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Life versus art
It has been reported that pressure groups representing the survivors of rape, sexual violence and childhood sexual abuse have called upon the BBC to remove a statue by the sculptor Eric Gill that adorns its London headquarters. The statue, from … Continue reading ?
Very Brief Reflections on Welfarism
My women and I spent yesterday with some friends who live in South East London. They gave us chapter and verse on a thoroughly dispiriting symbiosis of financially corrupt bureaucrats and quasi-bureaucrats and an underclass almost too radically degraded to … Continue reading ?
An Encounter with the Climate Liars
by James Oliver Deckard The famous climate “scientist,” James Hansen, spoke at the London School of Economics on the 16th May 2013. Here is an account of his talk and its attendant circumstances.,Last night he gave the usual bilge, … Continue reading ?
How It Happened, chapter 1
Note: The Libertarian Alliance does not recommend or condone the use of violence to achieve political ends. Of course, the story published below is merely advice on how lawfully appointed Ministers of the Queen should proceed once in office. As … Continue reading ?
This was predictable: Vision 2015 poised to become Vision 2020
Originally it was Vision 2012.Then, when it became evident that the corporate donors weren't coming across with the promised money, it became Vision 2015.I have been predicting for about two years now that with 2015 just around the corner...Show More Summary
A Case for Plebiscitory Democracy
by Eddie Johnson For too long our political system has been under the control of a group of people who have never represented the people that elected them. A person who is elected by a constituency should no longer have … Continue reading ?
We’re Losing Revenue! Quick, Let’s Tax E-Cigs!
by Dick Puddlecote http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DickPuddlecote/~3/K7wVLaAENEU/were-losing-revenue-quick-lets-tax-e.html We’re Losing Revenue! Quick, Let’s Tax E-Cigs! Could this be what it’s really all about? Italian MEP Giancarlo Scottà tabled this extraordinary written question a couple of weeks ago. I wish to put a question to … Continue reading ?
Intolerance (1916)
The more often I watch this, the more I am astonished and awed by it. Oh, to see it in a big cinema, with an orchestra playing! When Mr Blake goes to Hollywood, he will insist on similar spectacle. Filed … Continue reading ?
Save Your Freedom – Please Retweet!
by Anna Raccoon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AnnaRaccoon/~3/EumMDBkP-kM/ Save Your Freedom – Please Retweet! We need to ‘gird our loins’ and go to battle folks, I need your assistance on this one! Please retweet this post to anyone you think might pay attention, and … Continue reading ?
Sean Gabb on the Horrors of Internet Pornography
The Beeb woke me at the crack of dawn to deal with these fatuous and endlessly-recycled lies about the tendency of porn to turn good men into sex-crazed zombies. Don’t be surprised if I sound as bored here as I … Continue reading ?
Emma West timeline
This is a timeline of the events concerning the prosecution and trial of Emma West, who was recorded on video while on a London tram. Her case has been the subject of comment both here and in particular by Robert … Continue reading ...
Unanimous Consent and the Utopian Vision
This is the transcript of a speech given at the December 1987 Future of Freedom Conference held at the Pacifica Hotel in Culver City, California. http://www.lneilsmith.org/utopian.html Unanimous Consent and the Utopian Vision, by L. Neil Smith Unanimous Consent and the … Continue reading ?
Delaware's (corporate) welfare queens take money from your schools and roads thanks to the General Assembly
Everybody (including me) likes to keep beating the Markell administration (and the legislature that let it happen) over the head about Fisker.But by the time that the News Journal gets involved, you have to know that the story is finally...Show More Summary
Vermont: wherein effective nullification becomes both a Green and Libertarian thing
The Vermont House has just passed a GMO labeling bill by a heavy majority: 99-42.This basically represents a state choosing to nullify the Monsanto Protection Act [assuming the Vermont Senate also passes it and the Governor signs it]...Show More Summary
A national biometric database: obviously just more Libertarian paranoia ...
Except, of course, that the source is Wired: The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the first step to a ubiquitous national identification system. Show More Summary
Whither consent?
Writing in spiked! recently, barrister Barbara Hewson suggests that the age of consent for sexual activity should be restored to its pre-1885 position of 13. Reducing the age of consent to 13 for all sexual acts would bring the UK … Continue reading ?
Random thoughts about Delaware's 2014 budget
I really should do a coordinated piece on this, but times are full of lots of stuff, and so I offer just a few observations:1. Higher EducationYou can really tell who owns the General Assembly here. According to the proposed increases...Show More Summary
The Creatures Outside Looked From Pig To Man, And From Man To Pig …
by Dick Puddlecote http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DickPuddlecote/~3/cjaWWIbnjcg/the-creatures-outside-looked-from-pig.html The Creatures Outside Looked From Pig To Man, And From Man To Pig … Busy in Puddlecoteville again, and likely will be for the next few days. However, after yesterday’s revelation that Labour despise the working … Continue reading ?
More government idiocy on containing the spread of information
US citizens prohibited from even handling scientific manuscripts originating in Iran.Sort of a governmental form of Sha'ria law: Major scientific journal publisher Reed Elsevier and others are vowing to obey thelatest US sanctions against Iran in their day-to-day operations, implementing bizarre policies aimed at following the letter of the law. Show More Summary
