LIBERTARIAN: “Who will build the roads?” — an OBVIOUS answer!

Sunday, December 18, 2016

http://tomwoods.com/ep-802-way-beyond-the-roads-libertarian-solutions-for-other-parts-of-the-built-environment/

Ep. 802 Way Beyond the Roads: Libertarian Solutions for Other Parts of the Built Environment
13th December 2016 Tom Woods

The hosts of the Anarchitecture podcast join me to discuss the differences between libertarian and conventional statist solutions to everything from roads to city planning and garbage collection.

Guests’ Podcast: Anarchitecture Podcast

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I took away from it an EXCELLENT

“Who will build the roads?”

“Who should build the roads?”

“Next time that person is sitting in traffic, instead of him thinking ‘why don’t they build more public transport, maybe they will think ‘why hasn’t supply met demand on this strip of expensive capital infrastructure that I can use for free?’— DUH as Tom observed “the question answers itself”!

Argh!

Great answer.

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SECURITY: Don’t reuse the same password at ANY site

Saturday, December 17, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/technology/yahoo-hack.html

TECHNOLOGY
Yahoo Says 1 Billion User Accounts Were Hacked
By VINDU GOEL and NICOLE PERLROTHD
EC. 14, 2016

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SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo, already reeling from its September disclosure that 500 million user accounts had been hacked in 2014, disclosed Wednesday that a different attack in 2013 compromised more than 1 billion accounts.

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There are too many good password utilities that make this unnecessary. 

I have over three hundred sites where I have accounts and no site has the same password.

AND, my passwords are as long as the site allows and with whatever mix of character types they allow.

My financial sites (i.e., the banks and brokerage) have their passwords written down off line.

(Yeah, that a small PIA but I sleep better.)

Ask me if you need information security advice.

Otherwise, you’re just a target waiting for the random hacker or script kiddie.

Argh!

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FUN: Road rage

Friday, December 16, 2016

AN OLD ONE, BUT STILL FUNNY imho.

Busted!

A woman pulled up to a red light behind another car. The driver of the car in front of her was talking on his cell phone, and shuffling through some papers on the seat beside him.

The light turned green, but the man didn’t notice. The woman began pounding on her steering wheel and yelling at the man to move. The man still didn’t move.

The woman went ballistic inside her car, ranting and raving at the man, pounding on her steering wheel and dashboard.

The light turned yellow. The woman blew the car’s horn repeatedly, as she yelled and screamed curses at the man.

The man finally noticed the commotion. He looked up, saw the yellow light, and accelerated through the intersection just as the light turned red.

The woman was beside herself, screaming in frustration as she missed her chance to get through the intersection. As she was still in mid-rant she heard a tap on her window and looked into the face of a very serious looking policeman.

The policeman told her to shut off her engine and step out of the car. The red-faced woman obeyed, speechless at what was happening.

The policeman then arrested the woman and took her to the police station where she was booked and placed in a cell.

After a couple of hours the woman was escorted back to the booking desk where the original officer was waiting with her personal effects.

The policeman handed her the bag containing her things, and said, “I’m really sorry for this mistake. But you see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn and screaming and cursing. Then I noticed the *Choose Life* license plate holder, the *Follow Me to Sunday School* bumper sticker, and the chrome plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk. Naturally I assumed that you had stolen the car. Have a blessed day!”

 

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Aleppo Evacuations Suspended

Friday, December 16, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/aleppo-evacuations-suspended-syrian-state-tv-reports-1481882660

Surely, the world can save these people. It’s not a natural disaster like an earthquake or flood.


NOTRECOMMENDED: QuikCheck sub

Friday, December 16, 2016

Last night, for dinner, because I’d stopped at Quik Chek #quickchek http://quickchek.com/StoreHome/89 for some Half & Half, I bought a ham sandwich with lettuce and russian dressing. It was almost inedible. In comparison to the sandwich I usually get at Wawa (#wawa Wawa #912), there was no comparison. Wawa allows you to get just the bread toasted. Quick Chek toasts something but I couldn’t figure out what; it was cold. The meat on the Quik Chek sandwich was just plopped on it as a mass; Wawa places individual slices. In fairness, Quik Chek does offer russian dressing; I don’t think Wawa does. I know Quik Chek charged me more than Wawa does, but I don’t have the receipts from each. Sigh! So FWIW, I won’t be buying subs from Quik Chek again. YMMV!

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How Parents Can Help Children Repay Student Loans

Thursday, December 15, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-parents-can-help-their-children-pay-off-student-loans-1481512442

Don’t let them go to college in the first place. I’ve never seen a “poor” plumber.


Daniel Henninger: Steal This Election

Thursday, December 15, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/steal-this-election-1481759796

Not that the R’s are the paragons of virtue but the Left Liberal Socialists are stupid about and dangerous to the American experiment with self-government. It’s not a democracy (I.e., mob rule). Argh!


Aleppo Evacuation of Rebels, Civilians Sputters

Thursday, December 15, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/evacuation-of-rebels-civilians-from-aleppo-nears-1481798979

More bad news for these poor people.


China Halts Trading in Key Bond Futures

Thursday, December 15, 2016

http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-halts-trading-in-key-bond-as-panicky-investors-sell-securities-1481803121

Any gooferment intervention in any market just makes the participants panic more. Have to let the losers take their lumps.


VETERANS: NYPD officer Susan Porcello’s big heart

Thursday, December 15, 2016

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/days-marine-true-finest-hours-article-1.356353

Last days for Marine were true Finest hours 

  • NYPD officer Susan Porcello’s big heart gave elderly Marine Gaspar Musso friends and care in his final days.

Denis Hamill Tuesday, December 9, 2008, 6:49 PM

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Sometimes when old Marines die they do fade away into unmarked graves in Potter’s Field.

Such might have been the case for Gaspar Musso, USMC 925050, who fought in the Battle of Tinian in the Marianas Islands in 1944 and who died Nov. 15 at age 84 in a Brooklyn nursing home.

Enter Police Officer Susan Porcello, a PBA delegate at the 68th Precinct in Bay Ridge and one of those big-hearted New Yorkers who still make this the best city on Earth.

“No way was I going to let this brave old Marine who fought for his country in WWII get buried in Potter’s Field,” she says.

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When you read this story, see if the same things come to mind?

  • For all the “bad cop” stories, this one will convince you that they are not ALL bad.
  • How many of “our” vets are just “lost” here at home?
  • What can “we” do to ensure that they are all treated this humanely?
  • There was no link to defer the funeral expenses. Maybe no help was needed.
  • Could that hospital administrator be any more callous?
  • Kudos to the officers of the 68 Precinct for their support.

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