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FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

In defense of internet anonymity. This is a freedom of speech. If I want to call myself lostinwilderness, that's my right. I have no right to do that on Google+ because Google owns that service, but the government has no legitimate power to stop anyone from being anonymous online.

RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS:

After Virginia allowed guns in bars, the number of major gun crimes in bars dropped, just as anything thinking person would expect.

ECONOMY:

It looks like European governments are dragging Europe into a double-dip recession.

There's no doubt about the strength of the Texas economy. That strength comes from decades of capital investment. But Rick Perry's big spending and big debt are already undermining that economy, and it's illustrated by 8 percent unemployment.

Here's a pretty good list showing how the marketplace has made people fantastically more wealthy over the last 60 years.

TAX AND SPEND:

Massive government spending has never led to prosperity. It never can.

Despite the S&P downgrade, US treasuries are trading at lowest yields ever.

REGULATION:

Like night follows day, here come the calls for government regulation of outdoor stages in Indiana after the collapse of the stage at the Indiana state fair. Who knew Indiana had a Department of Homeland Security?

FEDERAL RESERVE:

It's good to see Rick Perry take a shot at Ben Bernanke. This shows that the mainstream is moving rapidly toward Ron Paul.

HEALTH CARE:

Mark Sisson destroys the recently publicized story linking red meat and diabetes. It turns out the biggest red meat eaters had extremely unhealthy lifestyles and variables like carbs, calories, transfats and exercise weren't controlled for. This is another government-funded, establishment pseudo-scientific attempt to keep us sick so we'll keep funding big Agra, big Pharma and big Med.

GLOBAL WARMING AND ENERGY:

Not too long ago I read an article about how solar power was finally competitive. That may be true, but the solar panel producer Obama pointed to as ushering in the green jobs revolution has filed for bankruptcy, so I'm still skeptical.

POLICE STATE:

Blaming inflation, welfare and warfare for the British riots. All those things systematically undermine individual dignity and morality.

WAR:

NATO has been firing missiles and dropping bombs on Libya since March, but it condemns the Libyan government for firing a missile in response.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:

Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law has resulted in fewer illegal immigrants entering Arizona and therefore fewer deaths.

POLITICS:

Some facts about big-government, ex-Democrat Rick Perry. The National Review hopes to frame the debate about Rick Perry with five questions, none of which address his big spending, big debt policies and his past as a Democrat. They are doing their job: distracting Americans from the important issues.

I said that Rick Perry strongly reminds me of Bill Clinton, from both an intellectual and visceral perspective, so I'm not the least bit surprised to read this:

"[Clinton] hailed Rick Perry yesterday, in a talk to government firemen, as "a handsome rascal.""

Two peas in a pod. Clinton's a Bilderberger too.

Pretty good Ron Paul ad taps into a little patriot fervor with the music and presentation. People like that stuff. Anchor man asks if Ron Paul is the only adult in the race Yes. If by adult you mean not a thief, yes.

Obama's approval rating is the lowest for a first term president since Jimmy Carter. Obama's approval rating is at an all time low with blacks, women and Democrats. People who vote Democrat always hate it when they get exactly what they vote for. Bill Clinton was lucky he had a Republican Congress to stop him from trashing our economy like Carter and Obama. But to his credit, he did reduce regulations.

Remember when I said Paul Ryan was pretending to be a budget-cutter in order to advance his own power? He's considering running for president.

Two Wisconsin Democratic senators survived recall elections. So basically, there's no change in Wisconsin.

MEDIA:

John Stewart blasts the media for ignoring Ron Paul.

This interview on Russia Today shows that Russian media is light years superior to US media.

MISC:

Famous lawyer Clarence Darrow describes the nature of the state.

Archeological evidences shows primitive states were organized for war.

"With the same process now documented in both North and South America, “we are coming closer to having a model for pristine state formation that may have worldwide significance,” Dr. Marcus said. “It also shows that our species, when thrust into almost identical circumstances, behaves in almost identical ways.”"

As I've repeatedly pointed out, we're genetically programmed for government. It's an outgrowth of our familial instinct. Otherwise it wouldn't exist because it has no value to the vast majority, only the minority rulers.

"Dr. Stanish believes that warfare was the midwife of the first states that arose in many regions of the world, including Mesopotamia and China as well as the Americas."

War is the health of the state, and apparently it always has been.

"Warfare “may have contributed to the spread of human altruism,” he and his colleague Herbert Gintis write in their new book, “A Cooperative Species”(Princeton, 2011). “We initially recoiled at this unpleasant and surprising conclusion. But the simulations and the data on prehistoric warfare tell a convincing story.”"

It makes perfect sense. If you ask a soldier why he fights, he'll almost always say for his buddy next to him.

"Archaeology lends some support to the idea. “Groups that successfully organize themselves to raid others will acquire external resources and, in the long run, will be at a selective advantage against groups that are less well organized,” Dr. Stanish and Dr. Levine write of their findings in the Central Andes."

But both groups would have been better served by trade. But if a predator seizes power over his own tribe, he can seize more power by raiding another. So predation is self-enforcing.

"As the population in a region grew larger and richer, regional chiefdoms would form and start raiding one another for plunder. “Once this kicks in, it sets up a dynamic in which it’s hard to be peaceful,” Dr. Stanish said. “You either organize on a regional level or get killed or absorbed.”"

Grouping together is important to defend from organized predators. Thus government provides for the common defense. This is the biggest flaw of proponents of anarchy in my mind. Historically, they can't defend against organized predators. They're subject to being divided and conquered. Maybe in the modern would that would be different because a private defense force protecting a rich society could deploy very destructive high-tech weapons as a deterrent.

God bless the divine rocket scientists at NASA who have graced SpaceX with permission to visit the ISS.
Who will bow down with me?