I love deadlines, I love the whooshing sound they make as they pass by This is by far my favorite quote by Douglas Adams and is probably one of the best pieces of advice for life, politics, and finances I have ever heard. When you have a goal of something you want to do, like …
Yearly Archives: 2022
How Tories keep winning in the UK
If you go deep into British politics, before the formation of the Labour Party in 1900, there was a regular switching of prime ministers from Whigs (known as the Liberal Party after 1859, and Liberal Democrats since 1988) representing the left wing of British Politics and the Tories (known as the Conservative Party since 1834). …
Updated Presidential rankings – 2022 edition
President Biden has turned his presidency around, I need to update this. Ranking of American Presidents I am only ranking Presidents who have served for at least 365 days. Lyndon Baines Johnson is ranked as the greatest president in history because of his efforts in combating poverty, his willingness to lead the country with his …
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Brightline, is libertarian rail the future?
Brightline is stating that they will be able to expand service to Orlando next year. This will be the first time the rail operator has extended service outside of the Greater Miami Area. Libertarians and Republicans are looking at Brightline as a clear lesson of how the government is inefficient, bureaucratic, and messy, and how …
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Safety precautions
It is interesting how the US will extend visas to NATO allies, violate human rights in our immigration prisons, and perform warrantless wiretaps, arguing that they keep this country safe, despite no evidence these actions keep us safe, and some evidence they actually make us less safe… But we absolutely refuse to mandate vaccines in …
Wikipedia Notability Policy
Wikipedia is definitely the most useful reference material ever created by people. It is the first and only encyclopedia to have truly global contributions, and I believe it is one of the greatest inventions in history. That being said, there are people who want to trim it down because they want it to focus on …
On a wealth tax
If we had taxed millionaires over the last 40 years a wealth tax wouldn’t be on the table. The number of people who need public assistance wouldn’t be so dire if we had properly funded services which raise people out of poverty to the point where they don’t need public assistance over the last 40 …
Why I chose a MacBook for my next computer
So I have been running several laptops for the last year or so. A friend gave me some surface books which he didn’t need, I have a Mac mini with an M1 processor, and a system76 Oryx Pro which has served me well for the last 5 years, but it isn’t as portable as it …
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Japan, the king of libertarian rail
There is a lot of talk in libertarian circles about how everything would be better if we would privatize everything. Privatize the roads, privatize the railroads, privatize our electric grids, the government is inherently inefficient, and everything will be better. Then they will inevitably point to Hong Kong (which Milton Friedman personally pointed to as …
What Fascism looks like in reality
Fascism takes the form of whichever ideology at the time best enables their ideas. During the lead-up to Nazi Germany, they called themselves social. They made an alliance with the Soviet Union (because it was convenient) and it furthered their goal. They surrounded their rhetoric with vaguely socialist wording, while all the time their main …