2014 archive
Logical Underspinnings 0
At the Boston Review, Claude S. Fischer takes up the (il)logic of Libertarianism. He starts with the core tenet of Libertarians, which generally remains unspoken: In Glibertarian land, there is no such thing as the common good.
Libertarianism is an elaborate facade for narcissim and selfishness and predation, nothing more. Its motto is ultimately “All for me and every man for himself.”
Do please read the rest.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The polite never know that the gun is loaded.
Guns and stupid, a match made in, well, somewhere.
Parallels 0
Werner Herzog’s Bear sees an interesting and alarming one. A nugget:
I see plenty of parallels to America’s present and its recent history.
Tread Marks 0
Chris Hayes tries to make sense of Republicans’ inability to recognize “treading” when they see it.
Lessons Learned 2
Scott Maxwell tries to draw some lessons from Florida’s primary, which took place this week. I suspect that they apply to more places than just Florida.
Here’s one (emphasis in the original):
Follow the link for the rest.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Prognosis 0
Jim Wright takes a look at Republicans’ presidential prospects. A nugget:
Their election strategy, hell their plan for the country should they win the Senate and maybe even the White House in 2016, is based almost entirely on “We hates Obama, Precious, we hates him!” while gleefully rubbing their hands together and cackling maniacally – other than that they’ve got nothing.
Do read the rest. It just gets better.
Public Relations, International Black Eye Dept. 0
The first half-hour or so of this week’s Linux Outlaws, hosted by an Englishman and a German, was all about events in Ferguson, Mo.
