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Anarchist, eh?

September 29, 2005

You are a
Social Liberal
(95% mind your own damn business)

and an…
Economic Conservative
(88% free-marketeer)

You are best described as an:
Anarcho-Capitalist

Link: The Politics […]

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post hoc, erego propter hoc

September 28, 2005

This is a classic example of the post hoc, ergo propter hoc logical fallacy. Thank the institution. The authorities have the gall to blame “the use of alcohol by minors” for the officer’s death.

Radley Balko has the scoop.

Or is it the use of tactics that encourage officers to behave illegally, or in manners […]

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The Slippery Slope

September 21, 2005

A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
That’s the second amendment, folks. And I intend to show what prior courts and my opponents have neglected to take into account: the context of the amendment, the necessity […]

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ah, Detroit-style? Very nice…

September 21, 2005

On saturday night, my night out drinking at Old Shillellagh’s that culminated at Bouzouki’s titty-bar at 3am, we were driving home, on 6 mile and Woodward, whence we passed by a gaggle of hookers on the corner. Well, we were stopped at a red light. So of course, I looked cautiously out the […]

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bureaucracy is a wonderful thing!

September 20, 2005

Well, I said I wasn’t going to write anymore about Hurricane Katrina and the monkeyfuck of an aftermath she left behind. Unfortunately, I find government mismanagement is a

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catastrophic fuck-ups of the government variety — Moral Hazards

September 16, 2005

If you look at the facts of reality, chiefly that a massive federal government, with a ginormous centralized directive called the “Department of Homeland Security,” along with all the necessary funds, jurisdiction, and appurtenances thereto, whose fundamental responsibility is to keep safe the citizens of this great nation, and in the event of catastrophe, to […]

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undercutting Wal-Mart?

September 15, 2005

Russell Roberts at GMU is a never ending source of leads for me. The irony here is sickening, you couldn’t script this better, which just goes to show that sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.
So, logically it follows that, the Union opposing Wal-Mart is justified in paying workers less than wal-mart, and requiring […]

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