Hysterical Guardian readers are getting absurdly upset. The reason? A member of the Samizdata team suggested that a new tax on prestige cars was more about the politics of envy than saving the planet.
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If I was a believer, I would be pouring a thankful libation right about now. Eliot Spitzer, one of the most nasty power crazed politicos in US politics today, perhaps second only to Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson in authoritarian thuggishness, has just shown that he who lives by the judicial sword, can oh so easily die by the judicial sword. To see a man who thought nothing of using the power of the state to intimidate those who dared cross him get caught in a Federal wiretap is… well… sweet. I love the smell of schadenfreude in the morning. Update: heh… just found an article in the New York Times which has almost the same title and sentiments Update 2: oh this gets better and better… not only has he resigned apparently, it is causing dyspepsia for his statist confrères at the Huffington Post. Happy days indeed. March 10th, 2008 | 53 comments - (Comments are closed)
 [Samantha] Power is gone now – but not for the odd article this post points to. No the lady was fired because she said (to a journalist for ‘The Scotsman’) that Hillary Clinton was a monster who would do anything for power. In short the lady was dismissed for telling the truth. After all the Democrats have to kiss and make up at some point. – Paul Marks March 9th, 2008 | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)
Just came across some footage of a Dutch Apache helicopter gunship facilitating some interesting ‘inter-civilisation dialogue’ with a couple Talibs in Afghanistan. I find myself watching YouTube more than TV these days. March 7th, 2008 | 43 comments - (Comments are closed)
The very worthy folks of the Free State Project are holding an event in June in New Hampshire to highlight their work and maybe attract some more supporters.
If you are interested in supporting the FSP and becoming a ‘porcupine’, check it out!  March 6th, 2008 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
Gary Gygax, super nerd, all around great guy and hero to a generation of bored collage kids, has died. I weep 2d6 of bitter tears. March 5th, 2008 | 25 comments - (Comments are closed)
The fine folks on The Line is Here (subtext: an anti-nanny state collective) have started something called the Picador Project which may be of interest to our USA based readers.
Check it out. March 4th, 2008 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan February 29th, 2008 | 29 comments - (Comments are closed)
Some social critics go on about The Permissive Society, but what we are really facing is The Priggish Society currently being created by busybody politicians and other authority figures… Going out for a night in a bar with close friends is now denounced as “binge drinking”. Smoking an occasional joint means you are a “drug addict”. February 18th, 2008 | 37 comments - (Comments are closed)
A person has only so much time allotted to him, and I hate to waste it reading tripe. I suppose that’s why I rarely listen to politicians’ speeches – why waste time that could be better spent scratching my ass? – commenter veryretired February 10th, 2008 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
Global warming can mean colder, it can mean drier, it can mean wetter, that’s what we’re dealing with. – Steven Guilbeault, Greenpeace 2005, as quoted by Canada Free Press Afterwards, another activist clarified the remark by stating that of course taller can also be evidence of shortness, richer can mean living in poverty, baboons can mean chairs, giraffes can mean pencils and hello Ms. Robinson, your lacy trousers are well buttered with smoked trout, can you hear what I’m writing with my toaster? February 5th, 2008 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)
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