Why I Hate Cops
…Because the cops are the personal army of the political class. Great video from Francois Tremblay’s blog.
Let the Kids Rule the School
Finally, some commonsense ideas on education reform. This is what real education looks like. Article from the New York Times. The students in the Independent Project are remarkable but not because they are exceptionally motivated or unusually talented. They are remarkable because they demonstrate the kinds of learning […]
The Most Viable Form of Government?
Recently, one of my occasional debating partners put this question to me: “Keith: What, in your worldview, would be the most viable form of government…or do you have an absolute ideal?” My response: Well, all systems end up being oligarchies. There really is no other kind of system, […]
Left-Libertarians vs Friedman
As one who is neither a left-libertarian nor a Friedmanite, I found this exchange somewhat interesting. I find class analysis far too useful and illuminating to be tempted by Friedman’s proposed solution, but I think he has put his finger in a genuine problem: how exactly are we […]
How to "Ban" Nuclear Power
Article by Kevin Carson. So given the high stakes of a nuclear meltdown, and the manifest inability of planners to anticipate what might go wrong, it would make sense to ban nuclear power, right? Well, the actual problem is that governments worldwide have been actively intervening for decades […]
A Tea Party Defense Budget
Article by Bill Lind. Bean-counting won’t do the job. For meaningful savings, we must begin by changing our grand strategy, which presently defines virtually everything that happens in the world as an American interest. Against the Founders’ advice, we are not only playing the great power game, we […]
Ethnoburbs Overtake California
Article by Tim Dionisopoulos An interesting article was recently published in the New York Times by Timothy Egan about the burgeoning phenomenon of ethnically homogeneous, non white, counties and suburban cities that are sprouting up across the country. A primarily West Coast phenomenon, sociologists have termed these new […]
Diversity, An Ally of Tyranny
Article by Kevin DeAnna. Hisham Melham writes in Foreign Policy that the Arab Revolutions are meeting more resistance. Autocratic rulers are using the heterogenous nature of the societies they lead to divide the opposition and frustrate any plans for reform. In homogeneous societies it is relatively easier for […]
The Truthful Helen Thomas
Article from World Net Daily. Helen Thomas, the former “dean” of the White House Press Corps who lost her position over a string of anti-Semitic comments, is interviewed in the April issue of Playboy, renewing her criticism of Israel and Jews in “control” of America. “[The Jews are] […]
Support Bradley Manning
Mike Gogulski interviewed by Scott Horton. Mike Gogulski, founder of the Bradley Manning Support Network, discusses the myriad events going on this weekend (March 19-20) in support of Bradley Manning; Obama’s decision to rely on Pentagon assurances that Manning was being appropriately treated in custody – after (former) […]
US Makes War on Another Muslim Country With Oil
Article by Lew Rockwell. For weeks, American officials have been decrying Gaddafi’s bloody attacks on his people, but does the US really have a problem with dictatorship of his sort? This fact is unknown to Americans, but in the Middle East, and in Arab nations in particular, American […]
US Should End Relationship with Conspiring Israel
by Ian Huyett http://www.kstatecollegian.com/opinion/us-should-end-relationship-with-conspiring-israel-1.2516462 In 2005, Israeli President Moshe Katsav publically honored nine Jewish terrorists. In a televised ceremony, the terrorists were celebrated for bombing American embassy buildings in Egypt with nitroglycerine and acid. Israel, which had denied its involvement in the attacks for decades, was now openly […]
Welcome to Debtors Prison, 2011 Edition
Article from The Wall Street Journal Some lawmakers, judges and regulators are trying to rein in the U.S. debt-collection industry’s use of arrest warrants to recoup money owed by borrowers who are behind on credit-card payments, auto loans and other bills. More than a third of all U.S. […]
U.N. Okays Military Action on Libya
It looks like the U.S. may be getting into a war in yet another Middle Eastern country. The good news is that this will only hasten the empire’s demise due to imperial overstretch. Read the Reuters report. French diplomatic sources said military action could come within hours, and […]
Food prices increase most in 36 years
Report from CBS News. Wholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the Producer Price Index […]
U.S. Jews Can Dissent From "Leaders"
Article by Jack Ross. On March 11-13, a small conference of around 200 gathered on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia with potential significance extending far beyond its modest attendance. This was the national membership meeting of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), a group founded in San […]
Libya: Another Unnecessary War of Choice
Article by Doug Bandow. Obviously, there are times when war is tragically necessary. That is not the case in Libya. Even in better economic times, Washington cannot afford to police the world. With a $1.65 trillion deficit this year, trillions of dollars in red ink expected in coming […]
Clans and Tribal Law
Building a de facto Tlingit Nation, Part 3 – Clans and tribal law by Raven Warrior http://lingitlatseen.wordpress.com/2011/03/17/building-a-de-facto-tlingit-nation-part-3-clans-and-tribal-law/ In 2 previous posts, I discussed how we can use various Tlingit controlled institutions, municipal governments and ANCSA Corporations, to build a decentralized, de facto Tlingit Nation. Many of the problems […]
Independents Pick Charlie Sheen Over Sarah Palin for President
If Charlie Sheen ran for Prez, I might have to rescind my personal “no voting” policy and cast a ballot for him. Hat tip to Maury2K. http://gawker.com/#!5783033/independents-pick-sheen-over-palin-for-president We’ve found a lot of brutal poll numbers for Sarah Palin so far in 2011: down in South Dakota, down in […]
Seek a Better School? Go to Jail
Our lovely educational system. Hat tip to Raven Warrior. The Summit County judge who sent an Akron mother to jail after she was convicted of falsifying records so her children could attend Copley-Fairlawn schools said considerable efforts were made to resolve the case before it went to trial. […]
Fully Taxated
How the tax code really works. Articles by Tom Baugh. Hat tip to Jim Duncan. Part I To thrive in any system, you must first recognize the reality of that system, and then act accordingly in order to manipulate its energy to your own purpose. We too often […]
Beyond Free Trade
The American Conservative takes on vulgar economism. Certainly the world looks very different from Tokyo, not least because East Asian leaders are convinced that, in its ever more heedless commitment to laissez faire, the United States is digging its own grave. But of course, East Asians are discreet […]
Cincinnat PIGS Assault Man Having a Diabetic Attack
Daily business for the police state. CINCINNATI, OHIO – MARCH 9, 2011 – Prosecutor Deters announced yesterday that no charges will be filed against the Sheriffs who beat John Harmon. John Harmon is African American. John Harmon and his wife of 25 years owns a printing company in […]
Boorishness as Heresy
The latest from the PC Inquisition and Official Tolerance. Had a student with more politically correct leanings made a video that resulted in a barrage of death threats, she would be held up as a hero, and there would be a massive nationwide investigation to find those who […]
Yes, Obama Sucks Worse Than Even Bush Himself
This is an extremely important article from David Swanson at Counterpunch.Org, the bastion of the honorable Left (as opposed to the usual kind of Left). I’m reproducing the article here in full. Nor should this be interpreted as softness when it comes to Bush as I support Vincent […]
Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys
Book review by Amanda Bradley. I expected this book to be a diatribe against the often-discussed “loser” men—those who, not having any marketable skill, are still living off their parents into mid-life. Manning Up actually is about a new demographic, the SYM (single young male), its female counterpart, […]
Libya: Five Reasons Not to Intervene
Article by Justin Raimondo. 1) Because the moment we intervene, we’ll own what’s going on in Libya – just like we own Iraq. Neocons eager to acquire another Middle East colony are understandably eager to jump into the fray, but there’s less excuse for the centrist-to-leftish “humanitarian” interventionists, […]
Rising Generation Rejects Globo-Cop Role
Article by Gene Healy. Should we get involved in another civil war in the Middle East? Sure! What could possibly go wrong? That seems to be the way the Libya debate’s trending here in D.C. Ever generous with other Americans’ blood and treasure, Beltway pols and pundits are […]
More Than 50% of U.S. Senate to Attend AIPAC POLICY CONFERENCE
That says it all. During the three-day conference, delegates will have the opportunity to choose from dozens of informative sessions and participate in the pro-Israel community’s largest and most important advocacy day. HOMELESS : Millions of US Citizens in Dire Straits While Our Congress Sends Israel Billions of […]
From Far Right Skinhead to Left Wing Nurse
It’s probably safe to assume that this person “has issues,” as they say. A former neo-Nazi skinhead has had a change of direction – by changing sex, becoming a nurse and joining a left wing party. Monika Strub, an ex-member of Germany’s neo-Nazi NPD party, is running for […]
On Competitiveness
by Susan McWilliams at the Front Porch Republic. President Obama has convened his “competitiveness council,” following up on the “competitiveness” theme in January’s State of the Union address. “Competitiveness” is the buzzword of the moment. You know it’s a buzzword because people are saying “competitiveness” instead of saying […]
The "Revelopment" Hoax: Rich Liberals Despise the Urban Poor
Article by Thomas Sowell. If development is considered to be so bad, why is redevelopment considered to be good, by many of the same people? Redevelopment imposes the supposedly superior wisdom and virtue of an elite on the rest of us. That is its ideological appeal to self-congratulatory […]
Our Institutions Are Made to Benefit the Rich and Powerful
Duh? Article by Francois Tremblay. Roderick Long answers the charge that anti-capitalists are jealous of the wealthy, by pointing out that it’s the asymmetry between the rights of the rich and the rights of the poor that is at issue, not just inequality of wealth. It’s not about […]
The Fanciful Idea of Statist Efficiency
Article by David D’Amato. The disastrous failures of energy facilities following Japan’s earthquakes once more testify to the calamities innate in statism. The state’s system of monopoly privilege — both in its public and nominally private sectors — is rigid, unresponsive to changing circumstances, and therefore brittle. Important […]
Vermont Progressives Morph Into Pro-War Party
Article by Thomas Naylor. As evidence of Vermont’s strong anti-war stance, back in 2003 the entire Vermont Congressional Delegation voted against the resolution authorizing the war in Iraq. Nearly eight years later, it’s hard to believe that Senator Bernie Sanders, the darling of the Left, Senator Patrick Leahy, […]
Vermont Has Lost Its Soul
Article by Thomas Naylor. When my family moved to Vermont in 1993, it was due in no small part to the fact that we thought the Green Mountain state was different from most states, very different. We perceived Vermont to be smaller, more rural, more democratic, less violent, […]
Ecological Realism
Hat tip to Peter Bjorn Perls. E conomic growth, which was supposed to ensure the affluence and well-being of everyone, has created needs more quickly than it could satisfy them, and has led to a series of dead ends that are not solely economic in character: Capitalist growth […]
The Coming American Rebellion: We Are Egypt
Hat tip to Peter Bjorn Perls. Given all the data, due to New York’s geographical lay out, population size and proximity to power, it is a prime candidate for insurrection. There are currently 2.9 million people living in New York that are on food stamps, which is equivalent […]
Prisoner Isolation, from Jefferson Davis to Bradley Manning
Article by Kelley Vhlahos. One hundred and forty-five years later, the room was almost pleasant. There was an embrasure with an open window at the extreme end of the casemate, looking out over the moat and the pretty buildings of Fort Monroe beyond. The sun played over the […]
AIPAC's Country, Right or Wrong
Article by Leonard Goodman. For too long, U.S. policy toward Israel has been controlled by AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee), a group that demands unequivocal support for all Israel’s policies even when they are indefensible. AIPAC’s power was on display last month when a resolution was brought […]
Meathead Left Hates the Third Position
Article by Maury2K. RevLeft.com is a website where purportedly 8,000 radical leftists from around the world meet for discussions, et al. Every breed of cat seems to be represented: Social Democrats & anarchists, Stalinists & Trotskyists, DeLeonists & ecofreaks, you name it and they’re all there. Nearly everyone, […]
Workers Against the Bosses' Economy
Article by David D’Amato. Because the primary interventions of the state capitalist system are so deeply embedded, those interventions closer to the surface — state action like minimum wage laws, etc. — are often more easily recognized; the mistake, so often made by well-meaning champions of the working […]
Resistance: Disarmed Population Not Safe
by Ian Huyett http://www.kstatecollegian.com/opinion/resistance-1.2512800 We’ll always be able to trust the government with a monopoly on force. Cooperate when threatened, and you won’t be hurt. The assumptions behind gun control laws are so blatantly and dangerously wrong that it must take some intellect to trick oneself into believing […]
The CIA, the Rockefellers, and Women's Lib
Interesting discussion between Aaron Russo and Alex Jones. These are not proven facts, but if this is true, it gives some very valuable insights into the political agendas and strategies of the ruling class.
Resistance in Alaska
Sovereign citizens on the rise. Five people in the Fairbanks area were arrested Thursday by state and federal law enforcement on charges connected with an alleged plot to kidnap or kill state troopers and a Fairbanks judge, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Francis “Schaeffer” Cox, Lonnie Vernon, […]
Richard Spencer interviews James Edwards of The Political Cesspool
Watch it on the National Policy Institute website. In this edition of NPI Live, Richard Spencer is joined by none other than James Edwards, host of The Political Cesspool radio program, to discuss the current status of the Tea Party movement, anti-White discrimination, and much more.
Parallel Hierarchies and Tribal Communism
by Andrew Yeoman http://www.bayareanationalanarchists.com/?p=315 This article is a discussion on the possible ways a tribal society can be reconstituted in a Western country by an examination of 20th century tribal and Communist structures in Eurasia and Indochina. The primary problem of such an endeavor is the long forgotten […]
Libya Does Not Exist
Justin Raimondo explains why. Western intellectuals and politicians bring their cultural bias in favor of cosmopolitanism to bear on a region that has always lived in another way altogether: Vandewalle enthuses over the idea that Libya may some day see the emergence of “a true state” and enter […]
Can We Cut "Defense" Spending?
Of course, says Thomas Eddlem. The United States now spends 54 percent of the money expended worldwide on defense, according to the Swedish-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s 2010 yearbook, i.e., more than the rest of the world combined. In real dollars, that’s approximately $1 trillion per year […]
Switzerland: The Solution for the Middle East (and the USA)?
Ron Holland thinks so. In Switzerland, the people still rule and have the ultimate right to decide decisions when the executive, judicial and representative branches of government fail to act in the best interests of the nation. Through the right of referendum they can cancel legislation and with […]
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