http://mises.org/daily/6494/The-Logical-Beauty-of-Libertarianism
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-21 00:30:00 UTC
http://mises.org/daily/6494/The-Logical-Beauty-of-Libertarianism
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-21 00:30:00 UTC
ARISTOTLE ON DEMOCRACY VS OLIGARCHY
“…it is thought democratic, for the offices to be assigned by lot, and oligarchic for them to be elected (by vote.)” – Aristotle
There is nothing much good from elected government that would not be better served by selection by lot.
I would much rather trust a random selection of citizens than I would any selection of any politicians.
🙂
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-20 13:36:00 UTC
http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21589922-has-liberalisation-oldest-profession-gone-too-far-giant-teutonic-brothelGERMANY AS A GIANT BROTHEL SERVING 1M MEN A DAY. lol
(ridiculing the state)
“Prostitution seems to have declined in Sweden (unless it has merely gone deep underground), whereas Germany has turned into a giant brothel and even a destination for European sex tourism. The best guess is that Germany has about 400,000 prostitutes catering to 1m men a day. Mocking the spirit of the 2001 law, exactly 44 of them, including four men, have registered for welfare benefits.”
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-19 13:21:00 UTC
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509391/Do-EMAIL-APNOEA-80-people-stop-breathing-properly-typing.htmlWEIRD: BREATHING WHILE TYPING
When I first started programming in a lab, we only got so much computer time. Made me very stressed. And I would get these horrible headaches, nausea and dilated pupils.
Then, I learned that you actually gotta breathe. lol
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-18 21:37:00 UTC
http://shrink4men.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/10-signs-your-girlfriend-or-wife-is-an-emotional-bully/ABUSIVE WOMEN
I’ve repeatedly asked anyone who might have an opinion, why I must teach every single woman I have a relationship (a) not to hit me, and (b) nagging accomplishes the opposite of your intentions, and is in effect, ‘bullying’. Oh, and the last (c) while I will struggle to make your dreams come true, this must be at least somewhat reciprocated. I am not a life support system for a vagina. I am not a consumable resource. Believe it or not, my personal fulfillment is the purpose of my life. If we help each other do that, well, that’s wonderful. But you know, it’s gotta be reciprocal.
A man is not a ‘pussy’ because he won’t engage in physical or verbal abuse. You are ABUSIVE if you want him to.
Personally, I tend to just vote with my feet and ‘leave’.
“ABUSIVE” əˈbyo͞osiv,-zi adjective
extremely offensive and insulting. “abusive language”
synonyms: insulting, rude, vulgar, offensive, disparaging, belittling, derogatory, opprobrious, disrespectful, denigratory, uncomplimentary, censorious, pejorative, vituperative; defamatory, slanderous, libelous, scurrilous, blasphemous;
informal: bitchy;
ALCOHOLIC BEHAVIOR AS CAUSE OF ABUSE
1) Blame you for many things, and over-emphasize ‘fault’ or blame?
or
2) Display behavior patterns that emphasize arguing?
or
3) Have difficulty finding happiness or joy except when drinking?
or
4) DENIAL that they have a problem.
I suspect that because my father (and a lot of people in my family, really) are alcoholics, that I am somewhat attracted to this kind of person. Which is terrible.
What you do find, is that the alcoholic personality is more intense. I have plenty of theories about this. For my part, I find them interesting because their emotions are not difficult to discern, and ‘normal’ people are very hard for me to read unless they are either visibly happy or visibly unhappy.
ASPIES
Freaking difficult problem really. Frustrating.
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-18 13:23:00 UTC
http://freakonomics.com/2013/10/25/why-are-the-japanese-no-longer-interested-in-sex/CONSUMPTION IS BETTER THAN SEX
(the future of america)
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-17 22:08:00 UTC
AND THAT IS WHAT MACRO ECONOMISTS ARE ACTUALLY MEASURING : THE SPREAD OF ANGLO INFLUENCE BY MILITARY MEANS.
“The spread of ‘Western’ values was, in truth, a series of military victories by the Anglosphere.” – Daniel Hannan
Make sure you know what it is that you’re measuring.
Because without those values we will measure something else entirely.
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-16 12:50:00 UTC
THE UNNATURAL NATURE OF ANGLO EXCEPTIONALISM
“The conceit of our era is to assume that these ideals are somehow the natural condition of an advanced society—that all nations will get around to them once they become rich enough and educated enough. In fact, these ideals were developed overwhelmingly in the language in which you are reading these words. You don’t have to go back very far to find a time when freedom under the law was more or less confined to the Anglosphere: the community of English-speaking democracies.” – Daniel Hannan
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-16 12:46:00 UTC
“The current generation of Americans are ahistorical. They have no understanding of history” – James Flynn
This is the nicest possible way to tell a generation that they are ignorant.
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-16 12:29:00 UTC
LIES. DAMNED LIES.
“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.”
–Albert Camus
Source date (UTC): 2013-11-16 12:03:00 UTC