Alan C.

3 Flint residents charged in beating of boy that was posted on Facebook http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gep5ZZh-UP8

Collectivists Posing As “Anarchists” Demand $3 Billion From Google

People seek validation in different ways.

LG reports $75,000 worth of TVs went missing after DNC A bunch of nice TVs mysteriously disappear from a convention of Obamatons. How surprising.

LAPD officers tampered with in-car recording equipment, records show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgd5O4lpF38 It's always nice to see politics unvarnished.

Americans on Medicaid Exceed Population of UK

Human Barbie talks plastic surgery, plans for the future

Economics and morality are not mutually exclusive. Anarcho-capitalism is a fusion of the social philosophy of individualist anarchism (morality) with the capitalistic order of production (economics) .

At "Rational" Wiki, the article on Austrian Economics (AE) says, "...it is generally considered to be...outright pseudoscience." As evidence of its "general consideration," they link to a FAQ on "liberalism" in which the author refers to AE as "crank science," then goes on to say that "the Austrian School of Economics is a tiny group of libertarians...financed by wealthy business donors on the far right."

NYC cops, firemen get in massive brawl at charity hockey game

IRS agents’ testimony: NO progressive groups were targeted by IRS Also see: Lois Lerner Refuses to Answer Questions Before Congress, Pleads the Fifth Again IRS under fire: Vote for Obama stickers, campaign cheerleading commonplace IRS gave House Dems info on targeted conservative group, emails show

There is nothing wrong with feminism, just like there is nothing wrong with liberalism. It's a particular kind with which there are problems (eg. modern, Western feminism and left-liberalism). When speaking colloquially, people often assume that others define words in precisely the same way as they do. The use of 'capitalism' (sans qualifiers) is a good example. It often causes confusion.

How Can Government Battle a 'Suicide Epidemic' Among Veterans?

RestoringGuy, suppose you made your intentions known in advance that you intend to disregard a person's wishes (stipulated in a will) and to help yourself to whatever a decedent leaves behind. What sort of incentive do you think that would create for people while they're alive and how do you think that they would alter their behavior? What do you think the consequences would be? People make conscious, lifestyle choices during their lives which may last for years and decades. Knowing in advance that their wishes will not be respected after death will vastly alter those choices, quite possibly to the detriment of society. They might be incentivized to consume everything while living and leave nothing.

A City In Decline? '2020′ Report Paints Bleak Future For LA Los Angeles has been in decline for 50 years (starting in the 1960s) as a result of the "Great Society" and other left-liberal policies. It has been plagued by welfare parasitism, bureaucracy, an anti-business climate, police corruption, and government malfeasance. LA used to be a shining jewel on the West coast. Now, many neighborhoods are dirty, dilapidated, and unsafe.

After 7 years, exactly one person gets off the gov't no-fly list

Postal service employees use travel cards to gamble, pay bills and go bowling

The idea of 3D printed houses is not all that farfetched. Materials like plastic lumber are maleable, extremely durable, and easily recyclable.

The Death Wish of the Anarcho-Communists by Murray Rothbard (1970)

Left-libertarians tend to fall into two groups: 1. One group opposes the State because they see it as the enabler of private property, which they consider to be a form of oppression. This group consists of the typical dishevelled, lowlife malcontents who smash windows, flip cars, vandalize buildings, and set fires. They're juvenille, self-serving hypocrites whose goals are social justice and "fairness" (whatever that means). They know nothing about economic calculation, and they don't care. They want all of society reduced to the lowest common denominator. 2. The other group refers to themselves as left-libertarians for historical consistency and because they're "anti-capitalist," but they actually have more in common with anarcho-capitalists. They don't define 'capitalism' as Austrian economists do; they define it as a system of State-granted privilege to politically-connected groups. They prefer to use terms such as 'markets,' 'market anarchism,' and 'freed markets.' This group isn't petty and ignorant like the other group, and includes people like Roderick Long, Sheldon Richman, and Gary Chartier. I should also mention that some left-libertarians ascribe to a property rights theory based upon 'occupation and use' (ie. you 'own' only what is in your immediate possession) rather than homesteading. I don't agree with 'occupation and use' because it would incentivize overconsumption and make capital accumulation virtually impossible.

To antagonize. It's his way of lashing out.

Barack Obama's first visit to Brussels to cost Belgium more than €10m It's good to be the king.

The market is already addressing the issue of waste disposal. I currently provide IT support for a company which designs systems to turn biosolids into energy via plasma gasification and other processes. We can't know for certain which is the optimal method for dealing with waste in the absence of profit and loss.

I discontinued cable TV about 5 years ago. I wish that I had done it sooner because it cost $80/mo. I'm the only person at my company who doesn't own a smart phone. Everyone pays $50/mo (or more) for that. I have a cheap flip phone with a pay-as-you-go plan which costs $100/yr. I used to be on a $38/mo plan which I cancelled 3 years ago. It adds up quick.