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Tag Archives: Libertarian
Asylum Seekers and Western Military Intervention
Recently, Brandon Christensen, the capable Editor of the libertarian blog Notes on Liberty (NOL) tried to take me behind the woodpile, again! (Note for our overseas readers: To take someone behind the woodpile usually a child -is to spank him … Continue reading
Posted in Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Afghanistan, Albania, asylum, Bosnia, Croatia, Eritrea, Germany, Iraq, Kosovo, Libertarian, R refugees, Serbia, Syria
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Mexican Underdevelopment: Pop-Sociology
It’s six a.m., I am sipping my first cup of coffee on the small balcony near the tall coconut tree. It’s still dark but I can see a short stocky woman sweeping the ground of the open space in front … Continue reading
Secession and libertarianism – Ukraine IV
The most basic rule of schoolyard behavior is this: Don’t challenge the school bully if your knees are buckling under you. Mr Obama keeps ignoring the rule, with predictable results: One tyrant, one despot after another receives his confirmation … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Socio-Political Essays
Tagged Belgium, Bosnia, Catalonia, Catalunya, Chinese Communist Party, Crimea, Crimean secession, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Fleming, Flemish, invasion of Crimea, Iraq, Kosovo, Kurdistan, Libertarian, pax americana, President Obama, Putin, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Scotland, Scottish independence, secession, Sevastopol, Slovak Republic, Tibet, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Walloon
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Ron Paul’s 9/11 (with Helpless Comments from True Believers)
I have been pointing out for months on this blog that Congressman and Republican presidential candidate candidate Ron Paul frequently volunteers statements that are false, or incredible, or too difficult to verify. I have stated repeatedly that I distinguish between … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged 9/11, Bryan Preston, Congressman Paul, denial, Libertarian, nine eleven, Real Clear Politics, Ron Paul, truth on 9/11, truther, truthism
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Ron Paul’s Credibility: A Wrap-Up
In December 2011 or a little earlier, on the occasion of the Republican presidential primary debates, I began monitoring seriously Congressman Ron Paul’s statements. I did it because I am small-government Republican, someone who could be a libertarian, (but not … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged air conditioning, blockade, Congressman Ron Paul, cost of war in Afghanistan, cost of war in Irak, foreign policy, Iran blockade, Iran surrounded, isolationism, letter of marque, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, Mossad, President Obama, Republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul and 9/11, transfer of wealth from the middle class, truthers
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The French Have It Better?
As I keep saying, facts matter. Facts matter more than ideological consistency if you want to know. That’s why I keep comparing us with the other society I know well, France. I am up to-date on it, a task facilitated … Continue reading
Ron Paul Won’t Get My Vote
My low-level research on Ron Paul has paralleled his rise in the polls. What I have done is to give a number of opportunities to people who I know favor his candidacy and to people and organizations who I think … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitism, Congressman Paul, end of the world, iolationism, Libertarian, Maya calendar, Mayas, racism, Ron Paul, Syria
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Libertarian Pacifism vs Liberal Pacifism: What I Learned by Arguing with Libertarians
I think there are three good reasons, and many bad reasons, to argue about politics. The first good reason is also the least important. It’s to convince the other guy, the one with whom you argue, of the validity of … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, 9/11 attack, Al Quaida, American exceptionalism, American society, Bosnia, constitutional government, Darfur, Islamic Republic of Iran, Islamist terrorists, Islamists, Kosovo, liberal, liberalism, Libertarian, libertarianism, pacifism, Patriot Act, Pearl Harbor, political discussions, progressives, Republican Party, Ron Paul, Rwnada, Somalia, Timothy McVay
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Well Done, Mr Obama!
I don’t argue with success. President Obama initiated and led a successful operation to get rid of another tyrant who also had American blood on his hands. He did it without losing a single American life. Whatever the cost in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged elections, Kadhafi, Libertarian, Libyan dictator, Lybia, NATO, Qaddafi
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Indecent Stories for Decent Women: Fiction by John René Adolph, a Man (2017)
Les pumas de grande banlieue: histoires d'émigration (2014)
I Used to Be French: an Immature Autobiography (2014)
FACTS MATTER 