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Monday
July 21, 2008
Commentary
The Follies of Gun Control
by G. Stolyarov II
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When it comes to restricting private individuals’ Second Amendment rights, it seems that the world must turn upside down to justify gun control. Criminals need to obey the law, limited human beings need to be present everywhere and respond to anything, inanimate objects need to assume a volition of their own, and parents all of a sudden need to become totally oblivious to what their children are doing. (Read more...)
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On everything Obama is 'unerring'...If you think he's changed his mind you're mistaken...As befits a man who's treated by the press as not presidential but papal he believes himself infallible. I wouldn't be surprised if in Berlin he holds not a rally, but a mass.
Charles Krauthammer
Special Report with Brit Hume, July 23, 2008

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God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.
Mark Twain

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9/11, Katrina, and PTSD
9/11, Katrina, and PTSD


"... commonly held views of heroism and stress response
are both inter-related and misplaced." (Read the entire blog entry)

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Zimbabwe introduces a new 100-billion-dollar bank note as the annual inflation rate hits 2.2 million percent.
Posted by Ted Keer on 7/23, 8:27am
From Wikipedia: In February 2007, the central bank of Zimbabwe declared inflation "illegal", outlawing any raise in prices on certain commodities between 1 March and 30 June 2007. Officials have arrested executives of some Zimbabwean companies for increasing prices on their products. Economists generally suspect...(Read more...)
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Ayn Rand interviewed by Mike Wallace on YouTube
Posted by William Dwyer on 7/22, 11:52pm
Fascinating three-part interview of Ayn Rand by Mike Wallace in 1959. If you haven't seen it, this is definitely worth watching. And if you have, it is worth watching again! You get a real feel for Rand not only as a sharp, perceptive and original thinker, but also as one who responds in a measured, respectful tone to ...(Read more...)
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Ayn Rand interviewed by Mike Wallace on YouTube
Posted by William Dwyer on 7/22, 11:43pm
Fascinating three-part interview of Ayn Rand by Mike Wallace in 1959. If you haven't seen it, this is definitely worth watching. And if you have, it is worth watching again! You get a real feel for Rand not only as a sharp, perceptive and original thinker, but also as one who responds in a measured, respectful tone t...(Read more...)
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Mass Murderer Radovan Karadzic Arrested after 12 Year Manhunt
Posted by Ted Keer on 7/22, 3:15am
Serbian poet-psychiatrist-psychopath Radovan Karadzic (rhymes with "garage-itch") has been arrested after a 12 year manhunt. (He is pictured here hiding under a badger.) European authorities expect to hold him until he commits suicide from sheer boredom, as did his fellow traveller, Slobodan Milosevic, (rhymes with "...(Read more...)
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Doomsday Called Off
Posted by Ted Keer on 7/19, 7:09pm
Challenging the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) on Global Warming.(Read more...)
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Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003)

Starring: Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom,..., Christopher Lee, Sean Astin, Sean Bean ...
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Ayn Rand Society - Esthetic Value
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Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas
Posted by Merlin Jetton on 7/19, 6:31am
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Download 100,000's of Books Free
Posted by Ted Keer on 7/18, 8:00pm
The World EbookFair offershundreds of thousands of titlesfor free download. Most are of expired copyrigt. I have downloaded the titles below: warandpeace.pdf trask dictionary basque.pdf thucydides-historyofpeloponesianwars.pdf theghostsingersoll.pdf thefrogs.pdf talesfromthenorse.pdf supersti...(Read more...)
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Freed Lebanese prisoners vow to fight Israel
Posted by Laure Chipman on 7/17, 11:33am
Israel gives back 5 live soldiers in exchange for 2 dead ones.  This is just incomprehensibly stupid to me.  Are they just that sentimental about having the dead bodies back for some religious reason?  The least they could have done was to shoot the 5 soldiers before exchanging them!(Read more...)
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July 17, 2008
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A Chance for Freedom?
by Tibor R. Machan
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  Lugano, Switzerland: Over the last two and a half decades or so I have been attending conferences organized by the Business & Economics Society International that has its home at Assumption College in New Hampshire.
This summer I believe I have attended for the fifth or sixth time, often presenting papers and taking part in discussions about business ethics and political economy.
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(4) Ted Keer - 7/23, 5:22pm - "My client is going through a difficult time. As you can...
Objectivism Q&A
Macro vs micro Objectivism
(28) Jay Abbott - 7/22, 8:23pm - Ethan, urQ "several of your points here have been cle...
(29) Jay Abbott - 7/22, 8:49pm - Jordan, I am confidant that all Objectivists would ag...
(30) Jay Abbott - 7/22, 9:01pm - Steve, urQ "There are a lot of people trying to make ...
(31) Jay Abbott - 7/22, 9:08pm - John, urQ "You can't define a term by saying what it ...
(32) Steve Wolfer - 7/22, 9:50pm - Jay, Maybe because you have so many people you are re...
(33) Jay Abbott - 7/22, 9:42pm - Ted, urQ "not examples of any sort of group psycholog...
(34) John Armaos - 7/23, 1:41am - Jay, I originally asked: "If you can give a clarifica...
(35) robert malcom - 7/23, 7:57am - Any study of 'group psychology' would be in actuality a stud...
(36) Steve Wolfer - 7/23, 9:05am - Robert, "A study of the dominant individuals within t...
(37) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 6:21am - Steve, You are correct. My apologies. Going back to y...
(38) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 7:44am - Steve, Referencing your post #17, I did capitalize 'g...
(39) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 7:57am - Steve, I'd like to add to my last post that societies...
(40) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 8:12am - John, There are no two definitions of laissez-faire, ...
(41) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 8:15am - Robert, I'm not really referring to group psychology....
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (42) John Armaos - 7/23, 10:44am - Jay my suspicions are confirmed. You feel "laissez-faire cap...
(43) Jordan - 7/23, 2:23pm - Hi JT, Doesn't economics already take care of this to...
(44) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 1:40pm - John, I am quite cognizant of the fact that Rand, cor...
(45) Ted Keer - 7/23, 2:44pm - I sent you an email yesterday with instructions on uploa...
(46) John Armaos - 7/23, 3:52pm - Jay it depends on the regulation, how it is implemented and ...
(47) Ted Keer - 7/23, 4:21pm - The Primacy of the Individual There is a long sta...
(48) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 8:18pm - Ted, Interesting and enjoyable post, but a couple of ...
(49) Jay Abbott - 7/23, 7:40pm - John, urQ "Jay it depends on the regulation, how it i...
Philosophy for Children
(0) Jeff S - 7/23, 2:03pm - I need some help. I'm trying to put together a syllabus for ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (1) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 7/23, 4:42pm - Hi Jeff,  I like what you're trying to do.  Would it...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (2) Ted Keer - 7/23, 4:51pm - Not Quite Heretical But True... TSI said: ...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (3) Teresa Summerlee Isanhart - 7/23, 6:36pm - LOL, Ted... :cD
(4) Ted Keer - 7/23, 7:02pm - Tools of Cognition Subsequent to his break with R...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (5) Laure Chipman - 7/23, 7:34pm - Jeff, I think your approach is a bit too analytical.  Are yo...
(6) Michael E. Marotta - 7/23, 7:55pm - Jeff, I read Anthem when I was 15.  I am now 58.  My daughte...
Article Discussions
Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard: Can't We All Just Get Along?
3 Sanctions3 Sanctions3 Sanctions (45) Steve Wolfer - 7/23, 6:10am - Robert Bidinotto, Aaron, William Dwyer, Robert Davison and o...
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (46) robert malcom - 7/23, 8:04am - "Anarchist - one who recognises no one has the right to rule...
(47) Ted Keer - 7/23, 10:11am - Just exactly what Michael means by ambiguity is ambiguou...
Poll Discussions
Would you register for the Objectivist Party?
2 Sanctions2 Sanctions (12) Steve Wolfer - 7/22, 9:34pm - Michael, There is a reason that my statement was couc...
(13) Ted Keer - 7/23, 4:43pm - Rand on the Libertarian Party This ARI link lists...
(14) Michael E. Marotta - 7/23, 8:45pm - Steve, I understand the fallacy of determinism. Free will is...
News Discussions
George Carlin Dies
(14) Ted Keer - 7/23, 3:33pm - There is a two hour special on the History Channel calle...
Cow Backpacks Trap Methane Gas
(7) Sam Erica - 7/23, 5:33am - Nobody has explained to me that the carbon balance is affect...
Mass Murderer Radovan Karadzic Arrested after 12 Year Manhun...
(0) Ted Keer - 7/23, 2:00pm - "BELGRADE - The infamous, hunted war-crimes suspect was ...
Ayn Rand interviewed by Mike Wallace on YouTube
(0) Steve Wolfer - 7/23, 1:06am - Thank you, Bill.  One forgets how good TV could be c...
Zimbabwe introduces a new 100-billion-dollar bank note as th...
(0) Ted Keer - 7/23, 2:07pm - Just imagine how rich you would be if you were a Zim...
(1) Laure Chipman - 7/23, 2:19pm - "Economists generally suspect that such measures will be ine...
(2) Ted Keer - 7/23, 2:49pm - Birth certificates, Zimbabwean Currency, Dan Rather's Na...
(3) C. Jeffery Small - 7/23, 3:52pm - Good one Ted. I got a real laugh out of this. I wonder if ...
(4) Ted Keer - 7/23, 5:01pm - Jeff and Laure, I hope you realize that not compliments,...
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On everything Obama is 'unerring'...If you think he's change...
(0) Ted Keer - 7/23, 6:11pm - The GQ Statesman "Let me be clear: There is no mi...
Dissent
Question on Objectivist Ethics
(11) Christopher Parker - 7/23, 9:37am - Jordan, She says in "Viable Values", regarding chapter fo...
(12) Jordan - 7/23, 2:12pm - Hi Christopher, Thanks for the background. Perhaps at...
(13) Christopher Parker - 7/23, 3:43pm - Jordan, It may be the case that Binswanger and Smith have...
(14) Ted Keer - 7/23, 5:55pm - Life is not the ultimate value but rather the ultimate s...


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November 28, 2002
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The Emperor's Club: A Review
by Kernon Gibes
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Seen a good movie recently? Perhaps you should fit this one into your holiday schedule, according to Kernon Gibes. The review does contain spoilers.... (Read more...)
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