John Law (there was a real John Law? Who knew!) and the Mississippi Bubble.
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Relatedly: Eric S. Raymond on why he doesn't blog about politics very often these days: "The big-state system is like Coyote run off a cliff, frantically windmilling its legs in the air. The moment it looks down it’s going to fall, long and hard. Nothing I could write is going to make any difference to that outcome, any more."
Ouch.
(Unrelatedly: I swan, this year I will make time to visit General Lew Wallace's study. How could one live so close and not?)
Update
3 days ago
5 comments:
Yes, there is a real John Law. He was sheriff of Athens County, Ohio when I was in school.
(P.S. I'm going to start using Captcha challenges as alien names in my SF novels. These are too good to waste.)
ROBERTA !
MAY WE HAVE A FULL REPORT ON YOUR PENDING VISIT TO GEN WALLACE S STUDY
MUSEUM AND GROUNDS ?
I think it will be a more interesting report after.
Those are sad pieces of information... Sigh
As a Libertarian, I don't believe a national film board is a legitimate function of government.
As a person, I'm absolutely delighted that the NFB of Canada exists, and that you can watch things like this and ProjectGrizzly online.
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