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A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

Except today, when I have to do two of the darn things.

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Section One: The Big Stories: 1.1: The Massachusetts Senate Race--(With BONUS correct spelling of the state in question!):
"I know more Democrats who are voting for this guy than Republicans"
Scott Brown Surges Ahead of Martha Coakley In Latest Poll
A Shot Heard 'Round the World?
Boston paper: Dem operative admits to cheating on Brown '04 state Senate race
AP Story in Boston Globe: "potential disaster for President Barack Obama and his Democratic political agenda"
Massachusetts shocker: Brown Up 15% in Pajamas Media/CrossTarget Poll
Did Democrats outsmart themselves in Massachusetts?
Blundermania: Dems attack Scott Brown’s “greed” using World Trade Center; Update: It’s official. Obama to Mass. on Sunday
An unthinkable campaign ad has me thinking about the unthinkable
White House plan for ObamaCare if Brown wins: “I don’t think Scott Brown is going to win” -- Plan B? Cheat! Well . . . cheat MORE!

More after the "Read More" . . .

A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Simians:
Europe's 'Human Zoos': Remains of Indigenous Abductees Back Home after 130 Years -- well, humans are simians, aren't we? Linked mainly due to the recent dearth of simian-blogging . . . and a reminder of just how very nasty we can be to our fellows who "aren't like us" . . .

Travel:
Looking for thriving airports? Try North Dakota-- Hypothesis: North Dakota is a place where people want to fly away from . . .
TSA: Security fails to spot gun at Mont. airport -- hey, it's only Montana, right? Maybe the smart Montanans are flying out of North Dakota . . .
Just So You Don't Think the TSA Are the Only Officious Annoyances in Airports... -- In case you missed the Michael Yon story . . .
How The Feds Keep Dangerously Sick Passengers Off Planes-- Simple! They just make them take off their belts and shoes!

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

. . . for the Rule of Law to be effective it is more important that there should be a rule applied always without exceptions than what this rule is.

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A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Explaining and defending human freedom and liberty:
ALA pulls out of Tea Party Nation convention -- more problems for the Nashville Tea Party convention?
Our Duty To Mankind -- "Make no mistake: it is wealth that feeds the hungry, cures the sick, and mends the broken. Capitalism is the practical expression of freedom, and wealth allows the tangible expression of compassion."
It's the End of the End of History As We Know it -- "Freedom, for which liberal democracy is a conduit rather than the other way round, can never be assured of its final victory, can never be taken for granted. Its enemies, among which the most insidious reside inside rather than outside the West, will always threaten it."
Thune For President? -- It's not that I dislike Thune, exactly, it's just . . . well . . . he did go to USD, after all . . .
Ugly Race for the "People's Seat" -- "The man deserves to win just for being lippy with the always awful David Gergen."
‘Safe’ Kennedy seat now up for grabs
Sarah Palin's debut as Fox News commentator on 'O'Reilly Factor' goes smoothly-- Palin's greatest strength is that she's "one of us." Beltway Blatherers and Collectivist Elitists everywhere just don't understand that.
Among the Reasons For Discomfort When Some Call the US a Christian Nation -- if you're threatened by Christians, you don't understand Christianity. Of course, many "Christians" don't understand Christianity, so some "discomfort" may be understandable . . .
Truths We Dare Not Speak -- My favorite: "4) The Ivy League is a Naked Emperor." Ivy League "intellectuals" and their elite-school allies are the ones who have driven this country completely over the cliff . . .

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

It is very significant and characteristic that socialists (and Nazis) have always protested against "merely" formal justice, that they have always objected to a law which had no view on how well off particular people ought to be, and that they have always demanded a "socialization of the law," attacked the independence of judges, and at the same time given their support to such movements as the Freirechtsschule which undermined the Rule of Law.

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I know it's not morning. I'm busy, OK?

Anyway . . . A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

I surf the Web, so you don't have to!

Travel:
Prinsendam in Dry Dock

Explaining and defending human freedom and liberty:
Ed Crane's Hopes for This Fine Publication
A short note on privacy -- I'm not sure I totally agree with Tigerhawk, but I'm not particularly hysterical about airport full-body-scans, either . . .
Libertarian Cavemen in the Big Apple -- I'm not sure if this belongs here or in Miscellany . . .
Scott Brown Challenges Old Way of Doing Things
Open Source Democracy: Are bloggers the new government watchdog?
A Democrat takes on Chicago’s culture of corruption. Really. -- “The culture of corruption runs throughout Chicago’s history, one hand washing the other,” said Hoffman in an interview last week. “It’s not about serving the public. But it is all about maintaining and controlling power.” You see? Big-D Democrats who do get it about the proper role of government, and aren't lowlife pond-scum, do really exist! It's just a pity that they're seemingly so very, very rare. And they almost always change their tune when they get into political office, especially when they get to Washington.
Filibusters and Our Founders
Dems at risk in 8-9 Senate seats in 2010
Feingold gets town-hall fury over ObamaCare -- I did say yesterday I had grudging respect for Feingold . . . emphasis on the "grudging" . . .
About the Tea Party Convention in Tennessee -- The Boystown boys have doubts . . . I admit a bit of wariness myself . . .
To my fellow conservatives and libertarians: A third party is not the answer. -- Taking over the Republican Party is preferable . . . and IMHO easier . . .
James Hudnall: Sarah Palin: ‘Backwoods Barbie’ or Crazy Like a Fox?; Updated
The Way Our World Works -- wherein Hubris invites Nemesis . . .
Inevitable: Nevada Senate race now rated “lean takeover”
Perfect Storm Brewing for Brown in Bay State?
An Interview with Christopher Hitchens, Part II
The reasons behind some of the things that we do -- one of the difficulties people on the Right have is that they have a hard time believing that the collectivists could possibly be that manipulative, cynical, and calculating. This is why converts (or more properly, refugees) from the Leftist camp are so very valuable. They let us know how the enemies of liberty think.
Anger With Obama Re-Ignites Secesh Talk ... In Vermont -- Vermont?
Lisa Graas: "The Train Has Left the Station"
Wouldn't It Be Better to Stop Obamacare Now and Argue About Property Taxes A Little Later?
Five Reasons Why Libertarians Shouldn't Hate Government--Plus, Five Big Projects That Went Well and Five That Were Disasters
I Don't See Your Name on the List... -- A response/comment on the previous . . .

Much more after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

. . . formal equality before the law is in conflict, and in fact incompatible, with any activity of the government deliberately aiming at material or substantive equality of different people, and . . . any policy aiming directly at a substantive ideal of distributive justice must lead to the destruction of the Rule of Law. To produce the same result for different people, it is necessary to treat them differently. To give different people the same objective opportunities is not to give them the same subjective chance. It cannot be denied that the Rule of Law produces economic inequality--all that can be claimed for it is that this inequality is not designed to affect particular people in a particular way.

Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.

A (mostly) daily review of what's out there that caught my attention. (Yeah, it's possible I might have ADD . . .)

Anyway--"I surf the Web, so you don't have to!"

Travel:
Harry Reid: US Airways 'shortsighted' for axing Las Vegas hub -- Well, Harry: a) US Airways has a hub--and is based--in Phoenix, and b) there's a recession going on and airlines are hanging on by their fingernails, in case you haven't noticed . . .
JFK's largest runway to close for 4 months
Are Total Body Scanners Safe? The Jury Is Still Out
Body scanners can store, send images, group says
Just Say No to Airport Paranoia
Is flying still worth the hassle? 27% of U.S. travelers say 'no'
JFK to Close a Runway for Four Months, Prepare to Cry -- "it's gonna suck."

More after the "Read More" . . .

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

The Rule of Law, more than the rule of contract, should probably be regarded as the true opposite of the rule of status. It is the Rule of Law, in the sense of the rule of formal law, teh absence of legal privileges of particular people designated by authority, which safeguards that equality before the law which is the opposite of arbitrary government.

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TFTD Returns! Hope you enjoyed the Thought-free holidays!

From The Road To Serfdom, by F. A. Hayek, 1944, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition, 1994, The University of Chicago Press.

There can be no doubt that (central) planning necessarily involves deliberate discrimination between particular needs of different people, and allowing one man to do what another must be prevented from doing. It must lay down by a legal rule how well off particular people shall be and what different people are to be allowed to have and do. It means in effect a return to the rule of status, a reversal of the "movement of progressive societies" which, in the famous phrase of Sir Henry Maine, "has hitherto been a movement from status to contract."

Excerpted under Fair Use for purposes of non-commercial education, discussion and comment. Any transcription or typographical errors are mine.