Mr Civil Libertarian

Via Reason…

“I advocate returning to limited government, accompanied by a minimal amount of confiscatory taxation to support only essential services along with Pay as Go budgeting; means testing for all government assistance programs; abolition of all member item pork barrel spending, balanced budgets; actual surpluses and payments to reduce long term state debt”

This person is [...]

So, the latest thing to be added to the human rights list is Internet access.

Hmm. My first reaction is “Just because something is awesome and/or totally tits does not mean society must bend over backwards to provide it to you”.

Real Human Rights, of course, are the absence of violence upon your person or property, be [...]

Even Robert bloody Mugabe is sick of Brown.

Ironic, given that Labour appear to have copied Mugabe’s economic manifesto to the letter.

“Conservatives are bold, (Tony) Blair and (Gordon) Brown run away when they see me, but not these fools, they know how to relate to others,” he added.

Tories? Bold? Not sure what tories he’s [...]

The hallmarks of a regime which flouts the rule of law are, alas, all too familiar: the midnight knock on the door, the sudden disappearance, the show trial, the subjection of prisoners to genetic experiment, the confession extracted by torture, the gulag and te concentration camp, the gas chamber, the practice of genocide or ethnic [...]

Written for Heaven is Whenever.

Gorillaz, cartoon band that critics insisted on calling “just a gimmick”, despite 15 million sales and a decade of cult following, are, after another of their trademark several year absences, back on the scene with their third album (if you exclude B side collections, which are worth picking up [...]

http://heaveniswhenever.wordpress.com/

The blog is now live. I think it’s a good idea, and since I need an excuse for the blogging bug to bite again, I’ll give it a shot. I may write a review of the Gorillaz new album- or perhaps talk about Zappa. I dunno yet.

Just a plug for those that haven’t seen it [...]

(Presumably) Written at the start of the 20th Century, this list of predictions is better than reality. Sort of

The right/sort of nearly there vaguely:

A weird prediction of air conditioning, or “Hot or cold air from Spigots”. Oddly, this guy predicts it would be run in the same way as electricity, from central plants.
Predicting the [...]

Well Fuck a duck.

Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC

Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP nomination.

Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney’s three-year run as conservatives’ favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the [...]

The day when the ruling of the country was decided by the Royals are long since gone. The Government and House of Commons took on that role, a long while ago, and seem to manage that job with the same efficiency that the Keystone Kops solve crimes (Google it kids…it might even be a bit [...]

Left outside is speaking ill of the delightful critter on cereal boxes.

Coco Pop damage you can see

It was upon reading the article, which talks of the manipulation of advertising, that I began to ask myself “What damage are we discussing, exactly?” Well:

I don’t notice it, it doesn’t really bother me until I see something that [...]