Marketplace of Pretty Lies

Marketplace of Pretty Lies

Maybe not everyone is looking for the best ideas, and instead will buy the ones that make them feel good. I know I've covered this before [https://thelastredoubt.com/markets-ideas-and-democracy/], but it bears repeating. There are several assumptions inherent to capital "L" libertarianism that simply do not hold up under scrutiny and history, and inevitably result in its failure. If you've paid attention over at Eric Raymond's blog [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8342], you'll also see a display th…

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The Great War, and Other Channels

The Great War, and Other Channels

For those who have been following along until now, I've mentioned Sabaton repeatedly. I've also now mentioned their history channel, in collaboration with Indy Neidell. Yeah, those guys at Sabaton have a knack of doing something useful and informative that also opens up more business opportunities and promotion. Of course a channel dedicated to covering specific events from their songs will also be used to hilight songs from upcoming albums (and an upcoming tour that starts in the states this…

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Hiatus

Hiatus

No - nothing wrong. Simply going to have severely limited internet access for a couple weeks, and getting things arranged for work has cut into posting time the last couple weeks as well. I expect at least one more post up in the next couple days but otherwise, have fun, be safe, I'll be back to form on the 22nd.…

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Obliviousness, Lies, and Anger

Obliviousness, Lies, and Anger

Over the last couple weeks I've had various discussions, good and bad, about the culture, the degree to which it is compromised, and so on. This has ranged from rage at the suggestion that guys should get married and have kids on the supposed "right" to more pushes for abortion up until the last moments of birth. I think for many who spend time mired in fighting SJW's it is literally unbelievable the extent to which mainstream libs simply take the shibboleths for granted, and seem nice, decent…

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