Dorian teaches a lesson in economics

Florida Residents Stocking Up On Supplies Ahead Of Hurricane Dorian’s Arrival

And that is why anti-gouging laws and bad press for gouging are a bad idea.

My favorite living economist explains

https://www.creators.com/read/walter-williams/10/18/price-gouging-during-a-natural-disaster

If prices were allowed to rise to reflect increased demand, those shelves would not be empty and those who really needed bread and milk(and gasoline, hotel rooms, flashlights, candles and so on) would be able to get it.

Yet another Heller denial letter

https://www.pilotonline.com/opinion/letters/vp-ed-letf-0828-20190828-ma7iuq3jkzgw5jjbnrttiyz3mi-story.html

From the “Heller” opinion

”    The Second Amendment is naturally divided into two parts: its prefatory clause and its operative clause. The former does not limit the latter grammatically, but rather announces a purpose. ”

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZO.html

Instead of endlessly publishing LTEs telling us that the 2nd Amendment doesn’t protect an individual right, perhaps whoever edits the LTEs should read the decision.

Climate Fraudster gets his comeuppance

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/michael_mann_creator_of_the_infamous_global_warming_hockey_stick_loses_lawsuit_against_climate_skeptic_ordered_to_pay_defendants_costs.html?fbclid=IwAR0awrsvV_HCeVqw_-1tQEMisFREHQ3uEc1WNPWjZJWRRRGRl6X4Bb39OGo

This article contains the original “hockey stick” graph that set me on the path to skepticism. Note that it is truncated at 1400AD even though the climate reconstructions went back 1000 and in some cases 2000 years. Continue reading “Climate Fraudster gets his comeuppance”