The World Is A Thorn
Posted by thak in music, philosophical on March 11th, 2010
Definitely Demon Hunter’s best album to date. And this song is my new anthem, overtaking Becoming the Archetype’s Endure.
Demon Hunter – The World Is A Thorn
The gavel has fallen, along with the rest.
Are we expected to settle for this?
Bring us the plague, lead us away.
Blacken tomorrow with ash of today.
Can’t you see the fabric of our standards wearing thin?
See your world in its grave at the hands of the enslaved.
Won’t bow to man. Won’t bow to government.
Won’t trust in a failed system of self-fulfilling lust.
Won’t love a world where my God is mocked.
I defy.
Oh, a kiss on the serpent’s head.
We walk in the line of deceit, the walking dead.
Can’t you feel the ground of our discretion giving way?
Refusal of hope, solution demise.
Bury the truth in a mountain of lies.
Won’t bow to man.
Won’t bow to government.
Won’t trust in a failed system of self-fulfilling lust.
Won’t love a world where my God is mocked.
I defy.
This is what you try to sell me.
Subjective nothingness.
Pull your sickness from my throat.
Let me breathe the truth.
Let me breathe the truth.
Won’t bow to man.
Won’t bow to government.
Won’t bow to greed.
Won’t bow to false hope.
Won’t bow to self.
Won’t bow to modern code.
Won’t sell my soul to a dead world. I defy.
Profits, Losses, and Structural Change
Posted by thak in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on March 11th, 2010
The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty » Profits, Losses, and Structural Change. Obamaspeak sure sounds wonderful–all rainbows and unicorns–in canned speeches, but in the real world? Not so much. (And just for the record, this article does point out that Bush was responsible for the first bailout debacle–so it’s a generally nonpartisan hatred of government. Kinda like I have.)
It seems like I’m going to be screaming “unintended consequences” for the rest of my life–directly into the gaping maw of stupidity that passes for “general consensus” these days.
Fight the power.
Inventive Progress, Part 2
Posted by thak in business, economics, philosophical on March 10th, 2010
Inventive Progress, Part 2 – Henry Grady Weaver – Mises Institute. A follow-on to the article from the other day. More good stuff.
Especially nice to hear about how John Deere–and many other inventive folks–turned the “wasteland” of the Midwest into what it is…
A Constitutional Dollar
Posted by thak in economics, government, philosophical on March 10th, 2010
A Constitutional Dollar – Michael Rozeff – Mises Institute. Okay. This one’s probably only for economics geeks, but it’s very interesting.
Just one more example where the market is extremely efficient and the government, well, just can’t get out of its own way. 
Underconsumption Is Not the Problem
Posted by thak in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on March 10th, 2010
The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty » Underconsumption Is Not the Problem. More on the Keynesian fallacy.
Power Gig, a music game with real guitars
Power Gig, a music game with real guitars | Crave – CNET. I’m cautiously excited about this. I hope the game will be as good as Rock Band, but with real guitar controllers. But I’m certainly not going to buy it the day it comes out–there are too many bad knockoffs out there…
Inventive Progress
Posted by thak in business, economics, hack, philosophical on March 9th, 2010
Inventive Progress – Henry Grady Weaver – Mises Institute. Very cool article. I just hope that we’re not getting so regulated and “patentified” that this type of innovation gets quashed…
Disposable Toilet
For Pennies, a Disposable Toilet That Could Help Grow Crops – NYTimes.com. It seems ridiculous, but it’s a very cool, very useful invention.
Obsolete Occupations
Posted by thak in business, economics, jobs, philosophical on March 7th, 2010
The Jobs Of Yesteryear: Obsolete Occupations : NPR. So when people complain about automation “taking their job”, just remember: it’s happened before, and it will continue to happen.
Was anyone really better off when you needed an elevator operator? Or a “pinboy”?
Come on, now.
Wisconsin’s High-Cost, Low-Speed Rail
Posted by thak in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on March 1st, 2010
Wisconsin’s High-Cost, Low-Speed Rail » The Antiplanner. Just another example of how all of these fantastic government programs are just thinly-veiled handouts to the politically connected.
This is where your tax money is going. Ridiculous.