Two--Four

Principles

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:48 GMT

John Venlet pops Glenn Reynolds from the other side of his own coin. Splendid.

"The Roots Of War"

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:22:56 GMT

Oh, I do believe that it's time to review chapter two of Rand's "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal". Yes, I do.

Kid Stuff

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:17:40 GMT

"Now, my objections to the very existence of a federal department of education aside, the proliferation of raid teams in every federal agency is not as much alarming as it is ridiculous. It's empire-building, plain and simple. If the guys at the DEA get a SWAT team, then ATF wants one, and if ATF has one, then the Bureau of Land Management wants one, and so on down the line. Once upon a time, even the FBI served mostly investigative functions and relied on...

Even If You're An Objectivist, I Can Keep This Stuff Straight For You

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:53:52 GMT

"...they wish to plunge the country into economic chaos and civil ~~anarchy~~ chaos."
There, Ed: that's fixed, now. It was wrong, but now it's not. I'm always happy to help.

The Whip Of The Week

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:26:47 GMT

"Nearly Every Human Who Has Ever Lived Denied Fundamental Human Right"
Subject header -- Warren Meyer.

The Rat-Ship Comes

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:47:14 GMT

"Obama is not worried that the American economy is slow to recover; he's worried that it will recover. And he is doing everything conceivable to see that it doesn't. Adding an unaffordable entitlement to already bankrupt entitlements; making energy unaffordable; raising taxes; harassing business; growing government while the economy shrinks; shrinking the economy while government grows; and most important of all, draining the wealth out of the middle...

Brickflight

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:21:23 GMT
John Venlet e-mails about Air France 447 -- > After reading that Der Spiegel piece, once > again, I have a question you can probably > answer, when you have a moment or two, > no rush. I may take a roundabout way to the > question, so bear with me. > > In reading the...

Barbarian Caprice

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:56:27 GMT

"The law is laid down so that the crime need not be proven. The process is expedited without any impertinence of defense."
(shorter People v. Bransford, 8 Cal.4th 894 (1994). See DUI Blog) Does everyone understand why I keep calling it "Endarkenment"? It's the counter-Enlightenment, kids....

In Which I Briefly Explain Something To Some Simpletons Around Here

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:54:36 GMT
So, every now & then, a hue & cry arises in some feeblist quarters, which in general goes something like: "How can he be so unaccountably beastly?" Ladies and gentlemen, let me only point out that the beginning of civility is abstinence from violence, and that sentimental moaning in favor of forcing me -- through the unilateral threat of violence in the law -- to pay for something that I...

Dear George

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:31:39 GMT
You know who you are, and so do I. You are a stupid bastard. Now; hold still and consider that these are facts. Your name is not your own, and you cannot think. Oh? You believe that I'm wrong about that? Listen, asshole: how are your investments doing? Nevermind, because I know you're in the shitter, which is exactly where you belong, you despicable piece of shit. And I know how you tried all your worthless adult life to kill someone else's soul. Well,...