Monthly Archives: June 2011

Fairness for now

Posted on June 27, 2011 by B Psycho

In a past post, I had stated a reminder that “marriage” involving a government license was not always the case, and that the anti-state view on this is (naturally) that politics have no business being involved in sanctioning or rejecting … Continue reading →

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The UN made me do it

Posted on June 21, 2011 by B Psycho

A highly familiar statement within anti-state philosophical circles is that “illegal” is not synonymous with “wrong”.  That is, codification by the State that if you do activity A they claim the right to send men with guns your general direction … Continue reading →

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He cried “More! More War!”

Posted on June 19, 2011 by B Psycho

John McCain has a vastly different definition of “isolationism” than most: Republican Senator John McCain, his party’s 2008 presidential nominee, ripped into the current crop of Republican White House contenders, accusing them of breaking party tradition by preaching “isolationism.” He … Continue reading →

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I called it

Posted on June 17, 2011 by B Psycho

Me, a month ago, when catching up with latest news: The head of the IMF got arrested on sexual assault charges.  “Officers, what are you doing!  I have diplomati– oh, wait, no I don’t.  Shit…” Latest revelation about that arrest: … Continue reading →

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Big Beer calls for Big Beats

Posted on June 16, 2011 by B Psycho

Drinking this, a rather well-named IPA: Music at the moment is Noisia’s “Split the Atom”.  They branched out on this one, to the point where the opening track slingshots back and forth between drum’n’bass and an oddly melodic neo-Big-Beat type … Continue reading →

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Parallel-o-gram

Posted on June 15, 2011 by B Psycho

What supporters of Bradley Manning are being asked in front of a federal grand jury: “are you, or have you ever been, a Communist Wikileaks employee?”  Obvious assumption being, if you back Manning, you must be in Julian Assange’s pocket. … Continue reading →

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Economic Growth Hormones

Posted on June 14, 2011 by B Psycho

Since it’s come up as a topic lately, here’s my two cents: -Drastic, sustained growth over several years like Pawlenty was talking about as an “aspiration” is generally associated with rapid industrialization in poorer countries.  The U.S. is well past … Continue reading →

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“would you like Extra Stupid on that?”

Posted on June 13, 2011 by B Psycho

Shorter Herman Cain: “I’m really black, Obama isn’t.  I know this because I can’t trust blacks to not rob my delivery drivers” If anyone wonders why I find this guy interesting, I have a couple reasons. For one, I used … Continue reading →

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After awhile you stop noticing

Posted on June 13, 2011 by B Psycho

Among the Palin emails was a revelation that, while in office, she solicited Dick Cheney’s help to influence passage of a natural gas pipeline project in Alaska.  Pretty bold, admittedly, but considering her aspirations at the time and position as … Continue reading →

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Simple enough…

Posted on June 11, 2011 by B Psycho

From a Letter to the Editor in response to a recently published C4SS column on Libya: David D’Amato seems to have forgotten that the crisis in Libya was brought on by the attempt of Colonel Gaddafi’s dictatorial regime to suppress … Continue reading →

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