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Ron Paul: Minor Nuisance.
Ron Paul is getting absolutely annihilated in the campaign. Every cent people have donated to his campaign could have been used for something more productive, like an emergency "bug-out" fund to exfiltrate you and your family from the expanding surveillance-nanny-police-prison state. Buying $3200 worth of Mega Millions Lottery tickets is a smarter ( Read more... ) -
The Lie of Male/Female Pay Disparity
So I saw another study lamenting the disparity in pay between men and women. This one tells us that "Corporations Pay Women CFOs 16 Percent Less Than Men". My answer is so what? Is that supposed to be some sort of injustice? Let's apply some logic ( Read more... ) -
Barnett's Thoughts on the Lottery
When I lived in the US, the lottery became something of a sore point for me. Not the general insidiousness of such methods of taxing the poorest people into homeless shelters to pay for state programs while they blame rich people for everything - I've actually always found that to be a little amusing ( Read more... ) -
A Barnettian thought experiment on racism in America
There are three people standing in front of you. They are ( Read more... ) -
"Blacks are under attack" -- Jesse Jackson.
I've decided to weigh in, briefly, on the interracial murder of a 17-year-old teen from a few days ago: it's horrific.
Teen murder victim begged for her lifeA high school girl repeatedly begged for mercy while she was being tortured by her companions who finally took her outside, forced her to strip and shot her in the back of the head so she ( Read more... ) -
Best Commercial Ever.
Model: Catrinel Menghia
Song: Smokescreen by Willis
Translation:
What are you looking at? Eh?
What are you looking at?
Are you undressing me with your eyes?
Poor thing, you can’t help it, can you?
Is your heart beating? Is your head spinning?
Do you feel lost thinking that I could be yours forever? -
This is the kind of inexcusable ignorance and presumptive horsehit
This is the kind of inexcusable ignorance and presumptive horsehit that justifies evils like the war on drugs:
I just had a stupid internet exchange about duty that went like this ( Read more... )
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