Damn, i haven't listened to Tool in a while ( Read more... )

So, democracy is teh bestest, except for when its not ( Read more... )

Fascism is a word that is regularly bandied about in the more feverish corners of American political debate. The word has devolved into a general epithet which carries no meaning other than "any political opinion with which the speaker does not agree." This is unfortunate, as Fascism does have a genuine definition, and today I have the pleasure of ( Read more... )

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we forgot to bring a fucking camera to the maiden show saturday, but thank the good lord, Ray brought his:


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Recently, the California Supreme Court legislated that same-sex marriages be legal in the state. I’m going to put aside the separation of powers/will of the people/judicial activism nonsense and just discuss the true morality of this decision, and more importantly, its effect on all our personal liberties ( Read more... )

The idea that Obama is going to save us from World War IV, as the neocons gleefully refer to the impending conflict, is, it turns out, a pipe dream. The sad fact of the matter was underscored by Jonathan Landay in the McClatchy newspapers ( Read more... )

If you support bio-fuels or other government supported environmental regulations & policies, you are (unwittingly) helping to starve people all over the world.

A good article on the subject.

Thus, almost all additional US corn production between 2004 and 2007, for instance, has been diverted to the production of ethanol, while the European ( Read more... )

If our government were scrupulously faithful to the Constitution, we would not need to be especially concerned when a person who represents a philosophy different from our own takes political office. Our Constitution delegates relatively few tasks to the federal government, so it should almost be a matter of indifference who is elected. We wouldn't ( Read more... )

Some neat info from the Mises blog, of course:

Blaming greedy oil companies on the rising price of gas is simply irresponsible. The profit margins of a few selected industries are as follows ( Read more... )