The Ashley Madison Hack – A Study In Libertarianism
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Today a group of hackers have released massive amounts of data belonging to users of the Ashley Madison company. This service specializes in connecting people (i.e. matchmaking) for “cheating” purposes (i.e. presumably sexual encounters outside the bounds of matrimony). Hackers claim that the owners of the site refused their demands to close it down. Police and the company are investigating. These are the headlines and you can get more info…
How Many Prosecutors Are Enough?
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This is a question that many politicians attempt to answer… attempt and fail miserably. Yesterday the Chilean president Ms Bachelet promulgated the law 20.861 which increases the number of prosecutors by 122 throughout the country. The purpose of this increase is to “improve the prosecution of crimes with the largest impact on population”. During the ceremony she expressed that “there are no magic solutions to end delinquency”. And this kind-of…
King Cheetahs And Political Evolution
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King Cheetahs are a rare mutation from what science calls “normal” ones. You can see a picture of one of them below compared to a “standard” one. As you can see, the King has distinctive “race track” stripes at its back. The King Cheetah was discovered in Zimbabwe in 1926. In 1928 a skin purchased by Lord Rothschild exhibited a mixed pattern between a “standard” and a King. Eventually, Kings…
True Believers
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Long time ago our little band of disappointed…persons (let’s be politically correct) came together in the unwavering belief that political and economic theories of Libertarianism and Austrian Economics were the only correct and true ones. These were not ideals but religions we took upon ourselves to spread among the ignorant in the world. We are the new soldiers in this fight against political stupidity and economic nonsense. We are the…
The Power Of Stupidity
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A couple of days back Wired Magazine published the article "Google's Search Algorithm Could Steal The Presidency". The centre of that piece is research conducted by Epstein and Roberson (two scientists working for the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology) which indicates that in terms of candidates, Google's ranking matters. They estimate that whichever candidate Googleranks first is viewed in a more positive light by about 48% of people and…
Companies – Our Cuddly Friends
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Companies are there to provide us with our necessities but they need to operate within tolerable limits. We know that companies must behave ethically and be good corporate citizens. We also know that companies must provide products at reasonable prices and with reasonable assurances and warranties. We also expect that companies make reasonable (not ridiculous) profits and that they behave fairly and honestly in their dealings with customers. Additionally, we…
Do Animals Have Rights? - Part 2 of 2
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ANIMAL RIGHTS
Which leads us into a strange situation. As Libertarians we recognize that anybody that is self-aware (and thus self-owned) has rights. Chimps seem to be self-aware and thus we must recognize (strange as it may seem) that they probably have rights!
But what about other species? Unlikely. Chimps are one of the most evolved ones and they seem to barely be there. Dolphins? Perhaps.
However, what interests us…
Do Animals Have Rights? - Part 1 of 2
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A few days back a question was presented to us which we thought it was a no brainer, yet, it turned out not to be so simple. Talking with people we usually come across controversial topics where, as expected, our point of view is either:
Misunderstood
Misinterpreted
The question that was presented to us is a simple one: should animals be used in research? Or, going to the root cause…
Not QE Again!!!
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Enough with the Quantitative Easing (QE) thingy! We get it, we get it, QE bad, printing bad, Central Banks bad. Get over it!!! Well… at least that’s what we have been told. Unfortunately, we can’t. At least not without a final explanation. We fully understand that you probably do not live in US, EU or Japan and therefore you are not concerned by QE because your Central Bank is not…
