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Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Kip — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:14:17 +0000

As long-time readers may recall, I have two most favoritest Irish songs.

This is the one more apropos to Saint Patrick's Day:

Enjoy the day…

Previously:
–In Honor of St. Patrick's Day
–On My New-Found Appreciation for Irish Dirt

Kip Clip — Special Tax Deadline Edition

Kip — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:08:24 +0000

Don't become overdue, or else a jackbooted IRS thug — or a reasonable facsimile — will persecute you:

Happy Tax Day…

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Kip — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:09:24 +0000

As long-time readers may recall, I have two most favoritest Irish songs.

This is the one more apropos to Saint Patrick's Day:

Enjoy the day…

Previously:
–In Honor of St. Patrick's Day
–On My New-Found Appreciation for Irish Dirt

Friday Diamondblogging

Kip — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:39:16 +0000

As some of you know, Diamond will be taking a little trip soon.

So, at the tender young age of 7 1/2, she is finally undergoing crate training:

Okay, that idea didn't work too well, since the crate entrance is blocked and it's too high for her to jump out of. So it's back to the old fashioned way:

Next step is to attach the door, and then to keep it closed briefly. Stay tuned…

Best dog in the world.

(Carnivalized at Modulator's Friday Ark.)

Hiatus

Kip — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:54:22 +0000

As those of you who follow me on Twitter already know; I am at this moment at the airport waiting to board a flight.

Little or no substantive blogging until Saturday at the earlier. Maybe a Kip Clip or CuteTuber™ or two in the meantime.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

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From the Archives: "Government is Human Beings…"

Kip — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:41:44 +0000

The State of Washington is mailing special supplemental checks to its current welfare recipients…

…for $1:

[A bureaucrat] says if the state's food stamp recipients receive just $1 for energy bill assistance, that qualifies them for extra federal assistance. That means someone [on welfare] could receive about $30 more per month in food stamps.

Sending out $1 checks cost the state $250,000. DSHS says that could bring the state and additional $43 million in federal funding.

Call it red tape or a hoop to jump through. Either way, the state says it makes sense.

But as I noted back in January 2008, what can you expect, given that government is human beings?

(Via To the People.)

—

Lewis Black on tax rebates (contains naughty language):

There's much in his rant that is not particularly libertarian, but the end is, where he reminds us that "government is human beings."

Reverse Bleg: Book Give-Away

Kip — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:00:30 +0000

I've already given away most of my library to a local thrift shop, but I figure the more esoteric libertarian and Austrian economics books might not find too receptive an audience here on the Upper East Side.

Of course, there ain't no such thing as a free book, so I might ask that you PayPal me a few bucks to cover postage. (Unless you're local and would like to just pick them up.)

In no particular order:

–Antitrust Policy; Armentano
–Losing Ground; Murray
–Extraordinary Popular Delusions (unabridged); Mackay
–The Power of Gold; Bernstein
–Against the Gods; Bernstein
–~~The Politics of Freedom; Boaz~~
–~~Epistemological Problems of Economics; von Mises~~
–~~Socialism; von Mises~~
–~~Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero; Rothbard~~
–~~The Market as an Economic Process; Lachmann~~
–~~The Dirty Dozen; Levy & Mellor~~
–~~Restoring the Lost Constitution; Barnett~~
–~~The Economics of Time and Ignorance; O'Driscoll & Rizzo~~
–~~Go Directly to Jail; Healy~~

Email me directly at kipesquire@kipesquire.net if you're interested in any titles.

CuteTuber™ — Special February 14th Edition

Kip — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 12:16:58 +0000

Today is, of course, a special day —

Happy S.A.D.

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Kip Clip — Special Inauguration Edition

Kip — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 12:24:42 +0000

And all the people, not wanting to be thought fools…

…except for one little blogger boy who only believed what he saw.

That's me…

Short Hiatus

Kip — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:36:28 +0000

I am traveling in connection with Career 2.0 through Thursday night. Blogging and tweeting will be less than typical.

See you Friday.