NYT headlines of the day

NYT Headline #1: "G.M., Citing Progress, Reports Loss of $1.15 Billion". Apparently this is a small loss compared to the past, and is allowing GM to begin paying back its government debt.

NYT Headline #2: "Drug Makers Raise Prices in Face of Health Care Reform". Basically, the new health care bill is going to limit price increases in the coming years, so everyone is trying to give themselves a buffer by raising their prices before the legislation becomes effective. Go buy your cheap drugs now!

Do people not look at these headlines and notice that something is fundamentally flawed? Amazing the world we live in...

Venn Jesus

Courtesy of Diana Hsieh at Noodlefood, from an unknown original source on Twitter, comes this amazing diagram. Enjoy.

Principles of a Free Society

Rational Jenn posted a link to this new site by the Ayn Rand institute, "Principles of a Free Society". I haven't perused in detail yet, but it looks like a simply layout of the basic principles for a society based on reason and individual rights. It lays out three main areas: Limited Government, Objective Laws, and Individual Rights. It also goes into detail about four important "separations", Separation of Church and State, Economics and State, Science and State, and Education and State. Good stuff and fairly simple to understand.

Democrats on Health Care

Doesn't it seem like the democrats are extremely self-righteous and self-congratulatory with this whole health-care thing (and every other issue for that matter)? I think if they could look outside their individual bubbles of political negotiations and deals and see what is really going on, they would have to say, "Oh shit - half of Americans don't want this! Something must be wrong!" But no... I think those individuals truly believe that they are somehow superior and therefore should have the ability to make decisions for everyone else. And of course it doesn't help that we have an apathetic populous in a society that often actively avoids reason. At this rate, we're totally screwed.

Hobbit Beach

I know I haven't been posting much of substance lately, but it will come! For now, here's a shot from our trip to the Oregon Coast this week...