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Honor & Dignity vs the Culture of Victimhood

By On 10 September 02015 · Leave a Comment · In Philosophy, politics

There is an excellent article here: The Substrate Wars

So I suspect we’re seeing peak influence of the culture of victimhood, and natural corrections — like the refusal of businesses to degrade their competitive edge by further kowtowing to identity politicians — will push back. Part of this may be a repudiation of […]

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A Reading List on Where We Went Wrong

By On 16 January 02013 · Leave a Comment · In Books, Philosophy, politics

An unfinished blog post with a list of books worth reading:

Shane Atwell’s Blog: In Search of Where We Went Wrong

The battle lines between individualism and collectivism were thus already drawn in the 1880s and the individualists had already lost, at least the intellectual battle if not the political/legal one. Note that the […]

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Tips for Enduring the “Fiscal Cliff” and Inevitable End of the 0bamanation

By On 28 December 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

Going Galt in 2013 | Fort Liberty

Prepare for the Collapse

The socialist systems under which we currently toil continue to survive only by leeching off of a dwindling number of productive citizens. This is unsustainable — eventually these systems must collapse. The decision of productive individuals to Go Galt will only serve to […]

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This is America’s Future

By On 18 November 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

I say, let it burn. Morons like these should be left to starve to death.

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Post Election Thoughts

By On 7 November 02012 · Leave a Comment · In Philosophy, politics

Looking at ways of surviving, if not thriving, for the next four years.

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The Choice

By On 15 September 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

PJ Media » The End of Obamerica

The looming choice for the U.S. on November 6 of this year is stark and unforgiving. The re-election of Barack Obama will mean the “end,” in its terminal sense, of the America of yore, of the constitutional republic on which the West has grudgingly depended for its […]

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An Open Letter to Mitt Romney from Mike Rowe

By On 7 September 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

This warms my heart. I yearn to know what will happen if Romney and Ryan meet with him:

The First Four Years Are The Hardest… « mikeroweWORKS

When Dirty Jobs premiered back in 2003, critics called the show “a calamity of exploding toilets and misadventures in animal husbandry.” They weren’t exactly wrong. But mostly, […]

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Changing Politics as We Know It

By On 27 August 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

Real People, Not Regulations, Are the Key to Accountability – Philip K. Howard – The Atlantic

Sunset all budgetary programs. Most of the budget is consumed in programs that don’t come up for legislative reauthorization. Congress must be forced to make the tough choices needed to set priorities. A constitutional sunset amendment would require […]

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We’ll See Who the “Bitches” Are in November

By On 4 July 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

Obamacare: Don’t Get Mad, Get to Work

And let’s assess our opponents. They are the usual Democrat suspects: welfare cheats handed a few bucks to carry protest signs they can barely read, government union losers still limping from the butt kicking we handed them in Wisconsin, aging law students who […]

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Economic Revolution

By On 30 June 02012 · Leave a Comment · In politics

Shane Atwell’s Blog: Yaron Brook on the Obamacare Decision

In part: “There is a consistent view across the entire political map that we have no rights when it comes to our economic life. It’s just a question of where they want to draw the line, how they want to regulate, how they want to […]

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