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The first domino falls in the Durham probe. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/durham-probe-ex-fbi-lawyer-to-plead-guilty-in-first-criminal-case-arising...
August 14, 2020 at 20:29
More peace in the Middle East thanks to Trump. Neocons on suicide watch. Israel and United Arab Emirates Strike Major Diplomatic Agreement
August 14, 2020 at 15:32
It’s the other way about. Without property there would be no laws protecting it.
August 12, 2020 at 17:37
Until now we’ve justified it with the concept of rights, in this case the right that the worker has to the value he has created by his own labor. Man ...
August 12, 2020 at 17:35
Someone to appease the donor class and someone for the media to faun over. That’s all the Dems need. Now they can run the campaign on “making history”...
August 12, 2020 at 16:50
The article embraces Anti-americanism, formed, as it was, from afar, from an insulated view, and through the lens of a hostile media. Sweeping general...
August 11, 2020 at 19:40
Only during life can we supply it with meaning. If there was an afterlife there would be no meaning to life, and no sense in living it.
August 11, 2020 at 04:16
No, that’s not what I want. I just mean that most if not all of the skills needed to perform the work of professionals within many institutions could ...
August 10, 2020 at 18:22
This is a great read from a whistleblower. A taste of things to come in the Spygate scandal. The Spies who Hijacked America
August 09, 2020 at 19:15
I don’t think expertise and “eliteness” can be measured by formal credentials. Rather, I think positions of power and influence should be open to anyo...
August 09, 2020 at 18:53
The “elite” have proven they are not equipped to govern. All they can do is talk, and as such, can only sing lullabies about this or that while they d...
August 09, 2020 at 07:46
The free world is losing it’s meal ticket. The elites are watching their power wane. No more free rides.
August 09, 2020 at 04:33
Humans have a tendency for counterfactual thinking. It says more about psychology than metaphysics or ethics.
August 08, 2020 at 05:13
If we measure the spatiotemporal existence and its effects, “the internal monologue of our minds” is nothing in comparison to our concrete behavior an...
August 04, 2020 at 17:03
Trump trimming more fat. Trump moves to overhaul Tennessee Valley Authority leadership https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-to-overhaul-overhaul-tenness...
August 03, 2020 at 21:34
I don’t think violence is justified, nor can I consider it a form of protest. However I think leaving the country is entirely justified. If the social...
August 03, 2020 at 20:26
I'm not sure we can equivocate anti-authoritarianism with anti-authority because an authority is capable of defending rather than limiting individual ...
August 03, 2020 at 19:34
That’s one of the things I enjoy about western culture in general, and American culture in particular. It has more or less vanquished its monsters. We...
August 02, 2020 at 21:20
Trump going after the disillusioned Sanders voter. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1289646330361470977?s=20
August 02, 2020 at 16:47
It’s true. The melting-pot vs multicultural society is an interesting dichotomy. I have trouble identifying as Canadian despite my citizenship, no mat...
August 02, 2020 at 16:37
I’m a little too cynical to believe any one group of people is capable of such a conspiracy. So I have to attribute the behavior to some form or other...
August 02, 2020 at 16:27
Perhaps. I’m more American than Canadian. I suppose that’s the benefit of a multicultural society—I get to retain my culture at the expense of a new o...
August 02, 2020 at 16:19
And a weird touch of scatological homoeroticism as well. Sign of the times, I suppose.
August 02, 2020 at 16:03
I don’t believe that’s the way towards liberty, nor have I implied that. Like I’ve said, I side with them wherever they resist current encroachments.
August 02, 2020 at 15:13
Like “classical liberalism“, yes, but I would just call it liberalism. Rather than compromise between the tendencies of right and left with all sorts ...
August 02, 2020 at 00:29
I’m just a liberal. I do not align with a conservative’s social or even fiscal attitudes. Though I find valuable insight from many conservative thinke...
August 01, 2020 at 21:22
All of which was borne out by the results. He was right. As Barr said in his most recent testimony, he used the language "stepping down" (not "resign"...
August 01, 2020 at 21:12
By statism I mean the belief that the state should have substantial control over social and economic affairs. Those who advocate for it advocate for a...
August 01, 2020 at 20:55
You can't assume he's not, either, and for the same reason.
August 01, 2020 at 20:31
If you make a habit of trusting politicians you're going to have a tough go. The proof is in the pudding, not in the words.
August 01, 2020 at 20:30
Trump has 25 pardons, 11 commutations. Compare that to Obama's 212 pardons, and 1,715 commutations. So big deal. Barr said Trump has never asked him t...
August 01, 2020 at 20:27
Good luck with that.
August 01, 2020 at 19:46
I like your thinking here. I do agree that the right has co-opted "the discourse centered around freedom", but mostly because the other side has large...
August 01, 2020 at 19:45
Who would you rather inform the public, journalists or politicians?
August 01, 2020 at 19:41
The president is not a journalist and never has been, so holding him to the same standards as the people who are employed to inform us is stupid at be...
August 01, 2020 at 19:23
If one is anti-authoritarian he must also dislike coercion, which I think places him on the spectrum of the liberty-minded. What do you think of the c...
August 01, 2020 at 17:31
Yes. Disgraced journo Claas Relotius of one of Europe’s most influential magazines peddled lies to its readers about the president and his supporters....
August 01, 2020 at 16:33
In: Privilege  — view comment
Racial, sexual, cultural, etc.
August 01, 2020 at 16:28
In: Privilege  — view comment
I haven’t seen one. In fact I think the only difference between claiming one’s privilege and claiming one’s supremacy is a guilty conscience.
August 01, 2020 at 12:53
The media industrial complex had a little more credibility back then, let’s be honest. Just look at the lies of that Der Speigel journo. The fakest of...
August 01, 2020 at 04:01
He can whip up the hostile press while running the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. Pretty amazing. One cannot say that about anyone else...
July 31, 2020 at 19:57
I can’t wait. Mass mail-in voting is ripe for voter fraud (ballot harvesting for instance), but given the delays of the NY primary with its own mail-i...
July 31, 2020 at 18:48
Trolled by the president. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1288932940337090561?s=21 But it’s in a good way. With one tweet the president rev...
July 31, 2020 at 04:13
It would be a shitstorm. But the president cannot delay the election, so it’s an absurd idea. The events you describe might also occur with universal ...
July 30, 2020 at 16:26
I see nothing wrong with raising the question. Do you?
July 30, 2020 at 16:07
Trump can rile up the media and his critics with a single tweet, in this case raising the question about delaying the election. Meanwhile news about t...
July 30, 2020 at 16:01
It’s a thing of beauty watching the cats follow the laser.
July 30, 2020 at 15:49
We all knew this was going to happen but we locked everything down anyway. Those who mocked and derided those worried about the economy can now witnes...
July 30, 2020 at 14:59
In: Privilege  — view comment
Well said. Often the claim of “privilege” is used as a cudgel or snarl word rather than an accurate description of one’s standing, especially when it ...
July 29, 2020 at 22:58
I don’t Trump will win, so it’s probably too little too late.
July 29, 2020 at 20:49