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What Went Wrong? [Jul. 5th, 2008|06:21 am]

libertarianism

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A quote within a quote
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2008/07/what_went_wrong_1.html
quotes this
http://www.westernstandard.ca/website/Monographs/The%20Idea%20of%20America.pdf

How could a country founded on the ideal of individual liberty, with a state devoted to the mission of protecting it, slide down the road to tyranny as fast as, and sometimes faster than, other countries? [Public Choice theory] suggests some explanations. With hindsight, the Founders probably did not take seriously enough the danger of the state, as illustrated in Madison’s argument for a federal government that would be kept in check by the States and the will of the citizens. Perhaps the state is so dangerous that trusting it with any glorious mission is looking for trouble, even if this mission is the protection of liberty.
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Torchwood is hiring [Jul. 5th, 2008|05:29 am]

ihasatardis

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Lyrical Masks Brushset 01 (CS2, imagepack) [Jul. 5th, 2008|11:53 am]

100x100_brushes

[kalina_blue]
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[mood |accomplished]


Here at my lj.
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2008-07-05: Sinfest [Jul. 5th, 2008|01:00 pm]
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Sinfest
Tatsuya Ishida

by Tatsuya Ishida

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Tazio Secchiaroli. Federico Fellini sul set di 'Otto e mezzo, Roma, 1962 [Jul. 5th, 2008|12:27 pm]

vintagephoto

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Photobucket
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[Jul. 5th, 2008|08:59 am]

ihasatardis

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Is Roku's Netflix Player living up to your standards? [Jul. 5th, 2008|04:07 am]
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This week's installment of How Would You Change over on Engadget Classic involves the first dedicated set-top-box to enable Netflix streaming right to your TV. Did you pony up $99 for one of these things? If so, head on over and let the world know if that was a good move.
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Collecting Stray Thoughts - 2008-07-04 [Jul. 4th, 2008|10:59 pm]
warrenelliscom

  • I guess it’s Independence Day over the pond tomorrow. I trust you’ll all be doing your “solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.” Right? #

  • 12 people reply with exactly the same thing:”No, we’re going to blow shit up!” Ah, Americans, the world’s little helpers. With explosives. #

  • @tikistitch : Guy Fawkes Night is where we burn an effigy of Fawkes to annually humiliate his name for failing to blow up Parliament. #

  • FREAKANGELS 0019: http://www.freakangels.com/?p=44 #

  • Also, happy 21st birthday to my cowgirl, @laurennmcc #

  • @laurennmcc that’s because you look and work better at 40 than most people do at 21. July 4 is always Laurenn McCubbin Day to me. #

  • @laurennmcc : also, I promise to stop telling people that you’re @mckelvie ’s mother, Soon. #

  • July 4 - I now have 5111 silent stalkers — I mean “followers” — on Twitter. Soon I will issue the Secret Command Signal. Be patient. #

  • @kellysue - in 1997, the only person I saw dress up for the Eisner Awards was George Perez, resplendent in tuxedo and vivid cummerbund. #

  • Dear old George did, of course, stand out like a Maharajah at a convention for people who drink paint stripper recreationally. #

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Collecting Stray Thoughts - 2008-07-04 [Jul. 4th, 2008|11:59 pm]

warren_ellis
  • I guess it’s Independence Day over the pond tomorrow. I trust you’ll all be doing your “solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.” Right? #
  • 12 people reply with exactly the same thing:”No, we’re going to blow shit up!” Ah, Americans, the world’s little helpers. With explosives. #
  • @tikistitch : Guy Fawkes Night is where we burn an effigy of Fawkes to annually humiliate his name for failing to blow up Parliament. #
  • FREAKANGELS 0019: http://www.freakangels.com/?p=44 #
  • Also, happy 21st birthday to my cowgirl, @laurennmcc #
  • @laurennmcc that’s because you look and work better at 40 than most people do at 21. July 4 is always Laurenn McCubbin Day to me. #
  • @laurennmcc : also, I promise to stop telling people that you’re @mckelvie ’s mother, Soon. #
  • July 4 - I now have 5111 silent stalkers — I mean “followers” — on Twitter. Soon I will issue the Secret Command Signal. Be patient. #
  • @kellysue - in 1997, the only person I saw dress up for the Eisner Awards was George Perez, resplendent in tuxedo and vivid cummerbund. #
  • Dear old George did, of course, stand out like a Maharajah at a convention for people who drink paint stripper recreationally. #
(Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.)
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meticulous: Dictionary.com Word of the Day [Jul. 5th, 2008|07:47 am]
dictionary_wotd
meticulous: extremely careful about details.
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University of Hawaii games stay SD, for now [Jul. 5th, 2008|02:22 am]
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Warrior football fans will need to watch their next QB to put up incredible college numbers and proceed to a career as practice squad NFL QB in standard def for the next season or two. Local station KFVE/KHNL just doesn't see it being feasible to put its PPV University of Hawaii games in HD yet (although the local cable channel on Oceanic already shows high school games in HD). The good news (we guess) is that HD is on the way, someday, unfortunately the cost of the necessary new facilities -- despite the Hula Bowl managing to go HD -- has put it on the back burner at the moment.
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[Jul. 5th, 2008|03:31 am]

libertarianism

[chris_acheson]
"As soon as a new party springs up and begins to show signs of success, a lot of political tramps are immediately attracted to its ranks. These men possess a certain amount of influence. They are trained politicians, well versed in the art of packing conventions and proficient at counting the ballots. When they come to the new party with crocodile tears of repentance coursing down their cheeks, it is too weak to refuse their aid. It opens its arms and kissing away their repentant tears, places them in the front rank where glory awaits them. The result of this is a large gain in votes and sometimes success at the polls. But this victory is only gained at the expense of principle, and the last state of that party is worse than the first."
--Francis D. Tandy, Voluntary Socialism, ch. 13 (1896)
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Powerful Words [Jul. 4th, 2008|11:30 pm]

da_zhuang
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.


Think about them.
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Patsy Walker: Hellcat # 1 [Jul. 5th, 2008|12:11 am]

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[Current Location |San Francisco]
[music |Pendulum "In Silico"]

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Ah, b00bies. Supposedly official news. My fandom brings all the lulz to the yard. [Jul. 5th, 2008|03:10 pm]

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From [info]gundam00:

#1: b00bies to be aired on SciFi channel

The moment I read this I hit up [info]starchild42 and asked, "So what are your thoughts on the SciFi channel?"

She responded, "Well, it's okay but I guess I still have some resentment towards it leftover."

"From when they canceled Farscape?"

"Yeah."

"I thought as much. That's why I had a shudder reflex when I heard that they were airing my favorite show in November."

All those years of thinking BAD SKIFFY BAD after getting it from all the Scapers I know has left its mark, certainly. But! There is a upside to this! It'll make it easier to drag in the geek part of my flist who love the shows on it like BSG! And Stargate! And Dr Who! We need more nerdy scifi fans in the fandom, we does. More of my kiiind.

(On the other hand, Skiffy airs Who and the Whofen keep showing up on Fandom Wank. That... may not be a good sign.)


#2: Supposed preview of b00bies season 2

So apparently Lockon's twin IS going to be a Meister in the next season.

Oh please let him be a traitor whose presence there is solely to destroy Celestial Being and exact revenge for his brother's death. Then T-chan would be totally heartbroken when he starts trying to kill them all and the resulting angst would be glorious!

Or--even better--maybe T-chan would totally hate him for, you know, not being his brother. "YOU ARE NOT LOCKON AND YOU WILL NEVER TAKE HIS PLACE IN MY HEART!!!" [insert deliciously angry and moe Tieriaface here]

Also, they are all wearing womens' jackets, and 20-year-old Setsuna still looks woefully underaged. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DEPRIVE A GROWING BOY OF HIS SOURCE OF SPECIAL MILK, SUNRISE. YOU EVIL BASTARDS.

I think I am the only person in the entire fandom who's actually thrilled by turns of events like these.

...my sadistic streak is showing, isn't it?
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Screencaps from Episode 13 [Jul. 5th, 2008|03:03 am]

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[ja1n]

Why are these 1 hour? This time, it was okay, because Robert Muraine was on =D

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Finalizing CC Plans. [Jul. 5th, 2008|02:53 am]

ffwga_liaisons

[eriksavatar]
[mood |energetic]

Okay, everyone.  San Diego ComiCon is in eighteen days.  Those of us who are going should start PMing each other with cell phone numbers, etc...so we can get in contact with everyone when we get there.

To start, I'd like a finalized list of everyone going.  If you're definitely going to CC, please post here or PM me.

Thanks,
~Isa.
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Comic for July 5, 2008 [Jul. 5th, 2008|02:00 am]
taoofgeek
Tao of Geek comic for July 5, 2008
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Peter Pan (1953) [Jul. 5th, 2008|12:48 am]

cap_it

[potthead]

Peter Pan (1953)
Screencaps: 2,470
Resolution: 640x480 (dvd)
File type: jpg

Gallery & download links here @ [info]inadream_caps
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Super Skrull, Since 1963! [Jul. 5th, 2008|12:16 am]

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[ Wallpaper ] [ Widescreen ]

A guy at WizardWorld gave me a cd with THIS SONG on it, and now all I want to do is read Super Skrull comics.

(Btw, the Superman: Man of Style Finalists are up!)
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