Archive for July 2014
On being a libertarian and minding one’s own business
Most devotees of the libertarian mindset pride themselves on being above the fray of other people’s messy emotions and biases. They come down on the side of gay marriage because that shows their willingness to allow others to make their own choices and to advocate that we all should just mind our own business. They…
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules D.C. ban on handguns outside home unconstitutional
Another victory for civil rights by Alan Gura, Palmer v. District of Columbia. Washington D.C. prohibits registration of a gun by anyone not a resident of the District, and prohibits carrying a firearm without a permit. The so-called “permits” are unattainable. The court issues an injunction against both the laws regarding and the practice of…
Read MoreDavid Mamet’s Intellectual Journey Through Politics
For thirty years, David Mamet was a force in theater and film, championing liberalism in his movies and plays, exploring the ethics of the business world, the struggles of the “oppressed,” and the [supposed] flaws of capitalism. But then something happened: David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a “Brain-Dead Liberal”, in the Village Voice,…
Read MoreDC Circuit delivers death blow to Obamacare subsidies
UPDATE: Just a few hours after Halbig v. Burwell was released by the DC Circuit the 4th Circuit issued its ruling in an identical case, and reaching just the opposite conclusion. Unlike the DC Circuit judges, the 4th Circuit judges decided the case on the basis of Congressional “intent”, rather than the actual text that…
Read MoreMillennial’s crazy belief system
If the polls are correct, the so-called “millennials”, those born from about 1984-1996, currently in the 18-30 age group, hold beliefs about politics and government so hopelessly inconsistent you’d have to wonder what they’ve been smoking. A clear majority of them say that government is corrupt and incompetent, but they want more of it. See,…
Read MoreThe “hair trigger” problem for a defensive handgun
What makes a gun easier to shoot intentionally makes it easier to shoot unintentionally. There are legal as well as practical implications to this. Self defense is a complete defense to a charge of homicide or assault. It is also a complete defense to a civil suit for wrongful death or personal injury. An act…
Read MoreThe graph that tells it all
As you drive along the interstates this summer and see all those massive wind turbines that are defiling the landscape and eating up billions of taxpayer dollars to pay the government subsidies without which none of it would exist, think also that if decarbonization [the supposed justification of all those wind turbines] is to be…
Read MoreRick Santelli on the Fed, Money and Markets
This is good, in fact, it’s awesome. Nobody agrees with Santelli but thats probably as is must be since they’re all Wall Street cheerleaders and he is…exactly right. June 14, 2014, on CNBC:
Read MoreCapitalism, Socialism, and Morality
You may know, perhaps from personal experience, that if you put a bumper sticker on your car that reveals or even suggests that you are a conservative your car may be keyed. Liberal bumper stickers don’t elicit keying. Conservatives, as a general rule, just don’t think that criminal property destruction is a way to deal…
Read MoreWant to see what a cow looks like shampooed and blow dried?
She’s cute, but she has big ankles. I bet this took a lot of work. And they’ll have to do it all again after her next dump.
Read MoreThen and Now
The Atlantic: 45 years ago we landed men on the moon. Glenn Reynolds: Now we can’t even launch a website successfully.
Read MoreFifth Circuit defies Supreme Court on Racial Preferences
The Left loves racial preferences so much its judges will even defy their ultimate boss, the U.S. Supreme Court, to keep them. The University of Texas prefers racial minorities over white students in its admission policy. It does this by using lower standards for racial minorities. Why is this bad? It’s bad because it sets…
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