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Quote of the Week Nov 13, 2015

Quoth Kevin Carson:When "libertarians" start talking in terms of Volk and Kulture over individual autonomy and agency, and preaching discipline as the cure for "cultural disintegration" and decadence, you can be pretty sure that the word "freedom" in their propaganda is as devoid of substance as "Freiheit" was in that of the Nazis. The Paleos are a cancer on any movement that genuinely respects human liberty and dignity.That's the tail end two sentences of a long piece, the entirety of which deserves a careful read: "How Low Can Lew Rockwell Go?"There's actually a question pertaining to "the paleo strategy" in...

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Totaled Nov 13, 2015

No injuries, but the car is toast. There probably would have been injuries if the car wasn't a 1989 Volvo, built like a brick sh*thouse. Tamara took a turn down an unfamiliar street at night and ... um, discovered ... a median of some sort that apparently wasn't very visible (I wasn't there, but I know her to be a careful driver and there was no alcohol or anything involved).Screwed up the frame near the front end, broke at least one motor mount, crushed the suspension up into the oil pan, etc. We paid $1,350 for the car nine months ago....

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Purse: A Quickie Review Nov 12, 2015

Disclosure: If you register with Purse using my affiliate link, and if you spend or earn more than 50USD worth of Bitcoin through Purse, I receive a 10 mBTC bonus from Purse (FWIW, you receive 10 mBTC from joining through the link as well).I mentioned a few days ago that I was trying out Purse, a service that lets you order stuff from Amazon at a discount using Bitcoin. And I said that I'd review the service once I received the stuff I ordered (if, of course, I actually did receive the stuff I ordered).Well, I received the stuff I ordered, and can confirm...

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Thanks For Asking! — 11/11/15 Nov 11, 2015

This AMA thread, and the podcast to follow, are brought to you by Darryl W. Perry:The rules, as usual:Ask me anything (yes, anything!) in the comment thread below this post;I'll answer in the comment thread, on this weekend's podcast, or both.[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zsnGq4rvEM]Download KN@PPSTER's Big Freakin' Book of Stuff -- FREE!

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A Special Midweek Episode of The KN@PP Stir Podcast Nov 11, 2015

This special episode is brought to you by Darryl W. Perry: [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/232582154" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height='450' iframe="true" /] In this episode:Happy birthday to the Marine Corps and to me;(Solemnly) Happy Armistice Day;Hey, it's our 52nd weekly episode, so Happy Birthday to the KN@PP Stir Podcast!;Finally, the KN@PP Stir is available on iTunes!;Darryl W. Perry renews as sponsor, and by the way, he has a cool book out;A rant about "radical" versus "moderate" in the Libertarian Party's presidential campaigns (based on a story and comment thread at Independent Political Report).Download KN@PPSTER's Big Freakin' Book of Stuff -- FREE!

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A Parable Nov 10, 2015

Once upon a time, a group of people got together to build and sell the best vehicle ever. The design they came up with seated 20 people comfortably, aced all the safety tests, cruised at a top speed of 200 miles per hour, got 500 miles per gallon of gas, and sold for half the price of other popular vehicles.Unfortunately, Libertarian Motors performed poorly in the marketplace, selling only about 25,000 vehicles every four years versus Ford Motors' "F-Family" pickup group, which sold more than 2.5 million vehicles every four years and had been the top seller in America for...

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A couple of changes at KN@PPSTER and the Garrison Center Nov 10, 2015

Thanks to Thane Eichenauer for pointing out two problems. Sorry it took so long to actually get them fixed after you took the time/trouble to mention them to me, Thane! They were:Problem: The "use our image for your Facebook page link" site from which I was using an image to link to KN@PPSTER's Facebook page over in the sidebar went defunct, so there was just one of those error icons where the image used to be.Solution: I found a suitable image, customized it, uploaded it to my Google/Blogger storage, and linked it up.Problem: The ad broker I've been using, Qadabra, seems to have some...

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Rand Paul Accuses Rubio, Clinton and Schumer of Being Too Libertarian Nov 9, 2015

That's not how the Breitbart headline puts it, of course, but that's the gist of the story.When I hear someone complaining about those damn libertarians Marco Rubio(!), Hillary Clinton(!) and Chuckie Schumer(!), my off-the-cuff snap opinion has to be that the complainant is probably not a libertarian himself. And given that Paul has publicly stated he's not a libertarian, that off-the-cuff estimate seems to just be confirmation of something we already knew.And yet I still come across people -- libertarians and non-libertarians alike -- asserting that Paul is 2016's Great White Libertarian Electoral Hope. WTF?Download KN@PPSTER's Big Freakin' Book of Stuff...

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