Undisciplined

Do Markets Ever Reach Equilibrium? https://mises.org/mises-wire/do-markets-ever-reach-equilibrium By Jonathan Newman > Equilibrium is an imaginary construct that should be used only for analytical purposes. Unfortunately, mainstream economists have claimed it should represent a desired state of economic affairs. Austrian economists know better. https://stacker.news/items/1291764

If you call someone an antisemite because they said it’s wrong to kill children, you should rethink your messaging.

On the 'Legitimate Authority to Kill' | The Libertarian Institute https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/on-the-legitimate-authority-to-kill/  > As of today, the Trump administration has launched missile strikes on at least nineteen boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, terminating the lives of more than seventy unnamed persons identified at the time of their deaths only as “narcoterrorists.” The administration has claimed that the homicides are legal because they are battling a DTO or “Designated Terrorist Organization” in a “non-international armed conflict,” labels which appear to have been applied for the sole purpose of rationalizing the use of deadly force beyond any declared war zone. > An increasing number of critics have expressed concern over what President Trump’s effective assertion of the right to kill anyone anywhere whom analysts in the twenty-first-century techno-death industry deem worthy of death. Truth be told, as unsavory as it may be, Trump is following a precedent set and solidified by his recent predecessors, one which has consistently been met with both popular and congressional assent. https://stacker.news/items/1289629

The Opportunity Costs of Our War in Somalia | The Libertarian Institute https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-opportunity-costs-of-our-war-in-somalia/  > For more than two decades, the United States has waged a quiet, little-noticed air and special operations war across the Horn of Africa. If most Americans are unaware of this fact, that is no accident. The campaign in Somalia has been conducted so far from public view, and with so little meaningful debate in Washington, that its continuation today is treated almost as a bureaucratic inevitability—a policy in search of a justification, defended out of habit rather than necessity. For there is no rational reason for the United States to be bombing Somalia at all. The entire enterprise stands as a textbook example of how inertia, institutional self-interest, and the perverse incentives of the national security bureaucracy combine to produce destructive policies that accomplish nothing for the American people. > To begin with, the origins of the current conflict lie not in ancient hatreds or some inevitable African power struggle but in Washington’s own actions. Al-Shabaab—the very group the United States claims to be fighting—emerged directly from U.S. policy. In the early 2000s, Somalia had a measure of stability under the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), a loose coalition of local authorities that managed to reduce violence and impose a workable degree of order in a country wrecked by decades of civil conflict. Because the ICU included Islamist elements, obviously, Washington—fresh from its Manichean post-9/11 worldview—perceived it as a threat. The George W. Bush administration encouraged and supported Ethiopia’s 2006 invasion of Somalia to overthrow the ICU. The result was predictable to anyone familiar with basic insurgency dynamics: the relatively moderate ICU was shattered, and the more extreme elements coalesced into a new, hardened militant group—Al-Shabaab. https://stacker.news/items/1289622

Property Rights Ping Pong Pandemonium | The Libertarian Institute https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/property-rights-ping-pong-pandemonium/  > Remind me again why any reasonable person expects the federal government to obey the law. > The Trump administration this week gravely imperiled the nation’s water supply by curtailing federal regulations over dry land. Or at least that’s the story the media is hustling. A Washington Post headline epitomized the fretting: “Trump proposal would limit protections for U.S. waterways” by narrowing the definition of wetlands. > The Post did not mention that mere puddles or land that is dry 350 days a year have been categorized as “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act. Perhaps the wackiest example is the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “glancing geese” test. If migrating geese glance down and consider stopping at a water hole, and the geese are on a flight that crosses state lines, EPA automatically has jurisdiction over that water hole and the surrounding land. The EPA even claimed a right to prohibit landowners from permitting photographers on their land to take pictures of the birds. https://stacker.news/items/1289612

Israel Killed 350 Palestinians and Committed 500 Violations, Since the Ceasefire https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/israel-has-committed-500-violations-killed-350-palestinians-since-the-start-of-the-ceasefire/  While there is officially a truce in Gaza, Israel has continued to kill Palestinians daily.  The Gaza Media Office reports Israel has committed nearly 500 ceasefire violations and killed 350 Palestinians since the truce went into effect on October 10. The Israeli violations of the agreement include bombings, shooting Palestinians, restricting aid deliveries, seizing more territory, and home demolitions. Israel claims that its strikes on Gaza are a response to Hamas violations of the ceasefire. The Palestinian group has maintained it is committed to the truce. https://stacker.news/items/1289601

Israel Killed 350 Palestinians and Committed 500 Violations, Since the Ceasefire https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/israel-has-committed-500-violations-killed-350-palestinians-since-the-start-of-the-ceasefire/ While there is officially a truce in Gaza, Israel has continued to kill Palestinians daily.  The Gaza Media Office reports Israel has committed nearly 500 ceasefire violations and killed 350 Palestinians since the truce went into effect on October 10. The Israeli violations of the agreement include bombings, shooting Palestinians, restricting aid deliveries, seizing more territory, and home demolitions. Israel claims that its strikes on Gaza are a response to Hamas violations of the ceasefire. The Palestinian group has maintained it is committed to the truce. https://stacker.news/items/1289601

Stacker Sports Pod • Episode 59: Everybody Sucks https://fountain.fm/episode/3mbz5HDpdoREl8ilqx0z This continues to be the theme in the NFL and for many of the NBA teams who were supposed to be good/decent. https://stacker.news/items/1289239

It’s communism Car! https://fountain.fm/episode/a4YE0WlKiUdWRRUVvQxB nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpn2cq4mfyfn3legetgp8dwj0rl4mh46p46hh59xg90m5zp6tptnfl08mkv

Egypt Is Splitting the Sahara Desert to Let the Mediterranean Sea In https://youtu.be/gkBVr6-XqA4 There's another project like this for the Australian Outback. It's pretty fascinating to think about making such a large inland sea. https://stacker.news/items/1288586

Central Bankers Disagree About Gold https://mises.org/mises-wire/central-bankers-disagree-about-gold By Vincent Cook > Prominent central bankers have given conflicting statements concerning gold. What soaring gold prices might indicate is that the world is now turning to gold.  https://stacker.news/items/1288515

NFL Cross-Offs: Week 12 Here's who we've crossed off from making the playoffs, so far: - Saints - Dolphins - Titans - Jets - Raiders - Browns - Cardinals - Giants - Commies - Cowboys - Falcons Who's should be crossed off this week? https://stacker.news/items/1286094

The Road to De-Civilization: Inflation and the Moral Erosion of Society https://mises.org/mises-wire/road-de-civilization-inflation-and-moral-erosion-society By Michael Matulef > Inflation is not just an economic phenomenon. It also undercuts the foundations of a civilization, leading to the breakdown of society itself. Check out [Michael on nostr](https://yakihonne.com/profile/nprofile1qqs964yyepyk02krnpkd2y403hxa2fpn6zgp4kamty3kqyvgg2p658surr8gl) I thought he had a SN account but I couldn't find his nym https://stacker.news/items/1285047

Texans are freedom LARPers, but they are serious about it. https://fountain.fm/episode/ZJ6h8c4oe7zjA3nEt1RS nostr:nevent1qvzqqqpxquqzpn0xg6u0tk78cacezhf69xh5tkglrp2xrc33t360ku9rj2x72qc3rh9u2d

Stacker Sports Pod • Episode 58: Fantasy Faceoff, Epic OKC and Who is for Real? https://www.fountain.fm/episode/eEcJLlXARmuY5aNr52Aa We went long on NBA and NFL, but what can you expect when we're going head-to-head in fantasy? Happy listening! https://stacker.news/items/1283907

Why does the NBA look so different now? https://youtu.be/nARzNjqNoko?si=4ZErHdgTx8XhQwDc Another great Thinking Basketball video about how and why the game has changed. As usual, I'm left with just wanting the league to call the actual violations. Most of the ugly basketball people hate is still against the rules. TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains nauseating no-calls and may not be suitable for all audiences. https://stacker.news/items/1283518

Why does the NBA look so different now? https://youtu.be/nARzNjqNoko Another great Thinking Basketball video about how and why the game has changed. As usual, I'm left with just wanting the league to call the actual violations. Most of the ugly basketball people hate is still against the rules. TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains nauseating no-calls and may not be suitable for all audiences. https://stacker.news/items/1283518

Why does the NBA look so different now? https://youtu.be/nARzNjqNok Another great Thinking Basketball video about how and why the game has changed. As usual, I'm left with just wanting the league to call the actual violations. Most of the ugly basketball people hate is still against the rules. TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains nauseating no-calls and may not be suitable for all audiences. https://stacker.news/items/1283518

Herbert Hoover, Enemy of Free Markets https://mises.org/mises-wire/herbert-hoover-enemy-free-markets By William L. Anderson > An enduring myth among American historians is that President Hoover’s response to the Depression was to let the free market work. https://stacker.news/items/1282781

Teradollar Deficits Forever https://mises.org/mises-wire/teradollar-deficits-forever By Vincent Cook > Neither Congress nor President Trump speak anymore about a balanced budget. Instead, the Republicans and Democrats compete with each other to see who can spend the most.    https://stacker.news/items/1282761