Illinois get's into the Medical Maryjuana Game

Hey Illinois is an economic and political train wreck–let’s get stoned.
http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140121/NEWS/140129845

Are They Crazy, I am Driving a 14000 pound RV

When I drive down to Fort Hood to work every week I drive a Minnie Winnebago, which is a 30 foot long legal vehicle on the road that weighs more than 10,000 pounds. I go past these people in their little put putts, in some cases not more than a covered, colorful lawnmower. What are they thinkin’?
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Mitigation v. Adaptation–Puuuleez, Humans Adapt

Let’s assume there is something worth worrying about on climate panics.
Should we devote a lot of effort to mitigation of an unknown?
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Econ 102, the Michigan Longitudinal Study

Everybody likes to talk about money.
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Sowell on the Minumum Wage

The continuing battle on minimum wage ignores the obvious, that the minimum wage gambit is about the union contracts already in place, that provide for an increase in the wage for the union workers based on minimum wage increases.
Separate from that, entry level workers are not looking for the wage that will make them able to support a family and live a life, they are looking for a start.
I had a simple little job as a young person–certainly nothing to keep me going for my life, but also something that allowed me to get going.
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