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Wheylous — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:09:22 GMT

LCK

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ThatOldGuy — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:53:58 GMT

From whom? Tucker or Louie-Louie-Louie-LouWah?

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Wheylous — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:23:07 GMT

I drew inspiration for my valedictorian speech from him. But I had already heard/thought of the argument before seeing him.

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ThatOldGuy — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:21:01 GMT

Well, I don't know if he's libertarian (he's said he doesn't "get" politics), but Louis CK goes on a roll here. This is especially reminiscent of Jeffrey Tucker's It's a Jetsons World:

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gotlucky — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:08:43 GMT

Lmao. We have a new comedy act. You know, that's kind of what we are missing. We need a new George Carlin. He may not have been anti-state the way we are, but he was one of those fire-in-the-belly anti-state types Rothbard liked. Libertarianism really needs someone like that. Humor, well good humor, goes a long way.

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Clayton — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:02:44 GMT

@That Old Guy: Oh yeah, I forgot.... she drove on roads.

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ThatOldGuy — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:01:41 GMT

Making a kid pay back a third of Olympic prize money?? This is how you keep society fair???

Well, you know, "she didn't earn that."

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Clayton — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:54:54 GMT

@gotlucky: Those are the kind of tax issues we need to really focus the debate on. They seem small but that's precisely why they are the perfect wedge issues. Taxing spectacular achievements. Taxing gifts (which are really charitable donations). Taxing death. These are all forms of tax that are unfair and odious even on the twisted logic of the State. And we need to always keep that out front that this is reprehensible on their own logic.

Of course, we maintain that taxation is immoral, period. But even on their own perverted way of thinking, these kinds of taxation are horrendous. Making a kid pay back a third of Olympic prize money?? This is how you keep society fair???

Clayton -

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gotlucky — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:48:14 GMT

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Clayton — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 05:38:05 GMT

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Gero — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 04:51:14 GMT

Electricity grids fail across half of India

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FACT CHECK: Romney on Polish economy, gov't role

Texas GOP chooses tea party-backed Cruz for Senate

Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies

Extremism normalized

Mitt Romney Olympic Archive Still Off-Limits

NYPD 'consistently violated basic rights' during Occupy protests – study

Resetting the Campaign Agenda

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gotlucky — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:23:09 GMT

Games turn London into ‘ghost town’

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Chyd3nius — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:18:26 GMT

It's a while from the last free banking/full reserves-fight, so...

http://www.freebanking.org/2012/07/17/banknotes-are-not-and-have-never-pretended-to-be-warehouse-receipts/

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gotlucky — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:15:01 GMT

How Times Have Changed by Walter Williams

This is why we all like Walter Williams:

You say, "Williams, you're just old-fashioned and out of touch with modern society." Maybe so, but I think that a society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. These behavioral norms – transmitted by example, word of mouth, religious teachings, rules of etiquette and manners – represent a body of wisdom distilled over the ages through experience and trial and error. They include important legal thou-shalt-nots – such as shalt not murder, steal, lie or cheat – but they also include all those civilities one might call ladylike or gentlemanly behavior. Police officers and courts can never replace these social restraints on personal conduct. At best, laws, police and the criminal justice system are a society's last desperate line of defense.

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Wheylous — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:43:18 GMT

Murphy sings at Mises U 2012:

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Go for the Gold! (Pay the IRS.)

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