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September 28, 2009

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September 26, 2009

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September 25, 2009

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September 22, 2009

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September 21, 2009

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  • Media Malpractice: Tom Brokaw's World Implodes
    "With respect, I'd like to recount some history -- old and new -- with what is called these days the 'Old Media,' which is to say the three networks of ABC, CBS and your own home, NBC, and newspapers such as Mr. Friedman's, the New York Times (and the Washington Post, the newsmagazines etc) The stories below, while notable, are only the tip of this particular iceberg. They address the issue you have raised, that a free society 'depends on information to make informed decisions.'"
    (tags: policis opinion conservative media)

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September 17, 2009

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September 08, 2009

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September 06, 2009

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  • The US Mint vs. The Fed
    "Robert Kahre is facing up to 296 years in prison. His crime? He hired workers on mutually-agreed terms, and paid them in gold and silver dollars rather than in Federal Reserve dollars."
    (tags: worthless+nanny+state+organizations taxes money)
  • Whatever Happened to the Work Ethic?
    "What would Tocqueville or Weber think of America today? In place of thrift, they would find a nation of debtors, staggering beneath loans obtained under false pretenses. In place of a steady, patient accumulation of wealth, they would find bankers and financiers with such a short-term perspective that they never pause to consider the consequences or risks of selling securities they don’t understand. In place of a country where all a man asks of government is “not to be disturbed in his toil,” as Tocqueville put it, they would find a nation of rent-seekers demanding government subsidies to purchase homes, start new ventures, or bail out old ones. They would find what Tocqueville described as the “fatal circle” of materialism—the cycle of acquisition and gratification that drives people back to ever more frenetic acquisition and that ultimately undermines prosperous democracies." (HT: Bob Knott)
    (tags: economics politics opinion)
  • Briquedos de papelão | Carboard toys
  • Amarra com estilo | Knots with style
    LET: Informação bem útil. || Very useful information.

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September 05, 2009

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  • What's Wrong with the RNC
    "In the 1960's, Goldwater and a few Republicans had the integrity and guts to denounce the irresponsible fringe in the fevered swamps of the Right. Today, as far as I can tell, the Republican National Committee works with them."
    (tags: opinion conservative)

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September 04, 2009

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