Monthly Archives: November 2008

Enough of this

Roderick Long has an essay on Cato Unbound, promoting (of course) that opposition to corporate power is consistent with free market advocacy.  Jesse Walker linked to it on Reason’s Hit’n’Run.  Philosophical hilarity has ensued. Somehow, the arguments in the comments … Continue reading

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I'd say they're blind as bats, but that'd be insulting to bats

You know how if you see something over and over it eventually becomes so common you stop acknowledging it?  Well, when it comes to zeroes behind digits on handouts to people who have no business expecting anything, politicians have that … Continue reading

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Comfortable in that cocoon, ain't ya?

Check out what one of the front page headlines was at WaPo earlier (click on thumbnail): In other news: Turd sandwich, or philly cheesesteak? Difficult decisions ahead…

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That makes two of us…

On NYT’s Freakonomics blog, they’re having people post questions to Ron Paul.  Methinks this one from a bit before noon was rhetorical: Do you believe that corporations should have a special status that limits the liability of the individual owners … Continue reading

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If irony were currency we'd all be rich

Radley mentioning the “national service” garbage that Obama & his future Chief of Staff love reminds me of how during his campaign so much of the organization was decentralized & volunteer-based.  Since I have an unfortunate habit of reading blogs … Continue reading

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Morning After

The good: no more lame jokes by nameless black comedians about how Bill Clinton was like having a black president because he smoked weed, had rhythm & liked fat chicks. The bad: Four more years at least of Fred Armisen … Continue reading

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Fuck Feathers! (or "my kind of pandering")

Heh…: It’s not every day that a top lawyer for the Bush administration, standing before the black-robed justices of the Supreme Court, invokes the specter of “Big Bird dropping the F-bomb on Sesame Street.”  Yet it was that kind of … Continue reading

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That "liberal media"…

Accidentally left CNN on in the background.  Wolf Blitzer was talking to Guliani and practically offering him up as the next Attorney General.  Apparently because he thinks Gonzales wasn’t enough of an authoritarian dick. Edit: switched it to ESPN only … Continue reading

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Final pre-election thought. Yes, singular.

What exactly is 538.com going to talk about until the next one? Edit: mkay, I lied.  I blame gay marriage Balko: The Politico polls Obama insiders and comes up with a list of possible nominees for cabinet secretaries and top-level … Continue reading

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