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The LEGO Movie: Emergent order wins, centralized planning fails

by 1389AD ( 121 Comments › )
Filed under Communism, Economy, Fascism, Hipsters, Movies, Regulation, taxation at September 9th, 2014 - 5:00 pm

EconPop – The Economics of The LEGO Movie

Published on Jul 29, 2014 by Econ Stories
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In this episode of EconPop, Andrew discusses the animated hit comedy The LEGO Movie. Subjects include emergent order, creative destruction, and central planning.

EconPop is the YouTube series that sifts through the haystack of popular culture to find the needle of economics within… and then stabs you with it!

Starring comedian Andrew Heaton, EconPop takes a surprisingly deep look at the economic themes running through classic films, new releases, tv shows and more from the best of pop culture and entertainment. Heaton brings a unique mix of dry wit and whimsy to bear on the dismal science of economics and the result is always entertaining, educational and irreverent. It’s Econ 101 meets At The Movies, with a dash of Monty Python.

A Production of http://emergentorder.com

Produced in Association with The Moving Picture Institute. http://thempi.org

Caturday Goes Christmas Shopping

by 1389AD ( 108 Comments › )
Filed under Caturday, Economy, Humor, Open thread at December 4th, 2010 - 4:30 pm

For those who can afford to spend a little extra money just for lolz, the intertoobz offers many possibilities, among them the zany products on this site (click photos for the specifics):

Long-lasting Kitty IncrediBubbles for cats to chase

According to the site, these bubbles don’t immediately pop when they land on an object, thus giving your cat the opportunity to chase them around. Only problem is that the bubbles are peach-flavored, while most cats would probably prefer liver or fish. But then, their human caretakers might not be able to handle fish-scented bubble residue in their homes. Maybe catnip scent might be an idea for Version 2.0.

Plastic towel holder resembling a cat's posterior

Rather bizarre for a towel holder.

What’s with the emphasis on cat posteriors, anyway?

Pencil sharpener - insert pencil into rectum of plastic cat

Maybe humans have tail envy!

The tail actually wags on the next product:

Kit Cat Clock

On the other paw…

Those of us who are too broke to buy anybody anything this Christmas, if not for the foreseeable future, will have to get our laughs some other way. I offer the following:

Cat in file drawer, saying: Wikileekz cat iz in ur dokumentz...leekin'


When the Carp Hits the Fan

by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 168 Comments › )
Filed under Art, Humor, Open thread, Sports at November 20th, 2010 - 11:00 pm


[via Robots and Donuts.]

A long time ago one of Bunk’s friends got the “Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” for Christmas. Bunk was filled with envy, until he saw what a stupid piece of carp it really was, but it was cool for 15 minutes until my friend and I decided to take it apart to find out why it was really a piece of carp.

That’s when the carp hit the fan with my friend’s Mom. Bunk realized that his own mom was calling about the same time and had to go.

Yeah, Bunk woosed out, but Bunk wasn’t stupid either, and survived to fess up and tell his story on The Overnight Open Thread.

What Not To Crochet On Caturday

by 1389AD ( 72 Comments › )
Filed under Caturday, Humor, Open thread, Second Amendment at August 7th, 2010 - 2:12 pm

Some people evidently have way too much time on their hands!

Dr. Seuss’s Cat… got off lightly

Pink crocheted hat on cat

Note to the person wielding the pink yarn and the F hook: Dogs forgive. Cats don’t.

But wait, there’s more…

What Not to Crochet: Hello Kitty

And if this isn’t the most bastardised use of a logo and crochet……

Crocheted cozy for toy AK47

I am pretty sure I don’t know what is.

Also see:


Still more weapons-grade humor!

Want a REAL LIFE Hello Kitty rifle? Too bad, it’s not for sale.

Hello Kitty AR-15: evil black rifle meets cute and cuddly

NOTE: “Hello Kitty” is a trademark of Sanrio, Inc. This firearm was built as a parody of the California Assault Weapon ban and this blog posting is for educational purposes and to draw attention to “Assault Weapon” gun laws and to encourage debate on such. This gun is not for sale, nor is any replica or copy of it available for sale on this site.

So called “Assault Weapons Bans” such as the now expired 1994 Clinton ban and the one still in place in states such as California seek to ban rifles that our misguided legislators feel have no purpose in civilian hands. They identify “evil features” they can use to generically classify these “military style” weapons in sweeping terms. Of course these features, such as plastic pistol grips, barrel shrouds, and bayonet lugs have absolutely nothing to do with the firearms potential lethality in the real world and are merely cosmetic features. After all, it really doesn’t matter what color the firearm is if it fires the same ammunition right? Well, in the “spirit” of the California Assault Weapon Ban I decided to do my best to alleviate the fears of my fellow citizens and gun-banning legislators when I put together a new AR-15 for my wife. Below is the result of my painstaking work to transform an Evil Black Rifle (EBR) into a Cute Pink RIfle (CPR). Introducing the Hello Kitty AR-15!

Photo of Hello Kitty AR-15 rifle

Parts view of Hello Kitty AR-15 rifle

Read the rest.

But some folks evidently DO sell Kalashnikitty T-shirts!

The AK Files Forums – Kalashnikitty shirts – winter run!

Cartoon image of Hello Kitty holding a Kalashnikov

More about the shirts here.


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