Category Archives: philosophy/life

When all is politics, all else is nothing

Posted on November 4, 2011 by B Psycho

With regards to this post from Burt Likko, on the possibility of social backlash from knowledge of ones political activities, I’d like to mention the following: When political control holds such deep importance to our lives as to raise the … Continue reading →

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Operational Liberalism & unicorns

Posted on October 27, 2011 by B Psycho

E.D. Kain makes the following statement in comparison about his views: I think I’m probably equal parts liberal and libertarian – a sort of progressive libertarian or market liberal or something of that nature. On the one hand, I tend … Continue reading →

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The other point

Posted on October 20, 2011 by B Psycho

Will Wilkinson observes the organizational method of the OWS crew and notices it carries its own message: OWS is not simply a group of like-minded people gathered together to make a point with a show of collective force, though it … Continue reading →

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More on what didn’t need doing

Posted on October 12, 2011 by B Psycho

In follow-up to the below re: the guy that got plucked out as representative of the ongoing protests… Turns out the guy has a Twitter account. Having resurrected mine recently, I figured why not directly call him out on the … Continue reading →

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How not to do what didn’t need to be done

Posted on October 10, 2011 by B Psycho

Found the following pair of quotes interesting.  This first one is about the OWS protests, specifically the “general assembly” method adopted by the origin protesters in New York: People are extremely excited about what we are doing. We’re engaging in … Continue reading →

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On the distribution of resources

Posted on October 8, 2011 by B Psycho

Included in HuffPo’s coverage feed of OccupyWallStreet today was a link to this, a guest post about it by a member of the NYPD.  No surprise, it’s chock full of false assumptions: I have friends on both side of the … Continue reading →

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“What’s your occupation?” “What do you THINK it is?”

Posted on October 5, 2011 by B Psycho

To summarize very shortly my overall view of the protests: While I wouldn’t quite say it has hit its stride yet, the criticisms of it via the partisan mainstream “left” are ridiculous.  When Yglesias and company bitch about “message discipline”, … Continue reading →

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Getting legitimacy out of the way

Posted on September 3, 2011 by B Psycho

Michael Lind, professional idiot, recently wrote a column that made the ridiculous on its face claim that libertarianism is pro-dictator.  Will Wilkinson, in the process of giving such tripe the drubbing it deserved, slipped in a whopper of his own, … Continue reading →

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“…but I didn’t order the combo meal!”

Posted on August 29, 2011 by B Psycho

Over the past 24 hours, an argument took place via Twitter between Jim Harper of the Cato Institute & Matt Yglesias from ThinkProgress.  An argument over the National Weather Service.  Really. Jim sparked this by way of a random quip … Continue reading →

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Liberty, exit, and water. Lots of water.

Posted on August 20, 2011 by B Psycho

Ugh…this again: Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters, according to a profile of the billionaire in Details magazine. While I’m obviously in … Continue reading →

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