A list of selected Scott Horton interviews
Okay, if you haven't heard/seen yet, you gotta catch this:
A live television programme in Jordan descended into chaos, with a politician threatening an opponent with a gun. The debate between MP Mohammad Shawabka and political activist Mansour Murad became heated after the two men traded insults with each other. No shots were fired and no-one was seriously hurt.
Of course a similar thing happened in Greece just a few weeks ago. This is what happens when too many people forget.
And let's not miss the opportunity to unmask the true gravity of the political class.
Clayton -
Global warming tied to risk of weather extremes
India: Enough about Higgs, let's discuss the boson
Health care options for young, healthy and broke
Social site Formspring hacked, passwords leaked
Study: Sept. 11 most memorable TV moment
Ky. woman fights porn companies' anti-piracy suits
Electric rates not falling along with fuel costs
FBI to review lab work on thousands of convictions
Gadhafi's divisive policies still haunt Libya
Romney faces NAACP, booed for hitting 'Obamacare'
Mr. Molyneux Responds
War Is Too Easy, but a Draft Is Not the Solution
Thomas Andrews Drake, Whistle Blower and Patriot
The United States
Delusional
The future:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/20/printing-organs_n_1160307.html?1324396773
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-16679010
http://individual.troweprice.com/public/Retail/Planning-&-Research/Connections/3D-Printing/Printing-a-Medical-Revolution
Documents conflict on when Romney left Bain
Thousands fall victim to utility payment scam
Paterno's legacy may now be damaged beyond repair
Penn State probe accuses Paterno of cover-up
US piles more sanctions on Iran
Showtime kills with 'Dexter' tease at Comic-Con
10 Baffling Romance Tips from the Sociopaths at Fox News
Wars Have Unpredictable and Dangerous Collateral Effects
I kinda like this guy
Barry Cooper vs the idiots at fox news!
How'd he keep his cool with all those FAUX harpies? She compared him to NAMBLA?? Seriously???
Adam Kokesh on Joe Rogan's podcast:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/23926770
You might remember back a few months ago when the video of the Kelly Thomas murder by a bunch of California thugs with guns and badges was finally released...a year after it happened.
I just came across Adam Carolla from when the incident was recent...
lol@"they're not racist assholes, they're asshole-assholes"
Rupert Murdoch on What is Really Behind the LIBOR "Scandal"
Whoa, Koch Brothers Finally Make the Big Time
How to Deal with Government: Become a Libertarian Bitch
Thou Shall Not Commit Logical Fallacies
Ron Paul Will Speak at Official Rally, But Not at Paul Festival
14 Incredibly Creepy Surveillance Technologies That Big Brother Will Be Using To Spy On You
Rahm Emanuel to LBJ's Great Grand Kids: Do Your Shooting in the Alleys
A Mysterious and Beautiful Woman Confronts Paul Krugman about Inflation
San Bernardino Becomes Third California City Seeking Bankruptcy
Josh Barro’s and David Frum’s Pathetic Attack on Austrian Economics
Zuckerberg's Early Mastery of Computer Science
Bumping Up Against the Police State
Interventionists Launch New "Economic Communications War Room"
More on Being a "Libertarian Bitch"
Government Regulation is Resulting in the Shortage of One of the Most Abundant Elements
@Being a libertarian bitch: If you found a pile of "the government's" cash lying on the side of the street, I think the right thing to do with it would be to pocket it and never tell anyone (and of course, spend it). You certainly should not turn it over to the government. If you could find a way to literally steal piles of cash from the government without the government's knowledge, ditto.
But, on balance, I don't think this logic extends. For example, I see people buying electric or hybrid vehicles in order to qualify for tax breaks. This is idiotic. You should never "take the carrot" unless it was already in your interests (and how can buying an overpriced, gutless piece of junk with limited range possibly already have been in your interest??)
Do the paperwork to minimize your taxes, of course, but I think you need to try to free up as much mental/physical energy as you can to route around "the System" completely. The government has created a million different carrot-and-stick routines and the more involved you get with playing their game, the less you're thinking about what your natural interests are without respect to the State's table-tilting. And the more of your time and energy you spend altering your plans to qualify for tax breaks, handouts or free lunches at government expense, the less time and energy you have to think about much more important issues, like how you can earn cash income untraceably, how to store and spend it safely, etc.
Erratum: "Jewish New Year begins on the Spring equinox."
I was smoking crack when I wrote that... or something. I edited it out of my follow-up posts but then a mod deleted those and posted this instead. Which I can't now edit. *sigh
The Keynesian Myth about World War II and Prosperity
A Libertarian Solution to Stop the Violence on the South Side of Chicago
Romney May Have Committed Felony Lying about Role with Bain
Cato Disgraces Itself AGAIN
George Selgin's Balls-Out, Over-the-Top Ferocious Attack on Rothbardian Banking Theory (we get a mention!!)
Hillary Clinton Has Plane, Will Stir Up Trouble (I mostly just liked the title)
The Richest Woman in Silicon Valley Is...
The Amazing Knott's Berry Farm Story
A Movie Really Needs to be Made Out of...this
Buffett Says Muni Bankruptcies Set To Climb
Oh Boy, A Letter from a Chicago Resident about the South Side
Are Bureaucrats Losing Control in America?
Page Translation Help
The Mysterious and Beautiful Woman Has Contacted Me
This is What a San Francisco Taxi Cab Ride Feels Like (video of the month)
Upcoming on the Robert Wenzel Show
Updates on the Pauls...
Rand Paul Has Turned 'End the Fed' Into 'End the Moneybombs'
The Senate (Including Rand Paul) Vote to Extend $9 Billion in Loan Guarantees for the Benefit of Israel
Rand Paul Cozies Up to the Neocons and AIPAC
An Email from Ron Paul
Rand Paul Remains Silent on $9 Billion Dollar Giveaway to Israel
Ron Paul: Romney Campaign Scared to Let Me Speak at GOP Convention
Ron Paul: My Supporters Wouldn’t be Okay with Condoleezza Rice
Peter Schiff debates communist bimbo on student debt
h/t Scott Lazarowitz's Blog
I'm really liking this guy more and more...
by Stephan Kinsella on July 10, 2012
Adam Kokesh, as noted in the post excerpted below, delivers a great short talk on IP. Related:
Adam Kokesh beautifully discerns and dismantles the numerous flaws surrounding intellectual property, as interpreted and enforced by the government, and the very negative role intellectual property has in limiting market competition and societal advancement. As Adam explains, intellectual property indeed does not help the “little guy,” it actually puts precisely the “little guy” at a severe disadvantage to corporate giants and those with the lawyers and resources to use arbitrary government intellectual property and patent laws (backed by government force, as with all laws) as a dangerous tool to reduce and/or prevent competition (and innovation).
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Butler Shafer really knocks one out of the park on LRC...
Microsoft revamps Office for tablets, Internet
FDA approves first pill to help prevent HIV
Study: Viewers turning to YouTube as news source
Review: Batman series ends as epic letdown
Repealing Obama's health care law won't be easy
Uniform Nonsense
CNN on the Iran threat
Syria, The Movie: Monsters and Defectors
ACLU Files Brief Opposing Warrantless GPS Searches
Regulation: Private Versus Public. This Week in Liberty, Episode 4. Guest: Rob (Autolykos)
They're out there...
The Anarch is to the Anarchist what the Monarch is to the Monarchist. -Ernst Jünger
Google and the Council on Foreign Relations are teaming up.
"Drug cartels, money launderers and human traffickers run their sophisticated operations online — and Google Ideas, Google's think tank, is working with the Council on Foreign Relations and other organizations to look for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime."
Google search turns to human traffickers, drug cartels: Company's think tank looks for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime
Secret API, anyone?
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."
Guess it's not so secret now. :-P
gotta love the "Conservative" non-answers:
She really seems to be in favor of "looking" at things. "Looking" at things is definitely one thing she's for, that we can be sure of.
'fraud. why the great recession' | one hour documentary produced by Jesús Huerta de Soto. Also includes Philipp Bagus
"Not enough people are paying taxes in this country" - The Republican Party
Well, at least we know who our enemies are :p
Impressive presentation!
What I would really like to see is a presentation that sets the growth in government spending and debt side-by-side with a "typical" American worker born in, say, 1930 and just follow him from his entry to the workforce right after WWII until his retirement and eventual death - his income and net worth will have grown over his lifetime but not nearly as rapidly as the government's spending and debt.
And, visually, I'd like to see it presented in a way that allows the viewer to keep track of his position in the sliding scale of monetary devaluation. One of the most insidious aspects of the continual inflation of the money supply is that people become desensitized to the fiscal irresponsibility of the government. It all just recedes into the background noise of the "natural and continuous rise in prices." Here's an example of how a continually increasing scale can be presented in a visual form that the viewer can "sense" in his mind's eye. I'm thinking of putting the four variables side-by-side: income, net-worth of a "typical" American worker over the duration of his lifetime versus the spending and debt of the Federal government over the same duration. 1930-present might be a good time-scale.
John James:"Looking" at things is definitely one thing she's for, that we can be sure of.
Well, I don't know. I mean, we're probably safe saying that she's not against it (as she's not completely against anything), but I don't think you're right as you've written it. Nadda mean?
One thing is for true: the interviewer has more patience than I; how difficult is it to understand that he was asking if the government should protect people from theft? She does have a point at around 6:00 though, about it not being a fair comparison between an armed robber and the government. After all, the robber will take the money and run; the government is an institutional robber and will rob as much as it can.
Ah yes! The 'best interest' defense!
If I had a cake and ate it, it can be concluded that I do not have it anymore. HHH
Rotten Tomatoes suspends comments on 'Dark Knight'
Larry King debuts online talk show on Hulu website
100 Ways Mitt Romney Is Just Like Barack Obama
Inept stenographers
Ex-CIA agent: Roswell, N.M., incident really happened
It's True: Corporations Are People
Jack Welch is Wrong
For insurers, hiring their own crew is worth the cost. They spend thousands on well-equipped, federally rated firefighters, potentially saving hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars to replace a home and its contents.
I thought that Larry King was dead.
He did but they reanimated his skeleton.
Wheylous:"Not enough people are paying taxes in this country" - The Republican Party Well, at least we know who our enemies are :p
http://www.strike-the-root.com/why-minarchists-are-enemy
ThatOldGuy: John James:"Looking" at things is definitely one thing she's for, that we can be sure of.Well, I don't know. I mean, we're probably safe saying that she's not against it (as she's not completely against anything), but I don't think you're right as you've written it. Nadda mean?
Not unless you're making a joke. I was just poking fun at the way that's basically the only thing she said she was in favor of..."looking" at stuff. It's like advocating "awareness". (How do you criticize "looking into" a program or policy?) It kind of encapsulates the entire non-answer MO of "conservatives". The progressives at least get to be a tiny bit more forthcoming, because everyone knows they're in favor of more government, so they can basically come right out and advocate government growth.
Republicans have to be much more vague about it because they need to keep up the charade of "small government/ constitutionality, etc." So you get all this talk about cutting spending, and reducing the debt, but never any specifics about what would be cut or reduced.
Basically a bunch of generalized statements that essentially no one could argue with..."cut down on waste, fraud, and abuse"...or "we need to take a 'serious look' at xyz."
She no doubt fits right in as editor of TownHall.com
ThatOldGuy:One thing is for true: the interviewer has more patience than I; how difficult is it to understand that he was asking if the government should protect people from theft? She does have a point at around 6:00 though, about it not being a fair comparison between an armed robber and the government. After all, the robber will take the money and run; the government is an institutional robber and will rob as much as it can.
He's used to it. He's been doing this for decades. Check out his channel.
*can't remember the basics of the mandate*...*sigh*...*head in hands, rub face*..."I should probably go re-read the bill."
The douchbaggery is unreal. He's a better youtube loser stereotype than Mitt Romney is a politician stereotype.
In my inter-dimensional travels through the interwebs, I stumbled across this book which looks like it may be interesting to state-skeptics and just thought I'd share the reference.
Canadians now richer than Americans
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/07/18/for-the-first-time-canadians-now-richer-than-americans
Pretty funny stuff here:
I posted this in a previous LC thread. I found it absolutely terrifying. They're seriously proposing a worldwide democracy. Seriously? Are they completely fucking insane??
I didn't realize that this was a repost. I think their message of democracy is more metaphorical than anything. Still, this is a very naive view of the world.