In more important Joe Rogan related news, Fear Factor is back. You are factually incorrect. Ford's anti-semitism is well known. The hilarious thing about the Iranian support for Paul is that they think we dno't know why they really support the guy!!!! These dipshits NOT LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES couldn't care less about his views on how to run the AMERICAN economy. You guys are as subtle as a Hogan's Heroes* plot. Man, when Sergeant Carter dressed up as Hitler, it was like TOTALLY convincing! *I could have used any number of dopey 60s sitcoms, but I like the superirony of using one where the Iranians think the Nazis are the heroes.
So for a doctor, he really doesn't know much about the transmission of blood borne pathogens. How much can he really know about economics if he doesn't know shit about being a doctor?
The "challenges" that nauseate some people have nothing to do with it. It's just another staged reality show, not worth my time. The fact that Rogan is on it just makes it worse. I'd like to see him shoved into a running airplane prop.
An other Ron Paul's nugget uncovered by Josh Marshall at Talkingpointsmemo. "In this new article from Reuters we see that some mainstream journalists are turning from ‘Ron Paul’s history of racist newsletters back in the day’ to the fact that his current ideas are … well, they may not be explicitly racist but they’re still seriously whacked. Let’s remember back to early September, particularly the debate on September 7th. I flagged this little nugget at the time but it got very little attention. This was when Rick Perry was still a real candidate and the border fence and immigration in general were a big to-do between Romney and Perry. But there was a key moment when Ron Paul was asked about the fence. He was against it, which is sensible enough. But his reason for being against it wasn’t that sensible or even that sane. As I noted in my live blog, Paul’s objection was that the fence could end up being used to “keep us in” after the financial collapse; specifically its real purpose might be to stop Americans from “leaving with their capital” after the breakdown of law and order in the USA. Now you don’t have to be that deeply steeped in the arcana of the militia movement and the extreme conspiratorial right to know where this kind of thinking comes from. It’s right there with the FEMA concentration camps, the black helicopters, the post-economic collapse race war and the like. Think about this. Paul’s worried about the fence because after America’s disastrous 100 year experiment with a central bank (the Fed) collapses in Mad Max style rioting in the streets, the government will be trying to keep good Americans from fleeing to Mexico with their capital. Over the fence. With their capital. To Mexico. Here were Paul’s actual words … I think this fence business is designed and may well be used against us and keep us in. In economic turmoil, the people want to leave with their capital. And there’s capital controls and there’s people control. So, every time you think of fence keeping all those bad people out, think about those fences maybe being used against us, keeping us in. This wasn’t twenty years ago. It was three months ago. And if you know the kind of mindset this stuff comes from, in some ways I find it more worrisome (though certainly less offensive) than the newsletters. " http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/12/plain_site_watch.php?ref=fpblg
Krugman's been nonstop correct since 2008 on the economy and the financial markets. He took the opposite side of John Paulson on the strength of the U.S. economic recovery in 2010, and Paulson got spanked. He took the opposite side of Bill Gross on interest rates in 2011, and Gross got spanked. He's been spot on with his European predictions as well, including the ongoing struggles of the United Kingdom and Ireland, and the inability to contain the euro crisis. If he's an idiot, what does that make your sources, who have been warning for years about rocketing inflation that never arrives?
In the wake of the passage of a law that declares America a battle ground and that gives the military the right to indefinitely detain American citizens combined with a bill in progress to censor the internet I find this to be a perfectly valid concern.
That is the brilliance of the 2nd amendment and the folly of gun control, especially in urban areas. The ultimate guardian of civil liberty against a potentially tyranical state is a boom boom stick
The 2nd Amendment is some dumb-ass shit. If the Feds turn fascist, they're going to roll the gun nuts and gangbangers.
You can watch what's happening in Egypt right now and truly say that our specied has evolved past the point of animalistic actions and reactions? Our world still engages heavily in savagery, only instead of for protection of individual freedom it is done for power and profit. How is that not barbaric?
The Eqyptian Revolution was nearly bloodless, and had nothing to do with the availability of arms for the people. I'd say it's a perfect example of the silliness of the 2nd Amendment. Now that said, I do agree with you. There remains plenty of savagery left on this planet, and it's possible that the Egypt story could end very bloodily and badly.
You don't think that it has gotten bloody and gone badly already? What do you consider people being stomped in the streets? And what makes you think that couldn't happen in the USA?
Not sure of your argument here -- if Egypt had the 2nd Amendment things would have been more peaceful?
It's not about "evolution of the species" it's about the social order, the rule of law, and accountability of the state.
Dude still appears on the Alex Jones show, which is unforgivable. Dude still associates with Lew Rockwell. He's a sick puppy, and he's crazy as a loon.