This Week in Liberty, Episode 1. Guest: Rob (Autolykos). Internet regulation, IP, cheap computing
So we have over 3,000 guests online right now! It seems like the number of guests reading the forums has gone up over the last few months. Cool.
And 7,000 of those are bots :D
To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process. Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!" Stephan Kinsella: "Say you and I both want to make a German chocolate cake."
Ever the optimist, eh?
Islamist leader declared president of Egypt
Poll: 1-in-4 uncommitted now in White House race
Thousands march for gay pride in San Francisco
'Jeopardy!' host Trebek suffers mild heart attack
What was he thinking? Study turns to ape intellect
Animal smarts: What do dolphins and dogs know?
Court keeps upcoming health care decision secret
Rand Paul: "I am not a libertarian"
The Economic Views of the Newly Elected Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt
War of 1812 Quiz
Is Austerity to Blame for Europe's Economic Woes?
A Weapon We Can’t Control
Questions over Greg Mortenson's stories
http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/06/rio20-summit
CAN companies succeed where governments have failed to protect the environment? The question was repeatedly asked in Rio de Janeiro this week, at the UN’s vast three-day environment summit, which was due to end on June 22nd.
Is this another non-event, or should I be worrying about new wave of eco-fascism?
Awe, Autolykos is Rob! Listen to his voice up there ^
Sorry for thinking you were a cranky Picard.
Protester Accuses Tony Blair of War Crimes (Investigation Called for by the Court)
On Legalizing Marijuana: Mitt Romney VS. Ron Paul
Must View: The Importance of Staying Ahead of Price Inflation
As Soldiers Come Back in Coffins, CorpoGovernment Operatives Just Spin the Revolving Door
Vermont Tax Collectors Drill Dentist
Inside anecdotes on Prescott Bush
Seagulls and Persistence
The Neocon Purge of "Ron Paul Types" from the Republican Party
First Reaction to Huerta de Soto
What Greece Should Do
The President Disappeared on Saturday and There's a Bilderberg Meeting Coming Up: Coincidence?
17 Year Old Builds a Better Search Engine
"Of note, he indicates he didn't gain the skills to create his invention from formal education, but rather from studying on his own---which is how most of us learn about Austrian economics."
Bilderberg Hotel Cancels Alex Jones' Hotel Reservation
IMF chief who doesn't pay taxes: "Greeks could "help themselves" by "all paying their tax"
How the Federal Reserve Manipulates Interest Rates and the Money Supply
FLASHBACK: When Obama Ditched the Press in 2008 to Attend a Bilderberg Meeting
Ron Paul Is a Golden Multi-Millionaire
Wells Fargo Seizes Stockton, California City Hall
James Altucher Lived with a Trotskyite
New French Law: CEO pay to 20 times that of the lowest paid worker. Easy CEO solution: fire low wage workers
Hoppe: As a Rule Intellectuals are Worthless Gasbags and Smartasses
Wheylous:Awe, Autolykos is Rob! Listen to his voice up there ^ Sorry for thinking you were a cranky Picard.
Haha no problem. I'm glad I don't sound cranky!
The keyboard is mightier than the gun.
Non parit potestas ipsius auctoritatem.
Voluntaryism Forum
How'd you get the gig?
It's an interesting chart, JJ, but it leaves itself wide open to criticism because it doesn't have "insurgent" casualties listed. But in terms of civilian casualties to US casualties, just wow.
How about the charts here, then?
TEDxMileHighSalon - Michael Huemer - The Irrationality of Politics
i was a warehouse wage slave
still, women are discriminated against
turns out the models were wrong
Yikes!
@JJ: What a great talk... and it's short, too, so it can keep people's attention. TED never fails to amaze me.
Clayton -
Notice how he got no applause for the second example.
Yep. I thought that was a nice bit of jujutsu rhetoric. I also thought his choices for examples of irrationality were the two best possible.
I can't even believe the lack of pertinent information in this. So why am I posting it? If the article is accurate, what a gross violation of this man's rights. No sense of proportion whatsoever. Kidnap and jail a man for throwing french fries? What's next? Shooting bubble gum thieves?
^^ That's in my city 8-0
Entertaining: Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn Responds To Bilderberg Questions
The comments on the videos are pretty entertaining too. Especially the Paula Zahn one.
Is Argentina Headed for Hyper-Inflation?
Must Watch: How Cronyism Works in Washington D.C.
Egypt's Mubarak Sentenced to Life in Prison
Here's What The Smartest Investor I Know Thinks Will Happen To Facebook Stock
Ron Paul's Bankster Protection Portfolio Comes through Big Time, Again
Is More Fed Easing Around the Corner?
ADA Study Confirms Dangers of Fluoridated Water
What Happened to the Austrian School Economist that took a Job at the Fed? (this one is quite good)
Max Keiser on Bilderberg’s Role in the Financial Crisis
Emails Show Obama Fake-Fighting the Drug Industry
"Obamacare emails made public last week show that Obama is skilled at publicly pretending to fight a supposed bad guy -- the drug lobby, in this case -- while ensuring neither side actually gets hurt, both sides get paid, and everyone can be chums afterward."
Greece and the Banksters
A nice quick assessment of Greek sentiment
"By the end of this century, I suspect the U.S. and most other nation-states will have, for all practical purposes, ceased to exist."
"All Nickels, Please"
Keynesians as Insane Warmongers
Analyst: Facebook Will Disappear in 5 to 8 Years
James "The Wizard" Altucher Responds to Analyst View that Facebook will Disappear
Milton Friedman Died a Mechanical Keynesian
The Quickly Developing Social Security Crisis
From the article:
"They opened up my bag, and I told them, 'Please, be careful. These are my grandpa's ashes,'" Gross told RTV6's Norman Cox. "She picked up the jar. She opened it up. "I was told later on that she had no right to even open it, that they could have used other devices, like an X-ray machine. So she opened it up. She used her finger and was sifting through it. And then she accidentally spilled it." Gross says about a quarter to a third of the contents spilled on the floor, leaving him frantically trying to gather up as much as he could while anxious passengers waited behind him. "She didn't apologize. She started laughing. I was on my hands and knees picking up bone fragments. I couldn't pick up all, everything that was lost. I mean, there was a long line behind me."
"They opened up my bag, and I told them, 'Please, be careful. These are my grandpa's ashes,'" Gross told RTV6's Norman Cox. "She picked up the jar. She opened it up.
"I was told later on that she had no right to even open it, that they could have used other devices, like an X-ray machine. So she opened it up. She used her finger and was sifting through it. And then she accidentally spilled it."
Gross says about a quarter to a third of the contents spilled on the floor, leaving him frantically trying to gather up as much as he could while anxious passengers waited behind him.
"She didn't apologize. She started laughing. I was on my hands and knees picking up bone fragments. I couldn't pick up all, everything that was lost. I mean, there was a long line behind me."
The protest rally was organized by Adam Kokesh, a libertarian who publishes podcasts online from a Virginia studio. He says police can "steal from you if they don't like what's coming out of your mouth."
Of course it was.
Profanity Rally Protesters Slam Town's Anti-Swearing Law
This is highly counter-productive.
a) Securing a "right to swear in public" will not strengthen property rights or combat Leviathan in any way
b) It is not clear that a prohibition on swearing in a municipality is any more anti-libertarian than a prohibition on nudity - public space in an urban area is only semi-public in the sense that the norms regulating allowable "homesteading" of such public spaces are naturally much stronger than those regarding the use of empty wilderness.
c) In general, modern Western culture is suffering from a surfeit of high-time-preference libertinism and a deficit of low-time-preference propertarian liberalism. We already have gay marches and so on. That is well-covered territory. What we really need is stronger property rights and a rollback of the surveillance state in order to reinstitute the basic right to privacy, particularly financial privacy precisely because it is the first line of defense against government taxation.
The etatists have twisted the law & order conservatives around on themselves. "If you have nothing to hide, then why do you need to hide anything?" Well, for the simple reason that "out of sight, out of mind" - what the government doesn't know you have, they can't tax just like what criminals don't know you have, they can't steal. Putting valuables in the glove compartment or trunk is a much less expensive alternative to leaving them on the front seat and buying some expensive car alarm.
d) This is precisely the kind of "annoying, in-your-face libertarianism" that gives libertarianism a bad name with mainstream folks. Middle-class soccer moms have no interest in having the right to swear in public. If you want to persuade them to change their hearts & minds on the dangers of etatism, you need to explain how it is actually in their interests. For example: "If the Leviathan State is rolled back, you and your husband will keep more of your paycheck(s) and have more money in your household with which to raise, feed, clothe and educate your children. Would you rather have a better standard-of-living for your children or send US troops over to bomb Iraqis so Lockheed-Martin can justify another contract develop some new murderous, spying drone prototype?"
Well put, Clayton.
Clayton: b) It is not clear that a prohibition on swearing in a municipality is any more anti-libertarian than a prohibition on nudity - public space in an urban area is only semi-public in the sense that the norms regulating allowable "homesteading" of such public spaces are naturally much stronger than those regarding the use of empty wilderness.
Exactly. Just because there are statutes does not necessarily make them wrong, though most of the time they are. There is no reason to believe that property owners would necessarily permit swearing on their property and therefore on the street that they own outside their property. However, it is likely that swearing would be permitted in a large amount of areas, as who is going to take the time to take people to court for swearing? But in a town center, especially in an area where there would be a lot of middle class families, it is highly likely that this kind of behavior would not be common. And if someone were especially profane, then it is likely that some security officer would remove the person from the property.
Wow, respect. H/T LRC blog. The problem is that there are just too much other bullshit the cops can pull (using "lawful orders"). Fortunately, this guy was dealing with less-than-maximal bullies. If you study the law carefully, you can stand your ground with most cops. The key is you have to realize that they all receive a standardized set of "cop law training" and you have to know the legal boundaries they were taught in that training. Most of them didn't pay close attention to all the minutia so if you start going into the fine details and it sounds roughly like what they heard in training, they might back down. But it's still dangerous. All you need is one asshole who doesn't care if he gets written up (because that's the most that will happen to him) and you'll end up flat on the concrete with a knee planted in the back of your neck.
You beat me to it, Clayton!
Check out the pro-police comments. I've decided that, whenever someone tells me "I'm just doing my job," I'm going to calmly reply, "That's the problem."
Wheylous:How'd you get the gig?
I've talked to Nielsio on Skype in the past. He just messaged me recently on here inviting me to start doing podcasts with him.
Not to start a debate on this in the low-content thread, but...
Clayton:This is highly counter-productive.
In all honesty, and with all due respect, I'm not sure if I agree.
Clayton:a) Securing a "right to swear in public" will not strengthen property rights or combat Leviathan in any way
I think the point is about self-ownership, but I could be wrong.
Clayton:b) It is not clear that a prohibition on swearing in a municipality is any more anti-libertarian than a prohibition on nudity - public space in an urban area is only semi-public in the sense that the norms regulating allowable "homesteading" of such public spaces are naturally much stronger than those regarding the use of empty wilderness.
Asking someone to leave property that he doesn't own because you, as either an/the owner or an agent of the owner(s), don't like the way he's behaving, is perfectly legitimate IMO. Certain establishments have dress codes (no hats allowed, no shorts allowed, etc.). What I take exception to is the notion that saying certain words in certain places entails giving up certain property rights - in this case, the right to $20 of one's own money. I believe Mr. Kokesh shares this opinion.
In a voluntaryist world, all property will be either unowned or privately owned. By "privately owned", I don't mean "individually owned", but rather "exclusively owned". So technically "privately owned" is a redundant phrase, as all ownership is private (i.e. exclusive). Note that this certainly allows for property to be jointly owned by two or more individuals. I'm not sure where the notion of "public space" fits in there, to be honest.
Clayton:c) In general, modern Western culture is suffering from a surfeit of high-time-preference libertinism and a deficit of low-time-preference propertarian liberalism. We already have gay marches and so on. That is well-covered territory. What we really need is stronger property rights and a rollback of the surveillance state in order to reinstitute the basic right to privacy, particularly financial privacy precisely because it is the first line of defense against government taxation.
The first and most fundamental property right that anyone has is in himself. Asking someone to leave your house because of the way he's behaving doesn't violate his self-ownership. Since he doesn't own your house, or the land it's own, he has no prima facie right to be there. But if instead you tell him that he now owes you some amount of money because of his behavior, then you are violating his self-ownership. His behavior (assuming it wasn't destructive) didn't take anything from you, so it doesn't follow that you have the right to take something from him as a result. I think this is the philosophical point behind Mr. Kokesh's protest.
Clayton:d) This is precisely the kind of "annoying, in-your-face libertarianism" that gives libertarianism a bad name with mainstream folks. Middle-class soccer moms have no interest in having the right to swear in public. If you want to persuade them to change their hearts & minds on the dangers of etatism, you need to explain how it is actually in their interests. For example: "If the Leviathan State is rolled back, you and your husband will keep more of your paycheck(s) and have more money in your household with which to raise, feed, clothe and educate your children. Would you rather have a better standard-of-living for your children or send US troops over to bomb Iraqis so Lockheed-Martin can justify another contract develop some new murderous, spying drone prototype?"
I don't think it's necessarily an either-or thing. That is, I think both approaches can be taken simultaneously. But as long as people think it's okay to tyrannize those who they simply don't like, and/or are okay with not having rights that they wouldn't exercise anyway, I think they're lost to the cause of libertarianism.
Clayton:and you'll end up flat on the concrete with a knee planted in the back of your neck.
...or worse. That's why the video (especially at least audio) recording is so important. I highly recommend everyone get a small digital audio recorder to keep on your person at all times, and run it anytime you even remotely feel like an encounter is about to occur. (I don't care if your iphone has an audio recording app. It's took big, and too cumbersome to initiate recording. Get a dedicated recorder.)
A "winning" comment on the video Clayton linked to:
"Well heres the thing, I don't care if its in his rights to openly carry a gun, I don't think he should be allowed to carry a gun down the street."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that translate to "I don't care if it's in his rights to openly carry a gun, I don't think it should be in his rights to openly carry a gun"?
Elizabeth Warren and Unions
"Despite the nearly 200 demonstrations against JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and the other big banks, the AFL-CIO and SEIU are in bed with JP Morgan Chase—big time"
At Bilderberg, Kissinger Got the Penthouse Suite and Other Bilderberg Gossip
Signs of China Crashing
How Do I Get a Job on Wall Street?
The Hottest Area in Finance
Did Mitt Romney Sneak into Bilderberg 2012?
President of Estonia Goes Ballistic on Paul Krugman
German Chancellor: "we need above all a political union"
[..] "That means that we must, step by step as things go forward, give up powers to Europe as well.’’
WARNING: The Coming Use of Drones in Your Backyard
Greeks Gone Wild (on live TV)!!! (coming soon to a country near you)
This is what happens when the lives of a people are dictated from afar.
Cleveland Fed Throws Keynesian (and Bernanke) Notion Overboard
New Obama Slogan has Long Ties to Marxism
Rahm Emanuel Stars in Taxfomercial!
How Taxi Medallions Are Now Worth $1 Million in NYC
Walter Block versus Gary North on a Graduate School Education
Big Time NYC Black Market Cigarette Operations
The Ten Best States for Retirement
HOT: Money Supply Growth Going Negative
Using the McDonald's Big Mac to Compare International Productivity Trends
This is pretty interesting
So in case you haven't noticed, the original uploader got the "law student vs. cop" video removed. Apparently that upload wasn't the original one. The funny part is, he's gonna have a hell of a time trying to stop it. Do a youtube search for "law student cop" and laugh at what you find.
Anyway, if you're going to embed or link to it, g'head and link to the original from the kid's channel. He deserves it:
So I know that there are some filmakers here on the forum, and there was a discussion a while ago on good software to use. Anyway, Valve is releasing the Source Filmmaker for free. It's in beta now so you have to apply for a beta key first. I don't know how useful it will be now, as they are limitting it in the beginning, but it seems like they are aiming to make it a full feature program...for free!
Contempt of Congress issue may fizzle after vote
Tests find only marijuana in face-chewer's system
Big US cities boom as young adults shun suburbs
Heat wave: 1,000+ records fall in US in a week
Debby floods neighborhoods in northern Fla.
Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown
THE RACE: Polls: White House race stable and close
Colleges move toward absolute bans on smoking
A Political Glossary
The Politicized, Supersized, Subsidized Industrial Food Empire
Abolish the Bar Exam
CNN journalist: don’t be nosy
Are Atheists Worse Than Rapists?
Are Americans Not Submissive Enough?
Joel Brinkley: Opportunistic countries ready to cash in on Afghanistan
Walter Cronkite wasn't the Most Trusted Man in America? Q&A with author Joseph Campbell
Clearly, we need to step up enforcement of the drug laws... after all, just look what Marijuana can do to you!
Menger versus Mises and Rothbard on how money works
Article at: http://nielsio.tumblr.com/post/25583537960/menger-versus-mises-and-rothbard-on-how-money-works
The Last Days of MF Global
Rand Paul Negative Feedback to Romney Endorsement Explodes on Facebook
Why Do Prices End with .99?
Peter Schiff on The Robert Wenzel Show
Cry for Argentina (They took Paul Krugman's advice)
LBJ's Great Grandkids in Shoot Out Near Mises Institute
Has Rand Paul Sold Out on End the Fed?
What Mitt Romney is Likely to do to Obamacare during a Romney Administration
The Theory of Class Conflict Began Before Marx
"which classes managed to gain control of the state apparatus. The ruling class is whichever group has managed to seize state power; the ruled are those groups who are taxed and regulated by those in command."
The 30 Day Reading List that will Lead You to Becoming a Knowledgeable Libertarian (thread on this)
Central Banks Are Buying Gold Like It’s 1965
Harvard Economist has Portfolio Set for Destruction
State Department Pays $6,600 per Kindle for 2,500 Kindles
Egg Donor Price Inflation?
Does Socialism Breed Infertility?
Mitt Romney on the Issues (great one to send to Republicans)
Free Instructions on How to Escape the Zombie Life
News Corp. approves Murdoch plan to split company
Health care law survives _ with Roberts' help
Coverage for most Americans, a scramble for states
Campaign impact: Obama, Romney seize on ruling
House votes to hold attorney general in contempt
AG emails: Get to the bottom of Fast and Furious
Roberts delivers for president who had opposed him
High court ruling benefits most health care firms
Hospital stocks jump after health care ruling
News organizations don't all get ruling right
Polish game on communist hardships goes global
Analysis: Health care ruling won't stop arguments
Justice Ginsberg Correctly Points Out That Romney Put the Country on the Road to Obamacare
Ron Paul Responds to Supreme Court Obamacare Decision
Libertarian Reaction to Supreme Court Ruling on Obamacare
Mitt Romney on Obamacare Upholder Chief Justice Roberts
Prosperity by Mandate
Why ObamaCare Will Fail: A Reading List
A Taxing Decision
What DC Schools Can Teach Us about Obamacare
Supreme Court Unlawfully Rewrites Obamacare to Save It; Four Votes (Led by Kennedy) to Strike It
Congress: ‘It’s Not a Tax.’ SCOTUS: ‘Yes It Is.’
You Will Now Be Required to Pay for the New York Times
What’s Next After the Obamacare Ruling?
The Ultimate Bush Disaster
ACLU Welcomes Health Care Decision (See, the ACLU is not too pro-liberty.)
Cases leading up to the Supreme Court decision
Supreme Court Ruling
The Michael Jackson Principle (I found this article funny)
10 Reasons Countries Fall Apart (I mostly agree with this except for three points. Somalia is not great because of U.S.-backed warlords, not anarchy. Columbia is not great because of a U.S.-backed drug war. Peru, I don’t know, but this government-as-cure-all doesn’t make sense. If the country is wealthy enough, private landowners can build roads.)
Famous KGB Spies: Where Are They Now?
Everything in Syria Is Going to Plan
The Dictators Are Smarter Than You Think
@Nielsio: I failed to perceive any contradiction between Menger and Mises/Rothbard... can you provide a cite of the passage of Mises or Rothbard that you feel contradicts Menger?