Are they claiming people will only make new things if there's money to be had?
Don't you realize that before Intellectual Property laws, there was no innovation, no creativity. People lived grey, drab lives. No music, no art. People couldn't even eat because farmers had no one to innovate their crops.
Let me tell you, things were bad when people freely exchanged ideas. Artists starved. In fact, few people know that the real reason van Gogh cut off his ear was to make a sandwich. And there wasn't even mayonnaise because nobody had invented it until Miracle WhipTM. So it was a shitty, dry ear sandwich.
I must have missed that page in the history books.
You were probably too young to remember what was going on back then. A lot of people thought the whole thing was some crazy conspiracy theory until FOIA documents proved that it was a real thing. No, Ronald Reagan did not himself sling rock cocaine on the street. He did it through the CIA.
Art's voice always got me to start to drowse, but then a commercial would come on and wake me back up. Even half asleep, the topics and conversation on that show would sink in. I do remember a few nights when there was this priest from the Vatican, Malachi Martin on to talk about exorcisms and demons and stuff. I didn't sleep at all those nights.
With the Grimerica podcast, you usually have to fast forward through about 30 minutes of stoned rambling and grabass to get to the quite good interviews.
The best Oak Island one is in an old episode of Binall of America.
and please point out how in any way using the Star of David was the least anti-semitic
Let's see...Star of David, superimposed over a field of money with a message of "corruption". And the image came from a site that is frequented by white supremacists, nazis and antisemites.
but man listening to Art Bell on AM was awesome. What a kook but that was some good entertainment.
If you liked Art Bell, there are a bunch of really great podcasts that would scratch that same itch. Conspiracies, paranormal stuff, UFOs, all that spooky shit. I got into a habit of putting Art Bell on very softly in my earbuds when I fell asleep. It would lead to some very fun dreams of holes to Hell and greys carrying me out of the house. I even bought a C.Crane radio, just because I'd heard the ad so many times (still have it, and it's a hell of a radio).
Podcasts you might like are The Higherside Chats (THC). Grimerica (out of Canada), Mysterious Universe (out of Australia) and Binall of America (which seems to be on some sort of hiatus). I'm even a subscriber to a couple so I don't get any advertisements, which is nice.
You know those videos of girls talking softly and brushing their hair and some people find it strangely soothing? Spooky podcasts are like that for me. Last night I fell asleep listening to a THC podcast about the history of central banking and how it comes from Knights Templar and where the idea of fractional reserves got started by goldsmiths in Europe. The night before that, it was the Oak Island mystery and mound-building civilizations in America.
The stuff can get kind of kookie, but it sure is fun and puts me right to sleep. Worth every penny.
Regan declared the war on drugs in 1982. The term "war on drugs" was first coined by Nixon in 1971.
Yeah, but Reagan had the innovative idea of flooding the inner cities with crack cocaine. It was an ingenious strategy if you wanted the War on Drugs to become a real shooting war.
I quit using Facebook about 6 months ago. It sucks. Several times I have missed events or scheduled events that overlapped others, because I am out of the loop.
Markets need anti-monopoly regulations to exist, and fraud protection (and, of course, protection from threats, etc.).
So we're not really talking about libertarians at all, are we? Because they have made it clear in no uncertain terms that they don't believe in the need for anti-monopoly regulations to exist.
Actually, there aren't. Can you name some free markets? Better still, can you describe what a "free market" is?
Or maybe the question I should be asking is, what does a "free market, but with regulations" mean to you? What is it that makes a market free or not free?
If you're trying to say that yes, markets need to be regulated by the government to exist, then we have a discussion. If you want to talk about the appropriate level of regulation for a market, then we have a discussion. If you believe there is anything like a free market that has ever existed - much less succeeded- , then we're going to need to do some remedial work before we can have a discussion.
Markets do not exist in nature. They can only exist due to some level of regulation.
Getting numbers wrong that enumerate things is really quite minor.
That's true. I mean, all those articles of the Constitution, who needs to keep them straight? I mean, Chapter 11, 12, 13...what's the difference? Donald Trump is very very smart. "Super genius" in fact. Just ask him.
Hey, macs4all, I hope you realize I was just teasing you a while back when I pretended you were actually Tim Cook. You seem like a decent person and I hope you realize it wasn't personal.
I've actually been a Mac user for decades (I use three different platforms) and I just pick on Apple because they're an easy target for jokes. We good?
I thought that tech companies, like Facebook and others, leaned toward supporting Democrats.
What kind of name is "Zuckerberg" anyway? When I'm president, I'm going to deputize him with that fancy six-pointed star from the Frozen coloring book, which is in no way a Star of David, no siree. A big yellow one that he'll have to wear on his stupid Zuckerberg t-shirt. Because who is Zuckerberg anyway? I don't even know who he is, because he's just a stupid loser. And that wife of his, I mean, what's that all about? I look at her, I think, "Ping-pong ball in the rear pocket" (if you catch my drift). Sad.
I didn't sue - I should have - but I thought it would 'hurt my background'. but I should have sued the shit out of them, now that I think about it all these years later. they had no cause and I was just reeling from the shock of it all.
I play cards with an employment lawyer and he says that getting dumped shortly after a stellar review is one of the hallmarks of a successful case. When employment lawyers see that, they high-five one another. Especially if the employee is, a) over 50, or b) falls into a category where they might actually use the benefits they are given. One of the sleazy moves they see a lot is somebody getting fired for actually using one of the benefits they're given as part of employment. That doesn't fly with judges.
I work for a small (formerly family-owned) company.
That's one of the secrets, right there. Work in a place where the decision-makers actually reside and whom you will occasionally encounter, and you have a chance of being treated with respect. If "corporate" is in another town, all bets are off.
Good stats on this are hard to find. Perhaps there already has been a drop:
The article is about a dip in the number of "personal shares" where people share something or tweet something about themselves, personally. More people are using both platforms as passive news/media sites. If you visit any of the main Conservative hubs on Facebook, you'll find that most of the entries aren't personal shares anyway, but are usually them re-sharing pictures of Hillary photoshopped riding a broomstick or variations on various racist or antisemitic themes. Occasionally one will share something like this:
How exactly would a consumer know that snake oil is snake oil in the absence of regulation?
Presumably though independent testing and private investigation.
And you believe a cancer patient has the means for independent testing and verification? And if he happens to die from not getting the real medication, who is going to do the independent testing and verification?
Are you really so young that you actually believe the free-market libertarian stuff? You realize that it has never once worked anywhere, ever. Not once. Free markets do not exist in nature. They are a fiction. There has never been a free market, and there has never been a libertarian utopia. Because when it comes right down to it, nobody but undergrads think it's anything but a stupid idea. And billionaires, of course, because they can insulate themselves from the downside.
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Don't you realize that before Intellectual Property laws, there was no innovation, no creativity. People lived grey, drab lives. No music, no art. People couldn't even eat because farmers had no one to innovate their crops.
Let me tell you, things were bad when people freely exchanged ideas. Artists starved. In fact, few people know that the real reason van Gogh cut off his ear was to make a sandwich. And there wasn't even mayonnaise because nobody had invented it until Miracle WhipTM. So it was a shitty, dry ear sandwich.
You were probably too young to remember what was going on back then. A lot of people thought the whole thing was some crazy conspiracy theory until FOIA documents proved that it was a real thing. No, Ronald Reagan did not himself sling rock cocaine on the street. He did it through the CIA.
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEB...
Art's voice always got me to start to drowse, but then a commercial would come on and wake me back up. Even half asleep, the topics and conversation on that show would sink in. I do remember a few nights when there was this priest from the Vatican, Malachi Martin on to talk about exorcisms and demons and stuff. I didn't sleep at all those nights.
With the Grimerica podcast, you usually have to fast forward through about 30 minutes of stoned rambling and grabass to get to the quite good interviews.
The best Oak Island one is in an old episode of Binall of America.
Let's see...Star of David, superimposed over a field of money with a message of "corruption". And the image came from a site that is frequented by white supremacists, nazis and antisemites.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/t...
Anyway, even if you can't see it, the people it was meant for certainly could see it.
https://theweek.com/speedreads...
If you liked Art Bell, there are a bunch of really great podcasts that would scratch that same itch. Conspiracies, paranormal stuff, UFOs, all that spooky shit. I got into a habit of putting Art Bell on very softly in my earbuds when I fell asleep. It would lead to some very fun dreams of holes to Hell and greys carrying me out of the house. I even bought a C.Crane radio, just because I'd heard the ad so many times (still have it, and it's a hell of a radio).
Podcasts you might like are The Higherside Chats (THC). Grimerica (out of Canada), Mysterious Universe (out of Australia) and Binall of America (which seems to be on some sort of hiatus). I'm even a subscriber to a couple so I don't get any advertisements, which is nice.
You know those videos of girls talking softly and brushing their hair and some people find it strangely soothing? Spooky podcasts are like that for me. Last night I fell asleep listening to a THC podcast about the history of central banking and how it comes from Knights Templar and where the idea of fractional reserves got started by goldsmiths in Europe. The night before that, it was the Oak Island mystery and mound-building civilizations in America.
The stuff can get kind of kookie, but it sure is fun and puts me right to sleep. Worth every penny.
Yeah, but Reagan had the innovative idea of flooding the inner cities with crack cocaine. It was an ingenious strategy if you wanted the War on Drugs to become a real shooting war.
You showed them.
Cato Institute is not big-L Libertarians.
So we're not really talking about libertarians at all, are we? Because they have made it clear in no uncertain terms that they don't believe in the need for anti-monopoly regulations to exist.
http://www.cato.org/publicatio...
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm going to pretend I didn't just read that headline and go on with my day as if nothing happened.
I know, but Apple's threatened lawsuits, so I'm backpedaling.
Actually, there aren't. Can you name some free markets? Better still, can you describe what a "free market" is?
Or maybe the question I should be asking is, what does a "free market, but with regulations" mean to you? What is it that makes a market free or not free?
If you're trying to say that yes, markets need to be regulated by the government to exist, then we have a discussion. If you want to talk about the appropriate level of regulation for a market, then we have a discussion. If you believe there is anything like a free market that has ever existed - much less succeeded- , then we're going to need to do some remedial work before we can have a discussion.
Markets do not exist in nature. They can only exist due to some level of regulation.
That's true. I mean, all those articles of the Constitution, who needs to keep them straight? I mean, Chapter 11, 12, 13...what's the difference? Donald Trump is very very smart. "Super genius" in fact. Just ask him.
https://www.salon.com/2016/04/...
That's right, we're both smart - very very intelligent - and have all the best words. And we're both going to #MAGA.
Hey, macs4all, I hope you realize I was just teasing you a while back when I pretended you were actually Tim Cook. You seem like a decent person and I hope you realize it wasn't personal.
I've actually been a Mac user for decades (I use three different platforms) and I just pick on Apple because they're an easy target for jokes. We good?
The biggest problem Republicans have with Trump is that he's a blathering idiot. "Article 12" of the Constitution? Really?
http://www.redstate.com/brando...
That's from a conservative Republican website, by the way.
Trump isn't a Nazi. You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting something so sick. Those swastikas are really just Hindu good luck symbols. Sad!
She married for the same reason Melania married. Because they get their minks the same way minks get minks.
What kind of name is "Zuckerberg" anyway? When I'm president, I'm going to deputize him with that fancy six-pointed star from the Frozen coloring book, which is in no way a Star of David, no siree. A big yellow one that he'll have to wear on his stupid Zuckerberg t-shirt. Because who is Zuckerberg anyway? I don't even know who he is, because he's just a stupid loser. And that wife of his, I mean, what's that all about? I look at her, I think, "Ping-pong ball in the rear pocket" (if you catch my drift). Sad.
I play cards with an employment lawyer and he says that getting dumped shortly after a stellar review is one of the hallmarks of a successful case. When employment lawyers see that, they high-five one another. Especially if the employee is, a) over 50, or b) falls into a category where they might actually use the benefits they are given. One of the sleazy moves they see a lot is somebody getting fired for actually using one of the benefits they're given as part of employment. That doesn't fly with judges.
That's one of the secrets, right there. Work in a place where the decision-makers actually reside and whom you will occasionally encounter, and you have a chance of being treated with respect. If "corporate" is in another town, all bets are off.
Hot nuns on stripper poles, and I'm there. Instead of a collection plate, you could just drop a twenty and see if Sister Tawney can pick it up.
The article is about a dip in the number of "personal shares" where people share something or tweet something about themselves, personally. More people are using both platforms as passive news/media sites. If you visit any of the main Conservative hubs on Facebook, you'll find that most of the entries aren't personal shares anyway, but are usually them re-sharing pictures of Hillary photoshopped riding a broomstick or variations on various racist or antisemitic themes. Occasionally one will share something like this:
https://youtu.be/8Yagjf5B2tw
And you believe a cancer patient has the means for independent testing and verification? And if he happens to die from not getting the real medication, who is going to do the independent testing and verification?
Are you really so young that you actually believe the free-market libertarian stuff? You realize that it has never once worked anywhere, ever. Not once. Free markets do not exist in nature. They are a fiction. There has never been a free market, and there has never been a libertarian utopia. Because when it comes right down to it, nobody but undergrads think it's anything but a stupid idea. And billionaires, of course, because they can insulate themselves from the downside.