So many people seem to imagine some legislation is "common sense". It "makes sense" to them, and they believe it "makes sense" to most others-- in common-- too.
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Monday, May 23, 2022
"Common sense" is vulgar reasoning
So many people seem to imagine some legislation is "common sense". It "makes sense" to them, and they believe it "makes sense" to most others-- in common-- too.
Sunday, May 22, 2022
Tolerance pushers most intolerant
Too w0ke to survive?
I like electric cars. I always have. I still don't hallucinate that they solve all environmental problems (or even any of them).
Saturday, May 21, 2022
My response to the WHO pandemic response (whichever pandemic they see) is the same as my response to any cry for safety because "people will DIE!": Liberty is more important than life.
Adjusting to supply and demand
"Price gouging" is what the economically ignorant call it when the price adjusts to higher demand and lower supply.
To oppose this means you're OK with the first person who comes along buying it all at an artificially low price.
Or worse, that you'd have government set limits on how much people can buy.
Either way, no. Let the price move to reflect the relationship between supply and demand (and don't let government manipulate those, either).
Friday, May 20, 2022
Unanimous consent vs. coercion
If you want socialism (and it doesn't matter how you define it) by unanimous consent, I don't care. Not even a little. Want to organize your family socialistically and everyone involved or affected agrees, then go for it!
If, however, you impose socialism through coercion-- which means you do it politically-- then I will oppose you no matter what your goals are said to be.
I'd oppose any coercive system.
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Gun thoughts
It seems to be a very scary world for those who aren't responsible enough to live armed and ready. Why should I let that be my problem?
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Disinformation board is Orwellian
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Too much specialness
Monday, May 16, 2022
If your solution is a political solution, you aren't really advocating a solution. Politics is never a good solution.
Predictable
That's how you know there was going to be at least one high-profile mass murder happening soon. The blood dancers needed fresh blood to dance in, and they always get it when they need it.
Coincidence or staged for political reasons? By "staged", I don't mean it wasn't a real event, I mean was the guy a puppet of some government anti-liberty agency rather than just an independent evil loser? Some of those who have watched his video say it appears he had professional shooting-on-the-move training. I don't know because I don't watch that sort of video. But would it surprise you?
Freelance Buffalo soldiers needed
I don't know a lot about the evil loser in Buffalo who murdered 10 people. I see that the corporate media is calling him a "white supremacist".
If he really believed others to be inferior (based on any arbitrary criteria), why would he have decided to murder them? All that did is prove he is the inferior one. An evil loser worthy of only scorn and ridicule.
I consider all of New York state to be a slaughterhouse zone, even though I know most places aren't quite as bad as NYC. Make it less likely that the good people will be armed and you're just encouraging evil losers to strike.
I sure wish someone there had ignored the anti-liberty rules and had ended his tantrum early. But that's what I always wish.
If you really believe you are superior to other people, act like it and prove that you are. Don't lower yourself and become a lowly evil loser.
And don't become a loser politician (a redundant term) by calling for more of the anti-liberty rules that protect scum such as this from their intended victims time after time.
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Liberty remains essential principle
Tunnel vision
In spite of what I said in yesterday's post, here's something I keep reminding myself: Whatever you see coming won't be what happens, or if it is, it won't be the important thing that happens. That, you'll never see coming.
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Dementia Economics says things are great. Never better.
I saw a tweet from the White House account praising Biden for how great the economy is. I called it Dementia Economics.
The other is something I do have a small stockpile of, but I like to replace it as I use it so that my stockpile doesn't shrink. If I buy no more, I probably have a couple of years' worth-- if I'm careful. Is that enough?
Friday, May 13, 2022
Shredding an anti-gun bigot's proposal
It's been a while since I gave "the treatment" to some authoritarian's steaming pile of editorial BS. It's time.
"Constitutional Carry": What a euphemistic, "newspeak" concept!
Passed to the governor for signature a day ahead of the announced schedule, depending largely on his political ambitions, not merit or lack, for passage. Next probable and equally "logical" step: Unregulated firearm ownership for every man, woman and child in America.
Already, neighborhood and school shootings are "commonplace;" "ghost" gun kits and plastic, 3-D copier "homemades" are becoming ubiquitous; and "doorbuster" big box rushes follow every histrionic media saturation of mass firearm attacks and the Indiana Legislature wants gun ownership to be unregulated.
Biden and anti-gun lobbyists "pussyfoot" around the only real issue — the "right" itself —while insanities are amok and lunatics run the asylum. We seem precariously balanced on a fragile tipping point. The time seems right and essential for a total reboot as the only sensible solution to the gun violence problem. (Gun violence being a redundancy).
Firearm use is by definition a violent act (homicide when a human is the recipient) and has no place in civilized society. Nothing ever invented is easier to obtain or more lethal with less effort than a firearm. No reasonable person could possibly imagine that expressing one's feelings or opinions with a bullet could be equivalent to "free speech" or even exist as a "right" on the same piece of paper.
The only real solution must begin with the repeal of the 2nd Amendment in its entirety and without delay. It might then be re-written in clear language as a privilege to be strictly regulated — the details to be worked out later by usual democratic means. This would include specifics as to legal and reasonable legitimacy of uses, manufacture, sales, types, and related products.
In the interim, of course, all guns in current ownership, manufacture, storage, etc., would need to be recalled, and if not "re-legalized," eliminated. Some current types and uses, would be restored, regulated and licensed as appropriate with little real inconvenience. Thus, this idea is not anti-gun per se, nor in any sense extreme.
Personally, I would not recommend self-defense either by pre-emptive or counter attack as an appropriate use, as there are many effective and less lethal options. Of course, under the new laws, it would still be true that if (some) guns are outlawed, only outlaws would have guns, but non-compliance would make (possibly) you, (former law-abiding citizen) one of them, now wouldn't it? (And good luck with that.)
In closing, I remind the reader of the playwright Chekov's quote: "If, in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired." Also: "He who lives by the (sword) ... etc." Meanwhile, I and my personal gun: Locked, no bullets, single action, and not very accurate (and therefore little threat) remain very truly yours for peace, good will, and universal disarmament in our times.
Thursday, May 12, 2022
I hope the waiting is the worst part
I hope they don't!
The doctor told me Monday that she suspects I have a benign genetic condition that shows up as a problem in blood tests. But one which doesn't require treatment because it doesn't cause actual trouble (beyond the trouble it has recently caused with the tests and such). Wouldn't be the first time I've been a medical oddity. Anyway, that was hopeful news to me.
Now I just have to wait for the results. I have a follow-up appointment early next month. I hope I don't have to wait that long to hear something. The waiting is the worst... unless you get bad news.
Thanks for hanging in there with me!
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Neither side correct on court leak
The recent Supreme Court leak is all over the media. People on both sides feel compelled to speak out loudly and passionately for whichever side they support. There is no debate; just a fight. For days it was as though hyperbole had become America's official language...read the rest...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
The rotting corpse of America
In most people's minds, America-- as the original concept meant-- no longer exists. Liberty has been replaced by permission, which can be denied. Every area of life is now subject to government oversight and control. And background checks and licenses. Things intolerable in a free society.
This happened because the concept of America was replaced by a state-- a political government that destroyed the liberty that defined the idea of America. It happened with the adoption of the Constitution, if not earlier.
"The United States" replaced America; took its place. You could say The United States is the rotting corpse that is left for all to look upon. The dead remains of what was once America; still a physical thing, but not what it once was. Not what it could have been.
When you hear "The United States", think: "The rotting corpse". Saying "The United States of America" just refers to "the rotting corpse of America".
Monday, May 09, 2022
My "new normal"
The "new normal"-- the only one which really matters-- is that all my patience for control freaks has been used up. Whether governmental/corporate or private/individual. You're done.
I'm guessing that's not what they hoped for or intended.
Sunday, May 08, 2022
Texas marijuana laws are failure
Ministry of what?
Calling Biden's new "Disinformation Governance Board" the "Ministry of Truth" works if enough people know the book 1984. Which I somewhat doubt is the case in the year 2022.
Otherwise, it may sound like a good thing to the masses. I mean, Ministry of TRUTH? Great, we need more truth. Right?
But of course, that's not what its real job will be.
There are more accurate names for it. Such as the Disinformation Dissemination Board, the Disinformation Protection Board, or my personal favorite: The Department of Lies.
Saturday, May 07, 2022
We're number 6!
The newspaper reports that the local area-- on the other side of the state line-- ranks sixth in New Mexico for recreational Cannabis sales.
Considering the lack of local recreational opportunities-- at least those that don't charge a fee and can be pursued without paternalistic oversight-- it's surprising it only ranks sixth.
First wouldn't have surprised me at all.
Much of the lack of recreation is no one's fault. We have no mountains, no forests, no canyons, no rivers, no beaches, no lakes, and no wilderness locally. Just endless farmland and feedlots and dairies-- which, obviously, you can't wander on.
Other things are the fault of those who made up legislation to make sure people weren't free to do things they didn't want people doing. Along with the cops who've worked hard to drive any local bars out of business.
It's the number one complaint I've heard from those who have lived here for years and those who get stationed here at the air base. Nothing to do.
If you're interested in team sports (in season), government, or church, you can find things to do. I'm not, and it seems many others aren't either. Some of those have found a new pastime.
Friday, May 06, 2022
Shirking responsibility
Don't send government to deal with it on your behalf. Government that those who disagree with you are forced-- at gunpoint-- to fund, against their own interests.
Using government violence to impose your wishes on others is twisted.
Thursday, May 05, 2022
Embryo Wars
I've always hated the topic of abortion. I see it as mainly a way to divide people and make them fight (and act as though they hate each other... assuming they don't), even when they agree on just about everything else.
On Twitter, over the past couple of days, I watched as a religious war raged between those who treat abortion as their religion and those who treat embryos as gods. I'm not impressed; it makes me question the future of the species.
The issue is perfectly crafted to enhance statism's power.
Both sides are political about it.
Both sides say it's The Most Important Issue EVER!
Both sides seem to be trying to drive me to support the opposite side as hard as they can, with each argument they make.
Both sides seem dishonest to me.
Then both sides blame me for not siding with them.
I can't. Both make me sick.
Someone who kept making bad arguments to convince me his side is correct asked if this meant I'm contrarian or just a fence sitter. I could be both. But I can't come down on his side of the fence based on that interaction.
It's why I'm totally pro-liberty.
Wednesday, May 04, 2022
Musk may help end liberal narrative
Tuesday, May 03, 2022
I dislike both sides in the abortion fight very VERY much. My dislike grows stronger every year.
(part 2 here)
Keep your power
Donald Trump is an authoritarian who shouldn't have any power over your life. Surely that's not news to anyone, even those who liked him as president. Obviously the same goes for Joe Biden.
But...
None of the politicians who say things you like should have any power over your life, either. They are also all authoritarians. That includes libertarian (and Libertarian) politicians.
No libertarian should have power over your life,
No anarchist should have power over your life.
No one should have power over your life...
With one notable exception: YOU should have power over your life, no matter whether you're an authoritarian, a libertarian, an anarchist, or anything else. You're the only one who should. You're the most qualified for the job, even if you're an idiot. You're still a better choice for the job than any politician.
If you force someone to defend themselves or their property from you, you're giving someone else power over your life. Don't be dumb-- don't do that.
Monday, May 02, 2022
Don't cheat yourself out of liberty
Liberty is freedom tempered with responsibility. This means irresponsible people never experience liberty. Freedom, maybe, but not liberty.
They can't.
It's not that anyone violates their liberty more than anyone else's liberty is violated, but that the irresponsible people prevent themselves from experiencing liberty.
By doing things they have no right to do-- things which violate the equal and identical rights of others-- which is a big part of irresponsible behavior, they are cheating themselves out of the best thing about being human. They are cheating themselves out of living in liberty for a little temporary freedom.
That's pitiable.
Sunday, May 01, 2022
Govern yourself so you violate no one else
Past time for an improvement
I feel uneasy about the future. About my future.
Maybe it's my upcoming medical tests-- I've been dreading May. Maybe it's the possibility of escalating problems with Russia and the supply chain. Maybe it's the lack of rain in this area. Maybe it's because everything I've tried to accomplish recently has ended in disaster. Maybe it's other things. Maybe it's a combination of multiple things.
Whatever it is, it's getting to me.
I'm about as prepped as I can be with the funds I have available. I still haven't gotten my garden going-- we had some late freezes that delayed me past the time I was gung-ho to get going. My fault, I know.
I'm stocked up on food and other necessities and conveniences. I'm somewhat stocked up on pet foods-- I could do better on that. The supply chain (and Russia-- short of nuking me) won't have an immediate effect on my quality of life. They could make things interesting in a non-optimal sort of way.
The medical stuff, I don't really know how to be prepared for that. If civilization collapses in the next couple of weeks, at least that will be off the table. A bright silver lining...
The lack of rain here is an ongoing problem. This is always a dry area, but it does seem worse than I've seen it. My parents had small sand dunes developing on their front porch last week. I haven't looked for them on my property, but they are probably starting to grow here, too. Most days the weather around here is either "Partly smoky" or "Mostly dirt". This evening we supposedly have a chance at "severe storms"-- with more strong winds, of course. The last time the weather forecast called for thunderstorms, we didn't get a drop-- they all developed east of here. That's typical.
Anyway, I hope I start feeling better about things soon. This isn't fun.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
When you don't appreciate your "betters"
That sounds exactly like the justification that was used for not abolishing slavery sooner.
But go on; strut that wise superiority, John.
Friday, April 29, 2022
I'm happy to see you happy
Some people only seem to find happiness-- or something they mistake for happiness-- by making others miserable or at least by seeing others in misery. They enjoy seeing others suffer, but can't share in the joy or successes of others. That's sad.
I've never understood those people, and I've known too many over the years.
Now, I don't want to see someone find happiness through harming others, but otherwise... be happy with whatever you can.
I like for people to have nice things happen to them-- as long as it doesn't come at the expense of others.
And if it does come at the expense of others...
Since I'm not a fan of punishment/revenge I'm not really interested in seeing those who enjoy hurting others suffer. Unless that's what it takes to make them stop. If their actions lead to their suffering-- they spun the wheel and won the prize. That's why I don't care when a cop shoots and kills an actual bad guy in the act, nor when a cop is shot and killed while enforcing unethical legislation. They both knew what they were getting into. It was a choice.
Not caring isn't the same as making me happy, though. I'd be happier if people didn't choose to be thugs or scum. If they'd choose a voluntary life, I'd love to see it work out and make them happy. I want more happy people in the world. There's no way that wouldn't be better for everyone.
Thursday, April 28, 2022
I'm not really a supporter of the Second Amendment. Government has ignored it to the point where it is mostly irrelevant, and it didn't "give" anyone any rights; it forbade government to touch the people's guns (and defense rights), but they do it anyway. However, if it can be used as a tool against political criminals, I'll happily use it.
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Be cure to government's disease
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Burn 'em both
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No, really, it's Florida's outline with cartoon mouse ears. I swear! |
Some topics cause me to want to see all those involved burn. Disney vs the Florida government is one such topic.
I used to love Disney entertainment, but as their w0keness increased, my interest declined.
I've never had any love for any government.
So I can't side with either one, but side against them both. I want them both to lose in a painful way.
There should be no such thing as government-employed "teachers". If there is anyway, those "teachers" shouldn't be discussing their sexuality-- or sexuality in general-- with the kids, especially not with little kids (pre-pubescent children). Anyone who feels different about this is someone I wouldn't want anywhere near my kids or anyone else's kids. That's creepy.
There's no such thing as legitimate legislation, even legislation that is supposed to do things I agree with, such as preventing government employees from discussing sexuality with little kids.
When someone lies about something, such as dishonestly portraying such legislation as "Don't Say Gay", for example, they automatically put themselves on the other side from me. Those who are on the ethical side don't have to lie.
Corporations equal government equals corporations. Rights are individual, not collective, so neither corporations nor governments have any rights.
I don't want any corporation to "pay" any taxes, not because I love the corporation, but because I don't want government to be funded. So I would rather Disney not be taxed by government-- they should keep their own money to fund their own expenses.
I also don't want government to have the power to give or deny permission to corporations' business decisions, nor to shield corporations from paying restitution when they harm someone's life, liberty, or property.
This fight is just between nasty collectives that want to violate you in some way. I hope there's some way for both of them to lose.
Monday, April 25, 2022
The reality of the threat
Government is the biggest threat to you.
Sunday, April 24, 2022
'Law' always benefits the elite
I gave gun shows another chance
A month or so ago I went to a gun show with my dad, and yesterday I went to another one with my son.
I didn't buy anything at either show. Prices on ammo were higher than the prices I've seen in stores lately, and guns were priced similarly-- and out of reach. Am I dreaming, or didn't I used to go to gun shows to find good deals? If so, maybe those days are over.
Was I disappointed by the shows? No!
I hadn't been to a gun show in several years, and the last few I went to had almost no guns. They had coins, jewelry, baked goods, toys, and one or two tables of guns in the whole place. Not worth the price of admission, nor really worthy of being called "gun shows".
These two were probably 80% gun-related and maybe 10% knives (still OK). More like the good old days and a welcome change. There were even a couple of politicians trying to convince gullible people to v*te for them, based-- I guess-- on setting up a booth at a gun show to show their "pro-gun" creds, Easy enough to ignore.
I had a good time at both shows.
As my son said yesterday, "Pretty good way to spend a morning".