Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=53436The castle is a friendly place, but it has high walls to keep the riff raff out and protect the inhabitants from the wars in neighboring lands. castlesontheweb.com  --------- Fisher House fisherhouse.org  Books for Soldiers booksforsoldiers.com  spiritofamerica.net  nogreatersacrifice.org  Mo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5343638013210one_lessTransparency International says now is the time for G7 Finance Ministers to act against financial secrecy Transparency International called on Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the Group of Seven leading economies (G7) meeting in London this week to create greater transparency across the financial se...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289108735/23/2013 9:39:07 AMTimF"If you look at the drug war from a purely economic point of view, the role of the government is to protect the drug cartel. That's literally true. One role of prohibition is in making the drug market more lucrative." – Milton Friedmanhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289107395/23/2013 8:20:52 AMTimFApple Defends Itself against Tax-Hungry Senators A Senate Subcommittee chaired by Senator Carl Levin heard from three panels of witnesses today on Apple Inc.’s corporate tax payments. Democratic senators and some news stories are making it sound like some vast tax cheating has been goi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088355/22/2013 10:33:09 AMTimFOur Intellectual Property Laws Are Out of Control Intellectual property law is supposed to spur experimentation, PM contributor and Instapundit blogger Glenn Reynolds writes, not deter it. But the patent and copyright laws of yesteryear are ill-equipped for the world of 2013. By Glenn Harlan Reynol...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088295/22/2013 10:31:10 AMTimFObama Adviser Realizes that the Size of Government Matters After All Ilya Somin • May 21, 2013 2:33 pm In his first Inaugural Address, President Obama famously said that we should not ask “whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works.” I criticized this indifference to the size of governm...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289087555/22/2013 10:09:45 AMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289083325/22/2013 12:42:18 AMTimF2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest May 17, 2013 The 25th annual National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest is under way, and entries will be accepted for another six weeks, until June 30, 2013. First prize winner will receive a 10-day Galapagos expedition for two. National Geographic was ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289034165/19/2013 4:17:34 PMTimF(Reuters) - More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data. reuters.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289034115/19/2013 4:13:07 PMTimFHell Has Officially Frozen Over: French Support Spending Cuts by Overwhelming 4-1 Margin May 14, 2013 by Dan Mitchell I like the think I’m a reasonably savvy observer of public opinion and international economics, but every so often I’m stunned by some bit of data. Several years ago, for instanc...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288993435/16/2013 9:01:56 PMTimFAnother Example of Editorial-Page Fiction at the New York Times May 13, 2013 by Dan Mitchell Are there any fact checkers at the New York Times? Since they’ve allowed some glaring mistakes by Paul Krugman (see here and here), I guess the answer is no. But some mistakes are worse than others. ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288993305/16/2013 8:56:44 PMTimFFederal Title IX Enforcers Effectively Define Dating and Sex Education as “Sexual Harassment” by Hans Bader on May 10, 2013 · 7 comments in Legal, Nanny State, Personal Liberty No one would believe you if you made this up, but it’s now actually happened: The Justice Department and the Education D...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288991795/16/2013 7:18:38 PMTimF Five ways Congress should improve the copyright system A powerful congressman wants a "comprehensive review." Here are our suggestions. by Timothy B. Lee - Apr 26 2013, 9:00am EDT In a Wednesday speech, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) announced plans for a "comprehensive review" of c...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288924145/13/2013 10:21:37 PMTimFI think its happened before as well ----------- "How many groups were targeted? Did the practice spread outside of the scofflaws in the Cincinnati office? Has the IRS taken actions to terminate the offending employees? This kind of administrative abuse is the sort of slow-acting poison that can kill civil societ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288892395/11/2013 8:52:23 PMFUBHOIt started after the Tea Party was created. The IRS used the words Tea Party and Patriot as flags to further investigate groups.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288890825/11/2013 5:45:49 PMTimFI saw the story today, don't know all the details yet. When do they say it started?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288890785/11/2013 5:43:19 PMFUBHOIRS Scandal Expands from Power Line by John Hinderaker You may have wondered, as I did, why the IRS suddenly announced yesterday that it was guilty of harassing conservative groups, especially Tea Party groups. The answer now appears clear: the agency was trying to get out front of a story that was about to break. P...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288889885/11/2013 4:14:24 PMLane3http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288889295/11/2013 3:22:35 PMTimFGenerally middle class, esp. those not in the upper middle class, are considered "the little guy". The little guy is generally anyone who isn't rich and/or powerful. Your statement might work for those on Medicaid or CHIP, or something similar, but plenty of "little guys" either pay themselves in the individual marke...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288888795/11/2013 2:42:57 PMLane3But many "little guys" are paying for medical insurance. If you can afford medical insurance out of pocket, you're not one of the little guys I had in mind. If they have medical coverage, someone else is paying for it. You need to be at least middle middle class to begin to afford to buy medical insurance. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288877805/10/2013 7:30:27 PMTimFBut many "little guys" are paying for medical insurance. Bundle more in it and it becomes a more expensive, perhaps even unaffordable, bundle.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288876815/10/2013 6:38:20 PMLane3but it is funny that the folks who are absolutely bending over backwards to bundle health care want to unbundle cable TV. Not necessarily. If your focus is on the little guy who can't afford health care or cable, then you'd want to bundle health care and unbundle cable. The little guy doesn't pay for health care but...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288876495/10/2013 6:16:28 PMTimF"I wish I could remember where I read this to give proper credit, but it is funny that the folks who are absolutely bending over backwards to bundle health care want to unbundle cable TV. Think about it -- the person who just wants MSNBC but has to buy the whole cable package to get it is getting hosed far less badly ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288876015/10/2013 5:47:08 PMTimFFelony Science Making stuff explode is a seductive way to become a scientist. By Michelle M. Francl|Posted Friday, May 3, 2013, at 12:37 PM Doing chemistry that pushes beyond the boundaries of the classroom can be t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288875205/10/2013 4:52:33 PMTimFAn odd argument articles.philly.com  It mentions data (now pretty old data, it was a 1996 article) that says the rate of rape in the US military is, after adjusting for demographic factors, about 19- to 50 percent of the rate for civilians (depending on branch). But then later it says - "We might suppose that the ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288872745/10/2013 2:58:51 PMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288799855/7/2013 11:00:38 AMTimFWhy I fled North Korea By Hyeonseo Lee, Special to CNN April 14, 2013 -- Updated 2142 GMT (0542 HKT) Video [youtube video] cnn.com  Editor's note: Hyeonseo Lee was born in North Korea and left for China in 1997. She now lives in South Korea and is an activist for North Korea refugees. Lee spoke at the TED201...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288799395/7/2013 10:44:58 AMTimF But even if it doesn't get discredited, you all continue to miss the point. The rich already have massive wealth to begin with..........and that wealth is amassing at a faster rate than it is for the rest of us. Your missing the fact that the point is not very important, as in in any way positive. People getti...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288767645/5/2013 7:33:28 PMTimF Since the Great Recession started, they have done exactly what you all wanted done in the US. Nonsense. They have had more and more government intervention during and since the recession.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288767605/5/2013 7:31:02 PMTimF Tor Books says cutting DRM out of its e-books hasn’t hurt business A look at the sci-fi publisher a year after it announced it would do away with DRM. by Megan Geuss - May 4, 2013 8:35 pm UTC Early this week, Tor Books, a subsidiary of Tom Doherty Associates and the world's leading publi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288767545/5/2013 7:28:49 PMtejekThe point is that things improved for the people in all broad income groups. That's assuming that a right wing blog can be trusted to come up with the truth. Like with so many winger 'studies', I would not be surprised if this one gets discredited too. But even if it doesn't get discredited, you all continue to miss ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288766105/5/2013 5:49:08 PMtejek Their budgetary mess, too much public and private debt, and too much dependence on the government all help keep countries like Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal etc. in such circumstances. They need dynamic and free private sectors, not more of the massive government spending and control that has hurt them even bef...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288766015/5/2013 5:40:23 PMTimFHow Serious Are Republicans? They seem to have a lot of reasons they’re not going to cut spending. By Michael Tanner Shortly after President Obama finally released his proposed budget a couple weeks ago, Representative Greg Walden of Oregon, the chairman of the National Republican Campaign Committee, ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288762935/5/2013 2:21:45 PMTimFTheir budgetary mess, too much public and private debt, and too much dependence on the government all help keep countries like Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal etc. in such circumstances. They need dynamic and free private sectors, not more of the massive government spending and control that has hurt them even before th...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288762725/5/2013 2:04:37 PMTimFThe point is that things improved for the people in all broad income groups. So its not even "the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer", let alone the fiction you support about the rich getting richer at the expense of the poor.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288762625/5/2013 2:01:28 PMtejekIncomes rose 63% for the top 5%, 56% for the top 10% and 52.6% for the top 20%. But everyone else made out pretty well, too. Incomes rose 40.4% for households between the 60th and 80th percentiles, 36.9% for the next quintile, 25.0% for the next, and 26.4% for the bottom 20%. Uh........even if this study...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288760195/5/2013 11:27:32 AMtejekEuropean Stagnation By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Published: May 4, 2013 Economic conditions in Europe, especially in troubled nations like Spain, Portugal and Italy, have deteriorated sharply in recent months. Worse, new data released last week provides no hope for a recovery soon. The unemployment rate in t...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288760025/5/2013 11:19:39 AMTimFObama’s inequality argument just utterly collapsed By James Pethokoukis April 11, 2012, 9:55 pm President Barack Obama has a theory of the case, yes he does. For the past 30 years, the living standards of middle-class Americans have gone nowhere even as the overall U.S. economy has grown ma...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288756325/4/2013 11:29:23 PMTimFGovernment is good, because no government = anarchy. Even that limited government is in a number of ways bad, but its better than the alternative. Huge, complex, expensive, intrusive, and ever growing government OTOH is not good.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288756295/4/2013 11:26:49 PMTimFEven without a specific point where things get much worse you have a clear finding of more debt = less growth.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288756265/4/2013 11:25:36 PMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288756255/4/2013 11:20:19 PMtejekGovernment is good. We would not have the sophisticated culture we have today without it. Accept it and move on.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288749225/4/2013 1:02:44 PMtejek True, and when that error is corrected they still have slower growth then countries with less debt. Yes, however..........there was no dangerous point-of-no-return as wingers have claimed for decades. The Euros should have been stimulating their economies like the US did did, and worried about the debt consequences l...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288749175/4/2013 12:59:47 PMtejekPrivate employment up by 176K in March; gov't employment down by 11K. biz.yahoo.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288748985/4/2013 12:46:24 PMOeconomicushttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288720345/2/2013 10:58:50 PMOeconomicusI can see there being issues with parking and zoning, but yeah, protecting brick and mortar from competition? I know! While perhaps they can't ban Amazon, maybe they can ban UPS and Fedex from making the deliveries. ;-)http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288720335/2/2013 10:58:41 PMTimFhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288701665/2/2013 7:10:45 AMTimF42 Percent of Americans Don't Think Obamacare Is Law By Jim Geraghty April 30, 2013 9:30 AM It is entirely possible that we have a public so spectacularly ill-informed, we are no longer capable of governing themselves. Here’s an April tracking poll from the Kaiser Family...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288680495/1/2013 7:25:38 AMTimFLicensing is Anti-Consumer April 29, 2013, 1:19 pm From a reader, comes this story of St. Louis so far refusing to grant a license to a woman who wants to operate a clothing sales truck (in a parallel to the growing food truck business). What is the official explanation for denying her a license? These...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288680335/1/2013 7:06:02 AMTimFAmerican Mobility is high and increasing Wednesday, November 2, 2011 The process we believe created income inequality matters more for the legitimacy of society than the actual level of inequality. Did the rich become rich by producing value or by exploiting the poor? What determined earnings, ability or inheri...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288680215/1/2013 6:50:30 AMTimFHow a Discrimination Settlement Turned into a Bonanza for Fraudsters by Megan McArdle Apr 26, 2013 9:40 AM EDT Farm loans. Sympathetic administrations. And a judge who didn't worry about false positives. A New York Times story this morning suggests a pattern of massive fraud and abu...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=288643434/29/2013 11:10:16 AM