six questions, I thought I'd return the favor: Questions: 1. Are......

Mises Economics Blog

• Make Ourselves Miserable Now

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 7:12am PDT

  The local Swiss press carried a summary of a report compiled by a panel of so-called "experts" of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Science (SATW) under the startling rubric that motor gasoline "should" henceforth be priced, by fiat, at no less than four francs ...

RedStateEclectic

• Mass. Income Tax Battle Looms On

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 6:01am PDT by Eric Parks

  The Boston Herald wrote an attack piece on Carla Howell a few days back. It's been archived already so one can't read the entire article unless one pays for it. Folks, this one doesn't come close to... [[ This is a content ...

Liberty Maven

• Bob Barr on FOX 5 Local In Atlanta

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:55am PDT by Marc Gallagher

  Yesterday the FOX 5 affiliate in Atlanta covered Bob Barr’s recent good polling numbers in a handful of states. The ultimate question in the story is “has Barr’s campaign already reached its high water mark?” For the sake of the liberty message I certainly hope ...

• Bob Barr on CNN American Morning (again) 08/27/2008 [Video]

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:45am PDT by Marc Gallagher

  Bob Barr appeared for an interview on CNN “American Morning” this morning discussing Hillary Clinton’s speech at the Democratic Convention and his own campaign on the issues....

RedStateEclectic

• The Clinton Speech

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:23am PDT by Laura Ebke

  Hillary Clinton did a rather tepid (in my view) job of endorsing Barack Obama last night--but more importantly, she made the first speech of the 2012 campaign if he either loses to McCain, or messes... [[ This is a content summary only. ...

Bob Barr 2008 Blog

• Video: Bob on CNN’s American Morning

  Posted: August 27th, 2008, 5:12am PDT by Jason Pye

  Here is video of Bob on CNN’s American Morning this morning. It starts as a discussion about Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Convention. Bob highlights how his campaign is addressing issues, like Social Security and cutting spending, that are being ignored or put on ...