http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:47:46 -0700 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:44:10 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d7-No-good-deed-goes-unTased?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.Meet Michael Barrett, Jr., of Kent, Ohio.  This Halloween, when his house caught fire in the early morning hours, he managed to get everyone out safely, at some risk to his own safety:"He put his life at risk making s... Police State Big Brother Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:44:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d7-No-good-deed-goes-unTased?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d4-This-is-not-the-climategate-youre-looking-for?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.   More comedy this week.  This installment takes the apparent form of what might be called "power-assisted denial". Picture, if you will, a tantrum involving closing eyes, holding hands over ears,... Big Brother Fri, 04 Dec 2009 22:54:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d4-This-is-not-the-climategate-youre-looking-for?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d3-Youcantmake-me?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.This episode is just funny.  If it weren't for the fact that at least one person in the sordid charade deserves better than this (and that of course would be the defendant, whoever he is and whatever he may or may not have... Police State Big Brother Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:09:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d3-Youcantmake-me?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Punishing-the-liberty-loophole?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.Mark this well.  You do not, repeat not, embarrass Master.  That is what Master does to its own targets, and it does not suffer the competition well.The redoubtable William Norman Grigg covers the story of the persecu... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:49:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d30-Punishing-the-liberty-loophole?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d29-Thanksgiving-wishes?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Nothing says Thanksgiving like pumpkin pie. In the category of giving thanks for things we take for granted, here's a big one for me:  this year, we went to a free Thanksgiving dinner put on by a local restaurant.  In forty years of ... Living Free Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:31:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d29-Thanksgiving-wishes?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Remember-how-SCOTUS-sold-its-soul-for-New-London?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. It seems that the robbers didn't really want Susette Kelo's puny little property anyway.  From Wendy McElroy: The U.S. Supreme Court established a hideous precedent in 2005 in its ruling on Kelo v. City of New London th... Constitutionalism Big Brother Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:56:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Remember-how-SCOTUS-sold-its-soul-for-New-London?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d20-w00t--The-PirateFinder-General?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Gilbert & Sullivan's modern Major-General.  (Public domain image hosted by Wikipedia)Please, ladies and gentlemen, put down your coffee before proceeding.  (You'll thank me for this.)Poster Brad at wendymcelroy.com has been follo... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:39:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d20-w00t--The-PirateFinder-General?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Comic--Will-everyone-please-stop-freaking-out-over-Ayn-Rand?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Comic from xkcd. You know, I'm with Radley Balko on this one.  Peter Bagge sums up the traditional Ayn Rand hullaballoo nicely with a cartoon--here.  Therefrom: Since writing people off was one of her favorite hobbies, it see... Big Brother Living Free Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:15:21 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d19-Comic--Will-everyone-please-stop-freaking-out-over-Ayn-Rand?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d18-A-sticky-wicket-from-Wendy-McElroy?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Comic from xkcd.It's always a good idea to keep yourself honest, and this means throwing darts at things you believe from time to time, to see how they hold up.Anyone who has been around libertarian thought for a while has doubtless noti... Constitutionalism Big Brother Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:19:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d18-A-sticky-wicket-from-Wendy-McElroy?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Colorado-to-milk-its-own-with-sweet-tooth-tax?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. Get this straight:  you are a cow, to be milked by the state when it has spent all its your money and needs wants some more.  From the Denver Post: For Libertarians, it is a step toward social engineering. But to Go... Big Brother Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:36:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d17-Colorado-to-milk-its-own-with-sweet-tooth-tax?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d16-File-this-under-Things-That-Simply-Must-Be-Said?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.The original topic was military "recruitment", especially the most, um, governmental form thereof, enforced conscription.*  (It's worth a read in and of itself, as WNG's work usually is.)Comments ranged widely, i... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:50:34 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d16-File-this-under-Things-That-Simply-Must-Be-Said?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Killer-sentenced-to-309-years--huh?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd. This "rule of law" thing doesn't seem to be working out so well for us, does it? Decent human beings don't need law to be decent, and the indecent are hardly restrained by it.  As well, the entire apparatus we h... Police State Big Brother Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:12:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d14-Killer-sentenced-to-309-years--huh?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Threat-du-jour--Twitter?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right A double shot from Wendy McElroy today.  We start with the punchline: As long time cohort J. Neil Schulman wrote to me in an email, If sending messages on Twitter to protesters from a motel room ca... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:58:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Threat-du-jour--Twitter?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d9-What-did-we-learn-from-Fort-Hood?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner  Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human RightYou do realize the answer is going to be nothing, right?  That's just the way these things work.The victim-disarmament freaks have already started slipping in their own drool, as noted by both St. Louis Gun... Gun Rights Police State Big Brother Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:13:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d9-What-did-we-learn-from-Fort-Hood?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Humanity-from-beyond-humanity?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   MBV found a great image for this...Sometimes we forget our own humanity, and sometimes the best reminders come from beyond humanity.Many thanks to Mike Vanderboegh for posting this.  Hopefully it does for you what it did for me.Whether th... Living Free Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:53:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Humanity-from-beyond-humanity?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Crime-du-jour--pumpkin-streakers?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.  (Anyone who doubts we live in a   police state is welcome to try this.) Think we don't already live in a police state? Via Wendy McElroy, the Wall Street Journal carries this story about cops cracking down on yet a... Constitutionalism Police State Big Brother Living Free Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:13:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Crime-du-jour--pumpkin-streakers?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Finding-out-what-we-already-know-chapter-142?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner   Comic from xkcd.  (I know, I keep using this one.  That tell you something?) OMG, did you know that a Taser might kill you? (Here, the chorus responds with, "Welcome to reality, duh;  what took you so long?" in four-pa... Police State Big Brother Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:56:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d29-Finding-out-what-we-already-know-chapter-142?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Oath-Keepers-in-context?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner    Oath Keepers:  Just makin' sure   everyone's clear on their   allegiances and all... A.X. Perez has a very interesting article over at The Libertarian Enterprise this week.  It begins: It was August of ... Gun Rights Constitutionalism War on (some) Drugs Police State Big Brother Living Free Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:49:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d28-Oath-Keepers-in-context?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Flashing-the-espresso-machine?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner     Comic from xkcd. So it appears that a man has been arrested for indecent exposure while making coffee in the buff--in his own kitchen. My personal inclination at this news is to roll my eyes, point out the control freaks for what ... Police State Big Brother Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:05:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d22-Flashing-the-espresso-machine?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Dont-encourage-em-its-bad-enough-already?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner  Comic from xkcd.The old joke goes something like this:A rancher, returning from fence work, gets stopped by a cop who notices his wire cutters, saw, cattle prod and walkie-talkie.  "I'm taking you in for cattle rustling," he says... Police State Big Brother Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:15:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-8434-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Dont-encourage-em-its-bad-enough-already?cid=exrss-Anchorage-Libertarian-Examiner