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Friday, 11 September 2009
Milton Friedman’s Brilliance
Wednesday, 3 June 2009Folks–
Occasionally I’ve commented on a few of your websites, in response to conjecture and political opinion pieces on government economics, welfare, and socialism. I’m not going to name names; most of ya’ll are blogging friends, and you already know who you are. Most of you already know where I stand, as I don’t hide it very well…
I don’t pretend to hide it either.
To our other silent but loyal readers: It doesn’t matter what I say on someone else’s blog, whether agreeing or disagreeing, venting, castigating, or just having fun. It’s my opinion, and it’s very very true.
I stand by my worms.
Although I’ve posted Utoobage links to Milton Friedman before, I hadn’t seen this one until tonight. It’s not a stretch of the imagination that eventually the videos of Friedman’s astute simple logic may soon be banned as “hate speech.”
Note that he rarely referred to his notes, and didn’t need a teleprompter to convey his ideas. He didn’t need them because he described simple basic truths backed up with historical fact.
Drop your preconceived notions at the door, and listen to what Friedman said, especially as it pertains to our present circumstances. He spoke volumes of logic in this interview with Richard Heffner of Rutgers University on “Open Mind,” a program that aired in 1975:
Friedman was a prescient genius. Full transcript below the break.
Bouncy
Sunday, 17 May 20095.0 4.7earthquake about 8:40pm, near L.A. The cat went spastic, which is the cat’s job. On the other hand, I just clicked on another link for a future post.
Arrrgh.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Folks–
No, that’s not pirate-ese. My home computer is ill, running dreadfully slow after installing the latest Microdork update. I’m guessing that for some reason it didn’t install completely. I reverted to two different system checkpoints with no luck last night.
Posting will be sporadic until I get the baboso up and running again.
–Bunk
Mad Rectangular Prism Hornets
Sunday, 15 February 2009
YouTomb is a MIT project that tracks deleted YouTube videos and lists the companies that deleted them. [Via Cool Aggregator.]
The Godfather. Script here.
“Are we there yet?” [Via Woosk.]
Manual of Traffic Signs: W16 Series.
Blatent advertisment:
Need a sexy voice for ads? Check out Mrs. Strutts’ ex-sister-in-law’s website.
Speaking of voices, Paul Harvey is an American treasure. I wasn’t aware that he was still broadcasting until Strider found these links.
Very cool collection of photos of ospreys fishing here.
Wanna play with a spider? Go on and click.
Crooked Brains has lots of cool zippers.
Proud of your handwriting? Turn it into a Font! [via RGF.]
Mira a Pegajoso Mapaches. Es un sitio web excelente.
Mad Rectangular Prism Hornets. Greatest phrase ever coined.
G’DAY!
Sunday, 18 January 2009
G'day Mates
[IMPORTANT UPDATE! We cordially welcome a NEW and IMPROVED addition to the highly esteemed blog team here at Tacky Raccoons. Put your hands and feet together, and give it up for Aussie Phil Cordery!
Phil and I have been stealing cross-referencing each other's posts for some time now, and I axed him if he'd be willing to toss one in occasionally. Of course, this may be his first and last post here, but that's entirely up to him. Don't forget to check out his blog, Phil's Phun. It's excellent. --Bunk]
Growing Dogs: Part 1 – Planting
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Pisgah, Ohio (Strutts News Services) – Anyone who has tried to raise big dogs in the city understands the difficulties involved. One authority, Ms. Tooncie Crumbler, has beat the odds and raised several healthy crops of Retrievers Golden outside her flat in downtown Pisgah.
“Assuming you start with good stock, all it takes are a few clippings, good soil, and bone meal mulch to get ‘em to take root and prosper,” said Ms. Crumbler, 78. “Then you have to keep them watered. They do better in the shade, otherwise they tend to wither, and you have to crop ‘em back occasionally.”
When asked about the sprouts observed outside of the planters, Ms. Crumbler initially denied their existence, but admitted that she was embarrassed for not having weeded the strays as often as she’d like.
“Once I get me some more planters, I’ll dig ‘em up and pot ‘em. Until then, they’re just weeds to me.”
Saturday Matinee: Hambone, Jeff, Doc, Sonny & Terry
Saturday, 6 December 2008Hambone is the traditional folk music consisting of rhythms produced by slapping oneself and making noises without singing. It traces its history to the pre-civil war South, and was probably introduced by west african slaves. Regardless of your musical tastes, Hambone is harder than it looks. Try it yousef and you’ll see.
The Hambone Brothers showed up occasionally on the long running TV show, “HeeHaw.” The guy on the left was cool, but the guy on the right always creeped me out.
[Presurfer reminded me about 'em. Honest.]
Jeff Holt does Hambone with the always amazing Doc Watson.
Holt and Watson doing “Soldier’s Joy” and “Ragtime Annie.”
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, with Pete Seeger on banjo. Terry’s breath control and “whoopin’” on harmonica was directly related to Hambone, if you didn’t notice. (Unless I’m mistaken, Sonny and Brownie also had a small cameo on the first Blues Brothers movie.)
And finally, a public service announcement from Plaxico Burress.
[Found here.]
Where’s Waldork?
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
[Image from here.]
