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Thursday
October 9, 2008
Commentary
Futility of Egalitarianism
by Tibor R. Machan
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   The ancient Greek myth of Procrustes’ bed has it that the bed had the attribute of being exactly as long as anyone who lay down on it. Procrustes didn't disclose to his guests his scheme that those who laydown on this extraordinary bed got manipulated so that if they were too short for the bed they had their legs ch... (Read more...)
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U.S. will buy stock in banks, Paulson says
Posted by Ed Thompson on 10/10, 4:36pm
... Paulson said the government’s program would be designed to complement the efforts of banks to raise fresh capital from private sources. He said that the government’s stock purchases would be of nonvoting shares so that the government will not have power to run the companies. ... (Read more...)
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Bush Sees the Pirates' Bet and Raises the Ante?
Posted by Ted Keer on 10/10, 3:26pm
Somali Pirates have threatened to blow up the Faina in 3 days if their demands are not met. In response, Bush has threatened to blow up the Faina in 2 days if they don't surrender. Oh, wait. Sorry, that was what I dreamt last night.(Read more...)
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Mark Steyn found Not Guilty
Posted by Ted Keer on 10/10, 2:52pm
Their Marsupial Majesties at the British Columbia "Human Rights" Tribunal have dismissed El-Mo's complaint against Maclean's and voted unanimously to acquit the hatemongers: The panel has concluded that the complaints are not justified because the complainants have not established that the Article is likely to ...(Read more...)
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Companies that form the foundation of our financial markets are shrinking and disappearing practically overnight. Their insatiable appetite for risk has permeated all sectors of the financial services industry, and has spread beyond our shores.
Chris Dodd, Sen (D)
http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/4572

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Obama's Magic
Posted by Merlin Jetton on 10/10, 4:42am
"And now, America, we introduce the Great Obama! The world's most gifted political magician! A thing of wonder. A thing of awe." (Read more...)
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A hero is one who knows how to make a friend out of an opponent.
The Talmud
Adam Reed's Translation

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(Added by Ted Keer on 10/10, 1:26am)
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US Debt too big for National Debt Clock
Posted by Ed Thompson on 10/08, 11:03am
... and they aren't planning to put in just one extra space, but two of them. Is there something they know that they're not telling us? Do we need room, not just to account for a 10-fold increase in current debt, but to be able to account for a "more-than-10-fold increase" in current national debt? (Read more...)
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First Predicted-to-Impact Asteroid Hits the Earth
Posted by Ted Keer on 10/07, 6:12pm
INCOMING ASTEROID: A small, newly-discovered asteroid named 2008 TC3 is approaching Earth and chances are better than 99.8% that it will hit. Steve Chesley of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory estimates that atmospheric entry will occur on Oct 7th at 0246 UTC over northern Sudan to the Red Sea. Measuring only a few mete...(Read more...)
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Objectipedia:

isintegrate
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After some commenters posted critiques of my use of various forms of "misintegrate" in my Amazon review of Borat! I decided to spread the presence of this neologism. (Read more...)
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The Philosophy of Liberty!
The Philosophy of Liberty!

A good audio-visual defense of freedom. (See the video)

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The Political Spectrum Explained! (1/3)
The Political Spectrum Explained! (1/3)

A good reason not to vote for McCain or Obama, but for a Constutional Republican (like Bob Barr) who bows all his motives to the rule of law, instead of a rule by some men, somewhere. Evidence that McCain isn't a Constitutional Republican (one who believes in the rule of law, not of men) ... ... (See the video)

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Determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer
Determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer

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Obama Youth? Yeah, You Heard It
Posted by Ted Keer on 10/06, 12:28pm
And you thought there was no difference between McCain and Obama? "A middle school teacher in Missouri was suspended Monday for putting a video on YouTube of his students chanting lines from Barack Obama speeches and wearing military fatigues. "The video, called "Obama Youth -- Junior Fraternity Regiment...(Read more...)
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Monday
October 6, 2008
Objectivism
The Is-Ought Problem
by Dean Michael Gores
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For thousands of years philosophers and thinkers have asked the question "What is the meaning of life?". People still ask this question and do not come up with self satisfying answers. I answer to your satisfaction. (Read more...)
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(Why Not to Vote for a Third Party)
(Why Not to Vote for a Third Party)

or, Why not to be stupid. ... (See the video)

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General Forum
corporate bailout
(35) Steve Wolfer - 10/09, 5:55pm - The Austrian hyperinflation was after WW I - in the ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (36) Merlin Jetton - 10/10, 8:44am - Addenda to post 31. The Fed has injected a lot of mon...
(37) Steve Wolfer - 10/10, 9:52am - Merlin, it is true they have massively increased M (the mone...
(38) Michael E. Marotta - 10/10, 1:35pm - Austria and Germany were saddled with the sum total of all c...
Cognition: Human vs Non-human Animal
(78) Ed Thompson - 10/09, 5:41pm - Steve, Neither other animals, nor computers can truly...
(79) Ed Thompson - 10/09, 5:57pm - Jordan, ... I'm tempted to side with Darwin on this o...
(80) Steve Wolfer - 10/09, 6:21pm - Ed, "pimp walk" - that's too funny! I agree about oth...
(81) Jordan - 10/09, 10:22pm - Hi Ed & Steve, No big beef here about both your schpi...
(82) Bridget Armozel - 10/09, 10:28pm - I agree with Ed that most other animals are not aware of the...
A layman's look at law ...
(8) Steve Wolfer - 10/09, 6:48pm - Jordan, I'm no expert in law. I could easily be wron...
(9) Jordan - 10/09, 10:44pm - Hi Steve, Offer and acceptance are necessary (though ...
(10) Steve Wolfer - 10/09, 11:04pm - Jordan, I said I wasn't an expert in law, and I'm not...
(11) Jordan - 10/10, 10:16am - I'm sorry, Steve. I get carried away with exacting the legal...
Article Discussions
Nathaniel Branden vs. Ayn Rand on Morality
(259) Ted Keer - 10/10, 2:26am - This thread has a few posts worth reading. (Also, the f...
How to Privatize the Roads: The Mechanisms and Benefits of R...
(100) Merlin Jetton - 10/10, 6:54am - In part 10 Mr. Stolyarov responds to my questioning of his c...
The Is-Ought Problem
(7) William Dwyer - 10/09, 6:22pm - Commenting on Dean's article, Steve wrote, Dean said, "Indee...
(8) Dean Michael Gores - 10/09, 9:10pm - Thanks for your compliments and comments! Phil, Ed, B...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (9) William Dwyer - 10/09, 11:42pm - Dean wrote: Evolution doesn't guarantee that every life form...
Futility of Egalitarianism
(0) Ed Thompson - 10/10, 10:58am - As a teacher in vocational college I went to an in-service t...
(1) robert malcom - 10/10, 12:46pm - ye should have spoke and asked - "By what standards?"
(2) Ed Thompson - 10/10, 1:54pm - Yes, Rev'rend, I should have said that. But she would have j...
News Discussions
First Predicted-to-Impact Asteroid Hits the Earth
(9) William Dwyer - 10/10, 1:52am - Oh.
US Debt too big for National Debt Clock
(6) Dean Michael Gores - 10/09, 8:41pm - Steve, When the Federal Government borrows money, it ...
(7) Steve Wolfer - 10/09, 11:37pm - Dean, Prices react to increases in the printed dollar...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (8) Merlin Jetton - 10/10, 4:32am - It seems Dean's problem is an inability to see U.S. Treasury...
Obama's Magic
(0) robert malcom - 10/10, 9:32am - Yep - that's about it alright...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (1) Steve Wolfer - 10/10, 9:58am - That's the best article I've seen on Obama's stance on the i...
(2) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 10/10, 4:18pm - Great article! Very entertaining Exactly what Steve s...
Mark Steyn found Not Guilty
(0) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 10/10, 4:05pm - Great news!  Except, I'm going to miss the funny tee...
U.S. will buy stock in banks, Paulson says
(0) Ed Thompson - 10/10, 4:39pm - I'm interested in this part where he says the government wil...
(1) Steve Wolfer - 10/10, 7:17pm - Ed, That sounds like a whole new hybrid of collectivi...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (2) Bridget Armozel - 10/10, 8:52pm - Isn't one of the planks of the Communist Manifesto the natio...
(3) Ted Keer - 10/10, 9:35pm - Bizarre? He has to find some way to spend $700,000,000,000....
(4) Steve Wolfer - 10/10, 10:16pm - Yes, bizarre... If you buy, you should get some ownership. ...
Quotes
Companies that form the foundation of our financial markets ...
(0) Ed Thompson - 10/10, 10:43am - According to Dodd, there was too much freedom in the market ...
(1) Ed Thompson - 10/10, 10:50am - You can write to Chris Dodd to express your opinion from thi...
(2) Merlin Jetton - 10/10, 10:58am - Q: Mr. Dodd, what about the freedoms of Fannie Mae and Fredd...
(3) Glenn Fletcher - 10/10, 11:28am - A solution to the financial crisis was introduced during SNL...
(4) Michael E. Marotta - 10/10, 1:28pm - I'm a typical American boy From a typical American town ...
Objectipedia
Misintegrate
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (0) Luke Setzer - 10/10, 7:48am - My entry for this term, though edited by the site owners, st...
Videos
The Political Spectrum Explained! (1/3)
(5) Ed Thompson - 10/09, 5:19pm - Thanks, Teresa. And, by the way, that's a great new p...
(6) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 10/09, 5:59pm - Ha! 'Bout time, right?  <g>   I was pushing my grands...


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