Archive for August, 2008
Should I bother?
Sunday, August 31st, 2008 Posted in liberal democrats, liberalism | 18 Comments »
Should I bother to renew my party membership? I thought the party may be a party of liberalism, but with such illiberal, nationalistic rubbish coming from the leadership on things like ... Read more..Why settle for a less evil?
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in liberalism | 1 Comment »
Cthulhu For President! Read more..Poor liberal America
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in US, US predential race 2008, liberalism | 1 Comment »
Who are you to vote for? McCain the mad war mongering authoritarian leads the GOP, a party of big government, interference in the economy and your personal lives. Obama leads the charge ... Read more..Internet censorship – Harry’s Place taken down
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in censorship, free speech | No Comments »
UCU activist shuts down Harry's Place. I'm not a reader of Harry's Place, but it appears to have been shut down (there's no DNS entry for the domain at present) after ... Read more..Rushdie does the right thing
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 Posted in free speech, libel | No Comments »
From Index On Censorship Salman Rushdie has done the right thing with his libel case. Rather than going for massive damages, he's just asked that the false statements about him be ... Read more..This is disgusting:
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 Posted in liberalism | 2 Comments »
Random stop and search, looking for things 'related to terrorism', like maps, or electronic components or large amounts of money... Thankfully for the person in question he didn't have anything which ... Read more..Get government out of energy policy
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in energy, environment, liberal democrats, liberalism | 1 Comment »
The one thing which unites all energy policies is that they are idiotic. The latest proposals from Nick Clegg are probably the most absurd I've heard in a long long time. They ... Read more..US civil liberties politics in a nutshell:
Monday, August 18th, 2008 Posted in US, civil liberties | No Comments »
The Democratic Party is a pathetic vehicle for preserving civil liberties. But the Republican Party is a splendid vehicle for actually smashing them. - The Art of the Possible The Democrats ... Read more..Compensation for rape
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in crime, insurance | No Comments »
Compensation for being the victim of a crime is essentially a form of insurance. Unfortunately for victims of crime, there is no enforceable contract with the state to provide insurance, or ... Read more..Yes Minister on education reform:
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in education | 5 Comments »
Absolutely. We don't need government dictating education to us, but government thinks we are too stupid to be allowed to educate our own children. Read more..