At a year and a half I think Max has gotten pretty close to his grown-up weight of 95 pounds. In case you think he might grow out of being a crybaby who carries his comfort blanket around, nope, that’s just a Doberman thing. Max’s mom carried dollar store stuffies everywhere. For his latest game …
Archives for October 2011
The case for democracy
One thing libertarians talk about a lot is coercion. If you really peel back libertarian philosophy that word looms just about as large as “liberty” or “freedom”. Coercion can take a bunch of different shapes. Taxes are coercion. Democracy is coercion. Unions are coercion. Anything that represents the will of the collective over the will …
“The Other Jobs Bill”
(Jeff Danziger’s website) __ Via Greg Sargent, Harold Meyerson discusses “a win for the middle class“: The news that our trade with China has been bad for the American middle class has finally reached the U.S. Senate. On Monday, the Senate will take up legislation that would impose tariffs on Chinese goods so long as …
New For The Fall 2011 Season
Howdy. Zandar here. I understand foul-mouthed vitriol inside jokes introductions are in order, so let’s start this off. You’re probably wondering who I am and why I’m here. I’m not terribly sure about the latter (or why John Cole believes I should be here other than I’m “interesting”) but the former is easy enough. Before …
Another Open Thread
In this video, James Drake took 600 photos from NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography on Earth and combined them together into a 62-second reel. This movie begins over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, …