December 2011
10 posts
“All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets...”
– George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
“I’ll tolerate the welfare state in exchange for peace, but it sure seems...”
– Davi Barker
The Ignored Writing on the Wall
If you guys are only angry about SOPA now, check out what the US government has been placing pressure on Sweden to do this whole time in the name of “protecting intellectual property”. Among other policies, the US State Department has been pressuring Sweden for the creation of new wiretapping laws and an expansion of police power solely for the task of enforcing IP law. This all came...
“Beware the irrational, however seductive. Shun the ‘transcendent’...”
– Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
“I don’t listen that much to “All Things Considered” and when I do, it really is...”
