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    TIL about the Flying Spaghetti Monster
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today I learned that the Flying Spaghetti Monster was a humorous protest against the government's decision to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school...

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    Reliable workers banned as discriminatory
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Advert for 'reliable workers' banned as discrimination by Jobcentre Plus The boss of a recruitment firm said she was told she could not place an advert for "reliable workers" because it discrimina...

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    Image of Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
    Osama bin Laden is dead - long live Emmanuel Goldstein
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In light of the claim that Osama bin Laden has now been killed, we thought it might be a good idea to remind everyone of George Orwell's famous character in the novel 1984: Emmanuel Goldstein....

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    Image of Obama protects Cheney from war crimes
    Obama protects Cheney from war crimes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The so-called rule of law in the US is a big joke. You really need more proof? Dick Cheney, former vice president to George Bush, went on TV on Feb 14 to assert he is "a big supporter of waterboardin...

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    Politics and religion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Democracy and the 10 commandments: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 29, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com/viewbl...

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    Image of Taking down the internet
    Taking down the internet
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Put on your tinfoil hats for this one. We recently saw that a country's government can easily and quickly shut down the internet. In a classic rope-a-dope, as Hillary Clinton babbles propaganda about...

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    Image of Get-out-of-jail-free cards for murderers
    Get-out-of-jail-free cards for murderers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It appears that the US concept of "justice" is spilling over to Canada. Place knowingly innocent men and victims in jail for life and let murderers go free. Put aside for a moment how this story just...

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    Image of Crime makes a comeback
    Crime makes a comeback
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the "you can't make this shit up" files... Through one of her villains, Ayn Rand wrote in Atlas Shrugged: "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? ...We want them broken......

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    Image of The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    The choice between two progressives - Obama and Ron Paul?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    What a completely ridiculous statement, right? Calling Ron Paul a progressive? So why are some prominent progressives suggesting that Ron Paul is more progressive than Obama? Liberals and progress...

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    Image of The BP oil spill - it's sickening
    The BP oil spill - it's sickening
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A fellow Braincraver wants to alert us, and we should take heed of his warning. He lives in Florida on the coast. Over this past month, his health has been deteriorating significantly. He's getting h...

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    Image of Be afraid - be very, very afraid
    Be afraid - be very, very afraid
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Meanwhile, as Bradley Manning (aka "unappreciated hero #1") languishes in jail and is tortured by Obama's administration... There's an adage that goes "give to a good man all the powers he requests t...

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    Image of Not a happy father's day
    Not a happy father's day
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    On this Father's Day, perhaps it's proper to be reminded of all of the good fathers who are not allowed to see their children just because they got divorced. This occurs all across the world. Putting...

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    Image of The farcical war on porn
    The farcical war on porn
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    To paraphrase Pastor Martin Niemöller, "They came first for Wikileaks. But I didn't speak up because I hated politics. Then they came for pornography. But I didn't speak up because I didn't look at...

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    Image of Selling organs for education
    Selling organs for education
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Nowadays, you have to take on massive amounts of debt to go to college, only to graduate and find that there aren't any jobs available. So you leave college, go back to living with your parents, and...

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    Image of Teaching sex and terrorism to children
    Teaching sex and terrorism to children
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1991, John Taylor Gatto, New York City Teacher of the Year (1989, 1990, and 1991), New York State Teacher of the Year (1991), and author of The Underground History of American Education, wrote the...

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    Image of Copyright trolling
    Copyright trolling
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which revolutionized the cotton industry. But he had a hard time profiting from his invention because he tried to charge farmers a huge price (2/5 of their profits...

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    Image of Slut walks, rape, and hypocrisy - what's eye candy got to do with it?
    Slut walks, rape, and hypocrisy - what's eye candy got to do with it?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How we do love eye-candy. And, after all, "since when is a woman dressing sexy in public a bad thing?" By now, you've probably heard about the various "slut walks" that are happening all over the...

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    Image of Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    Jesse Ventura, conspiracy theories, and 9/11
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Jesse Ventura did his latest conspiracy theory show on 9/11, something that's been a passion of his since the event. I've followed his interviews over the years and know he knows substantially more t...

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    Image of Blowing the whistle on the justice department
    Blowing the whistle on the justice department
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A Guantanamo Bay sergeant is blowing the whistle on US government torture and murder and the US Department of Justice is blatantly covering it up. This amazing Harper's article is a chilling account...

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    Image of US torture program
    US torture program
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Get out your barf bags for this one. FTA: "This points to a massive conspiracy to deprive innocent people of their rights by the U.S. on a scale not seen since the U.S. interned its own Japanese-Amer...

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    Image of Stupid in America
    Stupid in America
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    If you have children in school, or if you are a teacher, you MUST watch this video. Pass it on to anyone who has children. It is THAT important. Why are so many children not learning in America's sch...

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    Thieves free - victim jailed
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A week ago, we discussed a court ignoring the proven innocence of a convicted man because he missed a filing deadline. Here we have a case where a victim attempts to protect himself and his property....

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    Image of I spy, and you cannot hide
    I spy, and you cannot hide
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Former NSA employee Thomas Drake has a wife and 5 sons, one of whom has significant health problems. But, understanding the risks to him and his family, he couldn't remain silent and be complicit in...

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    Image of When what you're doing in economics doesn't work, just do more of it
    When what you're doing in economics doesn't work, just do more of it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    You can call a fish a duck, but that doesn't make it so. Does anyone else find it funny that people claiming to be anarchists - which is, by definition, being against government - are rioting in su...

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    Image of Net neutrality regulation and liberty
    Net neutrality regulation and liberty
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Governments love to pander equality and anti-discrimination laws (well, granted - they were for discrimination before they were against it). Their latest villain? The Internet Service Providers (ISP)...

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    Image of The ideology of carrots and sticks
    The ideology of carrots and sticks
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    This animation drawing alone is enough reason to watch this video, even if you have no interest in the topic. It's amazing... FTV: "As long as the task involved used only mechanical skill... the h...

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    Image of Is being a Libertarian hypocritical
    Is being a Libertarian hypocritical
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Libertarians and others who don't like government (e.g., anarchists) are always talking about limiting and shutting down government programs. Yet they continue to use the benefits of these programs....

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    Image of Dissent is criminal
    Dissent is criminal
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's now official: subversives who think government is corrupt and should be controlled by the people face 10 years in prison and a $25,000 dollar fine if they fail to register with authorities in So...

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    Old enough to fight, old enough to vote, but no influence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "No taxation without representation" was a popular slogan that summarized a major grievance the British colonists had with England. The idea is simple enough to understand: if I don't get any substan...

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    Taxation is a fight between individualism and collectivism - which side are you on?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to politics, it's difficult to say "liberals believe this" or "conservatives believe that." After all, within each political ideology, there are many views; sometimes even views that se...

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    Image of If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    If I voted, Ron Paul is the man I would vote for
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    First, let me make this perfectly clear: I am an anarchist (or, more specifically, an anarcho-capitalist). I do not support any kind of government, including a president. The last election I voted in...

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    Freedom - the opposite of government
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Granted, not everyone values freedom and wants to be free. But why do so many people think that prosperity is greater the larger/more powerful government is? Given how terrible the economy is, and gi...

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    Politics by Aristotle
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Written in 350 BCE. 'nuff said. FTA: "Democracy, for example, arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim t...

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    Short-selling - the protected companies
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    (Meanwhile, as the Italian cabinet approves a tough austerity plan, and as Nero feasts while Rome burns...) According to the AP, "France, Italy, Spain and Belgium are banning short-selling on sele...

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    Leaking classified information
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. They destroyed the government's credibility in the Vietnam War by revealing that the US government had intentionally misled...

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    Political correctness, sticks, and stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    It's interesting to trace the history of controversial subjects. Take political correctness for example. Political correctness, "used to describe language, ideas, policies, or behavior seen as seekin...

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    Aligning social policy and incentives
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    Regardless or whether you agree or disagree with specific social programs, we can generally agree that government wastes much money as it tries to engineer social outcomes (50% by some estimates). Th...

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    Passing with lower standards
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    In NY state, the exam to determine whether kids get to move to the next grade has been dumbed down by giving partial credit for very wrong answers. Go figure (pun intended). FTA: "A kid who answer...

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    The poor don't want charity - they want justice
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The latest weapon of mass destruction: starvation. The situation is dire. It's the worst drought in Africa in 60 years. The UN is airlifting food to Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. It's estimated th...

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    $1 billion for 100 educators
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I went to a high school in this district many years ago. FTA: "Make sure you notice 'Codell, Neil C.' who is 4th from the top of the list. Career pension of $26,661,604. That's almost $27 million...

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    Open carry laws
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    Unloaded open carry is legal in California. http://www.californiaopencarry.org/faq.html DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Feb 14, 2010 at http://www.braincrave.com...

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    What is freedom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    People always complain that freedom, self-rule, and/or anarchy are unworkable and too extreme. Why are any of those more radical or extreme than going into $14 trillion of debt, being in a permanent...

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    Selling politicians
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    When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first thing to be bought and sold are legislators. - P.J. O'Rourke DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 4,...

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    Apathy - ignorance going through the motions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Considered the third, best-selling poet of all time, Khalil Gibran once said "Desire is half of life; indifference is half of death." Apathy is defined as having a lack of emotion, interest, or conce...

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    Ideology trumps truth
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Faced with a system that makes their practice unprofitable, doctors are getting out of the business of taking Medicare patients. After stupid laws that ignore economics have finished destroying the h...

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    Society and the meaning of individual actions
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Libertarians are often talking about freedom and liberty. Thomas Jefferson claimed in his magnum opus the Declaration of Independence that we all have a right to liberty. But freedom and liberty aren...

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    They're coming for you next
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Pastor Martin Niemöller criticized German intellectuals because they did nothing as the Nazis rose to power and eliminated anti-government groups. Please, learn from history. Please, don't ignore th...

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    A soldier's shame
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    US soldier holds flag protest sign: "There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people." Well put. Controversial? US Soldier Holds American Flag Protest Sign DISCUSS!...

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    Does porn hurt relationships? Science says no
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    Porn is like bacon: some won't eat it for religious reasons, some consider it filthy, some feel guilty after eating it, but everyone else (which is most of the population) loves it. Funny enough, sci...

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    What you're missing
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I was reading an article from a Libertarian today that suggested that people will never change their mindset (i.e., of supporting the government) by talking to them about principles and the philosoph...

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    Ethics in the marketplace
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When people argue against capitalism (aka the free market), almost never do they argue from an efficiency perspective. Instead, the arguments typically claim capitalism exploits the working class by...

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    Desires are not rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    All economic goods must be produced by someone. They aren't gifts of nature or something that can be conjured up by waiving a magic wand. Somehow, people have gotten the false idea that it is governm...

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    Education - a race to the bottom
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Sometimes you have to wonder if the sole reason that the law requires children go to school is because very few would go if not forced. If schools are intended to give children training as to the wor...

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    The Great Hoax of Equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    History repeats itself. Men have constantly fought and died in the war for equality throughout the centuries. However, not all of them had in mind the same idea of equality when they gave their lives...

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    The myths of income equality
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Capitalism gets a bad rap, often claimed to be the destroyer of everything good. One argument made is that capitalism creates class warfare - the rich against the poor. So-called "social crusaders,"...

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    What's worth dying for?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In the movie Braveheart, William Wallace says, "Every man dies, not every man really lives." For thousands of years, people have thought about the values to live for. Aristotle suggest we should live...

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    I want it, but can't afford it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    In Mel Brooks's very funny History of the World Part I, King Louis XVI is told by his advisor that the people are revolting. The king replies "You said it. They stink on ice." As the UK government...

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    Politicians hate middle-class
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    I won't repeat the statistics, as there are too many. Bring a strong stomach when you read these. Politicians are not your friends. Unless you are in the top 1%, government is hurting you and your ch...

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    Atlas Shrugged changes lives
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Noam Chomsky said Ayn Rand was "... one of the most evil figures of modern intellectual history." Yet I find Atlas Shrugged an amazing book (and so do many others, like the man who recently drove aro...

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    Disobeying an unjust law
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    A few days ago, the US celebrated a holiday dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr. A prominent leader of the civil rights movement, he was a huge proponent of civil disobedience. As the "did they kill...

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    Social contract hypocrisy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ayn Rand wrote "Modern collectivists... see society as a super-organism, as some supernatural entity apart from and superior to the sum of its individual members." Those who support freedom are often...

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    Why are laws binding on you
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How can laws be legally binding on me if I haven't explicitly and voluntarily agreed to them? Why is it automatically assumed that I agree to them even though I didn't sign anything agreeing to them?...

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    Facebook's Gone Rogue
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    FTA: "...14 privacy groups filed a unfair-trade complaint with the FTC against Facebook on Wednesday... Facebook thinks that your notions of privacy - meaning your ability to control information abou...

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    Military manipulation
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Government - they are experts at manipulating people. They even have a scary-sounding name for it: "psy-ops." What happens when they turn against their own? The psychological thriller The Manchurian...

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    Oath Keepers
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration." "But beyond the predictable stereotypes, "the reality is a lot of them are fairly intelligent...

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    Morality, politics, and reason
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Putting aside the debates as to whether or not social psychology is less rigorous because it is a soft science, or whether or not it is really science at all, how closely do our political choices mir...

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    The man of ideas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    H.L. Mencken is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Among other interesting facts, he was against World War II and democ...

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    Socialism vs. Corporatism
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    From the only honest person in American politics - Ron Paul... FTA: "Lately many have characterized this administration as socialist, or having strong socialist leanings. I differ with this character...

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    Science is racist
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    So we had a great discussion earlier today about scientific theories vs. laws, physics, astronomy, and geometry. Science is so amazing! And then I read something like this and it makes me sick. Hi...

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    Vive La Revolution!
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    France is well-known for its protests, one of its most famous being the French Revolution and the storming of the Bastille. There was violence. There was bloodshed. The king was executed. The French...

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    Image of Let's raise the debt ceiling to $1 quadrillion
    Let's raise the debt ceiling to $1 quadrillion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Remember the guy who talked about change? Where'd he go? In 2006, Obama said this: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a...

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    Image of The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    The seven blunders of the world that lead to violence
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    When it comes to non-violent, ideological leaders, Mahatma Gandhi has got to be toward the very top of the list. His resistance to British tyranny through mass civil disobedience is famous. Needless...

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    Image of Is the rocky marriage over?
    Is the rocky marriage over?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is it time for those who don't want to physically force their will upon others to part with those who prefer otherwise? If people attempt to secede and are physically prevented from doing so, would t...

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    Image of Teaching robots to lie
    Teaching robots to lie
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Technology is so grand. With the research from this experiment, we might finally be able to replace the lowest form of humans - politicians - with robots. After all, if you can teach robots to lie, t...

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    Image of Abortion and rights
    Abortion and rights
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the...

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    UK parking - dumb and dumber
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    London councils sue themselves for parking offences. Critics say the practise "illustrates everything that is wrong with unaccountable parking enforcement in the UK." London councils sue themselve...

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    Image of People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
    People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The US government consists of a bunch of hypocrites. I know, tell you something you don't know, right? Recently, Hillary Clinton and her lackeys at the US State Department released the Country Re...

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    Terrorizing the IRS
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Today, a man committed suicide by flying his plane into an IRS office. I think this is only the beginning of more to come. The IRS has been terrorizing people illegally for decades. The courts and mi...

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    Image of Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    Zeitgeist - robots will fix everything
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The folks at the Venus Project and the larger Zeitgeist movement think society has many problems, and they are concerned. Hard to disagree. When a doctor is trying to cure what ails you, he'll typica...

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    Image of Government spending
    Government spending
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Government spending now accounts for 52% of UK's economy. FTA: "A public sector that swallows more than half of GDP is doing more than wrecking our economy: it is devouring our national character and...

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    Image of America's lights are going out
    America's lights are going out
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Atlas Shrugged was not intended to be an instruction manual. Ayn Rand talked through Francisco d'Anconia about what it took to kill the motor of the world: "He stepped to the window and pointed to th...

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    It isn't illegal if the President does it
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    "Well, when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal." So said President Richard Nixon in his 1977 interview discussing presidential authority. Fast-forward 30 years. "I was a cons...

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    Ron Paul didn't go far enough - unleash the retirement accounts
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Ron Paul just came out with a plan to cut $1 trillion from the US's federal budget and severely curtail entitlement programs. According to the "Plan to Restore America," it cuts $1 trillion in spendi...

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    Image of Suppressed war crimes
    Suppressed war crimes
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The cover-up of the Iraq war is significant. Whereas many of us suspected it, WikiLeaks has provided the facts to support the truth. And the truth is - the US government has been lying to everyone (a...

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    Image of The goals of mankind: the state vs. anarchy
    The goals of mankind: the state vs. anarchy
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    As Murray Rothbard put it in his marvelous article The Anatomy of the State, "Some theorists venerate the State as the apotheosis of society; others regard it as an amiable, though often inefficient,...

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    Image of Economically unenlightened
    Economically unenlightened
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How do you make economics more fun so that people better understand basic concepts and, just as important, what the ramifications are from making poor economic choices? FTA: "Who is better informe...

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    Image of Drug decriminalization works
    Drug decriminalization works
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The government knows better than you when it comes to most things, right? For example, they know what's best for your health, correct (putting aside for a moment their militaries and police that dest...

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    Image of Are you a bystander?
    Are you a bystander?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Thou shalt not be a victim. Thou shalt not be a perpetrator. Above all, thou shalt not be a bystander. - Holocaust Museum DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 21, 20...

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    Image of The Great Depression - Everything you've ever learned is wrong
    The Great Depression - Everything you've ever learned is wrong
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Last night in group chat, we had a bunch of conversations (sometimes very heated) about what the Constitution does and does not allow. As part of it, we got into the US Great Depression, FDR, court ...

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    Would you, personally, force someone to give charity?
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    The great political theorist and economist Frédéric Bastiat wrote in The State: "The oppressor no longer acts directly by his own force on the oppressed. No, our conscience has become too fastidiou...

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    The truth meter
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Is there any circumstance in which the government should be a gate-keeper of information? What are the benefits of holding back information vs. letting information flow freely? FTA: "In a recent c...

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    US parallels to Nazi Germany
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    They say that history repeats itself. Maybe that's the reason I'm never able to watch Schindler's List without bawling my eyes out. You don't have to be prescient to see the similarities already and...

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    The Obama Youth
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    How many of you learned about the Hitler Youth (aka HJ), the paramilitary group of the Nazis? Is the government building one for Obama? In Hitler's time, the stormtroopers were referred to as "brown...

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    Image of The irony of voting
    The irony of voting
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Irony: Politicians make thousands of laws to protect us from all of the irrational, destructive, and harmful decisions that we make as individuals. Then we go to the voting booths… Should there...

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    How to get decent people to do terrible things - put them in positions of power
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Einstein once wrote that "our conscious acts spring from our desires and our fears." Many agree. For example, David Hume suggested in A Treatise of Human Nature that humans are prone to letting emoti...

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    Peaceful vs. violent revolution
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy DISCUSS! Original posting by Braincrave Second Life staff on Mar 8, 2010 at http://www.brain...

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    Image of Sabotage of ideas
    Sabotage of ideas
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some people have problems understanding new ideas with which they are unfamiliar and so unintentionally misrepresent or summarize those ideas. Perhaps these are innocent errors. However, there are ot...

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    Image of Art and 0 < 1
    Art and 0 < 1
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    Some claim that the reason music piracy is so prevalent is because the cost of music is so high (especially when the actual CD production costs are so low - a cursory look suggests it's less than $0....

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    School-sanctioned privacy intrusion
    editorial posted by braincrave in braincrave
    School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home School-sanctioned privacy intrusion? "Schools are only interested in a child's best interests" claim those who ignore knowledge...

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