A U.S. National Firewall?

Yeah, because nationalism is better than a unified, global information network. People often say that the Internet erases boundaries – but apparently, the U.S. Government likes its boundaries very much, and wants to keep them.

Harsh Commentary

The audio is kind of low & quiet, but what this guy has to say is very, very loud.

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Tradeoffs, Self-Insurance, and Externalities:

“Again, whereas I have self-insured against snow and internalized my costs of getting to work, the hybrid driver has again decided to externalize the costs of his choice by forcing me to pay for the snow plows that he needs and I don’t. Again, policy conclusion: Mandate that every household own an SUV.”

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Tower of Power Revised

The “Tower of Power,” as we used to call our entertainment center back in college, has been re-born.