This week the AP told us that "economists" are warning that we shouldn't want prices to fall.

These "economists" should switch fields, and maybe go into shoveling horse shit, since they're good at that already 🧵 These "economists" are lackeys for the status quo who don't want us entertaining the possibility of prices that trend downward rather than upward.

Because then maybe we'll start questioning the regime under which we live.

🧵Elizabeth Warren, like virtually all gov't officials, wants you to think the pain you're feeling at the store is caused by greedy businesses taking advantage of you, and has nothing to do with the Fed.

Unfortunately, her opponents are doing a lousy job answering her Her latest complaint is over "shrinkflation," whereby instead of raising prices, companies decrease the amount of product in the package (as when, for instance, a piece of chocolate becomes smaller)

🧵I just watched an 18-minute video by a lawyer on why states (including Texas) can't secede from the Union.

A lawyer is the very last person you should consult on issues like this. He knows zero about the state ratification conventions, or the relevant history. He thinks you can't dissolve a founding document for some reason. Oh, but you can, sir. That's how the Articles of Confederation were abandoned.

The Articles of Confederation even had "perpetual" in the name!

🧵Texas is in the right constitutionally (in case that still matters to anybody). I've heard some people say this: since immigration per se is not mentioned in the Constitution (although naturalization is), then the relevant power rests with the states. Such people proceed to deploy this argument in defense of so-called "sanctuary cities."

The vaccine passport system is not intended to control the spread of the virus, even though your hysterical friends tell you it makes them feel safe.
In Canada they've come right out and told us that it is NOT for this purpose, but rather to punish the unvaccinated

Thread below From the BC Parks and Rec: "Remember, the purpose of the PoV card is to incentivize residents to be vaccinated, not to control the spread of the virus."

Before the predictable yammering about the electoral college (which is an excellent institution no civilized person should even consider getting rid of) starts up again, here's why it's a good thing (thread coming): Without it, we'd live in a world in which someone could be elected president by campaigning only in New York, Florida, Texas, and California. They'd have the sheer numbers to blow everyone else away. With the electoral college you can get only so much support from any one state