Monthly Archives: December 2011

Ron Paul now favourite to win in Iowa – Jonathan Jones, Spectator blogger

Washington Times

George, try harder

Alerted by the venerable Dr Gabb, I discover George Monbiot’s catty attack on libertarianism, published (where else?) in the Graun. It begins: “Freedom: who could object? Yet this word is now used to justify a thousand forms of exploitation … the word excuses every assault on the lives of the poor, every form of...
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In Response to George Monbiot

-Libertarian View

Another tyrant passes

North Korea’s “dear leader” Kim Jong-il passed away from a heart attack two days ago, according to state television. The BBC’s obiturary is shockingly unbiased when in mentions the centrally planned economy in a section labelled “Famine”, though it unsurprisingly mitigates the role of that planning in causing the famine by mentioning the collapse...
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Osborne sets the date: 2012 Budget will be in March – This Is Money

What if Ron Paul Wins Iowa? – Ana Marie Cox, Guardian blogger

Fundamental flaws in #occupy

Of course the biggest flaw in the Occupy movement is that they are wrong, they’ve misapprehended the nature of the problem and, to the extent they talk about solutions, as economic authoritarians, they have the wrong solutions. Scenes of enthusiastic teenagers gathered in circles eerily repeating the words of speakers are a hint at...
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“I wish I’d done more of everything” – Telegraph. RIP Christopher Hitchens

Government cracks time travel – Liberal Vision