<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308</id><updated>2011-11-17T07:04:17.511-08:00</updated><category term='macroeconomics economics econtalk'/><title type='text'>Stranger in Seattle</title><subtitle type='html'>Who'll stop the rain?</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-7261544937955522856</id><published>2011-03-15T11:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T11:24:51.961-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The perils of socialism</title><content type='html'>When, exactly, did unions &lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704893604576200522251828538.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion"&gt;jump the shark&lt;/a&gt;?  I'm sure it wasn't just recently, but it is clear they are a dangerous relic of days long gone.  Quite dangerous, indeed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-7261544937955522856?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/7261544937955522856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/7261544937955522856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2011/03/perils-of-socialism.html' title='The perils of socialism'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-3698099666741798806</id><published>2011-02-17T17:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-17T17:37:07.092-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macroeconomics economics econtalk'/><title type='text'>Macroeconomics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7TFtS_owFc/TV3Kbbk4lzI/AAAAAAAABJQ/RgnNE1eRw8M/s1600/macroeconomics.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7TFtS_owFc/TV3Kbbk4lzI/AAAAAAAABJQ/RgnNE1eRw8M/s320/macroeconomics.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574834486362281778" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one came to me while I was reading Russ Roberts' &lt;a href="http://cafehayek.com/2011/02/congressional-testimony-on-the-stimulus.html"&gt;Congressional Testimony&lt;/a&gt; on the Stimulus.  I listen to Econtalk.org podcasts every week because the topics are often immediately relevant to what is happening in the news.  The show is not political, but the subject matter is often core to political debates going on.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-3698099666741798806?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/3698099666741798806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/3698099666741798806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-one-came-to-me-while-i-was-reading.html' title='Macroeconomics'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n7TFtS_owFc/TV3Kbbk4lzI/AAAAAAAABJQ/RgnNE1eRw8M/s72-c/macroeconomics.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-1542405550088764046</id><published>2010-11-01T11:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T11:34:59.330-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Calling in a favor?</title><content type='html'>Sometimes, when you're struggling, you call a friend in to help you out. &lt;a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2010/10/31/barney-frank-brings-in-the-uh-big-guns/"&gt;Your choice of friends&lt;/a&gt; will determine how successful this decision is.  Disaster is always a possibility if your judgment is responsible for a world-wide recession.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-1542405550088764046?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/1542405550088764046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/1542405550088764046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2010/11/calling-in-favor.html' title='Calling in a favor?'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-5896452385544895077</id><published>2010-11-01T11:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T11:16:36.252-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Slandering the Greatest Generation</title><content type='html'>The National Endowment for the Humanities &lt;a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/11/027580.php"&gt;goes off the deep end of revisionist history writing.&lt;/a&gt; If this doesn't make you angry, you get an "F" in History and the Humanities.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-5896452385544895077?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/5896452385544895077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/5896452385544895077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2010/11/slandering-greatest-generation.html' title='Slandering the Greatest Generation'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-8702470180370165807</id><published>2010-10-25T10:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T10:42:43.909-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arizona's chance to vote for a Rocket Scientist</title><content type='html'>Don't just &lt;a href="http://www.mcclungmiracle.com/"&gt;vote for Ruth McClung&lt;/a&gt; because she's right on the issues and a Rocket Scientist... She's also hot!  Arizona could do a lot worse ... in fact, they have been with the incumbent.  Check out McClung's latest TV spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="195" width="320"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gUBkGygRFp8&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;version=3"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gUBkGygRFp8&amp;amp;rel=0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="195" width="320"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-8702470180370165807?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/8702470180370165807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/8702470180370165807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2010/10/arizonas-chance-to-vote-for-rocket.html' title='Arizona&apos;s chance to vote for a Rocket Scientist'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-6128226834997280737</id><published>2010-10-25T10:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T10:25:13.223-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama wants more foreclosures, apparently.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304354104575568643889337142.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLTopStories"&gt;This is the not the hope you're looking for.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-sb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-6128226834997280737?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/6128226834997280737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/6128226834997280737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-wants-more-foreclosures.html' title='Obama wants more foreclosures, apparently.'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-8603084775643389265</id><published>2010-10-25T10:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T10:19:32.534-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Nobel Laureate Abuse</title><content type='html'>Even the Brits think &lt;a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/jeremywarner/100008311/will-someone-please-shut-krugman-up/"&gt;this guy&lt;/a&gt; is a joke&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-sb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-8603084775643389265?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/8603084775643389265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/8603084775643389265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2010/10/more-nobel-laureate-abuse.html' title='More Nobel Laureate Abuse'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10782308.post-3177362016838153464</id><published>2010-10-25T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-25T10:19:04.613-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm so happy to see this</title><content type='html'>Someone started the &lt;a href="http://paulkrugmaniswrong.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog &lt;/a&gt;that I wished for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh happy day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-sb&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10782308-3177362016838153464?l=kesbar.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/3177362016838153464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10782308/posts/default/3177362016838153464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://kesbar.blogspot.com/2010/10/im-so-happy-to-see-this.html' title='I&apos;m so happy to see this'/><author><name>Sharkbait</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05819319684848554610</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='29' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dQKIatQ8ZCA/TMW625lD57I/AAAAAAAABHk/QtrlWtgw2VM/S220/133490.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>
