I just got my new wristband from the Adam Smith Institute.

It says, “I buy goods from poorer countries.”

It goes nicely with my wristband from the Mises Institute, which says (of course), “Tu ne cede malis.”

“But the movie isn’t about fractional reserve banking, any more than it’s about angels getting their wings. It’s about the positive, cumulative, but unseen benefits to many people of individual acts of charity and honesty. It’s also about capitalism: home ownership, small businesses, and sacrificial hard work. That’s why immigrants should be required to take a test on ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’ It wouldn’t hurt to have political candidates take the test, either. I suspect that most of them would flunk.”

“‘Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!’”

I was searching Google images on the string “notes to my children” to see if I found anything interesting to use in my babyblog post of a similar name. I didn’t find anything I wanted to use, but I did find a couple of unexpected images, given what I was looking for.

This does happen on occasion.

Strange image #1 was (I kid you not) this picture of the late Sam Konkin, aka SEK3, spiritual leader of the Left Rothbardians and founder of the MLL.

The hit seems to be a result of the phrases “New Libertarian Notes“ and “the Narnian children‘s books”.

Strange image #2 comes from the through- the- cultural- looking- glass world of Brazil. It was on a page discussing album covers and liner notes.

OK, half the puzzle solved. What about the other half? Turns out this Tiazinha was “a whip toting, S&M masked, bikini clad Children‘s TV host.” Again, I’m not making this up.

Go ahead. Do an image search on “Tiazinha” … I dare you …