What if the Government ran Call of Duty?

Samizdata have a post up about how all this bitching about the iPhone 4 is a good thing, as it puts pressure on Apple to fix the little bastards, and compared this to public services and what they do when they cock up. It’s all true, even the comments.

Then I read this over and NXTGamer, [...]

Quote of the Now, Rand edition.

Upon learning that Leonard Peikoff opposes the Mosque on Ground Zero*:

I think the biggest mistake in both Islam and Objectivism is perhaps in assigning living heirs after the first teacher died.

-John Ess, a user over at the Mises Inst. Forum.

*You know, the one that is neither a Mosque, nor on Ground Zero.

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STOP THE STOP THE MARCH OF HATE

*EDITORIAL*

We here at the Teleguff and Argos is launching a campaign to prevent the prospect that Bradford will soon has its streets filled with radical, mindless, hate filled activists with a message of intolerance .

The Far-left/right/up/down(delete as appropriate) organization, known as “Bradford Together (Except fascists, nationalists, and other types we don’t like)”, a part of [...]

A quick fascism test.

Do you agree with this bullshit?

a) No- Congrats, You are worthy of life.

b) Yes- I’m sorry, you are a fascist. Kill yourself.

H/T The Racoony one.

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American politics in one easy lesson

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Quote of the Now

Comes from Steve Baker (who is more likely to be the UK’s Ron Paul than, say, Hannan).

It is wrong to say that healthcare is too important to be left to the market. We should realise that healthcare is too important to be left to the state.

Indeed. Same goes for food production too. And clothing production. [...]

Tomlinson’s killer off the hook?

An institution that, allegedly exists for protection of the public is, once again, forgiven for a gross breach of this duty.
Unless by “the public”, they mean, as they so often do, “The State”.
Yes. That.

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Owning your life means being able to end it, too.

Or: “Die? Pah! That’s the last thing I intend to do.”

Sometimes, wanting to die is perfectly rational. Although suicidal people are often thought of as mentally ill and in need of care for their own sake (which sometimes is perfectly true), there are other times when perfectly sane people simply make [...]