Category Archives: philosophy/life

When all is politics, all else is nothing

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

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

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

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

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

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?”

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

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!”

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.

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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