http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ en-us lewrockwell@mac.com Copyright 2008 2008-08-21T14:03:10-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022441.html Writes Peter Collins: "Here's a fun piece from John Helyar of Bloomberg in which he points out that the lumbering Olympic 'movement' can't stay relevant to our fast-moving youth culture and, he says, Generation Y doesn't like the flagged-draped nationalism... 22441@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-21T14:03:10-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022440.html Tom, the PFS displays Hayek, Friedman, Coase, and others as "Notable Members", but scandalously omits Mises. Their excuse for leaving him out is that they list only Nobel winners (though the category is "notable", not "prize-winning"); but Mises towers above... 22440@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Stephan Kinsella 2008-08-21T13:35:55-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022439.html I had never really considered that the FDA regulates what animals ingest, but they do, and a new report declares that more regulation is needed. The purpose for the regulations is so that "only safe animal dietary supplements are allowed... 22439@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Kathryn Muratore 2008-08-21T11:22:29-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022438.html I'd be cheering her and her new show on MSNBC because the creepazoid New Republic is upset about it. If that ancient locus of neocon evil hates someone, you know she is worth taking seriously. Rachel, congratulations!... 22438@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-21T11:14:53-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022437.html All that talk of a Bloomberg-Paul ticket in Virginia turns out to be wrong. The Independent Green party plans to run the Christian right Constitution party candidates instead. Yawn.... 22437@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-21T10:06:33-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022436.html Paul Craig Roberts' article today highlights something that I noticed about 15 years ago, which is why I haven't attended a Mont Pelerin Society meeting in years: Thanks largely to Ed Feulner of the Heritage Foundation (the longtime MPS treasurer),... 22436@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Thomas DiLorenzo 2008-08-21T08:31:55-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022435.html The publication of this study by UCLA researchers is timely for those of you who listened to Lew Rockwell and Walter Block on the podcast yesterday. Although the study is comparing two options for implementation of road socialism, the conclusions... 22435@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Kathryn Muratore 2008-08-21T08:31:47-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022433.html After barring Ron Paul, the Republifascists will give the main convention speaking slots to the sanctimonious neocon monster Lieberman, the crooked neocon monster Giuliani, and the neocon war criminals Cheney and Bush. Also today, at a town meeting, when a... 22433@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-20T19:21:27-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022432.html (Thanks to Adam Munter)... 22432@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-20T14:36:10-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022431.html Huckabee, yes; Paul, no, thank goodness. As Ron notes in this article, he wants to see as many people as possible not vote for McCain or Obama. (Thanks to Micah Haber.) UPDATE from Brian Engle: "What I'm really wondering is... 22431@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-20T14:12:10-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022430.html Kathryn: Good point! At the same time, why is it unlawful for individuals to sell their votes, but it is considered the essence of the political process for major institutional interests [e.g., corporations, labor unions, etc.] to buy the votes... 22430@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Butler Shaffer 2008-08-20T13:26:07-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022428.html It's illegal, but that hasn't stopped people from making a statement and trying to sell their vote.... 22428@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Kathryn Muratore 2008-08-20T12:56:08-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022429.html But sometimes the official line of the US government and its media is erroneous. Here is Justin Raimondo's classic article on Tiananmen Square. The demonstrators were not freedom fighters, but hardline Communists protesting Deng Xiaoping's capitalist reforms. The demonstrators feared,... 22429@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Lew Rockwell 2008-08-20T12:46:51-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022427.html Manuel: I share your sentiments regarding the politicization of the Olympics. When I was a youngster, I was taken to a weekend-long International AAU meet that was held in the city in which I was raised. It was such an... 22427@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Butler Shaffer 2008-08-20T12:39:34-06:00 http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/022426.html Lew, re Shawn Johnson, her peace earrings, and the Olympics--yes, I quite agree. Everyone is whining about a few special effects that the Chinese used. So what. It's a good show. Someone told me that these "peace" earrings are popular... 22426@http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/ Stephan Kinsella 2008-08-20T11:59:33-06:00