We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

Samizdata slogan of the day

Money is better than poverty if only for financial reasons.
– Woody Allen

Samizdata slogan of the day

If somebody starts shooting a gun at me, don’t expect me to defend myself with a condiment.
– Steve Daniels on pepper spray

Note: even pepper spray is illegal in the UK

Samizdata slogan of the day

As the leader of all illegal activities in Casablanca, I am an influential and respected man.
– Senor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet) in “Casablanca”

Samizdata slogan of the day

Never believe anything until it has been officially denied
– Claud Cockburn (1904-1981)

Is Lycos/Wired trying to discredit ‘Evidence Eliminator‘?

I have no idea if this is a pukka story but it certainly looks interesting. Anyone out there have a take on this?

Samizdata slogan of the day

Whatever you can provide yourself with to secure protection from men is a natural good
– Epicurus

A tip of the kevlar battlebowler to Dave Tepper

Samizdata slogan of the day

The more free a society the wealthier it becomes. Guns cost money. Wealthy societies can afford lots of guns. Mao was wrong. All political power comes out of a cash register, not the barrel of a gun.
– Perry de Havilland

Samizdata slogan of the day

We believe in God and the Mauser
– Boer saying circa 1895

Samizdata slogan of the day

Money can’t buy you friends, but it can buy you a better class of enemy
– Spike Milligan

Samizdata slogan of the day

Typically, one attacks beliefs as ‘simple’ when it isn’t feasible to attack them as ‘wrong’.
Glenn Reynolds

Samizdata slogan of the day

The Sex Pistols are as English as the Malvern Hills
-Patrick Crozier

Samizdata slogan of the day

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
– Lord Acton