I doubt it was a serious plan, but would not be surprised if the Turks aren't trying to play this to their advantage to regain former territory in the Balkans. On the other hand, the US probably would like more rent-a-mobs in the Russian sphere of influence too.
Yet, they mention nothing of the regulations that have made participants paranoid of friendships. Letting down your guard enough to befriend anyone at work is how to get fired and possibly sued.
An understandable, though annoying (for the people attempting to get divorced) reaction to federal power grabs, regardless of the reasoning.
Instead of hyperventilating over this though, I'd be glad if things turned out like he says things have:
Individuals, at least according to the majority opinion, are apparently authorized (along with the federal judiciary) to define when a marriage begins and, accordingly, ends, (without the pesky intervention/intrusion of a state court).
If you're going to have a forced redistribution program that encourages free riders one must mitigate the influx of new free riders if the program is to forestall it's doom.
#FeelTheBern of HitlerNomics. Though of a markedly different flavor (only destroying domestic capital to prop up insanity, rather than doing so internationally). In other words, more of the same we've been getting for the last 70 years, just with less international killing. Translation: kiss the nomination goodbye.
Hysterical article by a brain dead liberal. If he knew anything about the modern libertarian movement, he'd realize he's talking about conservatives, not libertarians, first of all. In any event the errors in thinking and projection done by this author make this a rather humorous read all in all. Worthy of Jacobin.
You know, if they don't actually tax muslims (only rely on Jizya) and have hard currency, they'll likely take over the entire region.
UPDATE: Ron Paul responds. I'd still fall more on the side of the Bin Ladenites seeing that using gold could indeed help in their strategy to resist and ultimately break the west. Considering how Ron was the man who dared to talk of blowback and what OBL himself stated as the motives for 9/11, I'm not surprised they ran into Ron Paul.