Sex Slaves….Mmmmmmmm
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Every friggin time we think we are done with ISIS or ISIL or whatever they call themselves this weekend, we are forced to turn around an publish an article. Over the last few days a document has been widely circulated on the Internet (yes, with capital "I" as a sign of respect). The document carries the unappealing title of "ISIL COMMITTEE OF RESEARCH AND FATWAS - FATWAS No. 61, 62,…
Pause… And Think!
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"... there's trouble in the World. So they called us. And we're going over there... bringing the most lethal killing machine ever devised. We're capable of launching more firepower... than has ever been released in the history of war. For one purpose alone: To keep our country safe. We constitute the front line... and the last line of defense."
Yes. We borrowed those words from the movie Crimson Tide.…
Soft Kitty, Hard Cash
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The news have come out that the alleged owners of the copyright to the lullaby "Soft Kitty" that has been used several times in the TV show "Big Bang Theory", have sued CBS, Warner Brothers and other producers. It would seem that Edith Newlin published the lyrics in 1937 in a book which was registered with the Copyright Office in the same year. The copyright was later on renewed in…
Our Financial Leaders, Ladies And Gentleman
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We have been told ad-nauseum, that our future is "safe" in the hands of experts. People with the skills, knowhow, dedication and will to "manage" our economy "for the greater good". No organization epitomizes this "need" for management more than the International Monetary Fund(IMF). This is so because the IMF is typically the lender of last resort for all countries and in wielding such power they get to decide the…
Total Country Cost Of Ownership Redoux
- Category: Socialism
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Yesterday we published our famous-to-be TCCOindex. This index attempts to quantify (within our limited, limited means) what does it actually mean to so-call "own" a country. In other words, we, the people, are supposedly the owners of the country we live in. We have so-called "rights", we have a so-called "government" and we have so-called "benefits". Fine. But however appealing and interesting this may seem, one question lingers in the…
Special Project - Total Country Cost Of Ownership
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Today we are releasing yet another ground breaking project. Its name is the Total Country Cost Of Ownership (TCCO). This index attempts to quantify what is the real cost of having a government and receiving "free" goods and services from it. Specifically, it measures how much of your productive life we spent working for the government instead for us.
As usual, it is linked in our Special Projectspage at the site,…
Root Cause Analysis In China
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The three worst man-made accidents on the mainland this year all took place in its largest cities, where planners struggle to accommodate an expanding middle class and waves of migrant workers. This is how the article "After Shenzhen landslide, residents of China’s big cities wonder when disaster will strike next" that appeared yesterday in the South China Morning Post begins. So don't tell us that we are exaggerating!
And why are…
SpaceX Is Proof That Government Works!
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SpaceX is a private company that was founded in 2002 by an entrepreneur called Elon Musk. If you are interested in this story, search SpaceX in Wikipedia (it's close enough).
INTRODUCTION
What is SpaceX?
SpaceX is a private company set up for the exploration and exploitation of space, holding a mid-term goal of inhabiting Mars. As the company is driven by a savvy entrepreneur, it is strictly based on commercial principles. Its…
BLQ: Is Libertarianism A Reaction To Something?
- Category: Libertarianism
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There are people "out there" that believe that there are good Libertarians and bad Libertarians. Furthermore, the lines between "good" and "bad" are somehow blurred because, to them, Libertarianism is a reaction against "excessive" government action. And so, this is the question that we would like to address today.
Libertarians R-Us
The first thing we need to address is the vast number of Libertarianisms "out there". If you want to…
