Category Archives: fevered barking

Garbage In, Garbage Out

If I had a nickel for every time some “progressive” blogger’s critique of libertarianism 1) completely ignored that there are skeptics of capitalism at all within it, 2) assumed It All Began With Ayn Rand, despite her hating libertarians during … Continue reading

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Stop cheering, we lost

Last week the Boston Marathon got bombed, killing 3 people and maiming 170. Allegedly this was done by Tamerlan & Dzokhar Tsarnev. A running battle with the police later, and Tamerlan is dead, while Dzokhar is in custody in a … Continue reading

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“You’re cute” — and we’re *screwed*

A good rule of thumb to hold with regards to politics: Never underestimate the power of the trivial to overshadow the gravely important. Latest example of the above rule came to us last week, when amidst the ongoing backdrop of … Continue reading

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Blacksploitation of another shade

Yesterday was the day that in the U.S. means the recognition of this man: Along with his obvious contribution on racial justice though, he also had plenty to say about poverty, as well as militarism (he was against both, natch’). … Continue reading

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“We’re bombs, and we’re here to help”

Recently observed rule: any argument over foreign policy in terms of western/U.S. military intervention will eventually result in the following: 1) Claim that opposition to such is rooted in some form of bigotry, of tribal indifference. Basically, it is taken … Continue reading

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Bagman vs Triggerman

A.I.G., post Capital Paradox, is feeling thankful, starting a new ad campaign thanking the U.S. for the billions in assistance it got at gunpoint to bail them out from the consequences of highly stupid financial decisions. You may have seen … Continue reading

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We The Stupid

In the narrow space between the election and yet another example of the worthlessness of “our” media in chasing after sex rather than the corruption and abuse that they always whiff past, the “We the People” petition thing on the … Continue reading

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I sacrifice for you…

Basically because I was super bored, I took the initiative in live-tweeting the 2012 Vice-presidential debate. I share, verbatim, what I had to say for those of you who don’t tweet. A warning: heard of “drunk-blogging”? This is drunk-tweeting. What … Continue reading

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Vertical Solidarity is nonsense

Ta-Nehisi Coates has a (long) essay at The Atlantic that has been passed around quite swiftly online for something so large. In it he describes a couple things: first, how it seems as if every political subject once it is … Continue reading

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Say you want an evolution…

Some people have very, very low expectations.  For example, the following is being cheered: President Obama today announced that he now supports same-sex marriage, reversing his longstanding opposition amid growing pressure from the Democratic base and even his own vice … Continue reading

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