Day: March 28, 2013

NIMBYism, Technocracy, and Democracy: When do we let people and communities make decisions that might be bad policy? IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-loc6

NIMBYism, Technocracy, and Democracy: When do we let people and communities make decisions that might be bad policy?

Guest Authors March 28, 2013

by New Dealer Matt Yglesais writes about a fight that happened in his D.C. neighborhood recently. One...

Stay Classy, America! IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-vangogh.the-harvest-22

Stay Classy, America!

Patrick March 28, 2013

Chris Erskine, courtesy of the LA Times: When Sequoyah’s players showed up for Foothill Sports League games,...

Libertarians Are Not Like Beryllium IFRL-TLC-War-40823v

Libertarians Are Not Like Beryllium

Guest Authors March 28, 2013

by Chris When I was in the my final year of grad school, it was not uncommon...

Thursday Night Bar Fight #6: The League Of Gentlepeople That Are As Extraordinary As Possible Without Alan Moore Suing Us for Trademark Infringement IFRL-Mindiv-Society-Marcia-Sculpting

Thursday Night Bar Fight #6: The League Of Gentlepeople That Are As Extraordinary As Possible Without Alan Moore Suing Us for Trademark Infringement

Tod Kelly March 28, 2013

If you haven’t turned on the news today, you really should. It’s just catastrophic news alert after...

Nearly There … IFRL-NaPP-Retro-rawpixel-id-328253

Nearly There …

James K March 28, 2013

The Definition of Marriage Bill, which would legalise gay marriage in New Zealand, passed through Committee of the Whole...

Burt Likko in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhich is a great shame upon the nation of El Salvador.
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025This has to be unprecedented in modern US history in terms of being totally self inflicted. It's goi…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYep. At some point (hopefully) someone's going to have to say, "You have done enough. Have you no se…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Lovely. Just in time for my UK vacation. I wonder if the people who voted for Trump because they wan…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Dollar down 10% since inauguration day as investors abandoning it due to tariff chaos. Yikes. https:…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaTo be clear I'm really talking about taking the L and conceding the issue for the near future, with…
bobtuse in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"We" need only to declare a national emergency. That should speed things up bigly.
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat assumes there was a compromise to be had. Hell's bells, Republicans scuttled their own bill las…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The law firm agreements are exactly what you expect: "One reason we know they’re not legally enforce…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's not an either-or situation. Well, I guess it is if you start from the position, "I want REEs mi…