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Truth is a Distraction

Truth is a Distraction

“Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that’s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.” -- Katherine Maher

Fossil Fuels Saved The Whale

Fossil Fuels Saved The Whale

Whales, seals, penguins and bears are booming for a very simple reason: we stopped killing them. Their meat could not compete with beef. And, above all, their fur and blubber could not compete with petroleum products. Or to put it another way, fossil fuels saved the whale. -- Matt Ridley

Emergencies

Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded -- Hayek

Abolish Useless Government

Abolish Useless Government

“I have been going up and down this country preaching that Government - Federal and State and local - costs too much. I shall not stop that preaching. As an immediate program of action we must abolish useless offices… We must merge, we must consolidate subdivisions of Government, and, like

Communism Does Not Level The Playing Field

Communism Does Not Level The Playing Field

Communism does not level the playing field. It sets the playing field on fire, and removes the ball. --Devon Eriksen (source - https://twitter.com/Devon_Eriksen_/status/1740430022442172544 )

Tofu-eating Wokerati

Tofu-eating Wokerati

"I am afraid that it is the Labour Party, the Lib Dems, the coalition of chaos, the Guardian-reading, tofu-eating wokerati and, dare I say, the anti-growth coalition that we have to thank for the disruption we are seeing on our roads today." Suella Braverman

Men Lying To Do What?

Men Lying To Do What?

“Think about this. 1940s, World War II, men lied about their age to get in to enlist. Now, in 2023, we have men lying about their sex to get into women’s sports, or women’s prisons, or domestic shelters, or sororities or bathrooms, locker rooms.” -- Riley Gaines

Learning from China

Learning from China

"We have a lot to learn from China on energy." – Jennifer Granholm From Steve Hayward

Adult Material

“Adult material shouldn’t be in a fourth-grade classroom. You want to look at adult material, go watch Hunter Biden’s laptop for all I care – but don’t do it to our kids.” – Ron DeSantis

The Most Dangerous Person

The Most Dangerous Person

"The most dangerous person on earth is the arrogant intellectual who lacks the humility to see that society needs no masters and cannot be planned from the top down" — Hayek

Up With Which I Will Not Put

Up With Which I Will Not Put

"This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put." — W S Churchill

Broccoli and Anal Sex

Broccoli and Anal Sex

Anal sex is like broccoli. They're both easier to appreciate as an adult if they weren't forced on you as a child. And almost no one wants them offered on the street. – Michael Z Williamson

DEI and CCP

It would be healthier that, whenever someone mentions DEI, you just think CCP -- Peter Thiel

The Curious Task of Economics

The Curious Task of Economics

The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. - Hayek

The Misery of Exploitation

The Misery of Exploitation

“The misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited all.” – Joan Robinson

Inflation and Government

Inflation and Government

I'm the Only One

I'm the Only One

"I'm the only one who gave a shit in this relationship" Amber Heard

Private Sector vs Government

Private Sector vs Government

Anything the private sector can do, the government can do half as well and at ten times the costMurray Rothbard

Ukraine Psychological Advice

Ukraine Psychological Advice

I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride

I Need Ammunition, Not a Ride

I Mean, Listen Guys

I Mean, Listen Guys

On Being Called a Nazi

On Being Called a Nazi

I have often been called a Nazi, and, although it is unfair, I don't let it bother me. I don't let it bother me for one simple reason. No one has ever had a fantasy about being tied to a bed and ravished by someone dressed as a liberal. --

Consistency and Stupidity

Consistency and Stupidity

Floods are acts of God

Floods are acts of God

"Floods are 'acts of God' but flood losses are largely acts of man." -- Gilbert F White

if I will still be able to vote in Chicago

if I will still be able to vote in Chicago

“I'm a bit curious…to see, like others who have gone before me, if I will still be able to vote in Chicago.” -- Senator Bob Dole (farewell letter, read at his funeral December 2021)