Tim's Bits and Pieces

I was away camping out in the Richmond Ranges with my family and didn't get anything written for the weekend so instead I've just got a few links that I figured I'd share:

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I missed posting last weekend because I was away, but I've got some good news to make up for it:

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... well if we pretend these guys (including several Nobel laureates) don't exist.

I saw these two headlines beside each other in my news reader yesterday:

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"Viva Cuba Libre"

How the government "injects money into the economy"¹. While it's true that the Queensland increase only amounts to 1.5% of the total stimulus, extrapolated out to the rest of the country it comes to around 20% (QLD Pop: 1.5M, Total Australian Pop: 20M), and then of course there's the Alcohol industry which probably experienced similar increases. (There's also smoking, illegal drugs, prostitutes, and other vices as well) In total we are talking around 40-50% of the the economic stimulus being wasted on vices².

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A comparison of deaths caused by firearms to deaths caused by cars and motorbikes in Australia during 2006 (most recent year available). All tables including ICD codes for cause of death.

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Affirmative Action is inherently racist.

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... just say no!

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A lot of people say that they oppose any and all forms of censorship and that people should be allowed to choose for themselves what they do and don't read or watch. I've got two words for such people: "Child Pornography". Why should banning child porn get a pass, while other forms of censorship don't?

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