This is a fantastic talk, from TED: Two comments: India making cheaper cars and prosthetic limbs enriches us all: we can buy their cars and prosthetics*. This isn’t a zero-sum game. The faster poor countries get richer, the faster we … Continue reading
Would it seem odd that people can make sure a government stays within its constitutional limits. Marbury wrote: In a federal court, the poisoner got six years, having been prosecuted under a law aimed at chemical weapons terrorism. She’s appealing … Continue reading
My “Statement of Concern” came about more by accident than by design. I was searching for someone or some subject on Google.com — can’t remember exactly — when I chanced upon multiple listings of Professor David Lloyd’s anti-Israel petition. That … Continue reading
Julia highlights three recent cases involving the police. In one, the owners of a microchipped stolen dog were unable to recover it when the chipping register contacted them to ask permission to transfer the registration to the dog’s “new owners”, … Continue reading
This is an extraordinary piece of footage. Andrew Breibart confronting counter-demonstrators at a Tea Party event in Chicago. He asks protesters to substantiate the wording on their signs, things like “Beck Lied”. What did Beck lie about? Blank… The anti-hate … Continue reading
esr on carrying a gun: “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away.” Intervention by armed civilians on the spot aborts hundreds of crimes a year in the United States, and thousands more could be prevented if there were … Continue reading
There was an interesting passage on Radio 4′s Today programme this morning. Evan Davis was interviewing George Osborne, who has been making a point of using the words “progressive” and “fair” to describe Conservative policies. This is a significant trend … Continue reading
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John Baker, 3 Pump Street. This poor man was beat by the Constables, but his principal injury was an overstrain by carrying Wm. Taylor of Boardman Lane off the Field, who was wounded & lost so much blood. 40/- final. … Continue reading
Long, excellent post from Edmund Standing begins: The white liberal is an unhealthy type of creature that you will undoubtedly have encountered, if not in real life, certainly via the media. By ‘liberal’, I do not mean simply someone who … Continue reading