February 2012
55 posts
Appalling Act of Valor is Having a War, And...
brittanysaysrelax:
Well, it finally happened. The line separating America from America: The Movie found a way to arrange itself into a stick figure and walk off the scene in disgust. In Act of Valor, an elaborate branding exercise for the U.S. Navy SEALs in the form of a Hollywood action blowout, the two mingle freely and openly at last. The movie opens with a statement from directors Mike...
“One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the...”
– George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, Ch. V (via asuperfluousman)
daisysnotebook:
If the government ever decides that artificial beauty was a right, and that every person deserves to see a plastic surgeon for lowered or no costs, the day will come when cosmetic surgeons will make less and have to abide by more regulations passed by those who don’t do what they do for a living. People will gradually lose their incentives to work. But don’t worry— that’s a...
“Or let’s take another possibility. Suppose a new prophet arises who claims a...”
– Carl Sagan discussing the implausibility of religious belief in The God Hypothesis. Belief without evidence is useless at best, and scary at it’s worst. (via chrisgiveblood)
crythias:
Freedom does not entail doing what you want without consequences.
Slavery is “being allowed”.
Freedom is not being restricted.
"I don't believe in evolution."
iosepos:
As if reality requires your permission to exist.
Happy Darwin Day.
“When my husband died, because he was so famous & known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan, talking about her husband, Carl Sagan (via humanformat)
Always reblog. (via iosepos)
Rick Santorum vs. Ronald Reagan
Rick Santorum, January 2012:
“I’m a conservative. I am a Reagan conservative. I am not a libertarian. And the people who are calling me a big government guy are libertarians.”
Ronald Reagan, July 1975:
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we...
“Well, it turns out our Founders designed a system that makes it more difficult...”
– President Obama (via evilteabagger)
Writing letters to the troops or slapping a yellow...
assassinofjoy:
I can’t stand those ribbon magnets.
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“A proper, philosophically valid definition of man as “a rational animal,” would...”
– Ayn Rand
Daisiology: Fiat Money is False Money and Leads to... →
thoseboringpolitics:
It’s obviously no mystery that the only reason the U.S. Dollar, and most of the world’s currencies, have any value is because the central banks and governments say it does. After we left the gold standard, there was no commodity to back the money or regulate the…
“It is with a person’s sense of life that one falls in love—with that essential...”
– Ayn Rand (via hrlaughed)
daisysnotebook:
So basically, more patients will be newly insured and there will be shortage of doctors to treat them. That isn’t good. Guess you cannot have everything.
You can call the students “lazy” for not wanting to pursue medicine because of healthcare reform, but in their defense, it’s a hard profession to enter. The education of a doctor is rigorous and long, filled with toils and...
cityboycountrytunes:
I don’t support gay rights. I don’t support straight rights. I don’t support black rights. I don’t support white rights. I don’t support women’s rights. I don’t support men’s rights.
I support individual rights. You have rights as an individual, not because you belong or don’t belong to a particular group.
Here are some facts:
a-petro-manifesto:
Benjamin Netanyahu agrees with Ron Paul’s stance on Israel
Ron Paul is not anti Israel
A few Ron Paul supporters are capable of acting dumb
We are electing the president of the United States
We are not electing the president of Israel
Israel has the best military second only to the United States
“Some Socialists seem to believe that people should be numbers in a State...”
– Margaret Thatcher, 1975 (via foxglovesalad)
