Board 8 > Freedom, Liberty, Ron Paul - Freedom isn't dead, it just smells funny [dwmf]

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I kept assuming foolmo would make the new topic. Whatever, I still have some links to post.
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trump so anti-war.
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Of course, the left is outraged that he DIDN'T kill a bunch of Russians...

http://www.salon.com/2017/04/07/donald-trump-whos-not-vladimir-putins-puppet-warned-russia-before-airstrikes-on-syria/
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Trump's one possible good quality just vanished. But I do have good news...

...I just saved a bunch of money on my life insurance by not being Syrian! >_>
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https://twitter.com/pdmcleod/status/850380623709655041

well this sounds about right
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SmartMuffin posted...

Of course, the left is outraged that he DIDN'T kill a bunch of Russians...

itt the left = salon.
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http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/07/tomi-lahren-suing-glenn-beck-and-the-blaze/

called it
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That should be fun.

An asshole versus an idiot, always good
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BTW speaking of Ron Paul, I'm going to see him live tomorrow! Mises event hosted in his hometown, which apparently is only about an hour away from me.
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"“It is puzzling that an employee who remains under contract (and is still being paid) has sued us for being fired, especially when we continue to comply fully with the terms of our agreement with her,” a statement from The Blaze reads."

Sounds like her case will be tossed unless she does favors for the judge.
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SmartMuffin posted...

BTW speaking of Ron Paul, I'm going to see him live tomorrow! Mises event hosted in his hometown, which apparently is only about an hour away from me.

that's pretty cool.
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I've seen him before! Even posted a picture shaking his hand, remember?
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The proposed topic (proposed months ago) is "War and Peace in the Age of Trump"

gee I wonder if he'll have anything to say....
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SmartMuffin posted...

I've seen him before! Even posted a picture shaking his hand, remember?

oh yeah, i vaguely remember that now that you mention it.
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"If your neighbor has a nuclear bomb buried in your backyard and they ask you do something, you may be inclined to do it." - Lew Rockwell answering a question about whether Europe will oppose Trump's war in Syria
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https://www.facebook.com/ThomasEWoods/posts/10154994017005726

The media suddenly unconcerned about Trump making claims with no evidence...
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Has Trump made any claims to fact-check? I mean, I don't think anyone is disputing that he ordered a missile strike on a Syrian air base. The only point of contention I can think of is whether the alleged use of chemical weapons was actually Assad using chemical weapons or, e.g., a false flag operation.
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The only point of contention I can think of is whether the alleged use of chemical weapons was actually Assad using chemical weapons or, e.g., a false flag operation.

This is pretty big and pretty key to get right, is it not?

Heard a ton of speculation today that the reason the strike had to happen quick and had to target the air base "from which the attack was launched" was so that a proper investigation would be impossible. Any evidence has since been destroyed.

For the record, the contention is not "false flag" exactly. It's that the rebels had some chemical weapons in storage, a syrian bomb or whatever hit it, which caused them to go off/spread. Which seems quite plausible and makes a LOT more sense then "Assad does the one thing that is pretty much guaranteed to ensure he loses in order to kill a few dozen random civilians" does.
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List of people who don't believe the propaganda and have openly turned on Trump:
Milo
Ann Coulter
Justin Raimondo
Michael Savage
Lew Rockwell


But I'm sure his new friends like Lindsey Graham and John McCain will stay loyal and will stick with him to the end....
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Well hey good for them
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This is pretty big and pretty key to get right, is it not?

Absolutely. It's also a long shot. If Trump wants to get involved in Syria, he doesn't need an excuse. If someone wants to provoke Trump into getting involved in Syria, they've got no reason to think that a faked chemical attack is the thing that would do it.

The notion that Assad made a strike on rebels who had chemical weapons and set them off, now... I wouldn't expect the rebels to have access to a great deal of chemical weaponry. But then, I really don't know much about the Syrian conflict; perhaps they captured some of Assad's in the early parts of the war. Or perhaps it's easier to synthesize military-grade chemical weapons than I would like to think. It's certainly more plausible than a false flag operation.

Which seems quite plausible and makes a LOT more sense then "Assad does the one thing that is pretty much guaranteed to ensure he loses in order to kill a few dozen random civilians" does.

You think Assad's going to lose, now? I wish I was that optimistic.

New President, new administration. New rules? Who knows? Trump condemned the idea of getting involved in Syria, and if he has any sympathy for Syrian refugees, it doesn't extend to giving them shelter. If Trump's response to being notified of a chemical attack in Syria were "Not my problem", I think a lot of Americans would be disappointed, and a lot of them would be relieved, but very few of them would be surprised. So for Assad to test the waters with a quick war crime, just to see whether or not anyone important cares now, does not strike me as an act of insanity.
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https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/850883798300475393

oh also lauren southern
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The notion that Assad made a strike on rebels who had chemical weapons and set them off, now... I wouldn't expect the rebels to have access to a great deal of chemical weaponry. But then, I really don't know much about the Syrian conflict; perhaps they captured some of Assad's in the early parts of the war. Or perhaps it's easier to synthesize military-grade chemical weapons than I would like to think. It's certainly more plausible than a false flag operation.

Chemical weapons are literally WW1 era tech. Super easy to make. Also the rebels are financed by the US and tons of other rich countries, so they could be buying them as well. Anything Assad could feasibly get his hands on, they can too.

You think Assad's going to lose, now? I wish I was that optimistic.

If Trump keeps interfering, absolutely. It's not that he was guaranteed to win before. It's that the only thing that could GUARANTEE he loses is pissing off the US such that they decide to make him the next Saddam/Kaddafi. And keep in mind, they didn't just "lose," they were executed in the public square. Assad is an English educated ophthalmologist. Why on Earth would he adopt the model of, "Gee, I should do the same thing Saddam Hussein did. That'll work out really well."
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If Trump keeps interfering, absolutely. It's not that he was guaranteed to win before. It's that the only thing that could GUARANTEE he loses is pissing off the US such that they decide to make him the next Saddam/Kaddafi.

Which means it's a good idea for Assad to figure out how far he can go before he pisses off the new administration of the U.S.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/is-it-last-call-for-craft-beer.html

lol complaining about "unfair competition"

whaaaaaaa the government isnt protecting us enough

but totally NOT A FAD, guys
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The most insane meme I've seen is people saying, explicitly, that Obama/Hillary's bombings of Syria was okay because they allowed Syrians to wait 18 months for a 1% chance at coming to the US as refugees

Like the only reasons bombing and killing hundreds of civilians is immoral is if you don't allow them to a chance to escape to your country
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SmartMuffin posted...

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/is-it-last-call-for-craft-beer.html

lol complaining about "unfair competition"

whaaaaaaa the government isnt protecting us enough

but totally NOT A FAD, guys

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines
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Read the article.

It's pathetic. Closes by saying "but we CREATE JOBS and PAY A LOT OF TAXES!!!"

Concedes the point that it's not actually about taste by complaining that people don't know craft-sounding breweries are actually owned by InBev.
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Old people 50 years from now when the 1 millionth anti craft beer article is posted: "yeah craft beer is totally not a fad huh??"
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This is not an anti craft beer article. This is an article from a craft beer guy crying that people aren't buying enough of his product.
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SmartMuffin posted...

Read the article.

It's pathetic. Closes by saying "but we CREATE JOBS and PAY A LOT OF TAXES!!!"

Concedes the point that it's not actually about taste by complaining that people don't know craft-sounding breweries are actually owned by InBev.

He is 1 person. He said himself there are 5300 craft breweries. He has at most 0.019% of the voice of the industry. So why would anyone care what he says in a glorified ad for his brewery?
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Maybe he should spend his money on making good beer instead of buying publishing space in the NYT

That seems to work well for all the actually successful breweries
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It's an op-ed. You don't pay for those (well, supposedly).

The NYT just doing its civic duty to the glory of socialism by publishing pieces that basically say "SMALL COMPANIES GOOD BIG COMPANIES BAD"
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He paid for this
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Beer is an illusion.

Craft beer doubly so.
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http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/08/arizonas-terrible-hockey-team-wants-a-th

I love this headline, because they totally are
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SmartMuffin posted...

http://reason.com/blog/2017/04/08/arizonas-terrible-hockey-team-wants-a-th

I love this headline, because they totally are

"Lady Gaga isn't going to play both Phoenix and Glendale," is how Matheson puts it.

XD
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Peter Schiff on the DOL going after Google for wage gap nonsense.

"If you thought this nonsense would stop under Trump think again. The message to small business is clear -- if you don't want to be accused of paying women less than men, don't hire any."
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Isn't the wage gap mostly a problem at the upper middle class level, like with annual salaried workers rather than hourly ones?

That's the main reason I have trouble caring about it.
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I have trouble caring about it because its mainly totally fictional.
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SmartMuffin posted...

Peter Schiff on the DOL going after Google for wage gap nonsense.

"If you thought this nonsense would stop under Trump think again. The message to small business is clear -- if you don't want to be accused of paying women less than men, don't hire any."

you could also hire exclusively women for the same effect, but then you'd have to work with women and we all know businesses hate doing that
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Kenri posted...

you could also hire exclusively women for the same effect, but then you'd have to work with women and we all know businesses hate doing that

Well, I mean, the great thing about straight white guys is that they can't sue you for anything.

Just ask Bill O'Reilly. >_>
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JDPizza posted...

Kenri posted...

you could also hire exclusively women for the same effect, but then you'd have to work with women and we all know businesses hate doing that

Well, I mean, the great thing about straight white guys is that they can't sue you for anything.

Just ask Bill O'Reilly. >_>

and Roger Ailes

and Glenn Beck

its pretty much impossible to hire a young attractive white girl without being sued
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not sure you want to go with rapists for 2/3rds of your examples there! not really showing the advantages of hiring straight white men!
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If you've already hired 1 rapist, you kinda have to go all in and keep hiring rapists for "culture fit"

That's why so many companies are white dudes
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http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/apr/07/trumps-syria-airstrikes-constitutional-or-not/

"technically its unconstitutional but nobody has done it recently so we declare that things have evolved and therefore its ok"
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https://www.facebook.com/TheOnion/videos/10155307415729497/
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https://www.wired.com/2016/03/netflixs-grand-maybe-crazy-plan-conquer-world/

People are all different, but not in the ways you’d imagine.

A step closer to muffin's targeted advertising dream, particularly the crushing of literally all previous advertising demographic strategies (age, gender etc)

Side note I need to watch Daredevil
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and yet their UI is still such horrible garbage
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That is actually very well explained in the article

It's a common denominator between literally the entire world, which means it can't possibly be good, but just 'adequate' for everyone
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