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Entries for May, 2010

Video of the day: Michael Shermer on “the mind of the market”

Really interesting talk from prominent sceptic (some misunderstanding over my recent post about stupid atheists. I’m actually a fan of scepticism as a tool, I just find many self-proclaimed “sceptics” to be nothing of the sort) Michael Shermer held at Google HQ: How did we evolve from ancient hunter-gatherers to modern consumer-traders? Why are people [...]

Tax Freedom Day

N.B. I am not Davy Happy Tax Freedom Day everyone! According to the Adam Smith Institute, you can imagine yourself as having been a slave from January 1st until today during this year, as that is the equivalent portion of your time and labour that goes to pay your taxes. You are now free to [...]

Video of the day: Atheists are stupid

Further to a discussion that was going on over at the forums about the seeming stupidity of many of the smug atheists who post on these numerous “sceptic” message boards, this dude pretty much nails it: Edit: Here’s another video called “Most atheists are stupid” (emphasis mine) which has a more accurate title but is also presented [...]

Tony Blair to earn millions as climate change adviser

I find it hard to follow the global warming debate. Both sides seem to have a lot to say and working through all the evidence on both sides could take a lifetime. I tend towards the sceptical side, however, because it’s so politicised. In the past whenever I’ve seen politicians frothing at the mouth over an issue, [...]

Confessions of a central planner

Awesome post by Snowflake over at the Mises boards that I think needs wider spreading: So, I started playing this oldschool city building game. You start from scratch. No civilization, building up to a (hopefully) thriving city. You, the central planner, are responsible for how much housing to build, which jobs to create, which industries to [...]

Video of the day: Why a Stateless Society is More Free

All credit to fringeelements:

Fuck you Tesco

The Devil’s Knife/Kitchen has an excellent write up on why the “coalition government” is just more lies and bullshit. It also highlighted a quote from Tesco regarding the minimum pricing regulation that I hadn’t seen before: Supermarket chain Tesco says it wants to see curbs on the sale of cheap alcohol during this Parliament. Tesco [...]

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