tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post1344599424590273045..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: The Morning After the Night Beforebionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-10487012742852799842016-11-12T06:45:46.827-08:002016-11-12T06:45:46.827-08:00That's funny. I like the second quote especia...That's funny. I like the second quote especially.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-15844072831478616862016-11-11T21:15:47.629-08:002016-11-11T21:15:47.629-08:00There's a chance Trump can spark real economic...There's a chance Trump can spark real economic growth if he follows Reagan's prescription: 1. Decent tax cuts. 2. spending restraint. 3. Stabilizing the dollar; Reagan/Volcker did it at $350 an ounce, which lasted till 1997-2001 or so. Trump could do it at $1200 or so. He remembers the pre-1971 quasi-gold standard. Yes, Reagan did increase the deficits, but that was temporary to increase defense until the Soviet Union was broken; after that, the deficits started going down. A gigantic wild card is the $200 trillion unfunded liabilities (per Prof. Kotlikoff, who actually ran for prez on a minor party). Similar successful programs were launched by Harding in 1921 and JFK/LBJ in 1963-64. It certainly would help if Trump turned out to be the cheapskate he's supposed to be, not a spendthrift like the Bushes.John Seilerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795977089953532965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-60260962580409527552016-11-11T16:35:48.508-08:002016-11-11T16:35:48.508-08:00"I find it difficult to get in the right ment..."I find it difficult to get in the right mental place to write" Bionic<br /><br />Here's a different perspective, from <br />http://www.thepeoplescube.com/<br /><br />“The Evolution of Dissent: on November 8th the nation will decide whether dissent will stop being racist and become sexist - or it will once again be patriotic as it is when the right wing conspiracy is elected."<br /><br />And another….<br /><br />“Afraid of dangerous Trump presidency, protesters pre-emptively burn America down to the ground.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-67109708716908335612016-11-11T10:52:18.137-08:002016-11-11T10:52:18.137-08:00Thank you for the comments.
When my work becomes ...Thank you for the comments.<br /><br />When my work becomes intense, I find it difficult to get in the right mental place to write - even if I have some time available.<br /><br />Not so easy to modify the software....<br /><br />bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-27542802174377496052016-11-11T09:15:42.042-08:002016-11-11T09:15:42.042-08:00Good you're back, I took you off my blogroll. ...Good you're back, I took you off my blogroll. Praise LR. <br /><br />Browsing for the libertarian opinion on the election I realized you are The Place to get a summary of recent events. <br /><br />Well done, it's a sad conclusion that there are very different kinds of us, like you surmised recently. <br /><br />Perhaps try to reserve some time in the future for a longer weekly post to keep the readership.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-54040666535938982542016-11-11T06:22:33.622-08:002016-11-11T06:22:33.622-08:00Thank you. And please don't yell.Thank you. And please don't yell.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-23565701757971980082016-11-11T06:20:22.265-08:002016-11-11T06:20:22.265-08:00"But the vast majority of Trump's support..."But the vast majority of Trump's supporters want things that will result in a win for liberty? No way."<br /><br />Dexter, I did not write anything remotely close to this. <br /><br />Read again the line you cite that I wrote. If it still isn't clear, read the entire post again for context. The point is to delegitimize the state. I wrote nothing more.<br /><br />This is a victory for liberty. Not a victory of the entire war, but a big victory of a battle.<br /><br />But as I wrote the first time, and you also cite: "But many libertarians don’t get that."<br /><br />Precisely.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-67166972987671140652016-11-11T06:15:42.801-08:002016-11-11T06:15:42.801-08:00With or without Trump, things will get worse befor...With or without Trump, things will get worse before they get better. Whoever sat in the oval office, this will only serve to delegitimize the state. This is a good thing, and happens with Trump or Clinton.<br /><br />In the meantime, we get a lower chance of nuclear war. bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-7455470550889734952016-11-11T06:14:54.017-08:002016-11-11T06:14:54.017-08:00CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MORNINGS COLUMN. YOU GOT J...CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MORNINGS COLUMN. YOU GOT JUST ABOUT ALL CORRECT .JUST OME I WOULD ADD AND THAT IS ""HE SAID HE WAS A DEAL MAKER "" AND I BELIEVE HIM,ONLY I THINK A DEAL WAS MADE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH THE SO CALLED ""ELITE""AND WE LET IT GO AT THAT. A DEAL THAT DID NOT INCLUDE ME OR YOU. NOTHINH WILL CHNAGE NOT EVEN YOUR ""HALF"" MORE WARS MORE WALL STREET FED RES.{{ITS ALREADY STARTED}} THE DOW WAS AT 18,100 SETTING A NEW HIGH.AND WELLFARE FOR THE BLACKS WHITE BROWNS TO KEEP THEM UNDER CONTROL.IN ORTHER WORDS BUSH/OBAMA AS PLANNED.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06103614947039972906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-69160858855742633902016-11-11T02:13:23.846-08:002016-11-11T02:13:23.846-08:00"It is clear that many of those who supported..."It is clear that many of those who supported Trump wanted a complete break from everything that the intellectual-yet-idiot class was telling them. This is nothing but a win for liberty. A big win.<br /><br />But many libertarians don’t get that."<br /><br />With all due respect my brother, no freaking way. <br /><br />Sure, you can have the Alex Jones crowd. As weird and conspiracy ridden as they are, many of them have very libertarian instincts.<br /><br />But the vast majority of Trump's supporters want things that will result in a win for liberty? No way. I don't care what rhetoric they are using, that would require a massive intellectual change that cannot be accounted for by the fact that they are the party out of power. The reason they are against Clinton and the DNC and the RNC's corruption is not because they are against statism in general, it's because those groups do not serve their interest.<br /><br />These supporters and their grassroots leaders like Michael Savage, Mark Levin, etc, are not libertarians. These are the people who supported all sorts of statism and bloodshed during the Bush year and advocated for it during the Obama years, just of a different variety from the liberals. I used to listen go Savage all the time in high school, screaming his head off about how the Democrats should be charged with sedition. Are you really saying all these people will stop advocating for war and killing in the middle east or tell the govt no more agent provocateurs sent to the mosques? they will advocate no more drone strikes? most of these people dismiss away collateral damage as just the cost of doing business without caring one bit. My guess is putting all muslims on a database is not something they would reject based on trump's initial comments during the primaries. And of course they all want tariffs, probably the biggest issue Trump ran on. Nothing liberty like about that. Building tons more infrastructure? check.<br /><br />There's virtually nothing about liberty being promoted here. You can certainly argue that the net effect may be liberty by coincidence, but that's a separate argument than they are advocating for Trump due to liberty. To argue otherwise you'd have to argue some honest philosophical shift has occurred here from the Bush years, and I see nothing. Mouthing a few words about liberty because somebody else is in power means nothing.Dexter Morgan the Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300560113089656011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-1851197818477302652016-11-10T23:41:09.448-08:002016-11-10T23:41:09.448-08:00Yeah, that pretty well sums it up. I would dispute...Yeah, that pretty well sums it up. I would dispute only one (aside from the Biblical, but I don't want to get into that) minor point. I've seen a few, if not good, at least arguable reasons why a "person of even half-decent moral character" might have supported Clinton:<br /><br />Things will have to get a lot worse before they can get any better - let's get it over with.<br /><br />If the economy and markets tank on Trump's watch, there could very well be, as Gary North put it: "a political sweep in 2020 comparable to Franklin Roosevelt's in 1932 . . . I have two words with which to scare you. They scare me: Elizabeth Warren. She is the most likely candidate to pick up the pieces. She will become the first female American President."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-9177704126222190652016-11-10T18:25:02.166-08:002016-11-10T18:25:02.166-08:00Also don't ignore the fact that of all 25 or s...Also don't ignore the fact that of all 25 or so candidates, Trump was the only with with any personality. Albeit some if not most is negative, he still has personality. Clinton, Bush, Cruz, etc seem to be from the same humdrum, privileged mold while Trump although privileged does not seem to be part of this cabal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-84868005727509249742016-11-10T12:55:34.691-08:002016-11-10T12:55:34.691-08:00There are ways around Congress and the bureaucraci...There are ways around Congress and the bureaucracies. The power of the pardon is a pretty big stick. Trump can pardon everyone in federal prisons caged for victimless crime laws. He could pardon all tax evaders and violators of legal tender laws. The latter is a bit esoteric for most, but it would allow for competing currencies. MetaCynicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-92042261970299006102016-11-09T19:16:16.725-08:002016-11-09T19:16:16.725-08:00What would had happened if Ron Paul had been nomin...What would had happened if Ron Paul had been nominated for POTUS by the LP?<br />The LP is dead, long live the LP.JaimeInTexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729407700850451849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-26873166692700171022016-11-09T15:06:00.208-08:002016-11-09T15:06:00.208-08:00"The enemy is the State".
Yes, and anyo..."The enemy is the State".<br /><br />Yes, and anyone who claims to be a libertarian would do well to always remember this.<br /><br />Re: Rand <br /><br />Contrary to what Rand may assert, he does not, IMHO, remotely grasp the traits & characteristics & beliefs that make his father such a great man.<br /><br />Re: the LP.<br /><br />Pffft!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com