http://ancaps.super-forum.net/feed/? Latest topics Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:01:17 GMT 10 http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9200/pudongcopy625508a190740.jpg http://ancaps.super-forum.net/feed/? http://ancaps.super-forum.net/philosophy-religion-f7/the-pope-the-prophet-and-the-religious-support-for-evil-t14889.htm CovOps This enforced 'respect' is a creeping vine: it soon extends from ideas to institutions What can make tens of millions of people – who are in their daily lives peaceful and compassionate and caring – suddenly want to physically dismember a man for drawing a cartoon, or make excuses for an international criminal conspiracy to protect child-rapists? Not reason. Not evidence. No. But it can happen when people choose their polar opposite – religion. In the past week we have seen two examples of ... Philosophy & Religion Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:01:17 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/philosophy-religion-f7/the-pope-the-prophet-and-the-religious-support-for-evil-t14889.htm#20108 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/philosophy-religion-f7/the-pope-the-prophet-and-the-religious-support-for-evil-t14889.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/cut-off-the-cash-and-israhell-might-behave-t14888.htm CovOps Netanyahu is undermining US interests. The sooner President Obama makes his support conditional, the better Israelis are not renowned for their good manners, but their treatment of Vice-President Joe Biden during his recent visit to their country went beyond chutzpah. Biden is one of Israel's staunchest supporters in Washington, and the purpose of his visit was to prepare the ground for the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. An official announcement that ... Realpolitik, Statism & Bureaucracy Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:55:40 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/cut-off-the-cash-and-israhell-might-behave-t14888.htm#20107 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/cut-off-the-cash-and-israhell-might-behave-t14888.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/uk-ex-governor-george-says-bank-deliberately-fuelled-consumer-boom-t14887.htm CovOps The Bank of England deliberately stoked the consumer boom that has led to record house prices and personal debt in order to avert a recession, the former Bank Governor Eddie George admitted yesterday. Lord George said he and his colleagues on the Monetary Policy Committee "did not have much of a choice" as they battled to prevent the UK being dragged into a worldwide economic slump by slashing interest rates. And he said his legacy to the current MPC was to "sort out" the ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:41:42 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/uk-ex-governor-george-says-bank-deliberately-fuelled-consumer-boom-t14887.htm#20106 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/uk-ex-governor-george-says-bank-deliberately-fuelled-consumer-boom-t14887.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/uk-bankers-attack-darling-s-plans-for-a-global-tax-t14886.htm CovOps Leading City figures hit out this weekend at plans to slap a global tax on investment banks and institutions, set to be detailed by the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, in this week's Budget. Mr Darling is expected to back a new levy on large banks, funds and companies that pose a systemic risk. Controversially, he will also call for the levied cash to go straight to the Exchequer rather than to a global banks' insurance fund. He will say that Britain's support for a banks' tax would be predicated ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:38:21 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/uk-bankers-attack-darling-s-plans-for-a-global-tax-t14886.htm#20105 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/uk-bankers-attack-darling-s-plans-for-a-global-tax-t14886.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/a-tuition-free-university-t14885.htm CovOps
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/content/jan2010/bs20100121_194827.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories]]> Psychology, Edumbcation & IndoctriNation Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:13:41 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/a-tuition-free-university-t14885.htm#20104 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/a-tuition-free-university-t14885.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/ancapdemia-s-ebony-basement-f16/say-yes-to-capitalism-by-walter-block-t14882.htm CovOps There are some new kids on the libertarian block. Their group is called Libertarians Against Capitalism; see here or here. They describe themselves as follows: "We are a group of libertarians who understand that historically the word ‘capitalism’ has meant, not the free market, but crony capitalism – that is, collusion between business and State at the expense of consumers/workers. Thus we refuse to use the word ‘capitalism’ to describe what we favor: individual liberty in all respects ... Ancapdemia's Ebony Basement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:09:20 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/ancapdemia-s-ebony-basement-f16/say-yes-to-capitalism-by-walter-block-t14882.htm#20099 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/ancapdemia-s-ebony-basement-f16/say-yes-to-capitalism-by-walter-block-t14882.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/paul-krugman-versus-reality-by-peter-schiff-t14884.htm CovOps In his latest weekly New York Times column, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman put forward arguments that were so nonsensical that the award committee should ask for its medal back. Recent rhetoric from Washington has put the economic relationship between the U.S. and China squarely on the front burner, and Krugman is demanding that we crank up the flame. This week 130 members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner demanding that the Obama administration designate ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:39:30 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/paul-krugman-versus-reality-by-peter-schiff-t14884.htm#20101 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/paul-krugman-versus-reality-by-peter-schiff-t14884.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/idiots-libertarians-against-capitalism-on-facebook-t14883.htm CovOps Quote:We are a group of libertarians who understand that historically the word "capitalism" has meant, not the free market, but crony capitalism -- that is, collusion between business and State at the expense of consumers/workers. Thus we refuse to use the word "capitalism" to describe what we favor: individual liberty in all respects and free, competitive markets. We believe that what we have today IS capitalism -- and we oppose it. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=254368700987&ref=ts&_fb_noscript=1 FUCK ... Idiot of the Week Award Nominees Are... Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:12:29 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/idiots-libertarians-against-capitalism-on-facebook-t14883.htm#20100 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/idiots-libertarians-against-capitalism-on-facebook-t14883.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/more-anarcho-capitalist-good-news-thousands-in-russia-protest-government-in-a-day-of-wrath-t14881.htm CovOps KALININGRAD, RUSSIA -- Thousands of people participated in anti-government rallies across Russia on Saturday, including nearly 3,000 residents of this Baltic exclave who defied police and staged a boisterous, rain-soaked protest calling on Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to step down. The coordinated demonstrations, which opposition leaders dubbed a "Day of Wrath," occurred in dozens of cities and towns across 11 time zones, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk and Vladivostok. ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:31:00 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/more-anarcho-capitalist-good-news-thousands-in-russia-protest-government-in-a-day-of-wrath-t14881.htm#20098 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/more-anarcho-capitalist-good-news-thousands-in-russia-protest-government-in-a-day-of-wrath-t14881.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/anarcho-capitalist-good-news-tea-party-protesters-spitting-on-lawmaker-using-slurs-t14880.htm CovOps Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said that racial epithets were hurled at them Saturday by angry protesters who had gathered at the Capitol to protest health-care legislation, and one congressman said he was spit upon. The most high-profile openly gay congressman, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), was heckled with anti-gay chants. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) issued a statement late Saturday saying that he was spit upon while walking to the Capitol to cast a vote, leading the Capitol ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:22:28 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/anarcho-capitalist-good-news-tea-party-protesters-spitting-on-lawmaker-using-slurs-t14880.htm#20097 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/anarcho-capitalist-good-news-tea-party-protesters-spitting-on-lawmaker-using-slurs-t14880.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/colo-nudists-fight-to-garden-in-the-buff-t14879.htm CovOps In response to a couple who gardens wearing only thongs and gloves, a Colorado housing authority says it will draft new rules requiring that residents stay dressed when outside their homes. Robert and Catharine Pierce, who have a sign on their front door reading " This is a naturalist household, " are within the law, but other Boulder residents have complained about them for years. Robert Pierce says Boulder Housing Partners will fail in its push to get them to cover up. "They're ... Rights, Individualism & Lifestyles Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:49:14 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/colo-nudists-fight-to-garden-in-the-buff-t14879.htm#20096 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/colo-nudists-fight-to-garden-in-the-buff-t14879.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/ozschwitz-gulag-four-murdered-by-police-including-a-child-in-car-chase-t14878.htm Nemo Four people, including a child, are dead after a police chase ended in a crash in Canberra. A man, woman and child were killed at the intersection of Canberra Avenue and the Monaro Highway exit ramp at Narrabundah when their car was hit by a vehicle being chased by police on Saturday night. The pursuit began at 10pm at Queanbeyan in NSW, and continued into the ACT. The man and woman in their 30s and the child died at the scene. The driver of the other car, a man in his 20s, was taken ... Law & Order Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:44:15 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/ozschwitz-gulag-four-murdered-by-police-including-a-child-in-car-chase-t14878.htm#20095 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/ozschwitz-gulag-four-murdered-by-police-including-a-child-in-car-chase-t14878.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/6-billion-and-counting-america-s-big-investment-isn-t-paying-off-t14877.htm CovOps America's $6 billion investment to build an Afghan police force is summed up as a "disaster" in a joint report by ProPublica and Newsweek. Not only do Afghan cops remain the gang that couldn't shoot straight—literally—they're prone to selling guns and ammo to the Taliban to make an extra buck. Civilians tend to fear them because of allegations of rape, extortion, assault, and drug trafficking. "It's inconceivable, but in fact for eight years we weren't training the police," ... Law & Order Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:36:54 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/6-billion-and-counting-america-s-big-investment-isn-t-paying-off-t14877.htm#20094 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/6-billion-and-counting-america-s-big-investment-isn-t-paying-off-t14877.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/good-stuff-teacher-hangs-obama-effigy-in-classroom-t14864.htm CovOps Rhode Island school officials are investigating the actions of a teacher who hung an effigy of President Obama by its heels in front of his high school classroom. The foot-long doll was apparently hung in protest against Obama's support for the mass firing of teachers at the failing school. "It was obviously imprudent, very ill-conceived and nothing to fool around with," said schools Superintendent Frances Gallo, who checked out the classroom after hearing rumors about the effigy. The ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:08:42 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/good-stuff-teacher-hangs-obama-effigy-in-classroom-t14864.htm#20079 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/good-stuff-teacher-hangs-obama-effigy-in-classroom-t14864.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/the-world-just-got-cleaner-nepalese-ex-leader-girija-prasad-koirala-dies-t14876.htm Nemo The former Nepalese Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has died in Kathmandu, his aides and state TV say. Mr Koirala, 86, served four terms as PM with the Nepali Congress Party and led protests that brought down King Gyanendra's authoritarian rule. Thousands of supporters had gathered outside his daughter's house where he was taken after being in hospital for several days. Mr Koirala's political career spanned seven decades. He first came to prominence as a union leader in the late ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:17:59 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/the-world-just-got-cleaner-nepalese-ex-leader-girija-prasad-koirala-dies-t14876.htm#20091 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/the-world-just-got-cleaner-nepalese-ex-leader-girija-prasad-koirala-dies-t14876.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/thailand-pulls-the-economist-because-of-lese-majeste-law-t14875.htm Nemo THE Economist magazine said on Friday that it would not publish this week's issue in Thailand because of an article regarding the sensitive subject of the revered monarch's succession. Matters surrounding King Bhumibol Adulyadej - the world's longest reigning monarch, who is currently in hospital - are delicate as the royal family is protected by a tough lese majeste law, punishable by up to 15 years in jail. 'Due to the sensitive nature of our coverage on the Thai monarchy, we decided ... Law & Order Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:04:38 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/thailand-pulls-the-economist-because-of-lese-majeste-law-t14875.htm#20090 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/thailand-pulls-the-economist-because-of-lese-majeste-law-t14875.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/singapore-tiger-parts-being-sold-t14874.htm Nemo JEWELLERS and antique dealers here are openly selling jewellery and amulets made from tiger claws, skin and teeth, an animal welfare group said yesterday. The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), which investigated 134 jewellery or antique shops between December and last month, found 59 selling body parts of the highly endangered big cat. And of the 59, only seven knew of the ban on trade in tiger ornaments; they produced the objects from under the counter, or from a ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:59:57 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/singapore-tiger-parts-being-sold-t14874.htm#20089 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/singapore-tiger-parts-being-sold-t14874.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/harassing-evil-statists-works-whining-former-mayor-says-his-family-was-victimized-by-a-jogger-t14873.htm CovOps PORTSMOUTH — Every day, “for months and months,” a shirtless man jogged past former Mayor Steve Marchand's house while spitting at the home, yelling profanities and/or tossing orange peels into the yard, said Marchand. “My kids, then 2 and 4, were petrified,” he said. “They're still scared of this guy.” The same jogger, a complete stranger, previously berated and yelled vulgarities at Marchand at a city athletic club while he lifted weights, he said. “He throws the F bomb out like I ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:27:15 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/harassing-evil-statists-works-whining-former-mayor-says-his-family-was-victimized-by-a-jogger-t14873.htm#20088 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/harassing-evil-statists-works-whining-former-mayor-says-his-family-was-victimized-by-a-jogger-t14873.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/statist-insanity-continues-lesser-violations-now-account-for-most-of-the-33-million-annual-suspensions-of-public-school-students-t14872.htm CovOps At issue is the routine use of suspensions not just for weapons or drugs but also for profanity, defiant behavior, pushing matches and other acts that used to be handled with a visit to the principal’s office or detention. Such lesser violations now account for most of the 3.3 million annual suspensions of public school students. That total includes a sharp racial imbalance: poor black students are suspended at three times the rate of whites, a disparity not fully explained by differences in ... Psychology, Edumbcation & IndoctriNation Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:15:48 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/statist-insanity-continues-lesser-violations-now-account-for-most-of-the-33-million-annual-suspensions-of-public-school-students-t14872.htm#20087 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/statist-insanity-continues-lesser-violations-now-account-for-most-of-the-33-million-annual-suspensions-of-public-school-students-t14872.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/if-only-talk-deeply-be-happy-t14871.htm CovOps Would you be happier if you spent more time discussing the state of the world and the meaning of life — and less time talking about the weather? It may sound counterintuitive, but people who spend more of their day having deep discussions and less time engaging in small talk seem to be happier, said Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona who published a study on the subject. “We found this so interesting, because it could have gone the other way — it could have been, ... Psychology, Edumbcation & IndoctriNation Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:52:18 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/if-only-talk-deeply-be-happy-t14871.htm#20086 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/if-only-talk-deeply-be-happy-t14871.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/that-idiotic-david-brooks-again-pimping-collectivism-t14870.htm CovOps The United States is becoming a broken society. The public has contempt for the political class. Public debt is piling up at an astonishing and unrelenting pace. Middle-class wages have lagged. Unemployment will remain high. It will take years to fully recover from the financial crisis. This confluence of crises has produced a surge in vehement libertarianism. People are disgusted with Washington. The Tea Party movement rallies against big government, big business and the ruling class in ... Idiot of the Week Award Nominees Are... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:04:58 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/that-idiotic-david-brooks-again-pimping-collectivism-t14870.htm#20085 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/that-idiotic-david-brooks-again-pimping-collectivism-t14870.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/killer-of-malcolm-x-is-granted-parole-well-fuck-that-t14869.htm CovOps http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20parole.html]]> Law & Order Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:20:35 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/killer-of-malcolm-x-is-granted-parole-well-fuck-that-t14869.htm#20084 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/killer-of-malcolm-x-is-granted-parole-well-fuck-that-t14869.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/philosophy-religion-f7/germany-pope-s-archdiocese-ignored-abuse-warnings-t14868.htm CovOps A German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored repeated warnings in the early 1980s from a psychiatrist treating a pedophile priest that his patient should not be allowed near children, the doctor says in an interview published today. "I said, 'For God's sake, he desperately has to be kept away from working with children,'" Dr. Werner Huth told The New York Times in a telephone interview Thursday from Munich. "I was very unhappy about the entire story." At ... Philosophy & Religion Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:34:40 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/philosophy-religion-f7/germany-pope-s-archdiocese-ignored-abuse-warnings-t14868.htm#20083 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/philosophy-religion-f7/germany-pope-s-archdiocese-ignored-abuse-warnings-t14868.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/pay-up-scumbag-south-carolina-gov-mark-sanford-agrees-to-pay-ethics-fine-gets-divorced-t14867.htm CovOps COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has closed two chapters of his life, agreeing to pay $74,000 in fines to resolve ethics charges brought against him after last summer's revelation of an extramarital affair, and receiving word that a judge had formally ended his 20-year marriage to his wife, Jenny. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/03/19/2010-03-19_south_carolina_gov_mark_sanford_agrees_to_pay_ethics_fine_gets_divorced.html Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:04:49 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/pay-up-scumbag-south-carolina-gov-mark-sanford-agrees-to-pay-ethics-fine-gets-divorced-t14867.htm#20082 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/pay-up-scumbag-south-carolina-gov-mark-sanford-agrees-to-pay-ethics-fine-gets-divorced-t14867.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/statist-idiots-nypd-computer-glitch-behind-more-than-50-raids-on-an-elderly-couple-s-home-t14866.htm CovOps Embarrassed cops on Thursday cited a "computer glitch" as the reason police targeted the home of an elderly, law-abiding couple more than 50 times in futile hunts for bad guys. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2010/03/19/2010-03-19_computer_snafu_behind_repeated_raids_on_bklyn_couples_home_the_8year_glitch.html Idiot of the Week Award Nominees Are... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:54:24 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/statist-idiots-nypd-computer-glitch-behind-more-than-50-raids-on-an-elderly-couple-s-home-t14866.htm#20081 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/idiot-of-the-week-award-nominees-are-f17/statist-idiots-nypd-computer-glitch-behind-more-than-50-raids-on-an-elderly-couple-s-home-t14866.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/gay-vet-handcuffs-self-to-white-house-in-dadt-protest-t14865.htm CovOps A gay Army veteran chained himself to the White House fence today to protest what he sees as President Obama’s foot-dragging on the repeal of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on homosexuals in the ranks. Lt. Dan Choi spoke at a gay-rights rally in Washington before his protest move, which got him and Capt. Jim Pietrangelo, a gay Vermont soldier, arrested and charged with failure to obey a lawful order, the New York Daily News reports. Check the video above for more. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/03/18/2010-03-18_nyer_dan_choi_iraq_war_vet_held_after_chaining_himself_to_white_house_to_protest.html Realpolitik, Statism & Bureaucracy Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:50:19 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/gay-vet-handcuffs-self-to-white-house-in-dadt-protest-t14865.htm#20080 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/gay-vet-handcuffs-self-to-white-house-in-dadt-protest-t14865.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/world-s-strangest-financial-instrument-why-does-anyone-buy-insurance-policies-that-pay-off-only-if-the-us-goes-bankrupt-t14863.htm CovOps
http://www.newsweek.com/id/235061?from=rss]]> Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:02:23 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/world-s-strangest-financial-instrument-why-does-anyone-buy-insurance-policies-that-pay-off-only-if-the-us-goes-bankrupt-t14863.htm#20078 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/world-s-strangest-financial-instrument-why-does-anyone-buy-insurance-policies-that-pay-off-only-if-the-us-goes-bankrupt-t14863.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/drug-traders-halt-mexico-troop-movements-by-blocking-thoroughfares-t14862.htm CovOps Five presumed drug gang members and one soldier were killed in shootouts Thursday and Friday after criminals blocked thoroughfares in two northern Mexico states to prevent military reinforcements from arriving, authorities said. The criminals used cars, transit buses and tractor-trailers to block roads and streets in the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico, said an official with the Nuevo Leon public security office. The official was briefed on the incidents but declined ... Law & Order Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:01:33 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/drug-traders-halt-mexico-troop-movements-by-blocking-thoroughfares-t14862.htm#20077 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/drug-traders-halt-mexico-troop-movements-by-blocking-thoroughfares-t14862.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/humor-f9/funny-new-college-graduates-to-be-cryogenically-frozen-until-job-market-improves-t14861.htm CovOps
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/new_college_graduates_to_be]]> Humor Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:51:37 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/humor-f9/funny-new-college-graduates-to-be-cryogenically-frozen-until-job-market-improves-t14861.htm#20076 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/humor-f9/funny-new-college-graduates-to-be-cryogenically-frozen-until-job-market-improves-t14861.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/slave-herding-feds-can-get-you-for-dissing-the-census-t14860.htm CovOps You’ve likely gotten your Census forms from the federal government, and maybe they’re already under a pile of other stuff (or worse). Ignore filling them out at your own peril, Ted Rose writes for Slate—though it’s an extremely limited peril. The feds can fine you $5,000 for shirking the responsibility, but by its own admission, “the Census Bureau is not a prosecuting agency. Failure to provide information is not likely to result in a fine.” And Census workers could pay you a visit, or ... Law & Order Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:45:23 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/slave-herding-feds-can-get-you-for-dissing-the-census-t14860.htm#20075 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/slave-herding-feds-can-get-you-for-dissing-the-census-t14860.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/ozschwitz-gulag-wrongly-jailed-tea-importer-demands-apology-though-she-should-sue-the-statists-instead-t14859.htm Nemo A Filipina tourist has demanded an apology from Australian officials after she was wrongly imprisoned for importing iced tea mistaken for amphetamines. Maria Silva spent six days in Melbourne's notorious custody centre after the bungle at Melbourne Airport on Saturday, when a sniffer dog indicated she had drugs in her luggage. The 29-year-old wedding planner told radio station 3AW today that she suffered flashbacks to her time in jail, and had developed a fear of being alone. Maria Silva ... Law & Order Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:49:04 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/ozschwitz-gulag-wrongly-jailed-tea-importer-demands-apology-though-she-should-sue-the-statists-instead-t14859.htm#20074 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/ozschwitz-gulag-wrongly-jailed-tea-importer-demands-apology-though-she-should-sue-the-statists-instead-t14859.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/culture-art-f12/india-where-gays-hide-their-pride-t14858.htm Nemo Bollywood is not known for holding back. But something is missing from its assortment of muscle-bound idols and glamorous leading ladies: openly gay stars. India's glitzy entertainment hub, like the rest of the country, still likes to maintain traditional sexual identities, at least in public. But behind closed doors, the sexual behaviour of many Indian men and women is much more complicated. Ashok Row Kavi, an expert on India's sexual minorities, estimates ''40 to 50 million'' Indian men ... Culture & Art Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:47:10 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/culture-art-f12/india-where-gays-hide-their-pride-t14858.htm#20073 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/culture-art-f12/india-where-gays-hide-their-pride-t14858.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/clean-or-dirty-cash-keeps-rolling-into-dubai-t14857.htm Nemo This city does not like being associated with high-profile trouble, writes Andrew Stevenson. FROM the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum should be master of all he surveys. But there are a few problems for the ruler of Dubai: the murk of dust and exhaust that lays heavy on the desert metropolis makes it very hard to see to the bottom, while the lifts of the newly opened building are not working, making it impossible to get to the top. In ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:44:38 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/clean-or-dirty-cash-keeps-rolling-into-dubai-t14857.htm#20072 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/clean-or-dirty-cash-keeps-rolling-into-dubai-t14857.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/free-speech-rights-violation-mom-daughter-pissed-me-off-i-killed-her-t14856.htm CovOps A New York mom has admitted strangling her teenage daughter in her White Plains living room for being "rude" and disrespectful. "I couldn't take it any more," Stacey Pagli, 38, told police in a statement released yesterday in court. "She pissed me off for the last time. She couldn't talk to me like that." Her final words before strangling 18-year-old Marissa last month as she "flailed her arms" were: "This will be the last time you speak to me like ... Rights, Individualism & Lifestyles Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:40:00 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/free-speech-rights-violation-mom-daughter-pissed-me-off-i-killed-her-t14856.htm#20071 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/free-speech-rights-violation-mom-daughter-pissed-me-off-i-killed-her-t14856.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/ozschwitz-victorias-top-police-officer-caught-carrying-bullets-on-a-domestic-flight-t14855.htm Nemo Victoria’s top police officer has been caught carrying bullets on a domestic flight - an offence that carries a maximum seven-year jail term. A union official has called for Chief Commissioner Simon Overland to be immediately suspended after he admitted carrying a magazine containing three live rounds of ammunition on a Qantas flight from Melbourne to Canberra yesterday. It was not until the police chief attempted to board a Qantas flight back to Melbourne that Australian Federal Police ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:40:00 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/ozschwitz-victorias-top-police-officer-caught-carrying-bullets-on-a-domestic-flight-t14855.htm#20070 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/ozschwitz-victorias-top-police-officer-caught-carrying-bullets-on-a-domestic-flight-t14855.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/retired-and-demented-us-general-links-srebrenica-fall-to-gays-in-dutch-army-t14854.htm Nemo A retired US general on Thursday said Dutch UN troops defending Srebrenica in the Bosnian war failed to prevent the 1995 genocide partly because their ranks included openly gay soldiers. John Sheehan, a former NATO commander and senior Marine officer, made the remarks at a senate hearing where he argued against plans by US President Barack Obama to end a ban on allowing gays to serve openly in the US military. Sheehan said that after the end of the Cold War, European militaries changed ... Law & Order Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:37:54 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/retired-and-demented-us-general-links-srebrenica-fall-to-gays-in-dutch-army-t14854.htm#20069 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/law-order-f8/retired-and-demented-us-general-links-srebrenica-fall-to-gays-in-dutch-army-t14854.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/nz-banker-spends-millions-on-prostitutes-t14853.htm Nemo A New Zealand investment banker who spent millions of stolen dollars on prostitutes was caught after one of his clients watched a documentary on US fraudster Bernie Madoff, an Auckland court was told yesterday. Stephen Versalko, 51, was sentenced to six years in prison for stealing nearly $NZ18 million ($14 million) over nine years from 2000, from his employer, ASB Bank. Two prostitutes received $NZ3.4 million from Versalko and much of the rest went on wine, property and making ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:35:05 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/nz-banker-spends-millions-on-prostitutes-t14853.htm#20068 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/nz-banker-spends-millions-on-prostitutes-t14853.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/humor-f9/funny-ozschwitz-jogger-knocked-out-by-boxing-kangaroo-t14852.htm Nemo Even after years playing football, David Striegl had never got into a fight - until he was knocked out cold by a rogue kangaroo. Mr Striegl, 25, was running up Canberra's Mount Ainslie during his lunchbreak on Thursday and did not think twice when he spotted one of the resident roos nearby. The bushland reserve in the nation's capital is popular with joggers and cyclists, and assaults by the marsupials who share the mountain are rare. Mr Striegl was knocked unconscious and remembers ... Humor Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:32:23 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/humor-f9/funny-ozschwitz-jogger-knocked-out-by-boxing-kangaroo-t14852.htm#20067 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/humor-f9/funny-ozschwitz-jogger-knocked-out-by-boxing-kangaroo-t14852.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/irony-un-rejects-polar-bear-trade-ban-which-was-a-us-backed-proposal-t14851.htm CovOps A US-backed proposal to ban the international trade of polar bear skins, teeth, and claws was defeated today at a UN wildlife meeting over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments that the practice doesn't pose a significant threat to the animals. The Americans argued that the sale of polar bears skins is compounding the loss of the animals' sea ice habitat due to climate change. Canada, along with Norway and Greenland, led the opposition. Only 2% of Canadian polar bears are ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:02:32 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/irony-un-rejects-polar-bear-trade-ban-which-was-a-us-backed-proposal-t14851.htm#20066 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/irony-un-rejects-polar-bear-trade-ban-which-was-a-us-backed-proposal-t14851.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/freestyle-miscellaneous-f6/san-francisco-druggies-unionize-t14850.htm CovOps San Francisco is a union town, so why not a union for…drug users? The San Francisco Drug-Users Union has been formed with $35,000 from the Drug Policy Alliance to give the addled a say in local government, a move that has also been taken in other big cities like Vancouver and New York. This is “a set of folks who don’t have a say in policies that have a direct impact on them,” a DPA official tells SF Weekly. The union would essentially serve “the same purpose as the Coalition on Homelessness ... FreeStyle Miscellaneous Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:47:09 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/freestyle-miscellaneous-f6/san-francisco-druggies-unionize-t14850.htm#20065 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/freestyle-miscellaneous-f6/san-francisco-druggies-unionize-t14850.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/france-mulls-lifting-brothel-ban-t14849.htm CovOps France shut down its once-famous brothels en masse after World War II amid national shame at Nazi collaboration, but the sex houses may soon be legal again. Legalizing brothels would reduce exploitation, boost safety and provide sex workers with a taxable income, claims a member of parliament from Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party. "Women selling sex should be allowed to do so legally on special licensed premises," said Chantal Brunels. "This would free thousands of women from ... Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:43:55 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/france-mulls-lifting-brothel-ban-t14849.htm#20064 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/france-mulls-lifting-brothel-ban-t14849.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/good-british-statist-universities-face-funding-cuts-t14848.htm Nemo THREE-QUARTERS of universities in England will face real-term budget cuts this year, setting off warnings of larger class sizes, further job cuts and a fall in the quality of education. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge are among 99 institutions that will be forced to cope with reduced state funding amid the harshest financial climate in over a decade. The government funding body - the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) - yesterday announced &pound7.3 billion ... Psychology, Edumbcation & IndoctriNation Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:31:22 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/good-british-statist-universities-face-funding-cuts-t14848.htm#20063 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/psychology-edumbcation-indoctrination-f15/good-british-statist-universities-face-funding-cuts-t14848.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/justice-served-ex-cop-jailed-over-drug-plot-t14847.htm Nemo A FORMER detective was jailed for 22 years on Thursday for his part in a 200-million-pound (US$426 million) plot to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of cocaine into Britain. Ex-policeman Michael Daly, 49, originally denied conspiring to import drugs but changed his plea shortly before standing trial. Also jailed on Thursday was former fireman Alan Wells, 56, who was sentenced to 14 years for conspiracy to supply cocaine. Four other men have already been seen to prison for a total of 95 years in ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:21:25 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/justice-served-ex-cop-jailed-over-drug-plot-t14847.htm#20062 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/justice-served-ex-cop-jailed-over-drug-plot-t14847.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/thai-pm-open-to-talks-t14846.htm Nemo THAI Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday said he was open to negotiations with anti-government 'red shirts' provided their ongoing protest remained peaceful and lawful. But Mr Veera Musigapong, a key leader of the red-shirted United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), said there would be no negotiations if the government had a 'superior' attitude. One day after they declared a 'class war' against the elites, the red shirts showed no sign that they would back off from ... Realpolitik, Statism & Bureaucracy Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:17:20 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/thai-pm-open-to-talks-t14846.htm#20061 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/thai-pm-open-to-talks-t14846.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/good-life-sentence-for-judge-upheld-t14845.htm Nemo A COURT in northern China has upheld a life sentence for a former supreme court judge convicted of embezzlement and bribery, a state-run newspaper reported. Huang Songyou, former vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, is the highest judge to be tried and convicted on such charges, part of a continuing battle by the Communist Party against deep-seated corruption. The Hebei Province People's High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence handed down by a lower court in January, the ... Celebrate: Evildoers' Inadvertent Contributions to ANCAP Values! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:15:50 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/good-life-sentence-for-judge-upheld-t14845.htm#20060 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/celebrate-evildoers-inadvertent-contributions-to-ancap-values-f18/good-life-sentence-for-judge-upheld-t14845.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/ozschwitz-slave-pen-council-bans-smoking-in-outdoor-cafes-and-restaurants-t14844.htm Nemo A CUP of coffee on Campbell Parade, Bondi, has always come with a pleasant view, but until now it has also come with a cloud of cigarette smoke. Now Waverley Council has voted to ban smoking in outdoor cafes and restaurants from July. It also voted on Tuesday to ban smoking within 10 metres of playgrounds, parks and reserves. The vote places Waverley among a growing number of councils to have banned smoking outdoors after a campaign by the Heart Foundation. Councillor Kerryn Sloan, who ... Rights, Individualism & Lifestyles Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:24:55 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/ozschwitz-slave-pen-council-bans-smoking-in-outdoor-cafes-and-restaurants-t14844.htm#20059 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/ozschwitz-slave-pen-council-bans-smoking-in-outdoor-cafes-and-restaurants-t14844.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/cabin-crew-in-oppressive-dubai-jailed-for-sexy-texting-t14843.htm Nemo Two Emirates Airline cabin crew members in Dubai were given three-month jail terms for exchanging sexy text messages. The then-married flight attendant, 42, and her male supervisor, 47, were convicted of "coercion to commit sin", the National daily reported court documents as saying on Wednesday. It said the pair - both Indian - were earlier sentenced to six months in prison to be followed by deportation, but an appeals court last week reduced the jail time and dropped the expulsion ... Rights, Individualism & Lifestyles Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:23:23 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/cabin-crew-in-oppressive-dubai-jailed-for-sexy-texting-t14843.htm#20058 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/rights-individualism-lifestyles-f3/cabin-crew-in-oppressive-dubai-jailed-for-sexy-texting-t14843.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/5-tax-moves-that-may-trigger-an-audit-t14842.htm CovOps http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/03/12/5-tax-moves-that-may-trigger-an-audit/]]> Laissez-faire Free Trade Zone Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:17:40 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/5-tax-moves-that-may-trigger-an-audit-t14842.htm#20057 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/laissez-faire-free-trade-zone-f5/5-tax-moves-that-may-trigger-an-audit-t14842.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/gop-if-we-can-t-stop-reform-we-ll-repeal-it-t14841.htm CovOps Republicans may not be able to stop health care reform, but they're already thinking about repealing it should they win either house of Congress. The "Repeal It" movement has won pledges from dozens of lawmakers and candidates, reports the Washington Post, including all the Senate hopefuls in Kentucky, Nevada, Kansas, and Missouri. They vow to "repeal any federal health care takeover, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government." Many ... Realpolitik, Statism & Bureaucracy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:35:42 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/gop-if-we-can-t-stop-reform-we-ll-repeal-it-t14841.htm#20056 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/gop-if-we-can-t-stop-reform-we-ll-repeal-it-t14841.htm http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/rush-jams-white-house-phones-it-s-ballgame-t14840.htm CovOps Rush Limbaugh helped snarl the White House switchboard today when he gave listeners the toll-free numbers and urged them to call to chat about health care reform. “The system is being overwhelmed by calls,” one employee told Roll Call this afternoon. It's only the second time Limbaugh has pulled such as a stunt, and he explained it was necessary because "this is ballgame." Answering an email from Michael Calderone of Politico on the air, Limbaugh said: "The only reason we're ... Realpolitik, Statism & Bureaucracy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:30:55 GMT http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/rush-jams-white-house-phones-it-s-ballgame-t14840.htm#20055 http://ancaps.super-forum.net/realpolitik-statism-bureaucracy-f13/rush-jams-white-house-phones-it-s-ballgame-t14840.htm