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I found an interesting comment at Nation States. It is my perception that social conservatives are on the losing side of every major social issue and the Republicans have for the most part, lost the culture wars. So if being socially conservative is a losing proposition, does it make sense for the GOP to continue…

Commenter Neil makes this point in a comment on Eric’s No Other Single Policy… Changing that would require libertarians to get along with social conservatives… In electoral politics it is the least committed faction that sets policy. Contra what social conservatives believe. You constantly hear “we are the majority, we are the base, without us…

Apropos of Eric’s previous post: From This is a test

Well I seem to be on a bluegrass kick these days. This one especially caught my eye. It features Earl Scruggs and a host of banjo players. I got intorduced to Flatt and Scruggs back in ’62-’63 by Sheldon Danielson who was the Chief Engineer at WFMT (home of the Midnight Special). He hired me…

OK. You are probably wondering how I found it (them?) – aside from looking. Well it was a commenter at Gay Patriot. I swear. You can’t make this stuff up. So how did gay patriots get involved with women’s chests (well tits actually)? No it is not a residual from being nursed as a child.…

I had a 5″ 33 1/3 version when I lived in Bezerkeley cira 1968. Angel Albert was a regular fixture in my living room back then. The 5″ (was it 6″?) 33 1/3 was the best version they released. That copy is long gone. The notes that go with this YouTube version are interesting. I’m…

One of Karl Pierson’s classmates said: In a profile on the shooter in the Denver Post which focused on his “strong political beliefs,” several of Pierson’s classmates offered their impressions of the shooter. One of the shooter’s classmates described him as a “very opinionated socialist.” Another piece described him as: Karl Halverson Pierson was a…

Commenter John Hemry suggested this version:

Now that we have your bank account number we are going to take your money. Shannon Bruner of Indianola logged on to her checking account Monday morning, and found she was almost 800 dollars in the negative. “The first thing I thought was, ‘I got screwed,’” she said. The Bruners enrolled for insurance on the…

And now we know who. White House Forces Obamacare Insurers To Cover Unpaid Patients At A Loss …what happened on Thursday, December 12 will stand as one of the most lawless acts yet committed by this administration. The White House—having canceled Americans’ old health plans, and having botched the system for enrolling people in new…

We are having a discussion at Talk Polywell and as usual things are getting interesting. Commenter hanelyp says in part: As for the value of religion, a successful religion embraces memes that promote survival and expansion of the people. Religions embracing memes contrary to survival adapt or die. Protestant Christianity, so influential in the US…

Who knew that if you took enough money from people, they wouldn’t have any left? Amazing!

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What’s Wrong with America Discussed in this video is how Republicans are screwing the pooch with thier focus on social issues at the Federal level. Anybody remember the Terri Schiavo case?

Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com The show is “The Independents” – a libertarian show with Matt Welch of Reason Magazine Here is their look at ∅bamaCare(less) Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com

∅bamaCare(less): 365K sign-ups 5.9 million cancellations. That is about 5.5 million in negative territory. Update: 13 December 2013 1743z Commenter Neil had this to say: The “365K sign-ups” are people who established accounts at the website. Being generous, perhaps 10% of them actually signed up to purchase a plan. According to insurance companies, 10% of…

First a preface. Over at Talk Polywell we are discussing the rise of libertarianism in America. Actually more of a rebirth. In that context a discussion of a certain commenter on the board, Diogenes, came up. I refer to him as “D”. He is an atheist who tries to sell Christianity to the benighted masses.…

The Republicans have made a budget deal. Some Republicans are not happy. A number of well-funded outside groups, notably the Club for Growth, Heritage Action and FreedomWorks, have blasted the plan as insufficiently conservative and vowed to punish Republican lawmakers who support it. These Republican groups have their donors to think about of course. But…

Also: More Josie Outlaw videos

This is rich. Sebelius asks for investigation of flawed website Recognizing that deeper problems may lurk behind the botched rollout of the health care website, President Barack Obama’s top health official Wednesday called for an investigation into management and contracting decisions. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a blog post early Wednesday…

One million applicants for 62,000 jobs? It happened to McDonalds in 2011. After sifting through about one million applications, McDonald’s hired more than 60,000 workers nationwide, and over 1,000 in Chicagoland, in conjunction with its National Hiring Day earlier this month. That is about 16 applications for each job. Which makes the next story very…