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War-profiteering and "Parasitic Imperialism"

I posted the following in response to a piece by Glenn Greenwald: War-profiteering is simply more Treasury-raiding by elites - at our cost and our children's. An economics professor at Drake (Ismael Hossein-zadeh, an ethnic Kurd from Iran, by the...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Nov 22 2007

Filed under: state, parasitism, war, Greenwald

Big Government Libertarians?

OK, this is kind of off topic for my usual posts, I admit it. But, I have noticed lots of Big Government Libertarians. That is an oxymoron, right? Well, any semi-intelligent person would think so; however it seems not to be the case lately. Because of...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Wed, Nov 21 2007

Filed under: IrishOutlaw, LP, libertarian, Republican, big government, Libertarians

The Vitamin Water Revolution

Everyone is familiar with gas-station drinks. There's the energy drink that claims to be filled with strange substances such as 'taurine', 'ginseng', and the bottle conveys a sense of power and energy. The energy drink is almost always...

Posted to JuliaT by JuliaT on Tue, Nov 20 2007

Filed under: market

On Antitrust Policies (Don Boudreaux interview on video)

I have edited a new video like the previous one. This time is Donald Boudreaux, chairman of Economics Department at George Mason University, talking about antitrust policies in an interview on EconTalk about market failure. He deals with its origins in...

Posted to Learning: a never-ending process by martinf on Mon, Nov 19 2007

Filed under: antitrust policies donald boudreaux interview armentano

The Dog on a Job

Question: How does a libertarian protect himself while jogging? A house on my path has Doberman pincers behind an invisible fence. These dogs race directly at any runner or walker but stop just short of the sidewalk due to the invisible fence. So, the...

Posted to JFedako by JFedako on Sat, Nov 17 2007

Filed under: dogs, threats, defense, property rights

Political "Dual" to Human Action?

As I've been reading through chapters of Human Action recently (and then re-reading each chapter to make sure I get it all), I was struck by the notion that there must exist some "dual" to Mises's masterpiece with a political emphasis...

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Sat, Nov 17 2007

Some Great Discoveries

Today I have been fortunate enough to discover some redeeming features of the UMass library: "The Great Idea" by Henry Hazlitt and some of Nock's books. I knew it had some Mises and Hayek--even some Rockwell in the e-book section--but I...

Posted to The Spirit of Liberty by TigerofRobare on Sat, Nov 17 2007

Immigration Smokescreen

First Thoughts First, let me say that when I say "illegal immigration" it is just to differentiate the topic, not because I think any immigration is illegal or in any way different from any other immigration. My personal view (from an anarchist...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Sat, Nov 17 2007

Filed under: IrishOutlaw, racism, immigration, nationalism, illegal, anarchy

We Need More Time - The Collectivist Battle Cry

I have heard it over and over. Excuses about why a collectivist society has always failed miserably. I have heard it so often that I have named it the "We Need More Time" excuse. "That wasn't true communism/socialism. If (insert excuse...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Sat, Nov 17 2007

Filed under: IrishOutlaw, excuses, socialism, collectivist, anarchy

EVE Online's own economist

While perusing Slashdot today, I saw a mention of EVE Online's use of the TMS RamSan. It reminded me of another Slashdot post of a couple months ago, about EVE Online's own economist. Here is a link: http://games.slashdot.org/games/07/09/13/156240...

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Fri, Nov 16 2007

Finally the Truth is Out

I found a very interesting article today that I feel contains a good analysis of the US current economic situation http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/11/the_crash_of_2008.html The author correctly analyzes the situation right, but I completely...

Posted to ContumacySince87 by ContumacySince87 on Fri, Nov 16 2007

Filed under: fed, greenspan, inflation

What About The Children?

First Thoughts OK, my first thought is, “Why do people keep bringing up the children?” Even though I would have to guess that it is because they represent something to most people. So what do they represent? I think it is a deep rooted psychological problem...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Thu, Nov 15 2007

Filed under: IrishOutlaw, socialism, school, funding, abuse, anarchy, child, rights, children

Liberty Dollar's offices raided

An interview with Bernard can be found here: http://www.ebacherville.com/cgi-bin/uploaded/FINAL-LibertyDollarNotHaus11152007.mp3

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Thu, Nov 15 2007

Responsible Consumerism?

Comcast is being sued for allegedly limiting bandwidth to file-sharing applications. Verizon recently settled a similar suit over its "unlimited" data plan. If you notice, however, on the Verizon commercials there’s a disclaimer that says, ...

Posted to Ronorama by Ronorama on Thu, Nov 15 2007

California math!??

I live in silicon valley, and just recently I dropped by my local Smoothie King to acquire a strawberry shredder smoothie (my favorite). While there, I noticed that the person serving behind the counter was studying her high school mathematics textbook...

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Wed, Nov 14 2007