Monthly Archives: September 2008

On Vacation

September 30, 2008
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Vacation. Got married, Saturday. In Toulouse, France, on Monday, en route to Monaco Wednesday. If the world’s credit markets fall apart tomorrow, and I’m unable to return home, I suppose there are worse places one could find himself. Blogging non-existent to extremely light, until October 7. Photos to follow. Ciao.

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Should Libertarians Reject Jury Nullification?

September 24, 2008
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In the latest chapter of libertarian anti-nullification arguments, (it should be noted that Kip’s post is a hypothetical, I have no idea whether the “Palin Hacker” is pursuing a nullification defense, and so what follows here is probably a futile exercise in verbosity), we revisit among other things, the tired argument that, lying is always and everywhere wrong, and since one (probably) has to lie in order to get past voir dire, and subsequently,...

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Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité

September 23, 2008
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This Time Magazine Op/Ed was just too good to pass up: America a cartoonish version of the country most despised by red-meat red-state patriots: France. Only with worse food… In bailing out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, our government has basically turned America into the largest subsidized housing project in the world… We’re more French than France. Lulz. Now how about some Freedom Fries?

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