Tuesday, April 15

Robert Kaercher is the guest editor today. 

 

Biggest Bang for the CD Buck

"This is not intended to discourage--and certainly not to disrespect!--the brave few who engage in CD today, it's just an appeal to get the brain as firmly in gear as the guts, so that CD takes its proper and effective place within a rational, overall strategy to end the Age of Government altogether."  Column by Jim Davies.

 

On Generals Testifying Before Congress

"I am sure that you would not kill thousands of people you don’t know on command of some nonentity, and then accept strange-looking medals for doing so. To rebuke those voices that say such ugly things, would you give us an example of a country you would not attack if ordered to? Name something you would not do for another star?"  Column by Fred Reed.

 

Assume the Position

On April 15.  Column by Retta Fontana.

 

Polygamist Sect Gets Millions From U.S. Government

“American taxpayers have unwittingly helped finance a polygamist sect that is now the focus of a massive child abuse investigation in West Texas, with a business tied to the group receiving a nearly $1 million loan from the federal government and $1.2 million in military contracts.”

 

Financial Collapse Will End the Occupation

“And it won’t be ‘a time of our choosing’.”

 

Separate Bombings Kill 13, Wound 20 in Iraq

But surely, “victory” is just around the corner.

 

Five Years On, Fallujah in Tatters

“Unemployment, and lack of medical care and safe drinking water in the city 60 km west of Baghdad remain a continuous problem. Freedom of movement is still curtailed.” Dahr Jamail and Ali al-Fadhily revisit the scene of the crimes.

 

Iran: The New Motivation for War in Iraq

“US ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker has framed Iranian activities in Iraq as a ‘proxy war’ with the Americans, even as administration officials have hailed the retreat of Al-Qaeda due to increasing involvement by Sunni tribal chiefs.”

 

World Bank: Step Up Food Aid

 

Why No Republican Should Ever Be Elected President

Sheldon Richman explains.

 

Dying From Market Interference

“How do I despise the USSA’s socialist health care system? Let me count the ways!” By Sunni Maravillosa.

 

The Mirror of History

“What hinders historians from discovering the strangeness of the past?”

 

J.K. Rowling: ‘Harry Potter’ Encyclopedia Is Wholesale Theft

“J.K. Rowling testified before a packed courtroom in a lawsuit to block publication of a Harry Potter lexicon, telling a judge that the book amounts to a ‘wholesale theft’ of nearly 20 years of her hard work.” I wonder how far Ms. Rowling would be willing to take her logic?

 

Lonely Planet: A Sick Bag Tour of Asia

“For Howard, travelling is sh*t. He loves a good curry...and knows everything there is to know about world toilet design.”

 

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