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Nexus X HumectressArticle by Paul Gottfried. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– I’ve recently started recovering from forty years among pseudo-academic weirdos in the collegiate loony bin. One persistent aspect of modern college life is its obvious loathing for anything that smacks of Christianity. This includes whiting out Christian symbols and references to Christian holidays […]
by Charles Davis ——————————————————————————————————————————————– I’m not going to pretend this is some recent, tragic downfall; we’re talking about a publication that fired Michael Moore after just four months because he refused to publish — amid a U.S.-backed right-wing insurgency that left 50,000 dead — a liberal hawk’s hit […]
Article by Susan Beverly. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– Have the terrorists won? One of the most common reasons for wanting to expatriate from the United States is the concern about government overreach. Many feel that the expansion of government in recent years has been chipping away at the freedom and liberty […]
Article by Jack Hunter. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- When Tea Partiers began declaring that they wanted to “take their country back,” liberals were quick to tell us what this really meant: Racism. Never mind all that talk about big government and the debt — what Tea Partiers really wanted, the left […]
Article by MRDA. The best analysis yet of the London riots. ————————————————————————————————————————————— When folk get angry, why do they always piss on their own doorstep? Westminster is only a bus ride away. – Tunnocks, Guardian Reader. But this I counsel you, my friends: Mistrust all in whom the […]
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From Laurence Vance: —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Michele Bachmann was in Orlando over the weekend speaking at the annual awards dinner of the Florida Family Policy Council. According to the Orlando Sentinel, she talked more about her Christian faith than politics. Now, I am all for her Christian faith and the […]
Article by Kevin DeAnna. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Andrew McCarthy writes at National Review about the gradual surrender of Europe to Islamization — Do you remember the jihadist terror campaign that ravaged Malmo, Sweden’s third largest city? Do you recall the bombings, the suicide-hijackings, and the random assassinations that finally […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Chester Arthur was a most unlikely reformer. A crucial cog in the political machine of the Empire State’s Sen. Roscoe Conkling, he was named by President Grant to the powerful and lucrative post of collector of customs for the Port of New York. […]
From Infoshop.Org —————————————————————————————————————————————————- OBAMA HAS TIME FOR A TURKEY BUT NOT FOR MARCUS GARVEY MORE TO THE PRESIDENTS LIKING? President Obama has done so little for the African American people that sometimes I think he figures if he keeps a low profile the white folks won’t notice […]
Article by Jim Goad. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Even by Mexican Drug War standards, last Thursday’s death inferno at Monterrey’s Casino Royale seemed a bit much. At least 52 people died after a group of eight or nine gunmen stormed the casino, began randomly firing at civilians, doused the entrance with […]
Article by David D’Amato. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- The Associated Press reports a new poll showing “that Americans are plenty angry at Congress,” going on to observe that “[t]he poll finds more people are down on their own member of Congress, not just the institution, an unusual finding in surveys.” That […]
Article by Charles Johnson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- From Suzie at Echnidne of the Snakes. Reposted without further comment, to elicit thought and conversation. Riots & gender Large-scale violence rarely triggers a public discussion of gender, even though men and boys are the majority of perpetrators. Consider last week’s mayhem in […]
Article by Radley Balko. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- Mike Lawlor, undersecretary for criminal justice policy and planning for the state of Connecticut, joins the ranks of other public officials who are choosing to simply ignore those rights they don’t believe citizens should have. “In almost every situation you can imagine this […]
Article by Gary Chartier. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Gillespie, Nick, and Welch, Matt. The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America. New York: PublicAffairs 2011. Pp. xvi, 266. Index. 978-1-58648-938-0. The Declaration of Independents is a breezy, entertaining manifesto. Defending “libertarian politics,” Reason’s Nick Gillespie and […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. This is the kind of progressive we can work with. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– It’s open season on Ron Paul in the so-called “alternative” media, thanks to the Congressman’s strong showing in the Iowa straw polls. The venomous tone and absence of policy analysis is remarkably similar […]
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From Robert M. Smith. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– The economic situation in the US is grave. No matter what the talking heads and DC pundits say, thinking people and honest economists see it for what it is, a sinking ship headed for the bottom of the ocean. The forecast for liberty, […]
From RADAR. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Misandry, simply defined, is the pathological hatred of men and boys. It is the analog to misogyny, but with the bigotry and rage targeted at males. Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young, two scholars in the field of religious studies at McGill University in Montreal, […]
Article by Richard Pendlebury and Vanessa Allen. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- First you see her large brown eyes and rosebud lips, framed by a pink headscarf. Then you notice that her bruised feet are secured by manacles to the foot of her bed. Nisreen Mansour al Forgani is a pretty 19-year-old. […]
Article by Bill Buppert. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- The resistance is growing. The revolution taking place between the ears is beginning to swallow up more of the market share. Millions of humans have begun to shake off the sleep of their Statist slumbers, and more wake up by the minute. They […]
Article by David Moye. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— Everyone knows the potential destructive power of hurricanes, but few people are aware that storms like Hurricane Irene encourage growth of psychedelic mushrooms. Yes, it sounds trippy, but one of the strange aftermaths of a hurricane is an increased amount of mushrooms […]
From the BBC. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– The question on a lot of people’s minds is the state of the global economy. Some are predicting a return to recession and at best others believe we will see a period of stagnation. With global stock markets taking massive hits in the last […]
Article by David D’Amato. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- For the United Kingdom’s The Guardian, Pankaj Mishra says the world is “looking at a fresh political awakening,” citing examples from Egypt and Greece to Israel and China. “[E]xtreme and seemingly insurmountable inequality,” Mishra argues, are the source of the new “public anger,” […]
From John Robb. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– A couple of years back I asked (in the article “Industrial Education” which is worth a read): “An Ivy League Education for less than $20 a month. Why not?” At the time there were only a smattering of course materials online. That’s changing. It’s coming. […]
From Naked Capitalism. ——————————————————————————————————————————————- David Graeber currently holds the position of Reader in Social Anthropology at Goldsmiths University London. Prior to this he was an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University. He is the author of ‘Debt: The First 5,000 Years’ which is available from Amazon. Interview […]
Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Noting that the field of Republican presidential candidates is fixated on “repealing and replacing ObamaCare,” Forbes’ David Whelan asks, “but with what?” Whelan raises the example of the micro-nation Singapore, which has removed the state from “delivering or financing health care.” The mere […]
From BrassCheck TV. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- BBC: British Brain Control The truth is there are no jubilation in Tripoli because even the most dull-witted there realize their country has been taken over by a western coup. Question: If there is no jubilation then where exactly do you get shots for […]
From Russia Today. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– FBI organizes almost all terror plots in the US The Federal Bureau of Investigation employs upwards of 15,000 undercover agents today, ten times what they had on the roster back in 1975. If you think that’s a few spies too many — spies earning […]
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Article by Jim Goad, who is probably the closest thing our era has to an H.L. Mencken. There are some real nuggets in this. Some samples: “In personal terms, I’m considered a gentile to one side and a kafir to the other. In other words, both sides consider […]
From Infoshop.Org ———————————————————————————————————————————————- It is horrible. The massacre on Utøya and attack in Oslo’s government district is the worst right-wing terrorist act directed against the Scandinavian labor movement. How could it happen? How could such an extensive and long-term terrorist plan go completely unnoticed by the security police? […]
Article by Kenneth Schortgen, Jr. —————————————————————————————————————————————– As the economy Continues its downward slide due to the failed leadership of both the President and Congress, billionaire investor Jim Rogers sees no other alternative to turn things around than for Ron Paul to win the Presidency. Rogers’ views on both […]
Article by Christopher A. Ferrara. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– [Continued from Parts I & II] The Modern Research Game Although he is backpedalling now, Woods did not tell us before that Mingay represents a new “anti-catastrophic orthodoxy” that purports to overturn the earlier “catastrophic orthodoxy” concerning the social effects of the […]
Article by Darian Worden. ——————————————————————————————————————————————— I’m always happy to see anarchism being discussed honestly in public forums. So I was pleased to see E.D. Kain’s article at Forbes, Criminal Justice in a Stateless Society (21 Aug 2011). Kain describes his reservations about anarchism and wonders “what would replace […]
Article by Alain De Benoist. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Immigrants from North Africa arriving daily on the Italian island of Lampedusa (Translated from the French by Tom Sunic) In 1973, shortly before his death, the French President Georges Pompidou admitted to have opened the floodgates of immigration, at a request of […]
From Quantcast. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Demographics Updated Jun 2010 • Delayed – Next: Sep 2011 Gender male 60% Male 40% Female Internet Average Gender Age middle aged 4% 3-12 14% 13-17 30% 18-34 32% 35-49 21% 50+ Internet Average Age Ethnicity Asian There are more Asian visitors here than average. […]
From The Onion. —————————————————————————————————————————————— First-grader Connor Bolduc does not have the capacity to imagine the scope of the hell he is in for. CARPENTERSVILLE, IL—Local first-grader Connor Bolduc, 6, experienced the first inkling of a coming lifetime of existential dread Monday upon recognizing his cruel destiny to participate […]
Just like in 2008. See the “Liberty and Populism” essay, section 6, item 11 in the list of potential constituents for anarcho-pluralism/pan-secessionism. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– Ron Paul continues to get the most military donations of any candidate, but of particular note is the wide disparity. Also note that although Rick […]
Article by William Norman Grigg. ———————————————————————————————————————————————- Mary Lee Cook, an 84-year-old resident of Oak Hill, Florida, didn’t seem like the kind of person who would secretly cultivate marijuana behind her home. Yet on June 6, deputies assigned to the East Volusia County Narcotics Task Force materialized on her […]
Article by Peter Dale Scott. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Breivik’s Terror: Was It a Deep Event? The most surprising aspect of the recent unexpected terrorist violence in Norway is that, in retrospect, it is not surprising. Our revived hopes after the end of the Cold War, that we might finally be […]
Article by Charles Johnson. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– Bleeding-Heart Libertarians might find a great deal of potential interest in the upcoming month’s issue of The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty. I mention this partly for selfish (or at least self-promotional) reasons; one of the articles there — The Many Monopolies — is […]
Article by Stuart Bramhall. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Virginia Tech Massacre This is the last of three posts regarding the reasons some progressives oppose gun control. No discussion of gun control would be complete without mentioning the high rate of “lone nut” shooting sprees that occur in the US. I have […]
By Thomas Harding, Gordon Rayner, Damien Mcelroy August 26, 2011 “SMH” – -LONDON: British special forces are on the ground in Libya helping to lead the hunt for Muammar Gaddafi. As a $1.6 million bounty was placed on his head, soldiers from 22 SAS Regiment began guiding rebel […]
Article by Patrick Henningsen. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- With globalist restructuring plans for the Middle East and North Africa looking to be nearly complete, one major hurdle remains. After a relatively easy path to victory in Tunisia and Egypt, and with the project to dismantle and re-privatise the Libyan state nearly complete, only Syria remains as the last serious […]
A new comic book superhero emerges.
From Center for a Stateless Society. —————————————————————————————————————————————— MUTUAL EXCHANGE Mutual exchange is the Center’s goal in two senses—we favor a society rooted in peaceful, voluntary cooperation, and we seek to foster understanding through ongoing dialogue. That’s why we’re inaugurating this new feature of our site. Mutual Exchange will […]
Article by Richard Spencer. I’m not personally anti-MLK. He was an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War and U.S. imperialism. The old Jim Crow racial caste system in the South was clearly an antiquated abomination, and desperately needed to be changed, and he was correct to lead and […]
Article by Jasmine Hughes. ——————————————————————————————————————————————– The increasingly dire conditions surrounding the brutal raping of Congo women have been ruling global news for quite a while, but now some new skeletons are coming out of the closet. Al-Jareeza is now shedding light on a lesser-known group of sexual assault victims: […]
Article by Ezra Klein. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- (Calculated Risk) Ken Rogoff wants to call our economic malaise “the Great Contraction.” Richard Posner wants us to at least call it “a depression.” I tend to dismiss arguments over semantics, but in this case, I agree. If it were up to me, […]
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