A Protest Sign I Liked

Late February protest in Seattle. Story Here.

Animal Rights Assholes Burn Down CEO's House

Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella had his vacation home/hunting lodge burned down on Monday. The "Militant Forces Against Huntingdon Life Science" (...) have claimed responsibility for the arson. A group calling itself MFAH, which may actually stand for Forces Against Huntingdon Life Sciences, has claimed it burned down the house with 60 L of gasoline, however the Austrian police have reported that the fire was electrical but have not ruled out arson.

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A Novartis spokesman has told Dow Jones Newswires that the company has not worked with Huntingdon Life Sciences in years.

This comes just one week after someone dug up Vasella's mother's ashes and spray-painted "Drop HLS Now" on her tombstone. Yesterday, Swiss police said that another Vasella family grave has been vandalized with the same graffitti and two crosses, with Vasella and his wife's names on them, stuck in the ground; police have also reported that "SHAC" was spray painted on the gravesite.

In an email to Reuters SHAC has denied involvement in the attacks. However they also defended them, saying "Isn't it about time we stopped the misery of vivisection?" Swiss government official Juerg Buehler stated, "We still have too little solid evidence," but that SHAC can't be ruled out.

Novartis has reported numerous attacks on employees, growing in frequency within the past few months.

Even if they didn't burn down the house, what douchebags.

Redistribution of Weath: An Experiment

If you don't get it now, you never will:

Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign the read “Vote Obama, I need the money.” I laughed.

Once in the restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08" tie, again I laughed–just imagine the coincidence.

Suddenly, it hit me. An experiment is in order.

I asked the server, did he really believe that Obama's platform was a good one? Yes, he did.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept.

He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need – the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10, and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn, even though the actual recipient needed the money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application - at least if it is your wealth that is being redistributed.

Reposted from: http://www.geckotales.com/obamas-economic-plan.htm

Trick or Treat

Reposted from: http://www.geckotales.com/democrats-on-halloween.html

Why People Hate Capitalism

I recently read an article by "Bruce of Stone Marmot", outlining his opinion of why so many people these days seem to hate capitalism. He explains why capitalism is the ultimate democracy, and why people don't like that: they don't like the responsibility of "casting a vote" with every dollar they spend.

Read it Here.

Scrap The Code

In this article, the FreedomWorks Foundation outlines their top 10 reasons to scrap the American tax code.

According to the article the code is too complicated, incomprehensible, redundant, corrupts the political culture, costs too much to enforce, is abused by congress, penalizes success, costs far too much money, drives political donations, and is not based on principles of justice the way laws ought to be. (In no particular order.)

Read the article Here.