The Impeachable Offenses of Barack Hussein Obama
by Terence James Mason
In 7 parts.
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Letters to the Editor
from Jim Woosley and Paul Bonneau
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The Other Stars and Stripes
by L. Neil Smith
It is July of 2015, I am a longtime Internet columnist, and I find
myself with so many remarkable events occurring around me, I don't know what to write
about. I am struck by the stupidity and evil of the controversy over the battle flag
of the Confederate States of America.
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"Payback's a Bitch": Rural Wisdom and the Gathering Storm
by Fred Reed
The furor over the Confederate flag, think I, has little to do with
the Confederate flag, which is a pretext, an uninvolved bystander. Rather it is about a
seething anger in the United States that we must not mention. It is the anger of people
who see everything they are and believe under attack by people they aren't and do not want
to be—their heritage, their religion, their values and way of life all mocked and even made criminal.
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Craypocalypse Now!
by Jeff Fullerton
Elmer's Aquarium on the Miracle Mile is still pretty good though a
shadow of what they once were. Got out of dealing in live reptiles with the exception
of Red Ear Sliders and a few other common aquatic turtle species. They still have a
good selection of reptile supplies and feed. No more Blue Ridge Hatchery goldfish
pellets my favored brand for feeding my turts—so I'm giving the Hikari brand. They
did not have the goldfish pellets in a small packet—so I got the cichlid feed—to
try. The appearance, the ingredient lists and percentages of protein, fat and roughage
are exactly the same across the board which makes me think they are different in name
only. Call one "Goldfish & Koi pellets"—the other "Cichlid"—clever those Japanese!
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Hollow Victory
by A.X. Perez
Many years ago I read a news article about New Yorkers who had
relocated to Houston. They were worried they and their children were losing their
"New York Culture" and turning into red necks (an improvement in my opinion, but
each cat his own rat, as Heinlein would've put it). It was suggested that they
were too late, as the meeting was held at a place with a name similar to Dave's
Barbecue and Chili Pit (this is a memory from back in the Eighties, 'scuse me
if I got the name of the restaurant wrong.).
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On Ruthlessness
by Boris Karpa
I'd like to talk a bit about why it pays off for a revolutionary to be
shameless, fearless, and ruthless. Today's discussion is that of ruthlessness. Bryan Caplan
has pointed out recently that the state—and other oppressors, like drug cartel
leaders—play on the human sense of empathy when they pretend to be charitable, by
handing out "welfare payments" or "charity" to the needy. The needy are often legitimately
in need of help. There legitimately are poor people who are often legitimately not to blame
for their circumstance. But your natural compassion for these people is often used by the
state as a justification for its authority. Very possibly if we abolished the modern state
(to transition to some kind of libertarian, minarchist, or anarchist society), many of these
people would suffer in the short term financially. In the long term, private charity
might take over to some extent, but there are three important points to be made:
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Atlantea The Beautiful No. 335
by L. Neil Smith and Rex May
Number 335 of a weekly cartoon series.
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