Leaded gasoline caused crime spike and decline in 60’s - 90’s. Good causality link established.
And then they say the fluoride people are crazies.
2013 and the forum hasn’t vanished yet.
I posted this at Wheylous’s LibertyHQ forums (which you should join) but I think the people here will like it too.
Last night my parents were watching some sort of “Restaurant Takeover” show where someone comes in and fixes up a failing restaurant.
Anyways,I was reading MES while they were watching,and one part of the show caught my attention.
There was a meeting between the owners,the show host,and the employees. I think one of the employees had been complaining about something,I don’t know what since I was too engrossed in my reading.
The response of the show host was to ask the employees when they last got paid. They all answered “last week”.
He then asked the owners when they last got paid, and they said “2009”.
I thought it was kind of cool to see Bohm-Bawerk’s refutation of the exploitation theory in real life.
I watched the movie Equilibrium. I thought it was pretty decent. Dystopian future.
WARNING, SPOILERS:
So the movie is about a future after WWIII where the great leaders have decided that to prevent war and crime, people’s emotions need to be suppressed with drugs. The government is, of course, authoritarian. The main character skips a dose of his and this leads to the entire plot of the film. At one point, before the conversion, the main character is talking to a rebel in the ranks of the police, and this exchange occurs:
John Preston (main character): There’s no war. No murder.
Partridge (rebel in police): What is it you think we do?
I thought it was an extremely shocking and apt phrase to describe the state of affairs. Eerily enough, almost the exact same question may be posed to government:
“We fight war. We fight theft. We fight kidnapping”
“What is it you think we do?”
Of course, this is imperfect, but if we could make a libertarian movie about governmental dystopia…
I’ve heard good things about Equilibrium, but I didn’t know that’s what it was about.
I’ve seen a different version of those “makeover” shows, a girl I was sort of dating would watch them for the hair salons, and even though some of it seemed theatrical it was interesting. The host and owner would discuss about everyone’s productivity, and if someone didn’t meet the cut they would essentially lose their job (probably better off for the business), but I always wondered what their actual business reviews and profits were like before and after the business makeover, not just the employee’s own critique of their business.
Sort of a “dancey” synth track I did with pieces of Joseph Campbell talking from The Power of Myth interview with Bill Moyers.
If anyone knows any good audio clips of some fellow Austrians talking about the state I could use them (only if they aren’t dry and too lecture sounding).
Could I get some thoughts on this article?
Also, I just got a nice e-mail:
“In the coming New Year, 2013, both Groundhog Day and the State of the Union address will occur on the same day. This is an ironic juxtaposition of events. One involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to an insignificant creature of little intelligence for prognostication. The other involves a groundhog.”
Alex Jones on Piers Morgan now… Holy shit
an establishment counterintel talking head appearing on an establishment spokesperson’s show? Wow indeed
Yep. This is terrible news for gun advocates. They basically get this loud round clown all psyched up and let him loose on stage to let him blabber on about ‘muh tyranny’ and ‘muh freedoms’. Do AJ fans honestly think that this man is helping anyone?
Jones = managed opposition.
It’s clear cut now. The guy acts like a delusional, demented lunatic for a reason.
He honestly just made all gun owners look mentally insane. Watch the legislation ensue.
The legislation will probably come on recommendation of the committee with the cop on it whose son planned a Columbine-style massacre not too long ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAMfCG6nn1w
Reminds me of you guys. It’s like being animated is a sin these days. We all saw how this douche treated Larry Pratt. The response isn’t to go in and have tea and crumpets with the guy. You let him know what a puss he is, and take him down a notch. Not everyone solves their problems with .pdf reading lists.
Ha, nope. This is better.
Alex Jones= Absolute Champion.
You have to admire a man who embodies leftist stereotypes so well that he can spit them off better than someone making fun of him could.
Holy crap. I just watched the second link habbababba posted, and either Alex Jones is unstable or Malachi is right about him. There is something very wrong with him.