Random Thoughts on Various Subjects

1. JAPAN

I have been watching the footage on CNN, and the destruction is just sickening. Awful stuff over there. I am going to pony up some cash for relief efforts. It isn't much, but I see many contributions like my own adding up to a good deal of generosity.

2. FERRISS

I have unsubscribed from all of Tim Ferriss's feeds from his blog and his Twitter account. I am of the opinion that the guy is just a self-deluded full of shit con artist. The 4HWW book was OK, but I think 4HB is the quackery he started with when he was selling bogus supplements. There's a reason so many people Google "Tim Ferriss Scam."

3. iOS VS. ANDROID

I talk to a lot of people who have the iPhone and Andorid smartphones. No one really brags about their iPhone. I haven't heard anyone talk about the Android phones without saying that they are "amazing." In the debate between "open" and "closed," open is winning.

4. ROTHBARD AND THE KOCHTOPUS

Folks over at the Mises Institute have been drumming up the historical rift between Murray Rothbard and the Cato Institute ever since the Koch Brothers have been smeared because of the Wisconsin brouhaha. The way I see it is plain. Rothbard was an anarchist. Cato went minarchist. One side was rigidly devout. The other side was a bunch of sell outs. You can spin it either way, but it makes no difference to me. I read both Reason and Lew Rockwell. I like both Austrian and Chicago School economists. Do I agree with them all the time? Hell no. But I agree more than I disagree. And I appreciate someone like Andrew Napolitano who takes an ecumenical approach to the rift on Freedom Watch. But I think diversity matters, and the split was a good thing in my opinion.

5. RON PAUL

Ron Paul has two options. He can run for President which he will lose. Or, he can run for Senator from Texas which he will probably win. Throw in the fact that Gary Johnson is already running for President (unofficially) and Paul's age, it seems to me the smart move would be to go for that Senate seat and throw the weight of the Paul efforts behind Johnson. I would be fine with this scenario.

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