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Category Archives: Libertarianism
Double Or Nothing
I’d like to introduce you to yet another Australian politician you’re unlikely to have heard of in the Northern hemisphere. This one, however, has a gun pressed against the head of the Gillard government. And he has openly announced the … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Libertarianism
16 Comments
Freedom Of Suppress
As of today in Australia, the right not to be offended trumps the right to free speech.
Posted in Australia, Libertarianism, Rights
49 Comments
A Day To Pause And Reflect
I still don’t know what made me do it. It was late on a cool Tuesday spring evening in Sydney; I had been working sixteen hours straight at my computer, and my head was filled with ten thousand lines of software … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarianism, Rights, United States of America
14 Comments
Right-Wing Nut Cases Are Every Bit As Reprehensible As Left-Wing Nut Cases
I’ve said before many times on this blog, the left-right divide is a fiction. The real differentiation in politics is between Libertarianism and Populism (aka Totalitarianism). Left-wingers and right-wingers merely squabble over what freedoms they choose to repress first: economic … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarianism
45 Comments
Style Versus Substance
In May this year, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Corporation created space travel history by achieving the first “feathered” re-entry of its experimental craft, SpaceShipTwo. Oversize stabilizers mounted on the wingtips rotated upwards by 65°, giving the craft the geometry … Continue reading
Posted in AGW, Libertarianism
47 Comments
Give ‘Em Hell, James
It would be remiss of me not to wish our God-Emperor all the best on his current American promotional tour of his new book, Watermelons. I just heard him being interviewed here (H/T FergalR) on Ron Smith’s WBAL Radio show. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in AGW, Libertarianism, United States of America
7 Comments
The Last Respectable Prejudice
I can’t believe I’ve just read this in 2011. The Melbourne Herald-Sun’s Andrew Bolt picked up on this article in the Los Angeles Times, regarding a citizen-initiated referendum in the state of California seeking to outlaw male circumcision.
Posted in Europe, Libertarianism, United States of America
58 Comments
Free Speech, Gag Orders And Accountability
I’m going to tackle this in more depth a little later. But the other day I was shown (Hat-tip Izen) the existence of something called super-injunctions, of which prior till now I’d been blissfully ignorant. It’s important enough to call … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarianism, Rights
52 Comments
Animal Welfare: A Good Cause Gone Bad
Very few things burn me more than cruelty to animals. Every time I see a story in the news regarding the mistreatment of horses, dogs or other domestic or wild animals, it produces a visceral reaction in me not unlike … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarianism, Rights
32 Comments
The Sixty-Four Foot Cube
As I write this, the United States of America today reached its statutory debt ceiling of 14.294 trillion dollars. Treasury has announced that, unless Congress grants the Obama administration an increase in the debt ceiling in the next few weeks, … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, China, Europe, Libertarianism, United States of America
88 Comments