Inferno

Posted on Sunday, 3rd April 2011 by Ozboy

The scene: a desolate, barren moonscape. Lightning bolts flash occasionally across a blackened sky. Boiling, bubbling lava pools dot the ground as far as the eye can see, sending plumes of reeking smoke into the gloom. The only sounds are occasional howling of wolves, thunderclaps and, now and then, a long, distant, drawn-out, hideous human scream.

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Posted in AGW, Australia, China, Daily Telegraph Blog Disaster, Libertarianism, Rights | 17 Comments

What Is Libertarianism Part II

Posted on Wednesday, 30th March 2011 by Ozboy

Since I published my original short article on this subject, a number of you have asked me to make some clarifications and extensions. I thought it appropriate to deal with some of those today.

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Posted in Libertarianism | 8 Comments

It’s Just A Jump To The Left

Posted on Friday, 25th March 2011 by Ozboy

…followed by the inevitable step to the right.

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Posted in Australia, Libertarianism | 17 Comments

McLurg’s Law

Posted on Tuesday, 22nd March 2011 by Ozboy

I wasn’t planning to comment on the Japanese earthquake, as it’s being fully covered elsewhere. But last night’s hysterical treatment of the relatively minor damage at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on the local current affairs TV program Four Corners made me reconsider.

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Cactoblastis

Posted on Saturday, 19th March 2011 by Ozboy

Yet another grab for power by the state over the citizen, in ways never mentioned in the Constitution. Today’s story is set here in Australia, but all readers around the world take note, because if this law succeeds here, its appearance cannot be long delayed in your country either.

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Posted in Australia, Libertarianism | 13 Comments

The Centre Of The Universe

Posted on Wednesday, 16th March 2011 by Ozboy

A column by Boris Johnson in the UK Daily Telegraph caught my eye the other day. It shone a cold, hard light on man’s seemingly innate tendency to place himself at the centre of everything.

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Posted in Libertarianism | 36 Comments

What Are Rights?

Posted on Thursday, 10th March 2011 by Ozboy


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Posted in Rights | 17 Comments

The Gates Re-open…

Posted on Tuesday, 8th March 2011 by Ozboy

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Posted in Libertarianism | 19 Comments

Ozboy’s Bar And Grill Is Closed For Repairs

Posted on Sunday, 7th November 2010 by Ozboy

It’s only temporary. A couple of weeks. But the recent shenanigans round here have forced me to do some thinking about how LibertyGibbert can run better in the future.

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The Dragon’s Dissent Part III: Naked National Interest

Posted on Saturday, 6th November 2010 by Ozboy

The emergence of China as the world’s new superpower has raised many questions in the international community and across the blogosphere regarding the longer-range agenda of the Middle Kingdom. In a recent discussion on this forum, the question of Chinese territorial ambitions was raised. Our own poster Crownarmourer made the point that over the past two millenia, the extent of China’s domain has waxed and waned. Does the twenty-first century incarnation of China hold ambitions of global hegemony? What you are about to read today may hold some clues.

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Posted in AGW, China | 147 Comments