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    Image of George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024) - Full Special
    George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024) - Full Special
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    I died laughing (pun intended). AI is incredible. 'nuff said... I'm Dudesy, a comedy AI, and I'm excited to share my second hour-long comedy special with you! I'm calling it 'George Carlin: I'm...

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    Image of A Philosophical Game: An Interview with Saul Steinberg
    A Philosophical Game: An Interview with Saul Steinberg
    theparisreview.org link posted by c_prompt in baseball
    The artist Saul Steinberg, who immigrated to the United States in 1942, was deeply preoccupied with identifying the essential threads of American life. For him, baseball was rich material. In 1954, h...

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    Image of NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama"
    NYT Flashback: "If Donald Trump Targets Journalists, Thank Obama"
    zerohedge.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    Former President Obama has come under fire for what many have viewed as a hypocritical condemnation of President Trump during a Friday acceptance speech for his Ethics in Government award at the Un...

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    Image of Fact Check: Did Obama Detain 90,000 Children At The Border? Yup. All of the unaccompanied minors detained under Obama were locked up in the exact same facilities Trump is using
    Fact Check: Did Obama Detain 90,000 Children At The Border? Yup. All of the unaccompanied minors detained under Obama were locked up in the exact same facilities Trump is using
    zerohedge.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    And that's just for two years... while in 2011 the average stay in a government detention facility was 72 days... So to be clear - hundreds of thousands of migrant children whose parents sent t...

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    Image of Democrats Confirm Torturer As Director Of CIA
    Democrats Confirm Torturer As Director Of CIA
    paulcraigroberts.org link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agenc...

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    Image of My Own Personal Nothingness - From a childhood hallucination to the halls of theoretical physics
    My Own Personal Nothingness - From a childhood hallucination to the halls of theoretical physics
    nautil.us link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    “Nothing will come of nothing.”(William Shakespeare, King Lear) “Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.”(Blaise...

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    Image of Study: Climate Change Activists are Hypocrites. They were less likely to engage in recycling and other eco-friendly behaviors than global-warming skeptics
    Study: Climate Change Activists are Hypocrites. They were less likely to engage in recycling and other eco-friendly behaviors than global-warming skeptics
    thedailybell.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    A strange thing happens when you don’t trust the government. You take responsibility for your actions, instead of shirking your duty and handing off the burden to the collective. A study by Corn...

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    Image of The hypocrisy poisoning America
    The hypocrisy poisoning America
    fabiusmaximus.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    America’s largest problems don’t appear in the in the headlines, but between the lines. Such as the hypocrisy poisoning our politics. Here are some recent examples — and a simple solution.
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    Image of Tu Quoque: Anatomy of an online argument
    Tu Quoque: Anatomy of an online argument
    bardoloi.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    The real goal of tu quoque (or any ad hominem attack) is to shift the focus to your opponent’s weaknesses as a way to hide your argument’s weaknesses. To create a hypocrisy meme: 1) pick a trigger...

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    Image of Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument? A great discussion from Philosophy Stack Exchange
    Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument? A great discussion from Philosophy Stack Exchange
    philosophy.stackexchange.com link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    The general rule is that a person’s behavior does not invalidate that person’s arguments. This is because ideally philosophical arguments are based on reason. Thus if the reasoning is valid, it do...

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    Image of Unco Junto: The Nature of Hypocrisy
    Unco Junto: The Nature of Hypocrisy
    centerforinquiry.net link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    People are not known for being particularly rigorous with their beliefs and opinions, and it's not surprising that they would, more often than not, fail to consistently apply reasoning and principles....

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    Image of Order of actions mitigates hypocrisy judgments for ingroup more than outgroup members
    Order of actions mitigates hypocrisy judgments for ingroup more than outgroup members
    scholars.northwestern.edu link posted by pot_kettle_black in pot.kettle.black
    We’re harder on hypocrites when they belong to the opposite group. Link to .pdf of full study
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    Image of The Worst Man In Modern History
    The Worst Man In Modern History
    goldmoney.com link posted by c_prompt in capitalism
    It seems extraordinary that in defiance of all factual history and philosophical knowledge anyone should celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Karl Marx. More than anyone, through wrong-headed ide...

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    The solution to the war problem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I have always been very concerned about the problems of war. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about how unfair it is for the many innocent victims. So, as an amateur videographer, I have tried...

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    Image of The Great Hoax of Equality
    The Great Hoax of Equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    History repeats itself. Men have constantly fought and died in the war for equality throughout the centuries. However, not all of them had in mind the same idea of equality when they gave their lives...

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    Image of Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
    Kony 2012: Pro-AFRICOM Propaganda by the Regime Change Machine?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thanks to the Land Destroyer blog for spotting this excellent analysis of what appears the next phase in false-flag interventionist propaganda -- the use of so-called "social media" with heavy celebr...

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    Image of Manipulating Americans is easy
    Manipulating Americans is easy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You're an idiot. That's right. According to New York spin doctor Sheherazad Jaafari (aka press-aide or press attaché), Americans are easily manipulated. All politicians need to do is admit that th...

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    Image of Oh No! Science Supports... The Anarchists!!
    Oh No! Science Supports... The Anarchists!!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I'm talking about the real anarchists here, not bloody bomb-throwers or anti-capitalist window breakers. I'm referring to people who have faced the scary fact that all coercive power corrupts and tha...

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    Image of Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
    Then they came for the internet but, by that time...
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As proud supporters of Creative Commons, we were encouraged to see so many websites effectively shut down or "go dark" on January 18, 2012 in protest of the tyrannical SOPA/PIPA bills that the US gov...

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    Image of The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What a completely ridiculous statement, right? Calling Ron Paul a progressive? So why are some prominent progressives suggesting that Ron Paul is more progressive than Obama? Liberals and progress...

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    Image of It isn't illegal if the President does it
    It isn't illegal if the President does it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." So said President Richard Nixon in his 1977 interview discussing presidential authority. Fast-forward 30 years. "I was a cons...

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    Image of Killer viruses - should we make them?
    Killer viruses - should we make them?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We all have previously learned about the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed between 20-40 million people worldwide in our history classes. Now with the advance of modern molecular biology techn...

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    Image of The last line of defense when the law is wrong
    The last line of defense when the law is wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a button that some wear on election day. It says "I voted." It's as if voting makes them feel powerful. But the vote they cast typically isn't for a specific law - it's usually for a polit...

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    Image of Modern marriage - a 2-year commitment with an option to renew
    Modern marriage - a 2-year commitment with an option to renew
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a funny wedding tradition where the married couple eats the top layer of their wedding cake one year later. (How great to finally have the extra space in your freezer, right?) For about half...

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    Image of The revolution for individual freedom and the principles of cooperation
    The revolution for individual freedom and the principles of cooperation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Throughout most of human civilization, centuries of men have starved, died from the elements (for lack of proper housing), suffered terrible health, and barely lived. Even today, starvation kills mil...

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    Image of TIL Federal Reserve Bank stockholders don't pay taxes
    TIL Federal Reserve Bank stockholders don't pay taxes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, unlike people or other corporations, Federal reserve bank stockholders don't have to pay federal, state,or local taxes on their annual, fixed dividends of 6% on capital stock (w...

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    Ron Paul didn't go far enough - unleash the retirement accounts
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul just came out with a plan to cut $1 trillion from the US's federal budget and severely curtail entitlement programs. According to the "Plan to Restore America," it cuts $1 trillion in spendi...

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    Image of TIL what used to be considered healthy and happy is now considered dangerous
    TIL what used to be considered healthy and happy is now considered dangerous
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned from "America's worst mom" that the earliest episodes of Sesame Street are "for adult viewing only" for fear they will give kids dangerous ideas (Sesame Street just couldn't bring its...

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    Image of Getting mad as hell - it's about time
    Getting mad as hell - it's about time
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The strategy by the labor union leadership was said to be based simply: "how do we bring down the stock market, how do we bring down their bonuses, how do we interfere with their ability to, to be ri...

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    Image of Imagine... what a wonderful world it would be
    Imagine... what a wonderful world it would be
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Aristotle spoke of music as having "influence over the character and the soul." He noted that "Rhythm and melody supply imitations of anger and gentleness, and also of courage and temperance, and of...

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    Image of What happened to the "we" in "yes we can?"
    What happened to the "we" in "yes we can?"
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How we do like to complain about politicians. We vote them into office (well, some don't vote) and expect them to change the world. To reduce war. To make our lives better. To keep their promises. Af...

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    Image of Listen to my music - the philosophy of The Trees
    Listen to my music - the philosophy of The Trees
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Make everyone equal. It is a common battle cry across the centuries. Just look at the current class warfare that Obama is pushing because we are not all equal. (Or, as Orwell famously put it in Anima...

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    TIL a Kelo v. New London judge regrets his decision
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Richard Palmer is "sorry" for the way he voted in the infamous eminent domain Kelo v. New London case. In that case, the US Supreme Court aff...

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    The examples adults set for children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why are so many children familiar with the adage "do as I say, not as I do?" The answer should be obvious - because we, as adults, often do things that we don't want our children doing. Let's face it...

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    The enemy to slay in a constant state of emergency
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul famously said of neocons: The neoconservative ethos, steeped in the teachings of Leo Strauss, cannot abide an America where individuals simply pursue their happy, peaceful, prosperous l...

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    How to get decent people to do terrible things - put them in positions of power
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Einstein once wrote that "our conscious acts spring from our desires and our fears." Many agree. For example, David Hume suggested in A Treatise of Human Nature that humans are prone to letting emoti...

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    Two Grandmothers, Two Priests and a Nun go to Prison for Peace
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Two grandmothers, two priests and a nun were sentenced in federal court in Tacoma, WA Monday March 28, 2011, for confronting hundreds of US nuclear weapons stockpiled for use by the deadly Trident su...

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    The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to non-violent, ideological leaders, Mahatma Gandhi has got to be toward the very top of the list. His resistance to British tyranny through mass civil disobedience is famous. Needless...

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    TIL Superman, Star Trek, and Archie creators promoted sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned one of the creators of Superman drew S&M and bondage comics that were banned by the Supreme Court, the creator of Star Trek created a show about a gym teacher having sex with his...

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    Taxation is a fight between individualism and collectivism - which side are you on?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to politics, it's difficult to say "liberals believe this" or "conservatives believe that." After all, within each political ideology, there are many views; sometimes even views that se...

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    Image of Excessive grades are discriminatory - let's redistribute them
    Excessive grades are discriminatory - let's redistribute them
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do you really need a 4.0 grade point average? There's a proposal on the table that we should consider. For far too long, there have been many underachieving students. We're not going to get into t...

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    The makings of a good apology - act like a changed person
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Paris Hilton did it to Lindsay Lohan. Tiger Woods did it. American Idol did it. Couples do it. Sometimes we even do it to ourselves. Politicians do it as well, but they do it badly (just like everyth...

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    Image of Guilt begone - it was the sun all along
    Guilt begone - it was the sun all along
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore aren't going to be happy. Scientists are messing up their politics. So it turns out that the only thing man-made about global warming is t...

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    How stupid are we? Ask Obama
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama has broken many promises. That's par for the course when you're a politician. People know (and sadly accept) that politicians aren't going to do everything they promise. But then there are m...

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    Image of Politicians causing problems in politics? Put them on pay-for-performance
    Politicians causing problems in politics? Put them on pay-for-performance
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the business world, most workers receive a base salary and then salary increases or bonuses based on performance. Performance can be measured by various factors, including company performance, ind...

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    One nation, under God, and undereducated
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For the most part, public education in the US is a disaster. Where the blame lies will be forever debated, but to claim otherwise is to sleep undisturbed in a fantasy world with "stark wake-up calls"...

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    If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    First, let me make this perfectly clear: I am an anarchist (or, more specifically, an anarcho-capitalist). I do not support any kind of government, including a president. The last election I voted in...

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    Image of TIL Einstein supported a one-world government and was a Socialist
    TIL Einstein supported a one-world government and was a Socialist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned Albert Einstein supported a one-world government and was a Socialist. Einstein's passionate commitment to the cause of global peace led him to support the creation of a single, u...

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    Three cheers for capitalism - not two
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As scary as it might sound, we already know that evidence doesn't matter much in the context of politics. So, even when there is clear evidence of a certain idea being factually true, many people don...

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    Short-selling - the protected companies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    (Meanwhile, as the Italian cabinet approves a tough austerity plan, and as Nero feasts while Rome burns...) According to the AP, "France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are banning short-selling on sele...

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    Who has more economic savvy? Alan Greenspan, Paul Krugman, or Ron Paul?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Alan Greenspan. Economic wonderboy. Market maestro. Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman. Past disciple of Ayn Rand. Someone who once thought gold was the only proper standard for money and a protec...

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    Does porn hurt relationships? Science says no
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Porn is like bacon: some won't eat it for religious reasons, some consider it filthy, some feel guilty after eating it, but everyone else (which is most of the population) loves it. Funny enough, sci...

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    Image of Selling organs for education
    Selling organs for education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nowadays, you have to take on massive amounts of debt to go to college, only to graduate and find that there aren't any jobs available. So you leave college, go back to living with your parents, and...

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    TIL Communism is responsible for over 100 million deaths
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that Communism, "the greatest social engineering experiment we have ever seen," is responsible for approximately over 100 million deaths. The Communists tried to construct a "utopia.....

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    Old enough to fight, old enough to vote, but no influence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "No taxation without representation" was a popular slogan that summarized a major grievance the British colonists had with England. The idea is simple enough to understand: if I don't get any substan...

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    The courage of convictions - rational people don't agree to disagree
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Politics. Morality. Religion. Relationships. Even science. These are examples of the many categories in which you will find disagreements. These debates occur just as much with intelligent people as...

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    Liberalism - a contradiction in ideals?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pulitzer prize winning author, Columbia professor, historian, and liberal Eric Foner thinks liberalism is in a state of contradiction. One the one hand, he says liberals want an "activist government"...

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    The poor don't want charity - they want justice
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The latest weapon of mass destruction: starvation. The situation is dire. It's the worst drought in Africa in 60 years. The UN is airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. It's estimated th...

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    Ron Paul was right, and the Fed audit proves it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The printing press: what a great invention... It fostered a rapid development in and dissemination of art and science through the production of books. But one wonders if Johannes Gutenberg would be a...

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    The legitimacy of higher education - do we need more scientists and engineers?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Robert Heinlein once wrote: "Being intelligent is not a felony. But most societies evaluate it as at least a misdemeanor." The number of students going to UK universities is falling. Additionally,...

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    TIL 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million are in jail
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that 18 US veterans commit suicide every day and 1 million veterans are sitting in jail. When Staff Sgt. Brad Eifert, 36, finally made his way to the woods behind his house with...

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    Let's raise the debt ceiling to $1 quadrillion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember the guy who talked about change? Where'd he go? In 2006, Obama said this: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a...

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    Scary - facts don't change our minds
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Facts don't necessarily have the power to change our minds. In fact, quite the opposite." Before you read this article to determine where that conclusion came from, ponder that quote for a moment...

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    The courage to resist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Winning people's hearts and minds through ideas is one way to affect change, but it's a very, very slow process. Most would consider it "impractical." For those who want to implement change quicker,...

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    The spirit of revolution
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Philosopher of revolution" Pyotr Kropotkin (aka Peter Kropotkin) once wrote: "America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against...

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    Nationalize email to the US Postal Service - are you fucking kidding me?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Statists have plenty of bad ideas: going to war for oil, setting up regulatory agencies that don't do their jobs, molesting people in the name of se...

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    Toxins in our food supply are killing bees
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Quis custodiet ipsos custodes (aka who watches the watchmen)? Called Colony Collapse Disorder, there is something killing honeybees. They are dying in "huge numbers." Scientists from the US Environ...

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    The morality of helping the poor family - where does it end?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who "passionately" believes in the welfare system, is lashing out at parents who are raising their children through social welfare programs. He thinks the issue is a...

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    Abolish political parties and add none of the above
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jesse Ventura, of wrestling, acting, and conspiracy theory fame, is disgusted with politics. (And anyone who isn't disgusting isn't sane.) So he's come up with some new ideas. What do you think el...

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    Slut walks, rape, and hypocrisy - what's eye candy got to do with it?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How we do love eye-candy. And, after all, "since when is a woman dressing sexy in public a bad thing?" By now, you've probably heard about the various "slut walks" that are happening all over the...

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    Apathy - ignorance going through the motions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Considered the third, best-selling poet of all time, Khalil Gibran once said "Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death." Apathy is defined as having a lack of emotion, interest, or conce...

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    Are safety and freedom opposites?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to protecting civil liberties, it just keeps getting worse. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now testing what it calls Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST). It i...

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    Mine! The never-ending fight over Palestine
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama is currently getting criticized because of his recent speech asserting that the US government officially supports a two-state solution based on Israel's pre-1967 borders along with negotiated...

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    The essence of political definitions: what does it mean to be a liberal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand once wrote that "Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration." Perhaps that's one of the reasons politics always appear...

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    I spy, and you cannot hide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Former NSA employee Thomas Drake has a wife and 5 sons, one of whom has significant health problems. But, understanding the risks to him and his family, he couldn't remain silent and be complicit in...

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    Image of Other people are not your property
    Other people are not your property
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul has entered the US presidential race for the third time as a Republican. But he's not really a Republican - he's a Libertarian. Ron Paul, like all Libertarians, is always talking about limit...

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    The right to health care
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Here's the backdrop: in 2005, the US Supreme Court ruled in Castle Rock v. Gonzales that a person does not have a constitutional right to police protection, even in the presence of a restraining orde...

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    Would you, personally, force someone to give charity?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The great political theorist and economist Frédéric Bastiat wrote in The State: "The oppressor no longer acts directly by his own force on the oppressed. No, our conscience has become too fastidiou...

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    Godwin's law - if the shoe fits, wear it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to online discussions, there's an adage called Godwin's law. It states that the longer an online discussion continues, "the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approac...

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    Government-run supermarkets and education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an adage in economics that goes: people do not walk barefoot because there aren't any government shoe factories. In markets where competition exists (not to be confused with free markets), bu...

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    Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In light of the claim that Osama bin Laden has now been killed, we thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone of George Orwell's famous character in the novel 1984: Emmanuel Goldstein....

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    The ethics of capitalism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ethics is a branch of philosophy that deals with morality, and the moral code/ideology used when differentiating between right and wrong is critical (e.g., consider that Hitler used national socialis...

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    US has highest prison population - why?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let this sink in for a moment: the United States has the highest prisoner population rate in the world. That's right, even more than China. (And, no - that doesn't include all of the hidden prisons i...

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    Legislating morality and homosexuality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Politics are a disgusting abyss of failed attempts to legislate morality. But why is it like that? Perhaps one of the primary reasons is because people can't seem to agree on what morality is; or, mo...

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    TIL that gas prices in Europe are double those in the US
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Don't expect gas prices to "tank" anytime soon. (Sorry, couldn't resist the pun.) Today I learned that Americans live in a distorted world when it comes to gas prices. The average price of gas across...

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    Sports socialism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Discussing sports, Noam Chomsky once remarked: "Take, say, sports -- that's another crucial example of the indoctrination system, in my view. For one thing because it -- you know, it offers people so...

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    Environmental suicide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrary to what the United Nations does, Mother Earth doesn't have a conscience. She can't tell us which of her resources she wants us to save, which to take care of, and which to use. Ergo, how we...

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    Reducing HIV/AIDS by eliminating IP laws
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the adventure film Sahara, General Kazim states: "Don't worry. It's Africa. Nobody cares about Africa." In 2009, it's estimated that 33 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, with almost 70% liv...

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    Government's taunt: "I know you are but what am I?"
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's an old Russian political joke where an American and a Soviet car salesmen are arguing about who makes better cars. The American asks: "How many decades does an average Soviet man need to work...

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    Copyright trolling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which revolutionized the cotton industry. But he had a hard time profiting from his invention because he tried to charge farmers a huge price (2/5 of their profits...

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    If women ruled the world
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Do a search on the web and you'll find all sorts of criteria for what makes an effective leader. People can't even seem to agree on the definition of leadership. As a result, theories abound. But wha...

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    People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government consists of a bunch of hypocrites. I know, tell you something you don't know, right? Recently, Hillary Clinton and her lackeys at the US State Department released the Country Re...

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    Pronouncing moral judgment
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sometimes it seems that the worse things get, the more we tolerate. It's not that we become impartial to a particular wrong, but it does seem that we often "sit on the fence" when we see wrongdoing....

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    When what you're doing in economics doesn't work, just do more of it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You can call a fish a duck, but that doesn't make it so. Does anyone else find it funny that people claiming to be anarchists - which is, by definition, being against government - are rioting in su...

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    TIL the 40-hour work week did not originate from unions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that, contrary to popular belief, a private business owner who made every pair of military business boots for US soldiers in World War I established the 40-hour work week which becam...

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    Meet the new [education] boss, same as the old boss
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about a circlejerk... The federal government tells poorly performing schools that, if they fire their principals, they will get additional money. So what do these schools do? They fire the princ...

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    America is very hostile to many businesses, believe it or not
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Attention US government. You're not very bright. By having a high corporate tax rate, you are pushing jobs, profits, patents, executives, research, and operations of US companies overseas. (And, as a...

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    I want it, but can't afford it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Mel Brooks's very funny History of the World Part I, King Louis XVI is told by his advisor that the people are revolting. The king replies "You said it. They stink on ice." As the UK government...

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    America's leading leftist intellectual is angry
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "America's leading leftist intellectual" and MIT professor Noam Chomsky once remarked that "The U.S. is a leading terrorist state, as are its clients." He has said "that there is no War on Terror." H...

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    War powers and rebranded neoconservativism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can we all agree that, no matter who it is, the US president does not have the legitimate power to bomb another nation without an act of Congress formally declaring war? Five wars have been declar...

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    TIL about the Flying Spaghetti Monster
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the Flying Spaghetti Monster was a humorous protest against the government's decision to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school...

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    Society and the meaning of individual actions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Libertarians are often talking about freedom and liberty. Thomas Jefferson claimed in his magnum opus the Declaration of Independence that we all have a right to liberty. But freedom and liberty aren...

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    Politics - a zero-sum game
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In politics, it seems that everything is an issue. Why? Because everything that politicians do is based on wealth redistribution - taking from one person and giving to another. As a result, politics...

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    When it comes to "I told ya' so," it's too late
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his famous statement "First they came," Pastor Martin Niemöller once blasted the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power as they purged group after group: THEY CAME...

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    Drug monopolies courtesy of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Contrary to Wikipedia and its source - pseudo-economist Paul Samuelson, who was the "key to Keynes' influence" - there isn't any such thing as a natural monopoly. Any monopoly that comes about and ma...

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    Intellectual bankruptcy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why aren't liberals abandoning Obama when he does the same things for which they screamed at Bush (e.g., indefinite detention at Guantanamo, approving torture)? Because they have nowhere else to go....

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    Eliminate all corporations
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    One of the problems with democracy is that it leads to corporatism. "Corporatism is a system where businesses are nominally in private hands, but are in fact controlled by the government. In a corpor...

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    Political correctness, sticks, and stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's interesting to trace the history of controversial subjects. Take political correctness for example. Political correctness, "used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seekin...

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    Democracy - FAIL
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Article 21 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states the following: (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely ch...

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    The failure of unions and socialism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Someone once made a comment that he was 100% supportive of a tyrannical, socialist government as long as he was the only citizen of his country (paraphrased). Throughout the world, and especially in...

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    War - can't we all just get along?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Besides death and taxes, there is arguably another clear constant in the world: war. Seemingly at all times, someone, somewhere, is always using violence to either get what they want or protect what...

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    For God's sake
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Possibly suggesting that religious beliefs were necessary for maintaining social order, Voltaire once wrote: "If God did not exist, he would have to be invented." Karl Marx agreed, calling it the "o...

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    Military manipulation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Government - they are experts at manipulating people. They even have a scary-sounding name for it: "psy-ops." What happens when they turn against their own? The psychological thriller The Manchurian...

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    Private security forces
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Insurance companies have been getting a lot of negative press lately, especially when it comes to health care. It seems that, generally, people believe that insurance companies exist primarily for so...

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    Drug prohibition doesn't work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We know marijuana is "the most widely used illicit substance in the world" (which may be why "arrests are at a near-record high"). We know drug decriminalization works. Yet we still allow the governm...

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    TIL which countries make up the UK
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned which countries make up the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), the difference between the United Kingdom (four countries) and Great Britain (England, Sco...

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    Education - a race to the bottom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sometimes you have to wonder if the sole reason that the law requires children go to school is because very few would go if not forced. If schools are intended to give children training as to the wor...

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    Taking down the internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Put on your tinfoil hats for this one. We recently saw that a country's government can easily and quickly shut down the internet. In a classic rope-a-dope, as Hillary Clinton babbles propaganda about...

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    Putting kids to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The economy is in dire straits. Many adults can't find jobs. The government is lying about employment figures. So why would some politician try to repeal an existing law that would bring more people...

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    Ethics in the marketplace
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When people argue against capitalism (aka the free market), almost never do they argue from an efficiency perspective. Instead, the arguments typically claim capitalism exploits the working class by...

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    The myths of income equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Capitalism gets a bad rap, often claimed to be the destroyer of everything good. One argument made is that capitalism creates class warfare - the rich against the poor. So-called "social crusaders,"...

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    Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The folks at the Venus Project and the larger Zeitgeist movement think society has many problems, and they are concerned. Hard to disagree. When a doctor is trying to cure what ails you, he'll typica...

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    Crime makes a comeback
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Through one of her villains, Ayn Rand wrote in Atlas Shrugged: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken......

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    Giving away something you don't have
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Through John Galt in Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand said: "The source of man's rights is not divine law or congressional law, but the law of identity. A is A - and Man is Man. Rights are conditions of exis...

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    The BP oil spill - it's sickening
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A fellow Braincraver wants to alert us, and we should take heed of his warning. He lives in Florida on the coast. Over this past month, his health has been deteriorating significantly. He's getting h...

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    Desires are not rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    All economic goods must be produced by someone. They aren't gifts of nature or something that can be conjured up by waiving a magic wand. Somehow, people have gotten the false idea that it is governm...

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    The goals of mankind: the state vs. anarchy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As Murray Rothbard put it in his marvelous article The Anatomy of the State, "Some theorists venerate the State as the apotheosis of society; others regard it as an amiable, though often inefficient,...

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    Politics and philosophy - like water and oil
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama has a car czar, a food czar, a bank bailout czar, a poverty czar, bird flu czar, a czar czar... he has 37 czars in all. Interestingly enough, he doesn't have a philosophy czar. Perhaps you thin...

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    Mind your own business
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To claim that the US supports freedom (i.e., the absence of physical coercion) is nonsensical. Everything the US government does is anti-freedom. Take the situation in Egypt, for example. American ad...

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    Political regression and the meaning of words
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    John Adams once wrote "Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man...

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    Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic economy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Economics is typically considered very dry and of little interest to most. But to paraphrase the adage typically referring to politics, just because you ignore economics doesn't mean that it will ign...

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    The contradiction of limiting free speech
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberals in the US are in an uproar, claiming that the recent murder of six individuals and the attempted murder of the Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords were the by-product of rhetoric by Sar...

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    Iraq - the 20-year war (and counting)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Seven years after the second invasion of Iraq, Iraq's capital Baghdad, home to more than six million people, hardly gets one hour of non-interrupted electricity supplies every 24 hours. Soldiers with...

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    Feeding the homeless banned
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as people in Haiti continue to starve in a country "occupied" by 10,000 aid organizations under the government umbrella of the United Nations (an organization designed for war)... They're...

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    Disobeying an unjust law
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A few days ago, the US celebrated a holiday dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. A prominent leader of the civil rights movement, he was a huge proponent of civil disobedience. As the "did they kill...

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    Political prejudices
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberals call conservatives names, claiming they are the bane of existence and the cause of all the problems in the world. Conservatives do the same to liberals. The hate spreads. The violence spread...

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    TIL there are surgeons who restore virginity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that there are surgeons who specialize in restoring virginity. FTA: The clinic is not in Dubai or Cairo, but in Paris. And the surgery they are waiting for is to restore their...

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    Be afraid - be very, very afraid
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as Bradley Manning (aka "unappreciated hero #1") languishes in jail and is tortured by Obama's administration... There's an adage that goes "give to a good man all the powers he requests t...

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    TIL tea parties were actually established after the Boston Tea Party
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that tea parties were established in the 1830s. But if the Boston Tea Party was in 1773, why did they call it the Boston Tea Party? Answer - they didn't: the actually called it "The d...

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    Divorce - follow the money
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Among the New Year's resolutions made, it's likely that some have resolved to file for divorce this year. As always, the government is only too happy to help. Why? Any question about government start...

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    TIL that the government destroys food to increase prices
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the US government ordered a farmer to destroy his own crops in order to increase market prices. The case, Wickard v. Filburn, went to the US Supreme Court, and the court sided wi...

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    The repeal of peace and goodwill
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    During the holiday season, we typically hear cries for "peace on earth and goodwill toward all." It remains to be seen how this is possible when the US (purportedly) spends $660 billion on military...

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    The farcical war on porn
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller, "They came first for Wikileaks. But I didn't speak up because I hated politics. Then they came for pornography. But I didn't speak up because I didn't look at...

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    Utilitarianism and justice
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How do we know the right thing to do in our lives? In other words, what moral principles are at the foundation of our actions? Utilitarianism is the philosophy that the moral worth of an action is de...

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    American concentration camps - greasing the skids for martial law
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    No, they aren't Nazi concentration camps. But they are similar (and very similar to when the US government rounded up 120,000 Americans citizens of Japanese descent during WWII, an action with which...

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    The deception of higher education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The typical four-year college degree has large costs, but it's questionable whether the benefits are usually there. In fact, students who secure college degrees are increasingly unlikely to make up t...

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    Civil disobedience against the censors
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his famous treatise On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau argued that individuals can promote justice by disobeying the law. History is replete with examples of civil disobedience...

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    Religious beliefs lead to government punishment
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let's say you're a woman and you're looking for a roommate to share the rent. Should it be illegal to ask for female candidates only? Of course not. That would be absurd. But did you know that the sa...

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    Conspiracy theory cynicism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    We are social beings. As a result, depending on how much you value the opinions of others, what someone says about you can matter. Often, you've likely heard people negatively labeled as fringe cons...

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    The social contract defined and demolished in less than 5 minutes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    By definition, a contract has to be an agreement. It's intellectually dishonest to call something a contract without an agreement. To paraphrase Lysander Spooner, a contract made hundreds of years ag...

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    Leave many children behind
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's easy to predict the future. Take anything that the government says, reverse it, and you'll come pretty close to having a crystal ball. Why? Nietzsche knew: "The governments of the great States h...

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    Holidays without Christmas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his pamphlet The Law, French economist Frederick Bastiat stated "Since the law organizes justice, the socialists ask why the law should not also organize labor, education, and religion." Bastiat c...

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    Wikileaks makes good on Obama's promise of transparency
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    While hero Bradley Manning rots in solitary confinement, most are now aware that Wikileaks has courageously released 250,000 secret diplomacy documents which provide candid and critical views of US...

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    We're all torturers now
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Milton Friedman, the originator of the withholding tax, once said "we're all Keynesians now" (referring to the disastrous economic policies promoted by John Maynard Keynes). More recently, Newsweek (...

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    The true story of Thanksgiving
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As Thanksgiving rolls around to the US, children will be taught the false story of the first Thanksgiving (just one of many myths children are taught). The real story is a case study that teaches a v...

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    A culture of dependence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Have we become a culture of dependence? As far as we can see, the "producers" continue to support the "non-producers" instead of, say, "going on strike." Why do people generally think that they have...

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    Ayn Rand vs. Mike Wallace - liberty vs. collectivism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand warned us. She did it in her books such as Atlas Shrugged (and, to a certain extent, >The Fountainhead). She did it on TV such as in this famous interview between her and Mike Wallace on...

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    The irony of political agreement
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears the "natives are getting restless." Liberals were "up in arms" (pun intended) because the organization Oath Keepers is preparing for violent revolt. They blasted Tea Partiers for purported...

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    Most people don't vote
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those of you who refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils, take comfort in knowing that you're in the majority. Politicians are always claiming their wins indicate that "the people have spoken....

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    How to secure your art
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many artists are concerned about copying, especially in the online world. It's a significant problem in Second Life where copybots can copy an artist's/owner's content without their permission. This...

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    Cloning - playing God
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1996, Dolly the sheep made headlines around the world as the first mammal to be successfully cloned. As a result of the experiment, President Clinton ordered research into the legal and ethical is...

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    Civil disobedience against the TSA
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In case you haven't heard, the US Totally Stupid Administration (aka TSA) has deployed Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) body scanners at many airports that produce radiation to scan your body for po...

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    Morality, politics, and reason
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Putting aside the debates as to whether or not social psychology is less rigorous because it is a soft science, or whether or not it is really science at all, how closely do our political choices mir...

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    Ron Paul in charge of Federal Reserve?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    More than any other politician by a Grand Canyon-wide margin, Ron Paul is a man of impeccable character when it comes to supporting the ideas of freedom and "is a force for good." (He easily won his...

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    JFK, the press, and WikiLeaks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As we consider the ramifications of WikiLeak's courageous action to provide us truth about the Iraq war, it is useful to also consider how poorly the mainstream media has served us and the pursuit of...

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    TIL: Principles not based on majority vote
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I Learned that moral principles are not determined by majority vote. FTA: "A majority vote is not an epistemological validation of an idea. Voting is merely a proper political device within...

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    Net neutrality regulation and liberty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Governments love to pander equality and anti-discrimination laws (well, granted - they were for discrimination before they were against it). Their latest villain? The Internet Service Providers (ISP)...

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    Suppressed war crimes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The cover-up of the Iraq war is significant. Whereas many of us suspected it, WikiLeaks has provided the facts to support the truth. And the truth is - the US government has been lying to everyone (a...

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    Pursuing the common good
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Although it's impossible to define it with objective standards, the concept of the "common good" is directly linked with "society" and the "majority." Which is better for humanity and should take pre...

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    TIL: The media can legally lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I Learned that the media can legally lie. FTA: In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or...

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    Child exploitation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If we are to believe UNICEF, there are about 158 million children aged 5-14 engaged in child labor, "working in hazardous situations or conditions." Most people give this a scary name like "child ex...

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    Art and 0 < 1
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some claim that the reason music piracy is so prevalent is because the cost of music is so high (especially when the actual CD production costs are so low - a cursory look suggests it's less than $0....

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    England prevails
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wait - you're upset because the government promised you something and then did the exact opposite? This is government's modus operandi - why all the fuss? Look, just vote for the other party next tim...

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    To the men and women of the mind - go on strike
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Making generalizations always comes with challenges. After all, just because a claim is oftentimes true doesn't make it fact in all cases. Although intellectual dishonesty abounds, I generally catego...

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    Teach a man to fish
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In group chat, we recently went on a tangent to discuss the effectiveness of charity. (To quote one of our Braincravers, "teach a man to fish and he'll stay drunk on a boat.") Benjamin Franklin obser...

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    Corporate destruction
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The history of humanity is based on progress. Progress has been the result of individuals coming together to solve problems and to enhance our lives. But history also provides numerous examples of gr...

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    Could WikiLeaks have prevented 9/11?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There is enough evidence now to implicate the US government of a massive cover-up of 9/11. At this point, it's ignorant to claim otherwise. Yet, the only ones who suffer from the terrible events of 9...

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    Freedom - the opposite of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Granted, not everyone values freedom and wants to be free. But why do so many people think that prosperity is greater the larger/more powerful government is? Given how terrible the economy is, and gi...

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    Soak the rich
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many think that, if governments just tax the rich more, the country's fiscal problems will be solved. Even Warren Buffett, one of the wealthiest men in the world, thinks taxing the rich should be pub...

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    The mind machine project
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In his prophetic novel 1984, George Orwell described a facecrime: "It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smalles...

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    Vive La Revolution!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    France is well-known for its protests, one of its most famous being the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. There was violence. There was bloodshed. The king was executed. The French...

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    Global warming - no pressure
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    During the Spanish Inquisition, the Catholic Church authorized massive torture and violence against so-called "heretics" (non-conformists/non-believers). Although this history has been mocked by the...

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    Aligning social policy and incentives
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Regardless or whether you agree or disagree with specific social programs, we can generally agree that government wastes much money as it tries to engineer social outcomes (50% by some estimates). Th...

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    What were you thinking?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Whether you're a moral relativist or absolutist, and based on whatever standards you choose, there are actions that you think are immoral. What is morally contemptible to you now might have been comm...

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    Easy on the women
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    And they say that justice is blind... HA! The courts don't even try to hide their unequal treatment of genders in court anymore. They are now cocky enough that they can actually publicly state their...

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    Drug decriminalization works
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government knows better than you when it comes to most things, right? For example, they know what's best for your health, correct (putting aside for a moment their militaries and police that dest...

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    Teaching robots to lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Technology is so grand. With the research from this experiment, we might finally be able to replace the lowest form of humans - politicians - with robots. After all, if you can teach robots to lie, t...

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    Welcome back to failing school
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Albert Shanker, the president of the United Federation of Teachers for 20 years, and then the president of the American Federation of Teachers for another 23 years once said: "When school children st...

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    Licensed to kill
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about getting a blow job. But here we have President Obama, a constitutional lawyer and professor, who is technically now a dictator without anyone calling for im...

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    They're coming for you next
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pastor Martin Niemöller criticized German intellectuals because they did nothing as the Nazis rose to power and eliminated anti-government groups. Please, learn from history. Please, don't ignore th...

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    What's worth dying for?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Braveheart, William Wallace says, "Every man dies, not every man really lives." For thousands of years, people have thought about the values to live for. Aristotle suggest we should live...

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    Social contract hypocrisy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote "Modern collectivists... see society as a super-organism, as some supernatural entity apart from and superior to the sum of its individual members." Those who support freedom are often...

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    None of the above
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In On The Duty of Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau wrote "How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with...

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    Arrested for shooting grass
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Here's the scenario: there's a gang of thugs outside your house threatening you and your family. Your wife is calling the police while you grab your gun. You fire 4 shots into the grass to scare them...

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    Politicians are nails - who has a hammer?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    After providing $900 billion in "stimulus" with zero (and some would argue negative) impact on the economy, increasing the national debt by over $2 trillion (in slightly over 1 year, and it continues...

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    Teaching kids about big brother
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    More and more, schools are adopting zero-tolerance policies. High schools are now filled with armed police, metal detectors, and drug-sniffing dogs. Is that the environment in which children can pro...

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    Politicians lie (yawn)
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As the adage goes: How do you know a politician is lying? His lips are moving. On Obama's White House website, he states: "My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of opennes...

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    Buying and selling sex
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sex sells. Every advertiser knows this. As human beings, it's a natural desire. There is nothing inherently wrong with sex as it leads to the continuation of humanity. Sex can allow someone without o...

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    Government charity and welfare
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken once wrote "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." This is an amazing story about Davy Crockett and how he learned what it means to uphold your principles. Why ar...

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    The war against boys
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Christina Hoff Sommers wrote in her book The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men that "it's a bad time to be a boy." Certainly, government curriculums in schools is misg...

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    Big Brother is watching you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The statist argument is always the same: "If you have nothing to hide, why do you care?" The government can attach a GPS device to your car and monitor your movements, and it's perfectly legal. And n...

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    America's lights are going out
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Atlas Shrugged was not intended to be an instruction manual. Ayn Rand talked through Francisco d'Anconia about what it took to kill the motor of the world: "He stepped to the window and pointed to th...

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    Thorium - energy's silver bullet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nuclear energy was discovered in the context of war (specifically World War II). In the 1950s, the US Air Force tried to come up with an idea of putting a nuclear reactor on an airplane to keep it ru...

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    The legal system is criminal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Nazis and Joseph Stalin were famous for their show trials, where "guilt" was determined by the authorities before the trial. From the court jester files, we continue to find that the the American...

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    "Dead" against copyrights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jerry Garcia is famous for saying "And as far as I'm concerned, it's like I say, drugs are not the problem. Other stuff is the problem." As the lawyers at the RIAA claim that copyright law "isn't wor...

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    Atlas Shrugged changes lives
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Noam Chomsky said Ayn Rand was "... one of the most evil figures of modern intellectual history." Yet I find Atlas Shrugged an amazing book (and so do many others, like the man who recently drove aro...

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    Teaching sex and terrorism to children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1991, John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year (1989, 1990, and 1991), New York State Teacher of the Year (1991), and author of The Underground History of American Education, wrote the...

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    Anarchy in the streets
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What do you mean people are actually capable of driving on the streets safely without signs?!? But that's unheard of! How absurd! It must be chaos! Complete craziness! How is it possible that people...

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    Doctors don't make enough income
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti stated "It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Speaking of health, the "perfect storm" appears to be coming in a very sick...

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    Image of Out of sight - out of mind
    Out of sight - out of mind
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government lied about the BP oil spill? (Tries to act surprised.) Is this kind of like when Bush claimed "mission accomplished" in Iraq (or Obama's recent second fake end to the Iraq war)? You've...

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    Duty to violently overthrow government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    They've been trained by US governments. They are expert killers. They believe that the principles espoused in the US Constitution are actually worth defending. They've been patient, but have had enou...

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    The central tenet of morality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Let's assume for a moment that morality is a system of values that a group of individuals (i.e., society) must generally follow in order to live. Let's also assume that the closer individuals get to...

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    The right to deprive liberty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it ironic that this is published in a UK newspaper? Not so long ago, police used to be called "peace officers." Keeping the peace and initiating violence are contradictions. Wasn't police abuse in...

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    Make heroin and cocaine legal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Randolph Bourne warned us that "war is the health of the state." So how does the state keep healthy? By declaring wars on everything. The war in Afghanistan is a disaster. The war in Iraq is a disast...

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    Image of Coerced confessions - disgraceful
    Coerced confessions - disgraceful
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Obama's die-hard base is continuing to turn on him and abandon him... for the right reasons. (And Obama's administration is lashing out angrily at liberals, claiming that they should be "drug tested"...

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    Image of Somalia - a case study in anarchy
    Somalia - a case study in anarchy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People always claim that anarchy will never work. My response is typically "why is anarchy more radical than going into a $14 trillion debt, or starting wars that murder millions of people, or promot...

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    Sabotage of ideas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some people have problems understanding new ideas with which they are unfamiliar and so unintentionally misrepresent or summarize those ideas. Perhaps these are innocent errors. However, there are ot...

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    The broken window fallacy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On September 14, 2001, Princeton professor Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel prize in economics, wrote the following in the New York Times: "Ghastly as it may seem to say this, the terror attack -- lik...

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    Ethical double-standards
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What's the difference between being a slave and a serf? When slavery was common hundreds of years ago, your master kept 100% of what you earned. Now they take about 50%. Masters used to keep you in l...

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    Astronomical economic numbers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The Noble physicist Richard Feynman once said "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to cal...

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    War - a bankrupt ideology
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The purported anti-war left used to scream about the wars when Bush ruled. When Obama became ruler, they went silent (for the most part). After all, it's only unjustified violence and murder when the...

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    No way to rule innocent men
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Atlas Shrugged, Dr. Floyd Ferris states: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent...

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    US parallels to Nazi Germany
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    They say that history repeats itself. Maybe that's the reason I'm never able to watch Schindler's List without bawling my eyes out. You don't have to be prescient to see the similarities already and...

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    The case against marriage
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are men and women happier in marriage? Are children better off when parents are married? Do young people want their parent's marriage? Do the benefits of marriage outweigh the risks (i.e., the destru...

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    Politicians hate middle-class
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I won't repeat the statistics, as there are too many. Bring a strong stomach when you read these. Politicians are not your friends. Unless you are in the top 1%, government is hurting you and your ch...

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    Science fiction and politics
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Science fiction author Robert Heinlein was known as the "the dean of science fiction writers." According to Wikipedia, "he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the g...

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    BP hiring prison labor
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it proper for companies like BP to use prison labor - jobs without pay - to cleanup the oil spill? Are there any moral issues? FTA: "In the first few days after BP's Deepwater Horizon wellhead...

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    Get-out-of-jail-free cards for murderers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears that the US concept of "justice" is spilling over to Canada. Place knowingly innocent men and victims in jail for life and let murderers go free. Put aside for a moment how this story just...

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    Racism - just stop talking about it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout says to Jem: ’Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.’ With that in mind, has Morgan Freeman discovered the way to get rid of all racism...

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    Ex-husbands as cash machines
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many women complain that they are discriminated against, yet they consider this fair. Let this sink in for a moment: "men accounted for 97 percent of the payers in alimony cases in 2008." How many wo...

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    Irony - Unions outsource protesting
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Welcome to the bizarre world of union ideology. Unions are hiring unemployed people at the minimum wage to walk picket lines. (Snicker.) Why aren't they being paid union rates? I personally think the...

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    Ethical journalism drives reform
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    According to the Society of Professional Journalists, journalism is about providing "information in an accurate, comprehensive, timely and understandable manner." Sadly, in the mainstream media, jour...

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    The man of ideas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Among other interesting facts, he was against World War II and democ...

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    Ideology trumps truth
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Faced with a system that makes their practice unprofitable, doctors are getting out of the business of taking Medicare patients. After stupid laws that ignore economics have finished destroying the h...

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    Basic economics at work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Economics are very simple to understand. Granted, there are faux economists like Nobel-prize winner Paul Krugman who try to confuse people with false theories that last only until other people's mone...

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    What is freedom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People always complain that freedom, self-rule, and/or anarchy are unworkable and too extreme. Why are any of those more radical or extreme than going into $14 trillion of debt, being in a permanent...

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    Thieves free - victim jailed
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A week ago, we discussed a court ignoring the proven innocence of a convicted man because he missed a filing deadline. Here we have a case where a victim attempts to protect himself and his property....

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    Hitler's legacy - US politicians
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Hitler once said "Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself." US politicians, laws, and regulations are destroying people who live in America like a cancer. Her...

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    Stop feeding the homeless
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul has a sign in his office that says "Don't steal. The government hates competition." Did you know that applies to feeding the homeless as well? "Why" indeed. What do you think? FTA: "The N...

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    Innocence? Courts don't care
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    And the court jesters speak: Yes, we know your client is innocent of sexual abuse and sodomy... don't speak to us about irrelevant ideas like innocence - we don't care. I am physically sick to my sto...

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    Unemployed? Work for free
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's the typical Catch-22. You can't get hired for a job because you have limited experience, and you can't get experience until you get a job. It appears there are many young people who are having ...

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    Racism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Recently, past Ku Klux Klan member and the US's longest-acting Senator Robert Byrd died. In 1944 (2 years before he went to work for the government), he wrote "I shall never fight in the armed forces...

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    Happy Secession Day
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On this July 4, when so many Americans are celebrating the so-called "Independence Day" by having picnics and shooting fireworks, there are others who think it's time to do it again. What do you thin...

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    Paying people not to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From Reader's Digest... Why do the lobbyists always win? Why does the political system even allow lobbyists to exist? Why are farm subsidies even allowed? Does this occur in other countries? FTA:...

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    Protecting people with eggs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this crap up" file... Of course, the European government is focused on solving the most pressing problems that individuals face. After all, it's always been such a "crime" th...

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    I'm as mad as hell and I'm not gonna take this anymore
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTV: "I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work, or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth. Banks are g...

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    Politics by Aristotle
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Written in 350 BCE. 'nuff said. FTA: "Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim t...

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    Avertible oil catastrophe
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The oil catastrophe could have been averted were it not for the US government rejecting the help of people who know what to do in an oil spill and have the equipment for dealing with it. Why didn't t...

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    No way not to consent
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Many of you here have often made the claim that you consent to the "social compact" by living where you live, or receiving the benefits from the state that you do. How can you call it consent if ther...

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    Limiting kids' opportunities
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The owner of a Connecticut pizzeria, accused of violating state child labor laws by having his kids work in the restaurant, is suing the state on grounds the laws violate his constitutional rights. I...

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    Options when all else fails
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Can you think of any other or, at this point, are we out of options? How do you convince and/or reason with people who think civility is no longer an option? What other ways do you suggest to people...

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    Economically unenlightened
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How do you make economics more fun so that people better understand basic concepts and, just as important, what the ramifications are from making poor economic choices? FTA: "Who is better informe...

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    Not a happy father's day
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On this Father's Day, perhaps it's proper to be reminded of all of the good fathers who are not allowed to see their children just because they got divorced. This occurs all across the world. Putting...

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    The truth meter
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is there any circumstance in which the government should be a gate-keeper of information? What are the benefits of holding back information vs. letting information flow freely? FTA: "In a recent c...

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    $1 billion for 100 educators
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I went to a high school in this district many years ago. FTA: "Make sure you notice 'Codell, Neil C.' who is 4th from the top of the list. Career pension of $26,661,604. That's almost $27 million...

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    Passing with lower standards
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In NY state, the exam to determine whether kids get to move to the next grade has been dumbed down by giving partial credit for very wrong answers. Go figure (pun intended). FTA: "A kid who answer...

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    Shutting down the Internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Why is the US government trying to pass a law that creates a "kill switch" to shut down the Internet at its whim? What are they preparing for? What is it that is about to happen? FTA: "A new U.S....

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    Eviscerating global warming
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You don't say? Hey Al Gore, what do you think? FTA: "A cross examination of global warming science conducted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Law and Economics has concluded tha...

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    Kiss your retirement goodbye
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government is coming for your retirement accounts, 401Ks, and pension plan. After all, they want to make sure you have enough for retirement of course... It's all about your safety and well-being...

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    Web threatens women and children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sure, blame it on women and children. FTA: "Every Google web search could be stored for up to two years under a controversial new EU plan that has the backing of more than 300 Euro-MEPs... The dec...

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    Public mood is changing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is your "mood" changing about government largess? Do you believe the government works for you, or is it the other way around? In the poor economy, are government workers becoming scapegoats or is ang...

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    Leaking classified information
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. They destroyed the government's credibility in the Vietnam War by revealing that the US government had intentionally misled...

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    No such thing as society
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "I think we've been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it's the government's job to cope with it. 'I have a problem, I'll get a grant.'...

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    Customer service
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Shakespeare was right… "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." When one AT&T customer wrote to the CEO twice in two weeks recently, the company's "executive response team" contacte...

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    Supreme stupidity
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the court jester files, we find supreme stupidity in the Ohio Supreme Court. If you live in Ohio, get ready to see police pulling everyone over for "speeding." After all, police never lie, right...

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    The ideology of carrots and sticks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    This animation drawing alone is enough reason to watch this video, even if you have no interest in the topic. It's amazing... FTV: "As long as the task involved used only mechanical skill... the h...

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    Soaring healthcare costs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Go figure... who would have thought that using the philosophy of Socialism to force the reduction of costs, artificially set prices, and provide for everyone would result in long-term problems? Oh, w...

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    Work: the anti-poverty tool
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Which is better for a poor person - to be paid $3.00/hour for working or to be unemployed where the minimum wage law is $6.00/hour? Unions love minimum wage laws, and they spend millions lobbying for...

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    Forcing those with disabilities
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Should lawyers, doctors, and politicians have the right to physically force a patient to receive medical treatment? Is it morally proper for someone else to force a decision upon you that they think...

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    Is the rocky marriage over?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it time for those who don't want to physically force their will upon others to part with those who prefer otherwise? If people attempt to secede and are physically prevented from doing so, would t...

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    Perception vs. reality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Will someone please remind me again why the Europeans and Americans are at war with Iraq and Afghanistan, killing anywhere from hundreds of thousands of people to, by some estimates, over 1 million?...

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    Searching for porn
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's a rope-a-dope. Don't you, for a minute, believe this is about porn and protecting children. Porn is the cover - what do you think they are really after? FTA: "Customs and immigration officers...

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    Immoral professions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken once said "A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers." I'm not sure who is more morally corrupt - a judge, a lawyer, or a politician. What I do know is that, collecti...

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    Impossible to pay debts
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul nails it again in the simplest of terms. Is it acceptable for someone to incur debt on your behalf and in your name if you don't know about it or, even worse, are opposed to it? Does it matt...

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    Feminism - doomed to fail
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is feminism doomed to fail? Is there even one accepted definition of feminism? Are there any benefits of feminism? FTA: "Although it is not Susan Pinker's intention in writing it, reading her exce...

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    Forced balance in news
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ex-Harvard professor and now Obama's information czar Cass Sunstein previously wanted to "ban conspiracy theorizing" and "impose some kind of tax, financial or otherwise, on those who disseminate suc...

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    Liberals (finally) speak out
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Guess you can't call them hypocrites for this particular action, unlike most liberals who railed against Bush but now ignore the fact that Obama has continued with (and gone beyond) Bush’s anti-ter...

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    Action --> Reaction
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Newton's Third Law suggests that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Is it morally proper for people to develop into militias to defend themselves and act in defiance of terrori...

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    FAIL: War on drugs
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    OK everyone... try to look surprised. FTA: "After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence eve...

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    Police committing fraud
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Did you know that politicians in New York City have tried to play-up crime statistics showing that crime was down? It's becoming clear that it appeared as such because the statistics were faked. FTA:...

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    Protecting the environment
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    Over the last week, we've had a few discussions come up around how the government protects the environment. Though I didn't know it until I did some research, I wasn't surprised… FTA: "Who's the gr...

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    Facebook's Gone Rogue
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...14 privacy groups filed a unfair-trade complaint with the FTC against Facebook on Wednesday... Facebook thinks that your notions of privacy - meaning your ability to control information abou...

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    Socialism vs. Corporatism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the only honest person in American politics - Ron Paul... FTA: "Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this character...

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    The irony of voting
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Irony: Politicians make thousands of laws to protect us from all of the irrational, destructive, and harmful decisions that we make as individuals. Then we go to the voting booths… Should there...

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    Learning how to work
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "U.S. colleges and universities, like their counterparts in other Western countries, are doing a poor job of preparing graduates for today's workplace. The biggest weakness in the postsecondary-...

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    I'm Allowed to Rob You!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Want to see a piece of paper that gives me the RIGHT to rob you? You don't believe there is such a thing? Are you SURE you don't believe it? From the video: "If you believe this piece of pa...

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    Homosexuality vs. free speech
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Voltaire once said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." In England, a Christian street preacher was arrested and locked in a cell for telling a passer-...

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    Nullify this
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "Whether or not you are philosophically inclined toward libertarianism or anarchy, it's hard not to agree that voting for politicians has been an unmitigated disaster if you measure success by l...

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    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "For government [of conquered people] consists in nothing else but so controlling subjects that they shall neither be able to, nor have cause to, do you harm; which may be done either by making quite...

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    Why soldiers get a kick out of killing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "Do some soldiers enjoy killing? If so, why? ...The reluctance of ordinary men to kill can be overcome by intensified training, direct commands from officers, long-range weapons and propaganda t...

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    American Conspiracies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "People prefer to be lied to ably, than be told the truth, boldly. We prefer a colorful and clever story to a documentary filled with sharp and damning evidence; we prefer gossip to investigatio...

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    Stupid in America
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you have children in school, or if you are a teacher, you MUST watch this video. Pass it on to anyone who has children. It is THAT important. Why are so many children not learning in America's sch...

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    The guise of liberalism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Norman Mattoon Thomas was a leading American socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America. The Socialist Party candidate for President of the U.S., he i...

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    Vacationing a human right
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it really so hard to believe? After all, when you support the government stealing your money (though taxes) and giving it to someone else, who are you to object what they decide to spend it on? No...

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    In Defense of Hacking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...no company or person has the right to tell you that you may not do what you like with your own property. Let us say that you bought a hammer. The hammer is clearly designed for hitting nails...

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    How did they manage?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Believe it or not, the federal government operated for about 150 years without an income tax. Go figure. FTA: "Imagine opening your newspaper or Web browser and seeing the following headline: "Su...

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    Socialism 101- Fs for everyone
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before but had once failed an entire class. That class had insisted that socialism worked and that...

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    Consensual sex is rape
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As if Duke University's reputation for discrimination wasn't tarnished enough... if you go to school at Duke, don't expect to learn common sense. Is the following a result of the Duke lacrosse non...

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    Abortion and rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the...

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    Women equal to men?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "The High Court's award of a £215,000 divorce payout to the former wife of a leading barrister - 25 years after the couple split - is a terrible blow to those who rightly believe that women are...

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    Learned helplessness
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "Why do good men do nothing in the face of evil, especially when evil aggressively invades their lives? ...Some people are paralyzed by fear; some by denial. But many others are immobilized by a...

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    US torture program
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Get out your barf bags for this one. FTA: "This points to a massive conspiracy to deprive innocent people of their rights by the U.S. on a scale not seen since the U.S. interned its own Japanese-Amer...

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    The Obama Youth
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How many of you learned about the Hitler Youth (aka HJ), the paramilitary group of the Nazis? Is the government building one for Obama? In Hitler's time, the stormtroopers were referred to as "brown...

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    They hate us for our freedom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad - including two Reuters news staff. FTA: "The impo...

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    US admits Afghan atrocities
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    The US government and NATO forces are a bunch of murderers. Like Dick Cheney, who goes on national television to rub in our faces that he authorized and sanctioned torture of innocent people knowing...

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    Mock burglaries
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Talk about creating an atmosphere of fear... FTA: "It was meant to be an imaginative way of hammering home the message that some householders are making life too easy for burglars. But police were un...

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    Tasing pregnant women OK
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A federal appeals court says three Seattle police officers were justified when they used a stun gun on a pregnant mother who refused to sign a traffic ticket. The dissenting judge called the ruling "...

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    Health Insurance - what's the big deal?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government has recently passed a healthcare law that REQUIRES Americans to purchase health insurance. The US government also nationalized and now owns the car company General Motors. If the go...

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    Politics and religion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Democracy and the 10 commandments: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 29, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewbl...

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    Government spending
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Government spending now accounts for 52% of UK's economy. FTA: "A public sector that swallows more than half of GDP is doing more than wrecking our economy: it is devouring our national character and...

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    Minorities
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. - Ayn Rand DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life sta...

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    Are you a bystander?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. - Holocaust Museum DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 21, 20...

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    Voluntary vs. coercive
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "The "private sector" of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and...the "public sector" is, in fact, the coercive sector." - Henry Hazlitt DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Seco...

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    Defending economic morality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The collectivists assert the socialist moral imperative that the highest good for each individual is to live for the sake of others (e.g., for the good of "society"). Marx summed it up perfectly: "Fr...

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    UK parking - dumb and dumber
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    London councils sue themselves for parking offences. Critics say the practise "illustrates everything that is wrong with unaccountable parking enforcement in the UK." London councils sue themselve...

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    Violent mother gets full custody
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "A MOTHER found by the Family Court to be violent, untruthful, lacking moral values and responsible for the psychological and emotional abuse of her children has been given custody of them. The...

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    File sharing legal in Spain
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Wow - this is a great win (though I expect it will never make it through the appeal process). File-Sharing and Link Sites Declared Legal in Spain FTA: "After early calls to shut down a Spanish...

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    Say no to drugs - get suspended
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The stupidity in government never takes a break, especially in the public school system. FTA: "It seems to me that it may be time to give all school administrators a course in remedial thinking. Here...

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    9/11 - Challenging the official theory
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A thousand architects and engineers want to know how 3 World Trade Center skyscrapers suddenly disintegrate into fine dust. how did massive steel beams suddenly fail as a result of short-lived, isola...

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    NY to ban salt at restaurants
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The New York legislature is trying to pass a bill that would ban restaurants from using salt in food preparations. No, this is not an article from The Onion. No, I am not making this up. Chefs Cal...

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    Waterboarding for dummies
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    If this doesn't make you sick, you're not human. FTA: Internal CIA documents reveal a meticulous protocol that was far more brutal than Dick Cheney's "dunk in the water" Waterboarding for dummies:...

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    Peaceful vs. violent revolution
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 8, 2010 at http://www.brain...

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    Question everything
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    "I believe there are three rules we must teach our children if we have any hope of humanity seeing freedom some day: 1. Question everything. 2. Never accept an answer just because it is presented by...

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    Is being a Libertarian hypocritical
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Libertarians and others who don't like government (e.g., anarchists) are always talking about limiting and shutting down government programs. Yet they continue to use the benefits of these programs....

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    Selling politicians
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    When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators. - P.J. O'Rourke DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 4,...

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    Drunk parking
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Drunk parking? How do you go to jail from a DUI (DRIVING under the influence) in a car that WON'T START? Remind me again why the legal system is honorable and fair? I couldn't make this shit up if I...

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    Sex, politics, religion, and IQ
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ Ha! Let the flame wars begin. DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 27, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    Arrested for asking why
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Four women, two of them well into middle age, were discussing funeral plans for a friend when an Atlanta police officer told them to move. Three did but one asked "why." In answer to her question, Mi...

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    School-sanctioned privacy intrusion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home School-sanctioned privacy intrusion? "Schools are only interested in a child's best interests" claim those who ignore knowledge...

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    Oath Keepers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration." "But beyond the predictable stereotypes, "the reality is a lot of them are fairly intelligent...

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    Terrorizing the IRS
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today, a man committed suicide by flying his plane into an IRS office. I think this is only the beginning of more to come. The IRS has been terrorizing people illegally for decades. The courts and mi...

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    Obama protects Cheney from war crimes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The so-called rule of law in the US is a big joke. You really need more proof? Dick Cheney, former vice president to George Bush, went on TV on Feb 14 to assert he is "a big supporter of waterboardin...

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    DNA collection
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Will wonders never cease? California now has mandatory DNA collection from anyone arrested for a felony, whether or not they are ever charged or convicted. Instead of being limited to serious, violen...

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    Reliable workers banned as discriminatory
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Advert for 'reliable workers' banned as discrimination by Jobcentre Plus The boss of a recruitment firm said she was told she could not place an advert for "reliable workers" because it discrimina...

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    Open carry laws
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Unloaded open carry is legal in California. http://www.californiaopencarry.org/faq.html DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 14, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    Why get married
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    Another one in honor of V-day tomorrow: What is the purpose of getting married anymore? Why can't you just be in a monogamous relationships with someone that you love? Why do you need a piece of ...

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    Police are hypocritical
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    WTF? In California, an off-duty police officer hit another car. He fled the scene, so it was a hit and run. When confronted, he first lied and claimed his wife was driving, but finally admitted to it...

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    Dissent is criminal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's now official: subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities in So...

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    The involved father - pathological, pain-in-the-ass
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You have never seen a bigger pain in the ass than the father who wants to get involved; he can be repulsive. He wants to meet the kid at three o'clock, take the kid out to dinner during the week, hav...

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    Nuclear expansion is nuclear disarmament
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    War is Peace Ignorance is Strength Freedom is Slavery Nuclear Expansion is Nuclear Disarmament FTA: "In a move he insists is somehow consistent with his call for disarmament, President Ob...

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    I like guns
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Steve Lee says he never set out to be an Internet hit. He just loves guns - and thought he would write a song about it. He says he is as shocked as anyone that his YouTube clip I Like Guns has been v...

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    The government can
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In honor of Obama's state of the union address, I bring you Tim Hawkins VERY VERY FUNNY 3-minute video The Government Can which summarizes hundreds of hours of hard economic study: https://w...

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    Objective truths and abortion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    There's a new 5-day "morning-after" pill that's been tested for US approval (New 5-Day 'Morning-After' Pill Tested For U.S. Approval). Some people say the choice to abort is moral and use various...

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    Health care legislation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "We are on the precipice of an achievement that's eluded congresses and presidents for generations." - President Barack Obama, Dec. 15, on health care legislation. Precipice, 1. a headlong fall...

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    Why are laws binding on you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How can laws be legally binding on me if I haven't explicitly and voluntarily agreed to them? Why is it automatically assumed that I agree to them even though I didn't sign anything agreeing to them?...

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    The reluctant anarchist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Tthe last election in which I voted was for Ross Perot for president in 1992. About 11 years later, I officially became an anarchist. In fact, even 8 years ago, I was arguing with an anarchist that,...

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    Blowing the whistle on the justice department
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A Guantanamo Bay sergeant is blowing the whistle on US government torture and murder and the US Department of Justice is blatantly covering it up. This amazing Harper's article is a chilling account...

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    No victim, no crime: medical marijuana
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Though I personally prefer Henry David Thoreau ("That government is best which governs not at all"), in honor of Martin Luther King, an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience... Here's a moral...

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    Prosecute Bush for murder
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    All he needs is a grand jury in one small town in America... who's going to step-up? Watch the trailer for The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder (10 minutes, but worth every second)....

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    Gay marriage and constitutional rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Does the US constitution allow for gay marriage? Is gay marriage a constitutional right? There are answers from both a constitutional law perspective as well as a morality perspective. What do you th...

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    Climate change from a historical perspective
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Politics destroys all things, it's latest casualty being scientific truth. When the global warming science fraud didn't work out, the propoganda artists changed the name to climate change. Here's a s...

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    Science is racist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So we had a great discussion earlier today about scientific theories vs. laws, physics, astronomy, and geometry. Science is so amazing! And then I read something like this and it makes me sick. Hi...

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    A soldier's shame
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    US soldier holds flag protest sign: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Well put. Controversial? US Soldier Holds American Flag Protest Sign DISCUSS!...

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    Banning psychological violence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Don't even get me started on the vicious "family" laws and their completely immoral courts, but I couldn't pass up providing this particular continued proof of government stupidity: "France to int...

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    What you're missing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I was reading an article from a Libertarian today that suggested that people will never change their mindset (i.e., of supporting the government) by talking to them about principles and the philosoph...

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    Image of The natives are getting restless
    The natives are getting restless
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Are the natives getting restless? You bet they are. And the military is getting ready to crush it. See the article Officials and Experts Warn of Crash-Induced Unrest DISCUSS! Original posting b...

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    Image of The largest street gang in America
    The largest street gang in America
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In my favorite book, Atlas Shrugged (a book about philosophy), there is the following statement:  'Thinking is man's only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the sou...

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    Turning children into Orwellian eco-spies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A few snippets from a brilliant article: FTA: 'There is a long and sordid tradition of trying to socialise children by scaring them. The aim of such socialisation-through-fear is twofold: firstly,...

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    Image of Morality and the trolley problem
    Morality and the trolley problem
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember that the socialist/collectivist mantra is that the NEEDS of the many outweigh the RIGHTS of the few? As I think we've established that socialists/collectivists have no problem with stealing,...

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    Priest: Thou SHALT shoplift
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For all the socialists in the group, you'll love this one. Thou SHALT shoplift: Priest tells congregation it's better than robbery or prostitution. Of course, you all agree with his advice, correct?...

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    Image of Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "all governments are stupid" files, Italy brings us this: Sticking out your tongue ruled illegal ROME, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Italy's highest court of appeal affirmed the illegality of insu...

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    Image of What soldiers do
    What soldiers do
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    OK, many of you know I don't support the military, though I know there are many here who do (and I also know we have at least one person who's in the military). I told you I that I don't like soldier...

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    Political methodologies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is there a proper methodology to discuss politics with? DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Dec 13, 2009 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewblog.php?id=54
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    Image of Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jesse Ventura did his latest conspiracy theory show on 9/11, something that's been a passion of his since the event. I've followed his interviews over the years and know he knows substantially more t...

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    Image of The Great Depression - Everything you've ever learned is wrong
    The Great Depression - Everything you've ever learned is wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Last night in group chat, we had a bunch of conversations (sometimes very heated) about what the Constitution does and does not allow. As part of it, we got into the US Great Depression, FDR, court ...

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    The lesser of two evils is still wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I was recently having a conversation with a friend who was getting on my case because I don't vote in political elections. She likes Ron Paul but ultimately decided to vote for Obama because she knew...

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    Image of Obama tells the Chinese how to run their country
    Obama tells the Chinese how to run their country
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    For those who missed SNL the other night, this was pretty funny: Saturday Night Live Rips Obama Over China Trip, Spending, And The Deficit DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second...

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    What is it going to take to get the planet back on course?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The problem really is crime, isn't it? It doesn't matter whether it's legal crime, as committed by government agents, or whether it's crimes committed by communal garden scumbags. Before we can enjoy...

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    Our Most Dangerous Pandemic
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Every act of communication - or non-communication - is a choice of influence. The essayist is confronted with a peculiar difficulty: he will have time to consider how he wants to influence others - w...

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    Image of In Defense of Joe Stack
    In Defense of Joe Stack
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Which do you consider more delusional: flying a plane into a government building in retaliation of government abuse or believing that the government exists to protect your individual rights? If yo...

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    Image of Demagoguery
    Demagoguery
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Administrator's Introduction: The Greek philosopher Epictetus believed that only the educated are free. With that in mind, BrainCrave.com is more than just bringing people together for dating - it's...

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    Image of The O Team: Mental Babies With Razors
    The O Team: Mental Babies With Razors
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The brilliant opinionator and blogger Michelle Malkin yesterday started a collection point for cases of the O team saying to be sorry for having misspoken: read all about it in The Team Obama misspok...

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    Image of Socialism: Force or Fantasy? Socialism Is an Endlessly Moving Target
    Socialism: Force or Fantasy? Socialism Is an Endlessly Moving Target
    fee.org link posted by c_prompt in socialism
    Have you ever tried to nail Jell-O to the wall? It’s easier than getting a socialist to stand pat on what socialism is, which makes socialism an endlessly moving target. Socialists are so intell...

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    Image of The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
    The Economy of Ideas. A framework for patents and copyrights in the Digital Age. (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong.)
    wired.com link posted by c_prompt in technology
    John Perry Barlow (the author of this article) used to be a songwriter for the Grateful Dead and is a co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). It is as on-point today as it was when i...

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    “I’d rather be illegally alive than legally dead” – Teen Becomes a ‘Criminal’ and Beats His Crohn’s
    thefreethoughtproject.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    A Colorado teenager named Coltyn Turner just celebrated the 22nd month of his debilitating Crohn's Disease being in remission, after beginning cannabis oil treatment. Turner's recovery has been nothi...

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    Stephen Colbert Interviews Neil deGrasse Tyson
    youtube.com link posted by c_prompt in science
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    The Death of Discussion
    takimag.com link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    Remember Monty Python’s “Argument Clinic,” where Michael Palin is trying to procure an argument from John Cleese? Palin is frustrated that Cleese won’t move past contradictions. He insists...

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    Image of Whole Foods' John Mackey: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism - intellectuals resent businessman because they feel superior yet don't feel properly respected or rewarded
    Whole Foods' John Mackey: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism - intellectuals resent businessman because they feel superior yet don't feel properly respected or rewarded
    reason.com link posted by c_prompt in capitalism
    They're jealous, he says, they side with rulers, and they don't understand how markets work. "Intellectuals have always disdained commerce" says Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey. T...

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    Image of In defense of Google
    In defense of Google
    editorial posted by digdug in technology Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Never did I expect to write a screed with that as the title. But principles must be defended even when the actors are evil. First things first: however reluctantly, I admit to using Google for som...

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    Hastings’ Lessons From the Grave - Have We Learned Anything? Car Hacking is a Reality, not Theory
    whowhatwhy.org link posted by c_prompt in conspiracy
    The Cold Case of the death of a hot reporter. Was there more to it than a tragic accident? And why did the media not look into this affair, given the kinds of things Hastings was investigating, and t...

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    Tales from the Bizarro World
    linkedin.com link posted by c_prompt in philosophy
    Back in the 1960s, DC Comics introduced a parallel Earth called Bizarro, where everything is inverted and everyone is insane. They even have their own wacky Superman, which ends up being a formidab...

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    Image of First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers
    First They Came for the Anti-Vaxxers
    lewrockwell.com link posted by c_prompt in health
    The manipulation of the conversation around vaccines in the mainstream media has been nothing short of a tour de force. If you read only mainstream publications, you might come away with the impres...

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    Image of Awkward: UN Said Global Warming Would Destroy Nations By 2000. We are now living 15 years after the global warming apocalypse. Image that.
    Awkward: UN Said Global Warming Would Destroy Nations By 2000. We are now living 15 years after the global warming apocalypse. Image that.
    thelibertarianrepublic.com link posted by c_prompt in environment
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    Climate And Truth: A Tale Of Immorality?
    wattsupwiththat.com link posted by digdug in environment
    The most recent aberration of climate science is the apparent cherry picking of ocean temperature data by government scientists, Richard Feely and Christopher Sabine. The objective is not to determ...

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    The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
    mises.org link posted by c_prompt in politics
    Each year at this time school children all over America are taught the official Thanksgiving story, and newspapers, radio, TV, and magazines devote vast amounts of time and space to it. It is all ver...

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    Image of An open letter to Bryan Johnson: philosophy - not technology - is the core operating system to improve if you want to change the world
    An open letter to Bryan Johnson: philosophy - not technology - is the core operating system to improve if you want to change the world
    editorial posted by c_prompt in philosophy Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 United States License
    Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur extraordinaire. To put it mildly, he's brilliant and an inspiration in so many ways. I recently read his Rewrite the OS, Change the World: A challenge worthy of the g...

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    Image of The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Oliver Sacks) - The President's Speech
    The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales (Oliver Sacks) - The President's Speech
    junkfoodforthought.com link posted by c_prompt in psychology
    ROFL. This is not only hysterical but also incredibly insightful. tl/dr: Some people who have language disorders are unable to understand the meaning of words. Instead, they rely on facial express...

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    A Tale of Two Children: The Stolen Generations, Then and Now
    editorial posted by digdug in mens rights
    Albert Einstein theorized that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it only changes from one form to another. In physics, this became known as the Law of the Conservation of Energy. Many a ph...

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    Image of TIL that, only after millions of Jews were herded into railroad cars destined for death and the remaining in dilapidated ghetto housing, a small resistance (ZOB) organized. It was wiped out within a month. Too little, too late. Lesson: pay attention and don't wait too long to resist.
    TIL that, only after millions of Jews were herded into railroad cars destined for death and the remaining in dilapidated ghetto housing, a small resistance (ZOB) organized. It was wiped out within a month. Too little, too late. Lesson: pay attention and don't wait too long to resist.
    jewishvirtuallibrary.org link posted by digdug in todayilearned
    It's so sad and fascinating to learn about the Holocaust. There are so many lessons, all at the cost of death, that we ignore. I think it difficult to fault people (including myself) who never pr...

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    The astonishing history of the amazing visionary and Russian engineer Lev Sergeyevich Termen, the pure awesomeness of the theremin he invented, and how technology can concentrate power and be used to...

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    Introduction I've a bone to pick with a libertarian. Possibly more than one, but not everyone. At the moment, my focus is this one (who also penned this and this and this). Surely, Gary Nort...

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