It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.
— Henry George
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And here we see a stupid thug forgetting to be careful about what one asks for lest you receive it in full measure.
Well, He Asked For it
And….SPLAT! 😆 This is most definitely one of the most poetically funny videos I’ve ever seen. That is exactly how the immediate response by law enforcement to these thugs should be.
This entry was posted on Monday, May 23rd, 2016 at 6:59 am and is filed under Humor, Society.
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As a relatively long-time resident I’m occasionally perturbed by both how little people understand Brooklyn and how much residents of other Burroughs – Yes, I’m talking to you, Manhattanites – misunderstand my adopted home.
Five Muses
Thankfully, David Miller has provided us, with the welcome help of Cacia Zoo, Glass Olive, Sierra Mckenzie, Kacie Marie, Victoria Elle, with an enchanting video showcase of the quirkiness, eclecticism, romance, and hidden beauty of Brooklyn.
This entry was posted on Friday, July 17th, 2015 at 8:44 am and is filed under Society.
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The intersectionality between crime, especially home invasions, and the persistent and pernicious attacks upon the police in America should be worrying most Americans. One America News Network (OANN) provides us with a sarcastic yet all too plausible glimpse at tomorrow’s 911.
Tomorrow’s 911?
Given that political correctness more and more runs amok within America’s borders and given that the race-baiting identity politics of the Blacktivists and the Liberals and Progressives who pander to them is carried out through lawfare and paper terrorism against all lawful authority, OANN’s dystopian prediction is sadly probable.
The future 911 system is made even more probable by the horrific fact that one cannot separate the Blacks’ quasi-peaceful protests from their rioting, looting, and insurrection. The two actions are intrinsically connected, the former never happening without the latter.
This entry was posted on Monday, May 11th, 2015 at 9:40 am and is filed under Politics, Society.
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As we all know, intolerance is very important to Liberals and Progressives, both declaiming and deriding the supposed intolerance of normal Americans and developing their special brands of intolerance.
How to Become Gluten Intolerant
What’s most interesting is that certain forms of Liberal and Progressive intolerance seem to be exacerbated or engendered by their level of privilege. In other words, the more well off a Liberal or Progressive is, the more likely they’re going to develop certain forms of faddish intolerance.
Fortunately for these sorts of Liberals and Progressives, JP Sears has thoughtfully provided an instructional video on just how to correctly and properly become intolerant of gluten, the latest craze in intolerance.
NOTE: For those few of you who really and truly suffer from celiac disease or NCGS, this isn’t for- or about you and your pain. This is for- and about those sorts who decided in a Munchausenian fashion to claim some variety of your illness.
This entry was posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2015 at 10:18 am and is filed under Food & Drink, Humor, Society.
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Here’s a little bit of history, specifically the history of New York City. It’s only 8:28 out of your day; give it look.
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Oldest Known Footage Of New York City
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Things were both very different and very much the same in NYC a century ago, so there’s something to the adage, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
Interestingly – to me, at least – that adage, an epigram by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, was only 50 years old when the earlier clips in this video were shot.
This entry was posted on Thursday, March 5th, 2015 at 10:04 am and is filed under Society.
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