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The joke is that you can listen to Ron Paul speak for five minutes and agree with pretty much everything he says. End the drug war! No more military adventurism! All good stuff. And then when you hit five minutes and one second, he starts talking about repealing the Civil Rights Act or vaccine fluoridation or something else completely insane. fake edit: beaten
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Curvature of Earth posted:Unfortunately, no, though I'm sure Ron Paul has bad opinions about food safety regulation. Brb testing this.
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# ? Aug 4, 2016 15:58 |
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https://youtu.be/1YjBoHAzhiU I got to 1:05 which was abolish the income tax time.
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Five minutes is more of a lifetime absolute maximum rather than a hard number.
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You know, like radiation exposure.
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paragon1 posted:You know, like radiation exposure. I'd argue that right-wing libertarianism is more harmful tho
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Man I don't want to have to start wearing a Libertarian exposure ring like I have to for xrays. They'd lock me in a lead-lined hospital room with no internet connection after the first exposure test.
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Goon Danton posted:Man I don't want to have to start wearing a Libertarian exposure ring like I have to for xrays. They'd lock me in a lead-lined hospital room with no internet connection after the first exposure test. That's a horrifying scenario
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Who What Now posted:To be fair "Black Freedom Day" sounds dope as poo poo. Juneteenth should be a federal holiday.
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Goon Danton posted:Man I don't want to have to start wearing a Libertarian exposure ring like I have to for xrays. They'd lock me in a lead-lined hospital room with no internet connection after the first exposure test. I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid the massive doses of Mises.org that you've exposed yourself to have given you Freedom cancer. I estimate that you have about 8 weeks to live.
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paragon1 posted:I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid the massive doses of Mises.org that you've exposed yourself to have given you Freedom cancer. I estimate that you have about 8 weeks to live. If you would like to live, then you can choose to become part of our hospital's indentured servitude department
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:If you would like to live, then you can choose to become part of our hospital's indentured servitude department Surely at that point the hospital could make more money by liquidating their
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Curvature of Earth posted:Surely at that point the hospital could make more money by liquidating their I've been out
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# ? Aug 5, 2016 00:52 |
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Curvature of Earth posted:Surely at that point the hospital could make more money by liquidating their Pointless, at those sorts of Freedoms levels the organs have already liberated themselves via liquefaction days ago. Only noble gasses are really free, when you think about it.
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paragon1 posted:I'm sorry sir, I'm afraid the massive doses of Mises.org that you've exposed yourself to have given you Freedom cancer. I estimate that you have about 8 weeks to live. That's absurd! I got a second opinion from my dentist, and he says I'll be fine once we drill out my fillings to get rid of the toxins. ...oh no. Oh No.
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Goon Danton posted:That's absurd! I got a second opinion from my dentist, and he says I'll be fine once we drill out my fillings to get rid of the toxins. Ohhhhhhhhhh yeah.
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Goon Danton posted:That's absurd! I got a second opinion from my dentist, and he says I'll be fine once we drill out my fillings to get rid of the toxins. Totally unnecessary. Just pump yourself full of colloidal silver till your skin turns blue.
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Goon Danton posted:The Libertarian Party has a few advantages over other third parties. First, they actually have a good elevator pitch; who doesn't like Freedom (before they find out what you mean by it)? The Ron Paul Five Minute Rule extends beyond the family. Also, the obsession with state and local rule means that they have an actual existing party infrastructure, as opposed to using the "vehicle for a vanity presidential run" model like the Reform Party did. Despite their obsession with state and local rule the party controls a grand total of 4 state legislature seats. Nationwide.
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I don't feel good, guys. Something is wrong. I... I... I am interested in your thoughts on the manipulation of the money supply by the unaccountable quote:For most experts, deflation, which they define as a general decline in prices of goods and services, is bad news since it generates expectations for a further decline in prices. I would love to ignore your thoughts on this article, as I feel it is an excellent summary of the misconceptions Statist authorities try to indoctrinate us with. It is likely also tied in to the causes of my apartment filling up with bootleg Hong Kong action blurays and my fingernails falling out oh god what is happening to me
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Goon Danton posted:I don't feel good, guys. Something is wrong. I... I... I am interested in your thoughts on the manipulation of the money supply by the unaccountable IANAE (I am not an economist), but I don't know what the gently caress all these words are trying to say and I feel dumber for having read it. He talks about "productive" and "non-productive" activities. Taking this article on it's face, it seems like he claims in an inflationary environment, people are more willing to waste money on fruitless endeavors, than when in an deflationary environment. Which is counter to basically everything about economics. Which leaves me to believe this is some oddly coded dogwhistling basically saying "in a deflation, only the 'right' people will have money. All those others won't."
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Goon Danton posted:I don't feel good, guys. Something is wrong. I... I... I am interested in your thoughts on the manipulation of the money supply by the unaccountable Looks like someone got a nasty infection of Purestrain Gold I recommend a course of soothing lectures on social democracy and staying away from all precious metals for at least 4 weeks. Oh, and next time you go on a Libertarian website, use protection for chrissakes.
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*cocks shotgun* I'm sorry, Goon Danton. Stopped reading the article when I saw their entire line of reasoning relies on the reader being ignorant of the concept of sticky wages.
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Stay safe, Ghost Danton and stay far away from the produce section
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Goon Danton posted:I would love to ignore your thoughts on this article, as I feel it is an excellent summary of the misconceptions Statist authorities try to indoctrinate us with. It is likely also tied in to the causes of my apartment filling up with bootleg Hong Kong action blurays and my fingernails falling out oh god what is happening to me On a scale of one to Prince Harry, how handsome do you consider yourself?
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Goon Danton posted:I don't feel good, guys. Something is wrong. I... I... I am interested in your thoughts on the manipulation of the money supply by the unaccountable RUOK
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Goon Danton posted:I don't feel good, guys. Something is wrong. I... I... I am interested in your thoughts on the manipulation of the money supply by the unaccountable I'm afraid to say there is almost nothing American political healthcare can do for you. Avoiding all Donald Trump and Gary Johnson you come across may help with the symptoms, however treatment options are limited. We could try some Jill Stein, but that would almost certainly just make things worse. Moderate doses of Clinton and Sanders can usually help, but I'm afraid they might just produce adverse effects in an advanced case like yours. If you're willing to ship out to the UK, some Jeremy Corbyn might help, it's proven to be remarkably resilient and comes with free jam. But stay away from that Owen Smith. It might look a bit alike at first, but it's mostly just air. NewMars fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Aug 8, 2016 |
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Jill Stein won't work. I was exposed to a small level of Green Party nonsense around the 2000 election, so my body has natural defenses in place. One might even say I've been... vaccinated against them. Yeah, I think I'm done playing were-libertarian. I have actual mental health issues to deal with, I don't need to add pretend ones on top of them. We all remember Toblerone Triangular.
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Goon Danton posted:Jill Stein won't work. I was exposed to a small level of Green Party nonsense around the 2000 election, so my body has natural defenses in place. One might even say I've been... vaccinated against them. I thought Toblerone Triangular was just a clever troll, did they end up being the libertarian equivalent to Niggerstomper58?
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I am starting to suspect that there are not actually very many libertarians in this, the libertarian thread.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I am starting to suspect that there are not actually very many libertarians in this, the libertarian thread. Be the change you want to see in the world, friend
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MikeCrotch posted:I thought Toblerone Triangular was just a clever troll, did they end up being the libertarian equivalent to Niggerstomper58? When TT quit he said it was because he was starting to slip into those thought patterns more and more easily and it scared him
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Literally The Worst posted:When TT quit he said it was because he was starting to slip into those thought patterns more and more easily and it scared him Another victim of irony overdose. WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I am starting to suspect that there are not actually very many libertarians in this, the libertarian thread. That's because we're waiting for one to show us the light.
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I am starting to suspect that there are not actually very many libertarians in this, the libertarian thread. We used to have one! But then he got banned. And then we had another one, but he had a meltdown pretty much immediately when we actually tried to engage him in debate. And then we had another one, but he outed himself as a straight-up white nationalist pretty quickly and got banned. And then the first one came back for a while, but then he threatened to defraud the forums if the mods didn't do what he told them, so he got permabanned. I'm sure you will do better though! Is there any topic in particular you would like to discuss?
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Goon Danton posted:We used to have one! But then he got banned. And then we had another one, but he had a meltdown pretty much immediately when we actually tried to engage him in debate. And then we had another one, but he outed himself as a straight-up white nationalist pretty quickly and got banned. And then the first one came back for a while, but then he threatened to defraud the forums if the mods didn't do what he told them, so he got permabanned. And then there was Lolitasama, who stopped being a libertarian when he saw how deeply the ideology was tied to racism.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...cebook-business Ahahahahahahahaha!
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CommieGIR posted:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...cebook-business So for anyone not reading the YOSPOS bitcoin thread, a Mt Gox level event has occurred in the magical world of bitcoin: it turned out that Bitfinex, one of the largest exchanges, was lying about all of their great security practices, and then someone noticed and took all of the bitcoins. But this time is special: this exchange also offers trading in other digital currencies, so roughly 64% of the assets weren't effected at all (only bitcoins were stolen). So at first it looked like only the bitcoin users were screwed; the price began to plummet, suicide hotline was posted to /r/bitcoin, etc Now Bitfinex has announced the great idea of socializing the losses between all of their customers, so everyone across the board loses 36% of whatever they had (they described this as "a haircut"). On each user's balance page a new balance of Bitfinex Tokens will appear, basically a stack of IOUs valued at $1 each that users will be able to trade with each other at some future date, with the promise that the tokens will be paid back at some other future date. It's a big convoluted mess and also illegal as gently caress on many levels How do the rugged individualist captains of industry in the bitcoiner community feel about receiving a bailout from the non-bitcoiners? Unsurprisingly, they're ecstatic. /r/bitcoin is full of praise for Bitfinex for only losing 36% of everything and for having the wisdom to spread out the losses among everyone, and also full of begging people not to take Bitfinex to court And then: "Bitfinex itself will not be taking a haircut" Naturally all trading on Bitfinex is closed for now and there are people betting that even when trading opens, withdrawals will mysteriously not be working. It's like the good old Mt Gox days all over again QuarkJets fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Aug 8, 2016 |
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So how long until we find out that the exchange robbed itself to our have an excuse to rob the customers?
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It seems likely that the exchange is bankrupt / has already exit scammed and all of this poo poo is for show. Mt Gox strung people along for months before finally closing its doors, and basically everything that happened then is happening now (except Mt Gox didn't issue any IOUs; someone later came along and created those out of seemingly nothing, basically a redeemer voucher for some share of the missing Mt Gox bitcoins should they ever be found lol)
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8-Bit Scholar posted:I am starting to suspect that there are not actually very many libertarians in this, the libertarian thread. What are your thoughts on time preference?
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