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Apparently today is don’t give a fuck day

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Apparently today is “don’t give a fuck” day, a day probably mainly being observed by people that don’t give a fuck generally and will continue to not give a fuck beyond this day. A point really rather excellently made by the erudite Mr Maillin (Who’s how I discovered it’s “don’t give a fuck” day): An open letter to all those who “Don’t give a fuck” today. So, you’ve decided that today you won’t give a fuck eh? Well good for you. I assume of course that this means for the other 364 days of the year you will actually start … Continue reading →

What’s right with Libertarians

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Yoinked directly from The Devils Kitchen from a rather excellent article by Bella Gerens, I think this really sums up a huge amount of what I find appealing and a good thing about the Libertarians: Libertarians don’t fight with left-wingers, they fight with each other. It’s the only ‘mob’ you’ll ever see where the crowd hears a rousing speech and says to one another, ‘You know, I’m not sure I agree with him. He misses Friedman’s point about the fact that…’ and then argues all the way to the pub, where they’d all much rather be anyway. 0-1

Happy Birthday Magna Carta

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Today is the 796th anniversary of the first great charter – the magna carta of 1215. Now some people think that it’s pretty much a busted flush these days, having been all but entirely repealed. Others seem to think that it’s irrelevant because we’re now a parliamentary democracy though the evidence suggests that despite them changing our passports to say “citizen” rather than “subject”* we are still actually a constitutional monarchy. Just because parliament acts like it’s supreme (and sadly the monarchy lets it) doesn’t make it so, just as just because parliament would like us to think they can … Continue reading →