December 2011
killjoylives replied to your post: Predatory loans post is joke yes?
the fuck is wrong with you niggas? how do you not understand this?
the phrase “predatory” implies someone forces you at gunpoint to borrow money from them… but nobody forces anyone to take out a loan. sure it might have a really high interest rate but once again if you don’t like the interest rate...
ourben replied to your post: Predatory loans post is joke yes?
You don’t think society forces people to try anything to succeed?
No. Why would you believe that? I will admit there are social pressures to succeed and “keep up with the joneses” but that’s still a choice people make of their own free will. It’s not even a choice made under duress or coercion.
fifteenminuteslater asked: Predatory loans post is joke yes?
"Predatory Loans"
oh no, I signed a legal contract without reading it!!! Now I am facing the reprecussions!
ourben:
logicallypositive:
ourben replied to your post: How can you possibly say the guy who wants to end…
States’ rights won’t stop the states doing the same.
True but at the same time states do not have nearly the same amount of resources that the Federal government does so it would be economically unfeasable.
It’s far easier for private firms like CCA to buy local government...
In Midland, Texas, a guy in the military tried... →
cliffordthecorrupt:
logicallypositive:
shortformblog:
He had C-4 explosives on him wrapped in military-grade wrapping, according to local police; the FBI has yet to explain what he was carrying on him, but the guy is in custody. To folks who say the TSA has never caught anyone bringing anything dangerous onto a plane: Here’s the exception to the rule.
Sure, they caught the guy. Then again,...
AAA's Tipsy Tow
cracked:
Be advised, everyone! AAA is offering free rides and tows to those who have consumed too much alcohol to drive safely. “Tipsy Tow” is offered in select states courtesy of AAA between 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011 and 6 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2012 and they will take you up to ten miles. After that, puke on the side of the road until your car starts talking to you.
Be safe and...
In Midland, Texas, a guy in the military tried... →
shortformblog:
He had C-4 explosives on him wrapped in military-grade wrapping, according to local police; the FBI has yet to explain what he was carrying on him, but the guy is in custody. To folks who say the TSA has never caught anyone bringing anything dangerous onto a plane: Here’s the exception to the rule.
Sure, they caught the guy. Then again, if you read the story, they caught him not...
Oh wait guys, Obama expressed objections before he...
Phew! I’m so relieved to hear he expressed a concern. That toatlly changes everything.
ourben replied to your post: How can you possibly say the guy who wants to end…
States’ rights won’t stop the states doing the same.
True but at the same time states do not have nearly the same amount of resources that the Federal government does so it would be economically unfeasable. Furthermore even ifw hat you say is true, his policy is still a great improvement. It would set the path...
“Any hope that the Obama administration would roll back the constitutional...”
– Anthony D. Romero, ACLU executive director, on Barack Obama’s signing of the NDAA. (via aheram)
How can you possibly say the guy who wants to end the drug wars policies are racist? I mean the guy wants to end a policy that, for 40 years, has enslaved more people of color than straight-up slavery. That is pretty fucking non-racist if you ask me.
What is this Missing E
and why is everyone talking about it???
2012 WoOoOo yEaH
pacify-eris:
This is a post to let you guys know I’m not writing an end of year post because “time” is a social construct and there’s no such thing as a “year.”
~Happy New Nothing~
ltheoutsiderl replied to your post: Molly, you have interesting friends
Well if that is true I guess we can look forward to the military bombarding and then invading Congress! YES!
shit i might just decide to actually enlist if they do that
Molly, you have interesting friends
GIRL: The US military defends our Constitution!That is why we went into Iraq
ME: Oh really, what part in specific was threatened by the Iraqi government?
GIRL: You are entitled to your opinion, to each their own!
GUY: The military swears an oath! They have to defend the constitution because they swore an oath!
louque replied to your post: Who Am I?
why a teacher?
to satisfy my unquenchable paedophile lust
lulz jk… it’s because I’m not quite cut out for academic math and there is a huge problem with math education in this country. I think I could actually do a good job at teaching kids about math, it’d be a more effective use of my skills I think. Not to mention it is one of...
“We are like sailors who on the open sea must reconstruct their ship but are...”
– Otto Neurath (via candijvie)
stripitdown:
logicallypositive:
Otto Neurath is most definitely one of my favorite socialists, if not my absolute favorite socialist
one wonders what he would think of the bumbling idiots ‘representing’ socialism nowadays
Neurath would probably dismiss their blabber as a bunch of metaphysical nonsense
Otto Neurath is most definitely one of my favorite socialists, if not my absolute favorite socialist
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Who Am I?
Well I have had many new followers. I guess I’ll write an introduction post of sorts for you.
I’m Justin. I’m a 21 year old college graduate. I studied math & philosophy during my undergraduate career. I just got my BA in Pure Mathematics w/ a minor in Philosophy. My main point of interest was analytic philosophy (hence the Quine icon). I’m currently in the process of...
rockandrock44 replied to your post: pragmatic libertarianism
As Hayek points out in his essay “Individualism: True and False”, “atomistic individualism” is largely a strawman of the libertarian position.
That is a very good point
Ron Paul is a Pragmatic Choice
I don’t deny there are certain socially questionable things about the guy. He is honestly an old-school 1930s conservative. But I mean, look at what the President can do. The President does not pass social laws about race. The President does not create legislation. The President controls foreign policy. And I’m pretty sure that Ron Paul has the sanest foreign policy out of any other...
pragmatic libertarianism
I think if I had to assign some sort of label to my own philosophical beliefs, that would be it. Basically I’m a libertarian not out of some religious, dogmatic adherence to some “non-aggression principle” or any other sort of ethical code, but rather because I think a society in which each person is free to make decisions for themselves leads, necessarily, to a society which...
Mises as a Philosopher of Economics
what I really enjoy about reading Mises is how he uses the science of economics as a philosophical platform for a broader scope of ideas. Namely, the function that a priori reasoning can play in the social sciences. That is what fascinates me most about praxeology.
FYI I maintain a poker related blog for those who...
http://deuce7offsuit.tumblr.com
deuce seven - everyoens favorite hand…. to fold!
unapologeticallylibertarian asked: How much money do you actually make playing poker? I'm assuming quite a bit seeing as how you use witchcraft to win all your games :0
disjunctive-sillygism asked: What state do you live in? Over here in CA it's illegal to buy automatic rifles. =|
i think tomorrow i’m going to use the proceeds of my poker money to purchase an AK-47 and then go to the shooting range with it because fuck you 2nd amendment
fuckyeahlibertarian replied to your post: All money is fiat money. Commodity money is fiat. Everything is fiat. Value is fiat. Value is arbitrary. People just decide that something is valuable, so it is…
SMH.. good call on going Anon with that stupid shit
yeah… even ignoring the fact they don’t understand what fiat money is, it’s still a pointless criticism
kgrw:
If I ever met Ron Paul I would ask him if he would rather be a top or a bottom if he had to sleep with Justin Bieber
Court Deems High IQ A Reaosnable Grounds for Not... →
yeah this sounds like it belongs in the onion….
Why can't anyone take a contour integral around...
because all the Poles are in Eastern Europe
*ba da tum*
Ooh girl let me be your empty set
I want you to contain me inside of you
DagSeoul on Communismkills
akagoldfish:
dagseoul:
I have only one thing to say to this anti-feminist visionary: I earned my red wings.
come on now, me and DagSeoul are agreeing on something you know it’s probably fucked up if it comes to that
Anonymous asked: All money is fiat money. Commodity money is fiat. Everything is fiat. Value is fiat. Value is arbitrary. People just decide that something is valuable, so it is...
“Credit expansion cannot increase the supply of real goods. It merely brings...”
– Ludwig von Mises