So, I just had to put my cat down today. It hurts, Moosh was a good boy, but he was sick and had been sick for a long time. It is better for everyone. Few dispute that there comes a time when animals need to be put down, but a vocal minority have a big problem with killing animals for food. This usually centers around their concerns surrounding death and suffering. They equate death and suffering, but they are totally different things, as evidenced by my unpleasant chore today.

First, I want to say, vegetarianism is great and probably pretty healthy for adults. I am not dissing your lifestyle, if this is what you choose. Nor am I saying that empathy is a bad thing. It is what makes us good humans, but we need to put rationality before emotion.

Eating meat, in and of itself, isn’t bad, from a moral stand point, right? I mean, can the most stalwart vegan complain if one eats the meat of an animal that died naturally? I would think not. Death, is something that all...

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Agorism just doesn’t work, at least not as is proponants claim.

During this ever-expanding Election Season, we, the stalwart defenders of liberty, can expect to see not just a few posts of people advocating that you “Vote for Nobody” or suggesting that voting is violence against your neighbor or some such non-sense. Often, these same posters will advocate for something they call Agorism. If you show the very least amount of interest, they will breathlessly go on about how Sam Konkin III had this brilliant notion that we can use the counter economy to out compete the State. They will tell you that System D is 2/3rds of the world’s economy. Suggesting that we are almost there!

I’ve got news for you, if you have 2/3rds of the market share, and you are losing market share, you are not about to win. You just have a system that doesn’t work. Further bad news: The State can tax and you can’t. Because of that simple fact, Agorism is generally a failed notion. Take a look a...

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At some point, after reading story after story and seeing video after video, a pile of dead dogs later, I stopped making excuses for the police. Sure, I respect lots of cops, many would throw themselves in front of a bullet to protect my family and I appreciate that. However, what I saw, in way too many cases, usually in the US, was not just a cop using too much force, but he would do it in front of other cops and they would either do nothing or join in. At first I could explain this away as an isolated incident, but over time, that got harder and harder. Why can Postal workers go door to door and deal with dogs all of the time and not shoot them, but our brave Paladins of Justice seem to slather at the thought of plugging your beagle. I used to apologize for the police. I don't anymore.

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