Why Socialism Is on the Rise
By Ben Shapiro · Jan. 8, 2014
Category: Uncategorized
Brian Wright Ordeal in Northville
My friend Brian Wright tells of a recent interaction with the law in Northville MI.
Casting of Ant Colony
Social Justice
At Bleeding Hearts Libertarians
there is a lot of discussion about the importance of Social Justice, rectification of past injustices, and the need for establishing institutions that maximizes Social Justice.
My take:
A happy life is a journey not a destination. The initial condition for each person should be when that person declares emancipation from the parents. Any injustice that is present at that point is due to the parents conceiving and raising the person in an unjust world. Rectification for injustices before emancipation should be ignored.
We should consider the world at the transition from dependence on our parents as our initial condition, and enjoy developing the best path to seek happiness from there. Otherwise we are filled with envy, and in turmoil trying to seek retribution for historical injustices.
Sheldon Richmond on Representation
http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/government-is-the-problem-2/
We didn’t intervene in Libya, setting the stage for the attack on the CIA post in Benghazi. We didn’t use a political double standard in ruling on tax-exemption requests from nonprofit organizations. We didn’t try to frighten government whistle-blowers by subpoenaing reporters’ phone records, reading their email, and even naming one journalist (Fox’s James Rosen) as a co-conspirator under the Espionage Act. We didn’t ask the NSA to gather data on us.
We did none these things. They did. Who are they? The wielders of power and the interests for whom they front.
Jacob Hornberger Comments on US Flyover
http://fff.org/2013/11/27/the-national-security-states-childishly-dangerous-taunt-against-china/
…why should an island dispute between China and Japan be any business of the U.S. government? Would you be willing to give up your life to help Japan win its fight for those islands? Are you willing to sacrifice your spouse or your children for the sake of those islands?
Kim Hawk Interview
Lee County Florida had a Soil and Water Conservation District that was started in 1947.
Lee County Libertarians got elected and worked to abolish it.
Here is a video from when the district got abolished.
Vinay Kolhatkar – Importance of Art
Thanks to:
Galt’s Gulch for the tip.
Lilyan Bachrach Watercolors
Bob Bachrach posted some greeting cards painted by my mother
More Paintings
Sheldon Richmond – PREVENTING WAR WITH IRAN IS TOP PRIORITY
Worth reading:
http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/preventing-war-with-iran-is-top-priority/
The best way to keep Iran from building a nuclear bomb is for the Obama administration and its nuclear client Israel to stop threatening the Islamic Republic.
Look at recent history. In 2003 Iraq’s government had no nuclear weapons (or other WMD). The U.S. government invaded, and before long Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was hanging from a rope. In 2011 Libya’s government had no nuclear weapons. The U.S. government led NATO on a bombing campaign to help a group of rebels, and before long Libyan Col. Muammar Qaddafi lay dead on a roadside. Today Syria has no nuclear weapons. The U.S. government and NATO are currently aiding rebels seeking to overthrow (and likely kill) President Bashar al-Assad.
On the other hand, North Korea has nuclear weapons, and Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un appears safe from any regime change sponsored by the U.S. government and NATO.
Lesson for foreign leaders who are in the doghouse with the U.S. government: Get a nuke.