I’m in a small village north of Baghdad in the middle of a minor fire fight and have been dealing with dysentery for a few weeks at this point. For whatever reason, I decide that being shot would be preferable to shitting in a box in the armored vehicle we’re in, as sitting in 110+ degree temperatures with a pile of…

Did you know that when stores offer a deal where if you buy 4 boxes of macaroni and cheese, you get the 5th free, that it’s price discrimination? I guess you should complain that stores have sales.

On parade day?! Sad!

Except tarriffs are generally paid for by consumers, as the cost (really a tax) is just incorporated into the sales price. As the price of those goods rises, consumers will seek substitutes. The issue here being, the U.S. doesn’t have manufacturing capacity in reserve to immediately fulfill demand and, as it is…