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A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.


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Entries from June 2008

Too Good for a Sidebar Sidetrack…

June 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

…and besides, I can't make it fit:

(Via Right Wing Watch by way of Boing Boing.)

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Tags: Gay Rights and Issues · Humor · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Questions

June 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

–How did things go at Bulgaria's first gay pride parade?
–Do we really need to replace "brainstorming" with "thoughtshowering"? (Via EclectEcon.)
–Do you know your candy bars? (Via Market Power.)
–Is there a First Amendment right to drive on public roads with this (PDF - 17 pages) message painted on your vehicle?
I AM A F*CKING SUICIDE BOMBER COMMUNIST [...]

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Stitch in Haste Podcast #005

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Topic: On the Log Cabin Republicans and John McCain's record on gay rights.

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Tags: Gay Rights and Issues · Politics

Linkfest: Sunday Updates

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Time to clean out the aggregator.

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Sunday CuteTuber™

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

With both the blog migration and the fourth blogiversary occupying my time, I've been reflecting recently on how best to improving the blog.

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Fourth Blogiversary

June 29th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Four years, 4,256 posts (including this one). Approaching 600,000 hits. An indeterminate number of comments. One published piece and one casebook citation.
Thanks.

It really is sheer coincidence that this anniversary occurs at the same time that the old blogsite shuts down. Really. But in case you somehow came here from www.kipesquire.com, a reminder to switch to [...]

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Tags: Metablogging · Personal Topics

Bob Barr on Lawrence v. Texas, 2003

June 28th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Bob Barr debates John Podesta about Lawrence v. Texas, Roe v. Wade and judicial appointments.
This is an excerpt from an episode of NPR's "Justice Talking" program that originally aired July 9, 2003, and was partially rebroadcast on June 23, 2008.

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I must admit I was somewhat impressed by this exchange specifically and have been [...]

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Tags: Constitutional Issues · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Libertarianism · Politics

"The People's Representatives"

June 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

More "democracy" from the land of Goldwater and O'Connor:
During a filibuster-like discussion on another bill during Committee of the Whole, Majority Leader Thayer Verschoor (R-22) and Majority Whip John Huppenthal (R-20), among others, devised a scheme with committee chairman Jack Harper (R-4) to outright violate the rules of the Senate and the rights of Senators [...]

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Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Gay Rights and Issues · Law · Libertarianism · Politics · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Supreme Court Chips Away at McCain-Feingold

June 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

"Different candidates have different strengths. Some are wealthy; others have wealthy supporters who are willing to make large contributions. Some are celebrities; some have the benefit of a well-known family name. Leveling electoral opportunities means making and implementing judgments about which strengths should be permitted to contribute to the outcome of an election. The Constitution, [...]

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Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Constitutional Issues · First Amendment - Speech · Politics

Questions

June 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

–Is it a proper function of government to criminalize male public shirtlessness? (Via QuizLaw.)
–Special Follow-Up Question: Any hard-core libertarians want to take up the topic of female public shirtlessness and gender-based discrimination between the two?
–Does James Dobson speak for you?
–Who says the dollar is weak?
–Which aspect of the U.S. Naval Academy is more bizarre: compulsory [...]

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