Alan C.

Paraphrasing... "Stef hates women." "Stef blames women." "Stef hates his mother and takes it out on women." It's overwhelming. These people don't listen and they can't think.

Federal agencies spend millions on union business

Patent office filters out worst telework abuses in report to its watchdog

Fast food self-order kiosk:

Argentina calls for international action against "anarcho-capitalism" Reddit (where I first heard about this) Original Article Google Translation Also found this older article: Cristina Fernandez: "We live in an anarcho-capitalism system and we must stop it" Funny stuff. Argentina is in all kinds of trouble, none of which has anything to do with anarcho-capitalism.

There shouldn't be any laws against defamation because a person cannot claim ownership over thoughts in another person's mind, nor the equipment/materials used to convey the false allegations. There's nothing wrong with yelling 'Fire!' in a theater if there is a fire. However, if there isn't a fire then the prankster responsible would be liable for financial losses incurred by moviegoers and theater owners.

Americans Got $2 Trillion in Benefits from Federal Government in 2013 Federal Debt Up $7T Under Obama

Giving is kind, and it perpetuates a meme of generosity, but it's not an obligation.

Ebola outbreak: fight against disease hampered by belief in witchcraft, warns British doctor

Housing Market in France in ‘Meltdown’ After Hollande Rent Caps You can't legislate away a price you don't like. People respond to incentives.

How a Former Denny's Waitress Amassed an Empire of Over 75 Denny's Locations This worthwhile story illustrates how a person can work his/her way up from the bottom and become a successful entrepreneur. Of course, one could also go the State violence route and use "civil rights" to simply plunder Denny's restaurants.

My reason for not having a smart phone is that I can't justify the expense. Some of my co-workers spend $50-100 per month on their calling plans. Everyone at work has either an iPhone or Samsung Galaxy. My phone is a Samsung SGH-T139, for which I paid $40-50 (can't remember), but they can be found for $30 or less at many places. I'm on T-Mobile's pay-as-you-go plan which costs $100/annually for 1,000 mins, and the unused mins carry over.

People respond to incentives. An example is the way in which businesses automate to avoid hiring people. The State continually makes employees more costly and risky, so businesses seek ways to avoid hiring.

It's important not to take things personally. In situations in which you interface with customers, you will invariably deal with jerks. I also interface with customers in my job. Most of the people I deal with are nice, but a handful are demanding, have an entitlement mentality, listen to nothing that we say and read none of the documentation that we provide, and think that they are our only customer. The best way to deal with people like that is to tell them whatever they want to hear (without committing to anything or making any promises) so that they will think that they've won and move along. If you get into arguments with people like that, you will feel drained, frustrated, and exasperated.

UCLA campus experienced a water main break which caused major flooding and loss of millions of gallons of water. The article says that the water main is 90 years old. This reminded me of my earlier post in this thread when I talked about century-old infrastructure which is literally disintegrating. This is nothing new to Los Angeles which experiences hundreds of pipe breaks annually. Also see watermainbreakclock.com

Tech Companies Reel as NSA's Spying Tarnishes Reputations I'm sure it also doesn't engender confidence when the government seizes racks of servers in a data center.

Feminist Professor Pleads No Contest to Assaulting Pro-Life Teen

The sad and unfortunate irony is that many women also end up finishing last. The ones who make immature and short-sighted decisions end up on singles sites when they're 40 with kids in a desparate attempt to find a guy like the ones they eschewed 20 years before.

Cop Detains Family as They Rush Their 2-Year-Old Son to the Hospital for a Scorpion Sting

[Minnesota] Twins debut self-serve beer machines at Target Field

Where is the father? Why did she have four children? Were they given the choice to attend choir and church? Wrong. Authority figures are disrespected because they haven't earned it.

It has been suggested, and the idea holds merit, that as humans migrated away from the equator, nature selected for higher intelligence in harsher climates because greater ingenuity, resourcefulness, and foresight were required to survive. I recall that Hans Hoppe discussed this in one of his lectures in which he postulated that private property was a necessary requisite, but not sufficient on its own, to improve the human condition; and that higher intelligence was also required. For this, he was accused of advocating eugenics (even by fellow libertarians). I think that some people are so terrified of the left-liberal/progressive smear-machine that they will even smear their own as a proactive defensive measure.

That works for me. Does that work for everyone else?

Any ideas on when you'd like to do this?