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Hayek, Pinault renew vows among stars in Venice

Salma Hayek and her husband have tied the knot — again.

Stars pack Venice to fete Salma Hayek, Pinault

Actress Salma Hayek and her husband are celebrating their recent wedding with a star-studded, weekend-long party in Venice.

Salma Hayek marries in Paris on Valentine's Day

Salma Hayek picked a most romantic time and place to get married: Valentine's Day in Paris. The Mexican-born actress wed French magnate Francois-Henri Pinault in a civil ceremony Saturday at the City Hall in Paris' chic 6th arrondissement, according to an official there.

Salma Hayek helping fight tetanus in moms, babies

Hollywood mom Salma Hayek is lending her star power to a UNICEF campaign to eradicate tetanus in mothers and babies around the world within four years.

Salma Hayek, Pinault call off their engagement

Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her representative said Friday.

Salma Hayek Engaged, Expecting a Baby

Next up for Salma Hayek is a wedding — and a baby carriage. The 40-year-old actress is engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault and is pregnant with their first child, her spokeswoman, Cari Ross, said Friday in a statement. No further details were provided.

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Has Modern Conservatism Become a Cult?
Source: FIRST THINGS: On the Square

I think this is a very astute point that cuts to the heart of the problem on the right. The libertarians often prop up Hayek as their hero while we traditionalist conservatives like to trot out Edmund Burke.

Who Has The Best Chest In Hollywood? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Source: The Huffington Post

Whether they're real or not, many of these breasts are spectacular. You've already voted on men's chests (Daniel Craig, Christian Bale and Will Smith took the top spots) --now weigh in on which celebrity woman has the best chest.

The GOP Budget: 100% more "ooooh, shiny!" on every page

What is not to love about the budget plan that the GOP released yesterday? The cover is blue, just like the administration's budget, but instead of a flat navy blue with sissy swirls on it, the GOP's blue is soothingly gradated with the party's manly and patriotic eagle clip art.

The Road to Serfdom
Source: mises.org

This pamphlet was originally published in LOOK magazine. This is Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom" in a nutshell. I read this book years ago and am presently reading it again. I recommend it to you all. Please check this out:

Blogging Meltdown: The Fed - The Elephant in the Room

James K Galbraith claimed in the New York Times in November 2008 that perhaps 10 or 12 of the 15,000 professional economists foresaw the coming crisis. Evidently, Mr.

Blogging Meltdown: "Change we can believe in"

Obama's economic team seems to confirm at first glance that all his talk of "change" really means more of the same – "more bailouts, more government intervention, more addressing symptoms rather than causes – along with greater deficits, and massive increases in gover …

Economic Lessons From Lenin's Seer
Source: The New York Times

NIKOLAI KONDRATIEFF was not exactly a faceless bureaucrat in post-revolutionary Russia.

ABC News: Salma Hayek On Why She Breastfed Another Woman's Baby
Source: ABC News

Excerpt: Since ABC's "Nightline" aired a story last week about Salma Hayek's goodwill trip to Sierra Leone, there has been a world-wide outpouring of reaction.

When governments print money, buy gold - Telegraph
Source: Telegraph

Control-freak politicians abhor gold because it ignores them; it won't do what it's told. It defies economists and laughs at central bankers.

George Bush Doesn't Care About White People

'Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded. - F. Hayek

The New Road to Serfdom
Source: In These Times

In the early '80s, as Margaret Thatcher attempted to hack away at England's substantial public sector, she found a frustrating degree of public resistance. The closer she got to the bone, the more the patient wriggled and withdrew.

America is the "Land of the Favorites."
Source: Town Hall

Suppose a person is raped and we arrest the rapist.

The Snare of Government Subsidies
Source: mises.org

The idea that businessmen are strong defenders of the free enterprise system is one which is believed only by those who have never studied the history of private enterprise in the Western, industrial nations.

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