"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys; he may look dumb but that's just a disguise; he's a mastermind in the ways of espionage." Charlie Daniels, "Uneasy Rider" July 2010 - Posts - TT's Lost in Tokyo

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Clean-up in Aisle 7; Or, In Which I Heroically Litter Walter Block's Post on Littering by TokyoTom

I refer to Walter Block's the July 14 Mises Blog post Defending the Litterer , an excerpt of his "Defending the Undefendable" book. In his final two paragraphs, Block concludes: In the light of the inflexibility of the government, and its...
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A note to Tom Woods:Mises & property (and commons & IP): Is libertarianism now "merely a veiled apologia for capital”? by TokyoTom

I refer to Tom Wood's post on Mises's Vision of the Free Society , regarding Ludwig von Mises 's book, Liberalism . I left the following comment (emphasis added): TokyoTom July 21, 2010 at 4:11 am Tom: I’ll need to take a look at this...
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Libertarians and IP: Shall we replace the state with "principled" thoughtlessness? by TokyoTom

I commented previously on Stephan Kinsella's Mises Blog post: “ The L. Neil Smith – FreeTalkLive Copyright Dispute ”; allow me to note the the response I received from Stephan and my reply (emphasis added): Stephan Kinsella July...
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A few thoughts from Japan on unowned/common resources, governments and whale PR wars by TokyoTom

I left this comment on a post at Andy Revkin' s Dot Earth/NYT blog about the January run-in between the Sea Shepherd organization and the Japanese whaling fleet (emphasis added): TokyoTom Tokyo January 11th, 2010 3:50 pm Andy, this dispute is in some...
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Charitable discussions of IP? by TokyoTom

I refer to Jeffrey Tucker's July 19th post, " L. Neil Smith on IP "; below are comments I made :. .Jeffrey: I'm all for discussing this further, but with a little more charity than you offer to L. Neil Smith , who understandably "painted...
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[Preface added] IP Flamewars, Community and Principles; A few thoughts to Stephan on "The L. Neil Smith – FreeTalkLive Copyright Dispute" by TokyoTom

Stephan/others in the LvMI/libertarian community: I tried to post a long comment on this on July 16, but it got caught in moderation limbo (and though I’ve said a dozen Hail Marys, it’s still stuck), so allow me to note to anyone who hasn’t...
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Finally: Andrew Napolitano: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for Torturing, for Spying and Arresting Without Warrants by TokyoTom

Don't miss this interview of Napolitano by Ralph Nader: Andrew Napolitano: Bush and Cheney Should Have Been Indicted for Torturing, for Spying and Arresting Without Warrants
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Al Franken's opening remarks at Kagan confirmation hearing by TokyoTom

I've commented previously on some recent comments by comedian-turned-Senator Al Franken regarding the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision on corporate funding of political speech. I've just run into Franken's remarks at the commencement...
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I Can't Stand Cant, Or, LeBron James and our Collectivist Scorn of "Collectivists" by TokyoTom

A recent post on the Mises Economics Blog by contributor S.M. Oliva , " LeBron and the Collectivist Mentality ", which rails against "collectivism" and hypocrisy in the treatment of professional athletes, has provided an opportunity...
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A government-fostered love of hatred: In which I rant to a buddy about some blind, stupid Left- and Islamofascist-hating neocon rant by TokyoTom

A buddy forwarded to me a link to a flash movie he'd received via a chain of forwarded emails headed "A Powerful, Must Watch Video". I started taking a look at the flash movie, then paused and went to check out the host website: http://apathetic...
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It's not just oil pollution, over-fishing, fertilizer run-off, plastic or exotic species invasions: Science report says climate change is permanently damaging oceans by TokyoTom

I've addressed the poor health of the world's oceans quite recently , in response to a flip comment by Lew Rockwell about how the "ecosystem" is likely to "survive and thrive" regardless of environmental and/or political debacles...
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Carl Pope/Sierra Club: The End of the Corporate Zombie? Will Americans finally fight the corporate takeover of government? (post Citizens United decision) by TokyoTom

I've just run across two pieces of commentary on the Supreme Court's recent Citizens United decisions by Carl Pope , chairman of the Sierra Club, that I agree with almost completely as a matter of history, Constitutional analysis and review of...
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Carl Pope/Sierra Club: Did Thomas Jefferson Think Corporations Were People? On Kicking Sleeping Dogs (ante Citizens United decision) by TokyoTom

I've just run across two pieces of commentary on the Supreme Court's recent Citizens United decisions by Carl Pope , chairman of the Sierra Club, that I agree with almost completely as a matter of history, Constitutional analysis and review of...
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Interesting - but obviously flawed - hit YouTube animation of lecture on "Crises of Capitalism" by the UK Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures & Commerce by TokyoTom

I attach below an entertaining YouTube video that I ran across that is an animation of an 11 minute lecture by David Harvey , a radical sociologist who is Distinguished Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) , and who has been teaching Karl...
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Swiss Re releases paper on climate change "skepticism" by TokyoTom

In December 2009, insurance giant Swiss Re released a paper focussed on arguments made by climate change "skeptics", interested readers can find it here .
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