Curt Doolittle

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  • SIX RULES

    http://alephblog.com/2013/10/11/taleb-versus-reality/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAlephBlog+%28The+Aleph+Blog%29TALEB : SIX RULES

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-11 09:36:00 UTC

  • “To get the attention of a large animal, be it an elephant or a bureaucracy, it

    “To get the attention of a large animal,

    be it an elephant or a bureaucracy,

    it helps to know what part of it feels pain.

    Be very sure, though, that you want its full attention.”

    – R. A. J. Phillips/John Campbell

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-10 12:37:00 UTC

  • PUTIN SCHOOL OF NATURAL LAW “It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to se

    PUTIN SCHOOL OF NATURAL LAW

    “It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.” (This was not only an ideological, but theological contradistinction)

    — Vladimir Putin.

    COMMENT

    This is an appeal to natural law. There is a law higher than our hubris may construct. It is required for the rule of law. And it is by consequence the language of statesmen.

    Its absence is the language of politicians.

    The west is exceptional for its natural law and balance of powers. For its private property rights. For science and reason.

    It is interesting that Obama should need to be schooled in such important matters by Putin.

    Terrifying.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-10 03:33:00 UTC

  • “CONSERVATIVES WANT TO MAINTAIN THE LAW OF KARMA” Great way of explaining conser

    “CONSERVATIVES WANT TO MAINTAIN THE LAW OF KARMA”

    Great way of explaining conservative sanctity and proportionality.

    Haidt Rules.

    (thanks roman)

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 20:23:00 UTC

  • YOU’RE STILL LEGALLY DEAD You cannot make this stuff up. Really. So lets return

    http://www.thecourier.com/Issues/2013/Oct/08/ar_news_100813_story2.asp?d=100813_story2,2013,Oct,08&c=nDAVE, YOU’RE STILL LEGALLY DEAD

    You cannot make this stuff up. Really. So lets return to juries and the common law. OK?

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 19:25:00 UTC

  • SHUTDOWN: HOW TO REBUILD THE CIVIL SOCIETY. Keep it shutdown

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/citizen-lawn-mower-at-lincoln-memorial-also-blows-leaves-and-cuts-up-downed-branches/2013/10/09/0383e710-3120-11e3-89ae-16e186e117d8_story.html(inspiring)

    SHUTDOWN: HOW TO REBUILD THE CIVIL SOCIETY.

    Keep it shutdown.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 17:28:00 UTC

  • YES. COUNT ME LIBERTARIAN “There’s another group of folks out there though: The

    YES. COUNT ME LIBERTARIAN

    “There’s another group of folks out there though: The people who want the federal government shut down, defaulting on their debts, and otherwise completely unable to function. These folks are positively gleeful… The libertarian wing … gets exactly what they want the longer the federal government stays shut down.” -Dave. Cleveland.

    I WANT TO DE LEGITIMIZE THE STATE. SHUT IT DOWN. SECEED. And be free again of the evil empire.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 08:00:00 UTC

  • WORST. PRESIDENT. IN. SINCE. ROOSEVELT. (sentimental) From today. By Eric Cantor

    WORST. PRESIDENT. IN. SINCE. ROOSEVELT.

    (sentimental)

    From today. By Eric Cantor, House majority leader

    “President Obama has often chosen to unilaterally circumvent the law under the guise of executive authority. Most recently, that was demonstrated in July with his delay of Obamacare mandates for corporations , but it has been a hallmark of this presidency.

    “Courts have held that President Obama violated the Constitution with certain “recess” appointments , ignoring the required consent of Congress. He has abused executive-branch “rule making” rather than working with Congress to pass laws. He has ignored the letter of the law when it comes to religious liberty and work requirements for welfare .

    “President Obama has used executive orders to unilaterally change U.S. immigration laws. His administration has used waivers to change laws such as No Child Left Behind to compel states to adopt new policies.

    “In some of these instances, the president attempted to garner statutory authority, failed to do so and then acted in defiance of that. In other instances, he never bothered to find consensus and ignored Congress from the outset, usually contending that he simply had no choice. This is no way to govern, and it cripples the system of checks and balances that our Founding Fathers envisioned.”

    Carter was pretty bad. Bush was pretty bad. But neither of them did anywhere near this damage to the division of powers.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 04:50:00 UTC

  • YET ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCE OF ‘TOLERANCE’ “…the UK is facing its gra

    YET ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCE OF ‘TOLERANCE’

    “…the UK is facing its gravest terror threat, including from “several thousand” Islamist extremists who are living here and want to attack the country, Mr Parker said.”

    COMMENT

    If they had written policy and law to specifically address islamists, none of us would care.

    But with their politically correct foolishness they have let loose the bureaucratic interests of the state on citizens: the extended family.

    And by doing so done more to delegitimize the state than libertarians could have wished for.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-09 02:36:00 UTC

  • CLARK – ANGLO SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EQ4OLA/ref=tsm_1_fb_lkGREGORY CLARK – ANGLO SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.

    “A Farewell to Arms) discusses the divide between rich and poor nations that came about as a result of the Industrial Revolution in terms of the evolution of particular behaviors originating in Britain. Prior to 1790, Clark asserts, man faced a Malthusian trap: new technology enabled greater productivity and more food, but was quickly gobbled up by higher populations.”

    “In Britain, however, as disease continually killed off poorer members of society, their positions in society were taken over by the sons of the wealthy. By that according to Clark less violent, more literate and more hard-working behaviour were spread culturally and biologically throughout the population. This process of “downward social mobility” eventually enabled Britain to attain a rate of productivity that allowed it to break out of the Malthusian trap. Clark sees this process also til today as the major factor why some countries are poor and others are rich.”

    COMMENT

    Now, you might not make the same association. But what I see is that immigration prevents downward rotation. It just promotes dissatisfaction. A body politics is BOTH an extended family AND a system of production. And you cannot just assume the latter universally trumps the former.

    Source date (UTC): 2013-10-08 14:01:00 UTC