Spain and Italy ban short-selling
O.o
Why Microsoft 8 Will Be a Flop
What’s Behind the Fed’s Slowdown in Money Printing?
New Romney Ad Accuses Obama of Cronyism
The Attack in Damascus: Who Was Killed, What It Means
Riding into the Sunset: Ron Paul versus Ben Bernanke
James Altucher Just Told a Billionaire “No”
The Big Mistake by the Obama Birth Certificate Forger
The 2012 Walter Block World Tour
Lew Rockwell Tells It Like It Is on Government and the State of the Economy
Romney’s Toothless Attacks on ‘Crony Capitalism’
The Knicks Are Even Dumber Than You Think
Was There a Jeremy Lin Asian-American–New York Knicks Thing?
A Power Nap is Good, But Don’t Turn It Into a Deep Sleep
Son of Soros on What It Is Like to be the Son of an Oligarch
New Yahoo CEO’s $100 Million Compensation Package
Does Rand Paul Think Ron Paul Supporters Will Become Rand Supporters?
How Food Stamps Enrich Crony Capitalists
How to Stay Dry in the Rain Even If You Don’t Have an Umbrella
The Dark Side of China’s Economy
Keynesian Krugmanite Climatology Confusion
Kill Count: James Eagan Holmes versus President Obama
IMF Economist: “I am ashamed to have any association with the Fund at all”
Fascinating Rupert Murdoch View on What is Going to Happen in Afghanistan
‘Dark Knight’ earns $160.9M in wake of tragedy
Confrontation causes ‘hysteria’ at Arizona theater
Colo. suspect’s mom learned of shooting from media
Syria could use chemical weapons if attacked
Shooting suspect in court with orange-red hair
Sally Ride, first US woman in space, dies at 61
NCAA slams Penn State, fines it $60 million
Questions and answers about PSU’s vacated wins
Government Wins Right to Pretend That Cables Released by WikiLeaks Are Still Secret
Bloomberg: Police Officers Should Not Protect Americans Until Strict Gun Control Is Enacted
“GOP makes room for Rep Ron Paul at Tampa convention”?!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEAp3tqmfIo
I’ll Have The “Enhanced” Pat-Down, Please.
Best idea the Mayor has had!
(although probably for altogether completely different reasons)
[view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2DKzastu8]
Wesley clark on the cheney cabal and invading iraq, iran, syria, lybia, somalia, lebanon, sudan, who knows who else…
Ron Paul on FOX Business News July 24 2012 on Audit the Fed
Congressman Ron Paul’s Floor Speech on Audit the Fed July 24, 2012
The HOUSE Passes H.R. 459 Ron Pauls “Audit The FED Bill”
Daily Paul:
ABC News: Ron Paul’s ‘Audit the Fed’ bill passes the House
Congressman Ron Paul on Bloomberg News July 25, 2012
Neil Gershenfeld of MIT at TED talking about his fab lab, longer version below: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7603731854830368188
edited to add, I cant get either video to embed so I am going to wait until the market actually provides digital connectivity that is user friendly.
What is LearnLiberty?
Okay my crush on Ben Swann has been solidified.
Reality Check: Does Rapper Ice T Know More About The 2nd Amendment Than Journalists?
Medicaid Expansion May Lower Death Rates, Study Says## http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/health/policy/medicaid-expansion-may-lower-death-rate-study-says.html?pagewanted=all
I used to think I knew what that means…but now I’m not so sure. Now it just sounds pretentious and moronic. What the hell does it mean when someone says “I forgive him”? He wants to go have coffee with him and go to Red Sox games? He wants to be pals?
In a libertarian world in which punishment would be up to the victim, I could understand that part of it…that a victim could “forgive” any “debt” that the aggressor had incurred, and the victim effectively relinquishes his right to retribution.
But I get the impression that’s not what this guy is saying. Yes, he claims he wants to meet the guy…but to do what? Not to hang out and be good buddies. To literally tell him “I forgive you”. It’s not like this would have any effect on what happens to the shooter legally. He just wants to say it. And then as if that wasn’t pretentious enough, he wants to ask permission to pray for him. First of all, I don’t believe for a second that this holier-than-thou asshole is going to honor the shooter’s wishes if he rejects that request. Indeed, I guarantee this victim is praying for him now, as we speak. So as far as I can tell, the only point in meeting the guy to say “I forgive you” and ask “permission” to pray for him is to shove his moral high ground in everyone’s face.
I mean look at it now, he’s got his own headline on Yahoo…and we’re here posting about it. And I guarantee this is all over Facebook and Christian blogs and newsletters all over the country, if not the world. And all he did was say this to some reporters. Imagine if this guy ever actually gets in the same room as the shooter. It’ll be a damn Barbara Walters Special.
I’m not suggesting the guy is making it up. I actually don’t doubt he really does pray for this shooter (I mean these kind of people pray for everyone all the time anyway. And they are always quite good about reminding anyone who wrongs them.) But would he really be friends with the guy? Does he really not want him to be punished, or in some way incarcerated? I’m not so sure.
It would be one thing if he said “nah, I’m not really mad at him. He’s obviously psycho. I don’t really blame him.” Or even if he said “no, I’m not really angry at him. I don’t really dwell on that kind of thing.” I can understand that, and appreciate that kind of self-awareness and control. But “I forgive him with all my heart”? “I want to meet him sometime” and “the first thing I want to say to him is ‘I forgive you’?”
Give me a break.
+1 JJ
For anecdotal evidence, I have a lot of Christian friends on my fb… my news feed is spammed with Batman shooting memes replete with Bible verses, blah blah blah.
I have more important things to do right now, so I’ve decided to completely ignore this “news” item.
Clayton -
Obama’s little known forays into the music business, singing Boyfriend:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/07/chik-fil-a-homophobes-have-rights-too
It was good until the part where they were for legally punishing hiring discrimination.