January 2012
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Hey, remember after we invaded Iraq and we found...
stfuconservatives:
Y’know the ones that the president, pretty much every other politician, every military general, and every intelligence analyst was CERTAIN were there? Yeahhh… Now tell me again about the imminent threat of a nuclear Iran. -Joe
Exactly.
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So I actually caught part of the GOP debate last...
This is unusual for me, because:
I don’t have a TV.
If I did, it wouldn’t have cable.
I’m sure it’s on the internet somewhere but don’t feel like finding it.
I already pretty much know what everyone is going to say.
That said, I must say that there were some…amusing, I guess you could say? — moments which I much enjoyed.
Topping the list is when...
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Why the Government Must Control the Internet →
n-morgan:
It wasn’t too long ago that that we had three sources of national news: ABC, CBS, and NBC. Print media were limited to the daily newspaper and national news magazines like Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report. No more.
The media gatekeepers are few and far between today. The last gate – the biggest gate – is the internet. If it can’t be controlled, the people can’t be...
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The TSA has detained Sen. Rand Paul for refusing a... →
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“In other words, many SOPA opponents were confused and even shocked when they...”
– Glenn Greenwald (via kateoplis)
“The illegal we do immediately; the unconstitutional takes a little longer.” — Henry Kissinger
And then eventually, they pass laws to legalize it. Congress has to be kept busy somehow, right?
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“What cost $1 in 1900 would cost $25.85 in 2010. ...
Q. Under the Austrian School of Economics, and indeed by the predictions of its proponents, the huge, expansionary policies of the Federal Reserve should be causing run-away Inflation. Indeed, the cry for years has been to warn of dire hyperinflation should any of the no in place expansionary policies by tried. Yet this flies in the face of what we have seen, namely price stability (save for...
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Official List of "Too Big To Fail" Banks →
libertariancontrarian:
Do you do business with any of these vampires? If you do, you are a part of the problem.
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Wait, what?
mattgaw replied to your post: Since you’re someone who is both pro-life and pro-peace, I was wondering what you thought of the idea of the “consistent life ethic” which is a political philosophy that opposes all forms of legalized homicide such as abortion, war, capital punishment, euthanasia, ect?
LOL I like how nrneal asked how you justify abortion when your against all other violence and then...
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We're really going over this again?
Q. How can you legitimately believe that you are supporting the preservation of liberty when you are against taxes on the rich and for deregulating our economy. There is the freedom to do something and then there is the freedom from something. In the case of corporations, the question is whether they should have the freedom to exploit their workers and consumers without consequences, or whether...
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Ron Paul and Earmarks
Q. I like Ron Paul, for the most part, however why do Ron Paul fanatics never mention his millions of dollars in earmarks he asks for (and mostly receives) every year? — The Modern Patriot, from tumblr.
A. I’m not sure that it’s accurate to say that this issue is “never” mentioned. On the contrary, it’s brought up quite regularly as a supposed “gotcha” ostensibly showing Dr. Paul is not as...
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a-rascal-bled-misery asked: how do you feel about Gary Johnson?
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nrneal asked: Since you're someone who is both pro-life and pro-peace, I was wondering what you thought of the idea of the "consistent life ethic" which is a political philosophy that opposes all forms of legalized homicide such as abortion, war, capital punishment, euthanasia, ect?
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The Author of SOPA is a Copyright Violator →
Of course he is.
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Want to make your own anti-SOPA blackout post? →
Go here. Tell it how many paragraphs you want. Copy and paste. (That’s my fiancé’s coding work, by the way. I know, I’m impressed too.)
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Why My Tumblr Is Blacked out Today
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MLK on War
Below are excerpts from his speech entitled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” I’m not such a fan of his economics, but how much of this could be too easily applied to our modern interventions in the Middle East!
On cruel irony:
[I]t became clear to me that the war was doing far more than devastating the hopes of the poor at home. It was sending their sons and their...
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WaPo: Obama to propose combining agencies to... →
Let’s get this straight — this article reports that:
The president wants to cut and streamline government.
This will save $3 billion in the next ten years.
He is going to raise the debt limit by $1.2 trillion — him personally, not Congress, Constitution be damned!
Some GOP members of Congress consider this all to be a promising development for limited government.
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I'll be blacking out my tumblr on January 18
simpleconundrum:
I urge you to visit http://americancensorship.org and see how you can follow suit.
I need to remember to do this — and you should too. Assuming the code works on tumblr.
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Hey, tumblr.
It’s been an insane 10 days, and it won’t let up until next week — which is why I’ve been such a sucky blogger.
But I’ve got a whole bunch of questions in my queue for answering, and some of them in particular are really awesome (you all ask such smart things! I have the greatest followers), so I’m anticipating a big writing spree this weekend.
Prepare...
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The military is tracking social media mentions of... →
Heeeeeeeeey, army.
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“As the United States officially ended the war in Iraq last month, President...”
– John Tirman, “Why do we ignore the civilians killed in America’s wars?”
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34 Facts about the National Debt →
Here are some of my…uhh…favorites:
#1 During fiscal year 2011, the U.S. government spent 3.7 trillion dollars but it only brought in 2.4 trillion dollars.
#5 The U.S. government spent over 454 billion dollars just on interest on the national debt during fiscal 2011.
#14 If you divide up the national debt equally among all U.S. taxpayers, each taxpayer would owe approximately...
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sassy-asexual-friend asked: this isn't really a question, but thank you for being so amazing. I look forward to reading all you have to say in the future!
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Ron Paul took 48% of the youth vote in Iowa to... →
He may not be the nominee this time around, but eventually those under-30s are going to be over 30 and making up the majority of Republican voters. Ha!