I want an electrical engineer and computer programmer and a automechanic to make me a laptop, and I-Pad and a car, and in return I will give them “sociologicizing,” a “lecture on women’s studies,” and some “philosophizing.”
HT and explanation of how leftists don’t understand bartering here.

The above chart shows a 20 year rolling average in RGDP growth contrasted with the 20 year rolling average standard deviation of that growth.
English translation – Economic growth is going down, BUT so is the volatility of the growth. It implies we’re sacrificing economic growth for increased stability.
Why?
Regulation
Increased taxation
Larger public sector
Feminization
Equalization
Wealth transfers
Tony Stark would never make it in this economic environment.

You just can’t make it up.

Worthless, non-Ivy-League loser economic analysis here.
I’m going to go drink heavily now.

Perhaps I am spoiled being an American being accustomed to my freedom of speech, but it angers me (whether you agree with Geert Wilders or not) is the fact he’s being persecuted for voicing his opinion.
Last I recall my grandfather fought in the Netherlands to free them from the nazi’s and I if I remember history correctly as well, the Canadians also helped in the liberation of the Netherlands from tyranny (not to mention they keep fielding excellent snipers).
I doubt I would do the same today.
Regardless, today in the blogosphere there is a movement to make posts, articles, etc. about Geert Wilders. The problem is they’re just posts that voice support for him or at least his right to speak his mind. That achieves nothing. I find it much easier to just contact the people prosecuting him and remind them we may not send waves of our boys over next time.

As an addendum (sp?) to EBD’s post below it’s called “Crusaderism.”
It’s a mental condition that fully explains the leftist mind, in particular activists’ mentalities.
This is a LONG series posted before, but I strongly recommend watching the whole thing (martini pouring officially allowed). But if you want the real quick jist of it, the 3:10 and 5:00 minute marks more or less explains it.
The beginning of this segment actually does a good job linking worthless degrees to these crusades.

Some lighter fare. Using guns to pick up chicks.

Oh the irony.
Britain makes it legal for women to track down sperm donors for child support.
Women who obviously didn’t study economics (and are presumably of more of the leftist leaning types to have children without fathers) now resort to an underground market whereby they get illicit sperm to impregnate themselves.
I love it when feminists shoot themselves in the foot.
ht and blunt analysis (though I warn thee, it is very crass).

Riot Sightseeing.

Those who thought Greece’s problem was that they didn’t have enough debt can rejoice! They’ve generously agreed accept a 120 billion Euro “rescue package”. This should work about as well as IMF involvement in Argentina in the 1990s, after which they concluded:

The IMF should refrain from entering or maintaining a program relationship with a member country when there is no immediate balance of payments need and there are serious political obstacles to needed policy adjustment or structural reform.

Greece hasn’t even begun to balance their budget and they show no inclination to accept the changes really needed. If Greece can’t face their current debt why would anyone think pushing the problem down the road three years and making it bigger would be a solution? Madness.