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November 24th, 2002 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
 The National Ammo Day BUYcott is today, November 19th. Remember all those people in other nations who have been disarmed by their governments when you stock up on a few boxes of your favorite 9mm and 308 Win.  No retreat. No surrender. November 19th, 2002 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was “but we’ve always done it this way.” A million dead people can’t have been wrong, can they? November 18th, 2002 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
When words lose their meaning, people will lose their liberty For example the term ‘liberal’… once meant (& to some, prefaced by ‘classical’, it still does) a supporter of individual liberties against both force backed custom (paleo-conservativism) and force backed allegedly rational planning (socialism). It is now generally used as a euphemism for ‘democratic socialism’. November 17th, 2002 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
November 16th, 2002 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
Long live freedom and Secularism  November 16th, 2002 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
Rousseau’s reputation during his lifetime, and his influence after his death, raise disturbing questions about human gullibility, and indeed about the human propensity to reject evidence it does not wish to admit. November 15th, 2002 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)
I don’t smoke. I don’t like the whiff of a cigarette and frequently will come back from a certain pub, cursing the atmosphere in the boozer for making my clothing reek of ciggies. I think that so-called ‘passive smoking’, while it may not cause cancer or other health problems, is certainly unpleasant. I prefer to sit in the non-smoking bits of a restaurant if at all possible and ask people in my apartment not to smoke. So there it is. And yet, and yet… I loathe the cultural jihad in the West that has been going on against smokers. The latest lunacy has been the decision by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban smoking in all public places. All of them. So even if the owner of a private restaurant or bar (which are of course private property) says it is okay to smoke, and the customers are okay with that, the ban must be imposed nonetheless. Never mind that no one is forced to go into a bar or restaurant if they dislike the atmosphere. This is a clear violation of property rights. Of course with true public spaces which have been funded out of tax, the situation is a bit different and with subways, safety issues to do with fire can be used to justify a ban, or partial one. But Bloomberg, owner of a some sort of news company November 15th, 2002 | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)
In case anyone else has noticed… there seems to be a failure of DNS for Glenn Reynolds Instapundit. The company “DNS Services” seems to not be answering queries. He is still reachable by IP I wonder if he realizes it… HEY GLENN, IF YOU FLUSH YOUR LOCAL CACHE YOU MIGHT LOSE TOUCH WITH YOUR SERVER!!! Later… 0400 GMT: All seems well again over at Instapundit. November 15th, 2002 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
Our Debian Linux-based server is undergoing a software update this afternoon (GMT) so please excuse us if any problems arise. Remote system upgrades are always “interesting” affairs. Time passes… All clear. Other than one near disaster with a critical library that got automatically de-installed when it shouldn’t, all seems to have gone smoothly. November 14th, 2002 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
This is truly terrifying. It’s almost as if, in addition to the Fabian socialists, a parallel group of Fabian fascists was loose in Europe – except they actually found a way into the bureaucracy to steer it. November 13th, 2002 | Comments are closed
Comrades! We must abolish the cult of the individual decisively, once and for all The main plank in the National Socialist program is to abolish the liberalistic concept of the individual At a time when our entire country is banding together and facing down individualism, the Patriots set a wonderful example, showing us all what is possible when we work together, believe in each other, and sacrifice for the greater good There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society All our lives we fought against exalting the individual, against the elevation of the single person Thanks to James Knowles for compiling these quotes November 12th, 2002 | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)
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, is showing a total lack of proportion. Since September 11, 2001, New Yorkers have occasionally had many reasons to steady their nerves and enjoy the indulgences of this fleeting life. For some, it may be the taste of a delicious bagel, or a sip of a beer. But for many citizens of that great city, it has been about lighting up a cigarette.