Orange Groves

I don’t know how or why it happened, but the trees in my orange grove are all still standing. Upright and all (NB: they’re right in what was the path of Hurricane Charley). In the next county (nine-tenths of a mile away — we measured it ourselves) the orange trees are all growing in — Continue reading Orange Groves

Fraud mail

This below is fraud. How can I tell when the domain seems actually to be MasterCard’s domain? BECAUSE I DON’T HAVE A MASTERCARD, THAT’S WHY! Silly idiots. [IMAGE] Dear MasterCard user, As stated in the User Agreement, Section 41.1, we may send you this email. After the multiple frauds registered lately, our company has initiated Continue reading Fraud mail

To be thought about

In Samizdata quote of the day | Samizdata.net Every dollar spent in a libertarian society on public goods will accomplish far more than a dollar spent by the welfare state. So even if a free society spends less money, it is far from clear that it will perform less charity. – Patri Friedman