Monthly Archives: July, 2010

Buying Local causes Droughts

This article will tie together this with this, or namely, why your buying from local farmers is forcing millions of people to live in drought conditions. Briefly, over 150 million people are undergoing drought conditions at this moment. At the same time around 72% of the earth’s surface is covered in water. Any economist can [...]

Clouds go Mainstream

At Dumbagent we have always been big supporters of cloud networks. Not only do they bring users in direct contact with providers on a case by case basis, but they transcend all boundaries, quotas and tariffs that nations try to impose. We will therefore start listing sites for freelancers, designers and other services in our [...]

Your water usage doesn’t hold water

Dear DumbAgent, My extreme-recycling, hybrid-driving, local-produce buying girlfriend keeps scolding me for wasting water when I leave the tap water running or wait for the shower to warm up. She says I’m ruining the environment and wasting precious water. I wanted to research the veracity of these statements, but most people I ask seem to [...]

Terrorists are Vulgar

The Atlantic recently asked that we refer to terrorists as nitwits. They illustrate what a hapless group of incompetent, ignorant, three-stooges like people these terrorists are, as well as how there is nothing religious about most of them and how they have even been caught getting intimate with cows and donkeys. We are happy to [...]

Lexington and Free Trade in goods, people and ideas

As we have mentioned in our book and in a recent article, we need international trade and we need to have an open society in order to progress. The Economist’s Lexington, in his final article for the publication, puts forth an excellent case for the same point. Some good quotes: The government subsidises foreigners to [...]