Day: February 21, 2013

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Could Is Not Should

Burt Likko February 21, 2013

The rules of the game — you may pick one “could” and one “should” in italics below....

Abolition wasn’t an Anachronism.

Abolition wasn’t an Anachronism.

Nob Akimoto February 21, 2013

The state of slavery is of such a nature that it is incapable of being introduced on...

Meanwhile, in my day job… IFRL-NaPP-Asia-01328v

Meanwhile, in my day job…

Ryan Noonan February 21, 2013

Lots of things conspire against me writing as much as I’d like around here, and one of...

Thursday Night Bar Fight #1: What will be socially verboten in the future? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-matt-sclarandis-159838-unsplash

Thursday Night Bar Fight #1: What will be socially verboten in the future?

Tod Kelly February 21, 2013

Note: Thursday Night Bar Fights is a FP feature I’ve been meaning to start for a while now, after...

How Much Regulation Is Too Little? IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-rijks.bend-in-the-herengracht-seen-from-the-vijzelstraat-167001

How Much Regulation Is Too Little?

David Ryan February 21, 2013

Two men comfort a third (center), who just indentified the body of his son, Wallace Manko. His...

Jaybird in reply to Philip H on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaI do not believe that that form of argumentation will work because it assumes moral authority on you…
Philip H in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat’s a lie Jay. He presented to immigration authorities, applied for and received a legal status w…
Philip H in reply to Dark Matter on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYou really believe - after J6 - that they will allow themselves to be thrown out? And you are willin…
Jaybird in reply to Burt Likko on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHere is the problem with the whole appeal to the "process of law". You will be arguing against peopl…
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWilliam Miller would like a word.
Jaybird in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSay what you will about that insurance CEO, but his wound was not self-inflicted. And, technically,…
Burt Likko on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaOn Bluesky I teased Mike about mincing words here. With sobriety, we have to try impeachment at this…
Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhen the law ceases to function, lawlessness will take its place. If it were to happen, it'd be a se…
Jaybird in reply to CJColucci on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaOh, okay. Maybe it'll work itself out. Muddling through and whatnot.
CJColucci in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaI take this prediction of "divorce or war" exactly as seriously as I have taken your many previous p…