I often disagree with Scott Adams’ “nonfiction” remarks (he’s neither sufficiently libertarian nor sufficiently left), but his comic strip continues to capture what the actual experience of being in the business world is like – as in today’s installment. As long as libertarians are perceived as offering denials of, rather than solutions to, this pervasive feature of most people’s everyday life, we won’t make many converts – nor will we deserve to.
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Nomen Omen
Most libertarian name for an insurance company:
Least libertarian name for an insurance company:
Perhaps State Farm should get Special Soviet Mention.
Hole In Bagel Story
Alastair Cooke’s America tells the following anecdote to illustrate the divergence between British and American English:
I remember once, during a strike in New York when the salmon wasn’t coming in, there seemed to be a glut of bagels in the Jewish bakeries. In a whimsical moment I sent a cable to my editor warning him that I was about to put a piece on the wire to be entitled, “Lox Lag Brings Bagel Boom.” He cabled right back: “your message hopelessly garbled it reads lox lag brings bagel boom.”
A glut is of course not the same thing as a boom, but never mind. Anyway, Mike Lyle expresses doubt as to the veracity of this story, but doesn’t say why. But I can think of at least one reason for skepticism: since when do journalists get to pick the titles of their own stories?
But Probably Not the One Who Supported the Registration Act
Rothbard is Iron Man! So we learn at the end of this piece by Jeff Tucker.
Now there’s an image that sticks in the mind ….
Fear-Fraught Funnies
Jack Kirby once famously admonished (on a cover featuring Superman and the Guardian rushing toward the reader while bearing a photograph of Don Rickles): “Don’t ask! Just buy it!”
In that spirit I offer the following comic. Don’t ask, just read it!
Spawn of “Everything You Need To Know About Comics”
My regular readers are already familiar with the terrifying radioactive origins of Batman, Robin, Man-Bat, Black Canary, and Green Lantern.
But wait, there’s more!
Iron Man was a man who got his powers through being bitten by a radioactive iron.
The Sandman was a man who got his powers through being bitten by some radioactive sand.
Superman was a man who got his powers through being bitten by a radioactive building superintendent.
The Silver Surfer was a surfer who got his powers through being bitten by some radioactive silver.
The Human Torch was a torch that got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive human.
Red Tornado was a tornado that got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive Communist.
Doctor Doom was a doom that got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive person with a doctorate.
Man-Thing was a thing that got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive man.
Swamp Thing was a thing that got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive swamp.
The Justice League was a league that got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive Supreme Court judge.
Harley Quinn was a mighty Eskimo who got her powers through being bitten by a radioactive motorcycle.
Captain America was the entire United States of America, which got its powers through being bitten by a radioactive captain.