June 2010

Aphoristic Observation: The Internet Kill Switch

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché June 27, 2010 @ 1:45 pm Humor

Clearly, in times of emergency, the internet, in order to be protected, must be destroyed. Cross-posted at The Libertarian Standard.

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Wake Up! An Eye Is Upon You

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché June 22, 2010 @ 3:48 pm Music

From Wired.com comes news of the US Army’s latest spy mobile — a high altitude, long-duration flight, combat airship, ominously nicknamed “The Unblinking Eye.” This sweet ride and its two sister blimps will cost taxpayers upwards of half a billion dollars. The 5-year contract calls for mere $517 million, and we all know military contractors [...]

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Mythbuster: Libertarianism and Unchosen Obligations

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché June 18, 2010 @ 2:30 pm Featured Posts

It is a common mistake, made even by some libertarians and former libertarians, that libertarians reject the idea of unchosen obligations. Gene Callahan, apparently a former libertarian turned communitarian, is the latest to make this mistake. He says: Obligation . . . is the crucial idea denied by libertarian political theory. Well, this is just [...]

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How to Mirror a Censored WordPress Blog

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché June 17, 2010 @ 8:51 pm Featured Posts

A couple of days ago David mentioned on The Libertarian Standard that the Mises Institute providing its entire online media and literature library as a set of free torrents can be seen as part of a distributed or grassroots intellectual guerrilla resistance against the state. This is just one aspect of the Mises Institute’s effort [...]

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Congressman Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché June 14, 2010 @ 3:30 pm Vicarious Politics

Apropos Jacob Huebert’s excellent post a few days ago on the time Before We Worshipped Presidents, our lesser rulers are getting increasingly used to their special, above-the-law status as well. Watch how Democratic Congressman Bob Etheridge responds to being peacefully asked a simple question by a well-dressed student on a public street: Congressman Etheridge thinks [...]

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