*** June 2012 low content thread ***

This Week in Liberty, Episode 1. Guest: Rob (Autolykos). Internet regulation, IP, cheap computing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA4tPsI3iPc

So we have over 3,000 guests online right now! It seems like the number of guests reading the forums has gone up over the last few months. Cool.

And 7,000 of those are bots :smiley:

Ever the optimist, eh?

Islamist leader declared president of Egypt

Poll: 1-in-4 uncommitted now in White House race

Thousands march for gay pride in San Francisco

‘Jeopardy!’ host Trebek suffers mild heart attack

What was he thinking? Study turns to ape intellect

Animal smarts: What do dolphins and dogs know?

Court keeps upcoming health care decision secret

Rand Paul: “I am not a libertarian”

The Economic Views of the Newly Elected Muslim Brotherhood President of Egypt

War of 1812 Quiz

Is Austerity to Blame for Europe’s Economic Woes?

A Weapon We Can’t Control

Questions over Greg Mortenson’s stories

http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/06/rio20-summit

CAN companies succeed where governments have failed to protect the environment? The question was repeatedly asked in Rio de Janeiro this week, at the UN’s vast three-day environment summit, which was due to end on June 22nd.

Is this another non-event, or should I be worrying about new wave of eco-fascism?

Awe, Autolykos is Rob! Listen to his voice up there ^

Sorry for thinking you were a cranky Picard.

Protester Accuses Tony Blair of War Crimes (Investigation Called for by the Court)

On Legalizing Marijuana: Mitt Romney VS. Ron Paul

Must View: The Importance of Staying Ahead of Price Inflation

As Soldiers Come Back in Coffins, CorpoGovernment Operatives Just Spin the Revolving Door

Vermont Tax Collectors Drill Dentist

Inside anecdotes on Prescott Bush

Seagulls and Persistence

The Neocon Purge of “Ron Paul Types” from the Republican Party

First Reaction to Huerta de Soto

What Greece Should Do

The President Disappeared on Saturday and There’s a Bilderberg Meeting Coming Up: Coincidence?

17 Year Old Builds a Better Search Engine

“Of note, he indicates he didn’t gain the skills to create his invention from formal education, but rather from studying on his own—which is how most of us learn about Austrian economics.

Bilderberg Hotel Cancels Alex Jones’ Hotel Reservation

IMF chief who doesn’t pay taxes: "Greeks could “help themselves” by “all paying their tax”

How the Federal Reserve Manipulates Interest Rates and the Money Supply

FLASHBACK: When Obama Ditched the Press in 2008 to Attend a Bilderberg Meeting

Ron Paul Is a Golden Multi-Millionaire

Wells Fargo Seizes Stockton, California City Hall

James Altucher Lived with a Trotskyite

New French Law: CEO pay to 20 times that of the lowest paid worker. Easy CEO solution: fire low wage workers

Hoppe: As a Rule Intellectuals are Worthless Gasbags and Smartasses

Haha no problem. I’m glad I don’t sound cranky!

How’d you get the gig?

Casualties of 9/11, The War on Terror and the Invasion of Iraq

It’s an interesting chart, JJ, but it leaves itself wide open to criticism because it doesn’t have “insurgent” casualties listed. But in terms of civilian casualties to US casualties, just wow.

How about the charts here, then?

TEDxMileHighSalon - Michael Huemer - The Irrationality of Politics

i was a warehouse wage slave

still, women are discriminated against

turns out the models were wrong

Yikes!

@JJ: What a great talk… and it’s short, too, so it can keep people’s attention. TED never fails to amaze me.

Clayton -

Notice how he got no applause for the second example.

Yep. I thought that was a nice bit of jujutsu rhetoric. I also thought his choices for examples of irrationality were the two best possible.

Clayton -

Lowell Man Arrested For Throwing French Fries At Stepdaughter

I can’t even believe the lack of pertinent information in this. So why am I posting it? If the article is accurate, what a gross violation of this man’s rights. No sense of proportion whatsoever. Kidnap and jail a man for throwing french fries? What’s next? Shooting bubble gum thieves?

^^ That’s in my city 8-0