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10
Jul

President Ron Paul? Ron Paul and the John Birch Society

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Categories: 2008 Presidential Race, Austrian Economics, Constitution, Ron Paul, US Constitution, commentary, economics, education, fascism, liberty, mercantilism, politicians, politics, recommendations, regulation, socialism and war

This guy couldn’t reason his way out of a wet paper bag. And his subhead quote, intended of course to frighten principled anti-war people away from Dr. Paul, is dead-on;

“Welcome to Dr. Ron Paul’s (R.-Tx) prescription for America. If he ever becomes President, you won’t recognize the place.”

via Andrew Reinbach: President Ron Paul? Ron Paul and the John Birch Society.

10
Jul

“A China On Your Desktop” – RepRap

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Categories: Austrian Economics, autarky, commentary, economics, energy independence, environment, liberty, mercantilism, protectionism, recommendations, regulation and technology

@ Google – Hope this means we won’t have to censor ourselves too, LOL;

“RepRap is a free desktop 3D printer capable of printing plastic objects. Since many parts of RepRap are made from plastic and RepRap can print those parts, RepRap is a self-replicating machine – one that anyone can build given time and materials. It also means that – if you’ve got a RepRap – you can print lots of useful stuff, and you can print another RepRap for a friend…

RepRap is about making self-replicating machines, and making them freely available for the benefit of everyone. We are using 3D printing to do this, but if you have other technologies that can copy themselves and that can be made freely available to all, then this is the place for you too.

Reprap.org is a community project, which means you are welcome to edit most pages on this site, or better yet, create new pages of your own. Our community portal and New Development pages have more information on how to get involved. Use the links below and on the left to explore the site contents. You’ll find some content translated into other languages.

RepRap was the first of the low-cost 3D printers, and the RepRap Project started the open-source 3D printer revolution. It is described in the video on the right.”

via RepRapWiki.

10
Jul

Ron Paul, The Compassionate Libertarian

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Categories: 2008 Presidential Race, Austrian Economics, Constitution, Ron Paul, US Constitution, commentary, economics, education, energy independence, environment, fascism, foreign oil, liberty, mercantilism, monetary policy, police state, politicians, politics, protectionism, recommendations, reference, regulation, socialism, technology, terrorism and war

“…libertarians have the reputation of being hardhearted. It’s not true, and Ron Paul–in so many ways–shows that. He is the Compassionate Libertarian.” – Lew Rockwell

via Lew Rockwell’s Political Theatre | The Comedy and Tragedy of the Political World.

08
Jul

Rupert Murdoch’s Failing Attempts to Control the Internet Reformation by Anthony Wile

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Categories: autarky, commentary, economics, education, fascism, liberty, mercantilism, police state, politicians, politics, protectionism, recommendations, reference, regulation, socialism, technology and war

“Murdoch’s properties are supposed to provide the conservative half of a worldwide Hegelian dialectic. He’s been funded by Western elites to provide this vision because if one is to move society toward global governance, a conversation is necessary. Thesis, antithesis … synthesis. Murdoch provides the antithesis, with relish.”

via Rupert Murdoch’s Failing Attempts to Control the Internet Reformation by Anthony Wile.

07
Jul

If You Love Peace, Become a “Blue Republican” (Just for a Year)

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Categories: 2008 Presidential Race, Austrian Economics, Constitution, Ron Paul, US Constitution, autarky, commentary, economics, education, environment, fascism, foreign oil, liberty, mercantilism, monetary policy, police state, politicians, politics, protectionism, recommendations, reference, regulation, socialism, technology, terrorism and war

“…the one potential Presidential candidate (Ron Paul) who wishes to stop killing innocent people in foreign wars and stop transferring the wealth of poor and working Americans to the corporate elites happens to be — this time around — a Republican.”

via Robin Koerner: If You Love Peace, Become a “Blue Republican” (Just for a Year).

06
Jul

Do You Have to Be Rich to Be Honest? Altucher Confidential

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Categories: commentary, economics, education, liberty, politics, recommendations and technology

“The newspapers are the worst liars of all. And I know because I write for them. So I stopped reading them. They can all fire me after reading this. I don’t care. Now I’m happier. I replaced the newspaper with books that make me happy.”

via Do You Have to Be Rich to Be Honest? Altucher Confidential.

04
Jul

Afghan City Builds DIY Internet Out Of Trash – Insteading

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Categories: Austrian Economics, Ron Paul, US Constitution, autarky, commentary, economics, education, fascism, liberty, mercantilism, politicians, politics, protectionism, recommendations, regulation, socialism, technology and war

OMG, I have been pounding home this point – that wireless completely obviates the “last-mile-monopoly” for YEARS, and people think I have a screw loose (more like 3). But in 2005, in rural Oklahoma, I built a 4-square mile 11 mbps, 100-duplex wireless network (for air monitoring instruments) and I am a blithering (networking) idiot;

Afghan City Builds DIY Internet Out Of Trash – Insteading.

30
Jun

What The World Needs Now Is Default

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Categories: Austrian Economics, Constitution, Ron Paul, US Constitution, autarky, commentary, economics, fascism, liberty, mercantilism, monetary policy, police state, politicians, politics, recommendations, regulation, socialism and war

Remember, the game of the big commercial banks, central banks, and the IMF and World Bank is to get control of the entire world economy so as to do 2 simple things; 1) Run all commerce and trade through their books so they can profit off of every transaction by every single person on earth, regardless of the economy, and; 2) To juice economies around the world( by issuing bonds to governments, and inflation by central banks and fractional-reserve commercial banks) to increase the flows from which they skim. It is why, for instance, “conservative” governors have been elected in the US to try to balance state budgets – not to help the poor state taxpayer, but to keep the bonding party going. That is why ALL levels of government must DEFAULT.

28
Jun

Some Truth In Advertising for the PLCB

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Categories: Austrian Economics, Constitution, Philadelphia, autarky, comedy, commentary, economics, education, fascism, liberty, mercantilism, philadelphia local stuff, police state, politicians, politics, protectionism, recommendations, regulation and socialism
There, I Fixed It

There, I Fixed It

On vacation this week in my former home state of Pennsylvania, I passed a billboard on I-95 south at 322 (undoubtedly paid for by the taxpayers of said state) touting the “Chairman’s Selection” by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board. It slickly presented typical bucolic wine-business images of grapes, vines, barrels, etc, all to give the casual viewer the idea that a state wine monopoly is just great, look, we even have special selections of wines by our Chairman. I am sure this was by the merest coincidence a mile or three from the massive privately-owned wine store just across the border in Delaware, a state whose residents presumably live their lives bereft of the wonderful wine selections made by the chairman of their neighboring state’s liquor monopoly.

I couldn’t find the billboard online (Joe?) but in the spirit of trying to help all those folksy bureaucrats in Harrisburg to successfully put across their message, I corrected the PALCB’s “Chairman’s Selection” logo. You’re welcome!

Here’s one someone did earlier;

Wine Revolution!

Wine Revolution For The People

(PHOTOS: PLCB, wikipedia, me, Empty Bottles)

06
Jun

Ron Paul at…The Guggenheim?!?

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Categories: Austrian Economics, Constitution, Ron Paul, US Constitution, autarky, commentary, economics, fascism, liberty, mercantilism, monetary policy, politicians, politics, recommendations, reference, regulation, socialism and technology

Recognizing in art the unreality of fiat money


Well, not the Good Doctor himself, but apparently his message about the Federal Reserve and the dollar is permeating the art world. Hans Peter Feldmann, winner of the 2010 Hugo Boss art prize, took the $100,000 he earned, converted it to one-dollar bills, and pinned it to a wall in the Guggenheim Museum. From the catalog description;

“Bank notes, like artworks, are objects that have no inherent worth beyond what society agrees to invest them with, and in using them as his medium, Feldmann raises questions about notions of value in art.”

Of course, it devolves into vaguely anti-capitalist cant after that, but when was the last time you saw a critique of the Fed in a museum?

I am DEFINITELY going to catch this one.

(Image from the Guggenheim)

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