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Because, as we all know, women never spend more than they earn. That inane claim was made by a co-host of a morning TV talk show in Britain.

In response to an estimated annual loss of $12 million in beer sales to Quebec, Alcool New Brunswick Liquor (ANBL) floated the monumentally bad idea of marketing its own cut-price brand of beer. Proving that no scheme is too foolish for government to implement, socialised suds hit ANBL shelves today. I thought Guv’mint Swill™ would [...]

As an example of a wealthy celebrity prone to bizarre outbursts, consider Sir Bono. Perhaps the best-known, and certainly the loudest among them, is U2′s Bono. His efforts have won him an honorary British knighthood, no fewer than three Nobel Prize nominations and the adulation of Tony Blair. Yet one of Bono’s most significant outbursts [...]

One reason why the stock market is nose-diving, says economist and foreign policy expert Phil Levy, is that investors are realising that Obamanomics could bankrupt the United States. The idea of a U.S. government default has recently gone from “unthinkable” to close to 10 percent over the next five years. […] [T]he United States has [...]

Why are Republican responses to President Obama’s economic plan so anemic? Because Republicans are unwilling to address the root cause of the financial crisis, says Asia Times columnist Spengler. Writing at First Things blog, he cites a recent economic analysis arguing that a significant portion of the US housing market will never recover because baby-boomer [...]

A new study has found that the probability of teenage motherhood is related to mandatory educational attainment. The longer students are required to stay in school, the lower the incidence of teenage child-bearing. More compulsory schooling results in fewer teenage pregnancies. This is shown in a major survey carried out recently at the Norwegian School [...]

Didn’t Stephen Harper used to be a conservative? The Harper government wants to set up a $3 billion “stimulus” slush fund, which the prime minister defends by quoting John Maynard Keynes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed there are some long-term risks associated with the stimulus package — but he cited a famous economist to argue [...]

Dead Aid, the title of the book by Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo, is an obvious slap in the face of Bob Geldof, Bono, and the other jet-setting celebrities who performed at Live Aid. Her recent interview in The New York Times is headlined “The Anti-Bono” and the first question asks if she has ever met [...]

A head honcho at bread producer Chally-Bread is running for Tatarstan’s parliament, and half-price bread suddenly appears on store shelves. It’s just a coincidence, insists candidate Rafael Yunysov. Stores in the city of Chally, in the Republic of Tatarstan, are offering discount “anti-crisis bread” in a move that looks suspiciously like an effort to boost [...]

A survey of Palestinian Muslims indicates that support for suicide attacks is correlated, not with devotion to Islam as such (as measured by frequency of prayer), but with frequency of mosque attendance. The researchers surveyed Palestinian Muslims about their attitudes towards religion, including how often they prayed and went to mosque. The researchers found that [...]

h/t: Fighting for Taxpayers

Nova Scotia Liberal MLA Leo Glavine wants legislation to force grocery stores to carry meats, fruits, and vegetables from local producers. He used some very strong language in making his proposal. “NAFTA be darned,” he said during the legislature’s resources committee meeting. “If we bring in legislation to move our buy local (campaign) and future [...]

From our “Every cloud has a silver lining” department: MD Retirements Stalled Doctor shortage (and early retirement) over thanks to the stock market [...] According to Manfred Purtzki, a Vancouver financial adviser, the average physician-held portfolio has shrunk by approximately 30% in thelast year. The Medical Post has heard from many doctors, particularly those nearing [...]

Dr Andrew Wakefield sparked a major international scare with his 1998 article purporting to find a link between autism and the triple vaccine against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR). An in-depth investigation by The Sunday Times of London has discovered that his results were based on falsified data. The research was published in February 1998 [...]

Dr Gilbert Burnham, lead researcher of the controversial study of “excess deaths” in Iraq attributable to the US-led invasion, has been censured by a prominent group of polling researchers. The American Association for Public Opinion Research rebuked Burnham for persistently refusing to disclose crucial information about the methods used in his study, which was published [...]