Charles Johnson gave a superb talk at Liberty Forum. Thanks to Bile’s video, I got to see the 2 minutes I missed, and people who weren’t there get to see everything.

Charles lays it down:

Freedom is not a conservative idea. It is not a prop for corporate power and the political-economic statist quo. Libertarianism is, in fact, a revolutionary doctrine, which would undermine and overthrow every form of state coercion and authoritarian control. If we want liberty in our lifetimes, the realities of our politics need to live up to the promise our principles — we should be radicals, not reformists; anarchists, not smaller-governmentalists; defenders of real freed markets and private property, not apologists for corporate capitalism, halfway privatization or existing concentrations of wealth. Libertarianism should be a people’s movement and a liberation movement, and we should take our cues not from what’s politically polite, but from what works for a revolutionary people-power movement.

Check it out at Rad Geek People’s Daily.

And Rad Geek is a really cool person to hang out with too.

An inventor gives you a gift. It is an ingenious device which incorporates a multitude of previous innovations. By using this machine, you will understand how it works and be able to refine future generations of the device to operate more efficiently, accommodate new demands, and break new ground in human understanding.

Instead, you put the machine on a pedestal and insist on making copies of it as close to the original as possible.

An argument is a connected series of statements to establish a definite proposition.

“However, if time travellers do break into the LHC control room and pull the plug out of the wall, then I’ll refer you to my article supporting Nielsen’s theory that I wrote in 2025.” – Brian Cox

I spend a bit of time on Facebook. It is actually worth looking at the ads for the oddities that sometimes appear.

Cybernetic Killing Machines Needed To Protect And Serve:

American Junkie Jesus:

Fun Combination?

Is That Really An American History X Character Being A Role Model?

I try to be lenient when it comes to grammar rules, because language evolves and its purpose is to communicate, not to satisfy dogma. But there is such a thing as bad writing.

Unless the strategy for this Facebook ad is to get people to click it just to find out what the hell it’s trying to say, I’d tag it FAIL.

If you’re in an action movie, someone’s going to get killed. These tips will help you make sure it won’t be you.

1. Have weapons. Who’s going to pay to see problems solved without violence? Not your audience. You’d best be prepared to do some damage.

2. Don’t leave a gun next to a fallen enemy. Just because the guy you shot is on the ground doesn’t mean he can’t hurt you. How lazy do you have to be to leave guns lying all over the place anyway?

3. Wear safety glasses when facing biker gangs or other highway marauders. Mad Max films show how they wreck people by throwing car parts at windshields. Safety glasses won’t guarantee you’ll keep control of your vehicle, but they’re better than nothing. Remember, on the post-collapse highways of battle, it’s safety first!

4. Do flips. Projectiles cannot hit a movie hero whose body is flipping over – even if she’s moving in a straight line.

5. Don’t be the overly cocky guy. He usually dies.

6. Don’t go to the bathroom when cameras are rolling. If you’re filmed in the bathroom it probably means something bad will happen to you there. Go when everyone’s distracted by something important the other characters are doing.

7. Weapons are most effective when used in conjunction with snappy one-liners. But remember what Shakespeare said: brevity is the sole of potency. If you talk for too long, someone might shut you up with a bullet.

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Roderick Long drops some analysis on a Carson-Kinsella definitional dispute.

But isn’t the best way to settle this with a labeling contest? The vulgar vandarchocapitalist pirates just got etymology-slapped by the smelly mutualist ruffians!

Old cartoons depict the issues of the past.