They’re out there…
Google and the Council on Foreign Relations are teaming up.
“Drug cartels, money launderers and human traffickers run their sophisticated operations online — and Google Ideas, Google’s think tank, is working with the Council on Foreign Relations and other organizations to look for ways to use technology to disrupt international crime.”
Secret API, anyone?
Guess it’s not so secret now. 
Clayton -
gotta love the “Conservative” non-answers:
She really seems to be in favor of “looking” at things. “Looking” at things is definitely one thing she’s for, that we can be sure of.
‘fraud. why the great recession’ | one hour documentary produced by Jesús Huerta de Soto. Also includes Philipp Bagus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpKGiVwKHY:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTpKGiVwKHY
“Not enough people are paying taxes in this country” - The Republican Party
Well, at least we know who our enemies are
Impressive presentation!
What I would really like to see is a presentation that sets the growth in government spending and debt side-by-side with a “typical” American worker born in, say, 1930 and just follow him from his entry to the workforce right after WWII until his retirement and eventual death - his income and net worth will have grown over his lifetime but not nearly as rapidly as the government’s spending and debt.
And, visually, I’d like to see it presented in a way that allows the viewer to keep track of his position in the sliding scale of monetary devaluation. One of the most insidious aspects of the continual inflation of the money supply is that people become desensitized to the fiscal irresponsibility of the government. It all just recedes into the background noise of the “natural and continuous rise in prices.” Here’s an example of how a continually increasing scale can be presented in a visual form that the viewer can “sense” in his mind’s eye. I’m thinking of putting the four variables side-by-side: income, net-worth of a “typical” American worker over the duration of his lifetime versus the spending and debt of the Federal government over the same duration. 1930-present might be a good time-scale.
Clayton -
Well, I don’t know. I mean, we’re probably safe saying that she’s not against it (as she’s not completely against anything), but I don’t think you’re right as you’ve written it. Nadda mean?
One thing is for true: the interviewer has more patience than I; how difficult is it to understand that he was asking if the government should protect people from theft? She does have a point at around 6:00 though, about it not being a fair comparison between an armed robber and the government. After all, the robber will take the money and run; the government is an institutional robber and will rob as much as it can.
Ah yes! The ‘best interest’ defense!
Rotten Tomatoes suspends comments on ‘Dark Knight’
Larry King debuts online talk show on Hulu website
100 Ways Mitt Romney Is Just Like Barack Obama
Ex-CIA agent: Roswell, N.M., incident really happened
Insurance companies send fire crews to protect homes
For insurers, hiring their own crew is worth the cost. They spend thousands on well-equipped, federally rated firefighters, potentially saving hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars to replace a home and its contents.
I thought that Larry King was dead.
He did but they reanimated his skeleton.
Clayton -
http://www.strike-the-root.com/why-minarchists-are-enemy
Not unless you’re making a joke. I was just poking fun at the way that’s basically the only thing she said she was in favor of…“looking” at stuff. It’s like advocating “awareness”. (How do you criticize “looking into” a program or policy?) It kind of encapsulates the entire non-answer MO of “conservatives”. The progressives at least get to be a tiny bit more forthcoming, because everyone knows they’re in favor of more government, so they can basically come right out and advocate government growth.
Republicans have to be much more vague about it because they need to keep up the charade of “small government/ constitutionality, etc.” So you get all this talk about cutting spending, and reducing the debt, but never any specifics about what would be cut or reduced.
Basically a bunch of generalized statements that essentially no one could argue with…“cut down on waste, fraud, and abuse”…or “we need to take a ‘serious look’ at xyz.”
She no doubt fits right in as editor of TownHall.com
He’s used to it. He’s been doing this for decades. Check out his channel.
can’t remember the basics of the mandate…sigh…head in hands, rub face…“I should probably go re-read the bill.”
The douchbaggery is unreal. He’s a better youtube loser stereotype than Mitt Romney is a politician stereotype.
In my inter-dimensional travels through the interwebs, I stumbled across this book which looks like it may be interesting to state-skeptics and just thought I’d share the reference.
Canadians now richer than Americans
Pretty funny stuff here:
I posted this in a previous LC thread. I found it absolutely terrifying. They’re seriously proposing a worldwide democracy. Seriously? Are they completely fucking insane??
Clayton -
I didn’t realize that this was a repost. I think their message of democracy is more metaphorical than anything. Still, this is a very naive view of the world.