embryowassup's blog

Anyone who takes an economics course quickly discovers the folly of command market systems. In their attempt to equilibrate supply and demand, they always fall victim to the natural tendency of over- or underspeculation. Necessarily, these political economies fall (as in the case of the U.S.S.R.) or reinvent themselves (as in the case of modern China). And yet, despite the economic system, whether the intent is to create and regulate a monopoly (as socialist countries attempt to do) or to facilitate as much competition as possible (as is the intent of pure capitalism) never has a government been able to rid itself of monopolies.  Read More »

This morning, CNN and MSNBC (the only two news channels I really watch anymore, although CNBC has started appealing to me) were both covering a story originally broadcast on Iranian state-run news station INSA. According to Iran's news network, the military has successfully tested their new set of long range missiles.  Read More »

Why is it that each presidential election Florida Democrats have to do something stupid?

As you probably (hopefully) already know, the primaries for Florida and Michigan will not be counted. As you probably (hopefully) also know, Hillary Clinton won these two primaries.  Read More »

I was at work the other day when "Before He Cheats" by Carrie Underwood came on the radio.

I know the song's been on the radio for about two years now, but I never really thought of it in a sociopolitical context before that night.  Read More »

I was watching "The Sex Revolution" on VH1 tonight (this morning?).

They covered the shooting of George Muscone and Harvey Milk. That shit always gets me emotional. Something to do with the combination of prejudice against sexual minorities and failings of the legal system that seems to get me teary-eyed.  Read More »

lancekates, this one's for you.

When I was a sophomore in high school, three of my friends and I would play spades at lunch. If you don't know, spades is a 4-player card game, similar to bridge, except that spades are the trump card (hence the name).  Read More »

Yesterday, I was walking back to my dorm, and I came across a squirrel perched on the side of a trash can. He had a nut of some sort that he was munching on.

As I moved closer, he scurried down the outside of the can. I moved farther away, and he resumed his position, perched up on the can.  Read More »

...for the most part smell gross. I don't know what it is about them, but for some reason, leftist anarchists believe that it is somehow virtuous not to shower, not to wash their clothes, and to generally not take pride in their physical (and olfactory) appearance.

And I wonder why they are bleeding collectivists.  Read More »