And, in the words of Groundhog Day’s Ned Ryerson, “It’s a doosy”.

As noted previously (see Stop the ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement)), this treaty was being negotiated in secret and is an attempt to extend the reach of the west’s horrible and draconian IP (patent and copyright) regimes to other countries. As I noted, the

It’s not new colors and security features that make money, “Safer. Smarter. More Secure.” Money will never be safe and secure as long as the Federal Reserve and the Treasury can create money unchecked, writes Doug French. 

“…someone’s ‘reputation’ is not and cannot be ‘owned’ by him, since it is purely a function of the subjective feelings and attitudes held by other people. But since no one can ever truly ‘own’ the mind and attitude of another, this means that no one can literally have a property right in his ‘reputation.’ A person’s reputation fluctuates all the time, in accordance with the attitudes and opinions of the rest of the population.” (For a New Liberty, chapter 6, page 117)

Jim Otteson asks about rights and duties with respect to health care. A choice line:

“What is not the test for having a right to something is that one really, really wants it.”