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A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.


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Entries Tagged as 'Humor'

Kip Clip — Special Tax Deadline Edition

April 15th, 2009 · Comments Off

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

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Tags: Humor · Taxation & Fiscal Policy

From the Archives: "Government is Human Beings…"

February 24th, 2009 · Comments Off

Why is Washington State mailing out $1 welfare checks?

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Tags: Fiscal Federalism · Humor

Kip Clip — Special Inauguration Edition

January 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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

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Tags: Humor · Politics

Have Yourself a Bankrupt Little Christmas

December 25th, 2008 · Comments Off

Clogging up the aggregator:


(Via Respectful Insolence.)

(Via Greg Mankiw.)

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Tags: Humor

TARP Explained

December 12th, 2008 · Comments Off

It's quite simple really: You're in blue, Paulson's in white, and your tax dollars are inside the soccer ball:

(Incidentally, the ambulance that you're driven away in will be made in Detroit.)
(Via FAILblog and Crossed Pond.)

A tweet of mine from this morning:
The New York Times asks, "What's Plan B?" (http://snipr.com/7tpef) Isn't the better question, "What's Phase [...]

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Tags: Capitalism · Humor · Taxation & Fiscal Policy

Kip Clip #19

November 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

Several libertarian commentators were quick to note the irony of President-Elect Obama and his wife choosing the hyper-elite Sidwell Friends academy for their two children, despite his (and his party's) adamant opposition to school choice.
Today's Kip Clip is dedicated to Obama's hypocrisy*:

*I'm a bit confused by the comments left below. Here is the Obama website [...]

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Tags: Children v. Parents; Homeschooling · Humor · Politics

Kip Clip #18

November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

Let us recall that Thanksgiving means, or meant, thanks to God — of whichever religious franchise you might choose — with emphasis on "choose":

Enjoy the holiday!

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Tags: Humor

Kip Clip — Special Election Eve Edition

November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

I saw little point in writing a (non-)endorsement blogpost this election.
I had at one point contemplated writing a post along the lines of, "Why I Condone Voting for Barack Obama," but I'm no longer sure that I actually do condone it. Here were the bullet points:

Supreme Court — McCain appointing even one Justice is simply [...]

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Tags: Humor · Politics

From the Archives: Halloween is a Christian Holiday

October 31st, 2008 · Comments Off

(First posted Halloween 2005)
I find it hilarious that some radical Christians, in the U.S. and throughout the world, are growing increasingly disturbed about the impact that Halloween is having on young, impressionable, pre-Christian minds.
Just like how Harry Potter is going to turn children into Satanists (or, worse, Wiccans).
The truth is that Halloween is a patently [...]

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Tags: Humor · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Seize the Day

October 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

Today is National Coming Out Day.
For those who need an alternative, try Dogs Rule Day.
And if you're a heterosexual cat lover — well, too bad.

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Tags: DiamondBlogging · Gay Rights and Issues · Humor