Category Archives: politics

the swarthy Canadian menace

Canadian in passport fiasco: US officials have once again deported a citizen of Canada – to Asia. Is it their goal to make travel through the US so infamously onerous that nobody (with a tan) tries it? (Link from Stephen … Continue reading

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close the borders, say immigrants

Regular readers can skip over most of this entry; nothing here that I haven’t said before.

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a trillion here, a trillion there

I never hear the US debt limit mentioned except in the context of raising it. Why have a limit at all, if whenever it is approached Congress routinely raises it? I notice that it is already higher than the trigger … Continue reading

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time flies

Remember what happened ten years ago?

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distributed defense

Aubrey Turner reports that Condi Rice, for good personal reasons, is firmly for RKBA. (Link from Bitter Bitch)

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Ouroboros

Alan Bock writes in the current issue of Liberty: The tactic of the “general strike” to shut down a country was developed by radical socialist theorists, known as “syndicalists,” early in the last century. Now, oil company executives are using … Continue reading

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“Just say slavery.” “Slavery it is, sir!”

Thomas DiLorenzo on the role of tariffs in the troubles of 1861. . . . when the Republican Party gained power in the late 1850s the top item on its agenda was to increase the average tariff rate from 15% [in 1857] … Continue reading

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