Libertarian Version of ACLU

Finally!

Canada Capitulates to Islam?

The woman is the above photo attacked a man in Toronto for taking pictures, she assumed she was in the pictures. The Toronto police refused to charge her for striking the man; must be a new capitulation policy toward Islamic aggressors.

More photos of the assaulting woman here.

Suddenly, a woman wearing a hijab ran toward me. She was part of a group that included two women wearing full face-covering burkas. She was screaming: “We are Muslim! You do not take pictures of us!” (Odd. I can’t find the “no photos” rule in the Qur’an.)

I informed the lady I was in a public square in a democracy. I can actually take pictures of whomever I please.

And then: Ka-pow! Her fist collided with my face. Worse, she almost knocked my new camera from my hands.

Paul Ryan Asks, Where Is Obama's Budget

Now that the crisis has passed, and boy do I use the term crisis lightly and skeptically, Congressman Paul Ryan clears up a few things.

During the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, President Obama reportedly warned Republican leaders not to call his bluff by sending him a bill without tax increases. Republicans in Congress ignored this threat and passed a bill that cuts more than a dollar in spending for every dollar it increases the debt limit, without raising taxes.

Yesterday, Mr. Obama signed this bill into law. He was, as he said, bluffing.

I wondered when somebody would get around to pointing out that he was admitting he was bluffing.

Ever since they abused the budget process to jam their health-care takeover through Congress last year, the Democrats have simply done away with serious budgeting altogether. The simplest explanation—and the president's real bluff—is that they don't want to commit publicly to the kind of tax increases and health-care rationing that would be required to sustain their archaic vision of government.

Obama can not make his plan work by the numbers, and it won't, imo work to save the American people money either. I hate it, want it gone, yesterday is not soon enough for it to disappear.

Amy Winehouse and Decay

Another young life wasted. I can't help but believe the people she kept as company are also to blame for her death at the now famous rock star death age of 27.

I started to rewrite the Lyrics to her song Rehab inserting Decay,

I'm going to Decay, decay....

but, what's the point?

Piss Off the list of effective jellyfish sting treatments

Now it is safe to go back into the water. Safe if you have been worried that someone would need to urinate upon you were you to be stung by a jellyfish that is.

Three Topics of the Day

Signs of our times.

Sometimes a nutcase mass murderer is just a nutcase mass murderer.

Plus, Kate asks: "Also, on the religious relativism watch - anyone got tape of fundamentalist Christians taking to the streets to celebrate?"

You can't get blood from a turnip or feed yourself with 'dem guvmn't types hangin' on your backside all the dang time.

Try to remember. (Alternate intro: Don't tell me what to do!)

“In 2011, one can only dream of such a limited state.”- Daniel Pipes

On Economy Now And In A Fictional Future

OB has commentary on the possibilities of economic activity in a Star Trek-like future and how it would differ in an Anti-Star Trek future world.

Both scenarios employ the notion that in the future supply, of energy and material, will be unlimited. Demand, meanwhile will be an afterthought since there will be no accounting for use because supply will also be free of charge. Which brings to mind one of my dreams; that being a source of energy which is portable, free, and completely uncontrollable by government will be found and the amazingly simple production of the producer of this infinite and costless power will be shared with everyone for nothing.