We'll see how much trouble this means soon. If I hear reports of "government goons" beating up the opposition like during Panama, Maduro might be on the receiving end of an invasion soon.

Homeschooling is literally Putin

Nothing more needs to be said. That this is running in AmConMag is a sign to me that it's too late folks, this train don't let off until Auschwitz.

“The general public is familiar, if at all, only with the Armenian genocide, which occurred in 1915-1916,” he points out. “In the new study we argue, and show, that that massacre was not a one-off event but part of a deeper and broader sequence of events, which went on for three decades, with the aim of eliminating the Christian minority in Turkey,” Morris says, adding, “Three Turkish regimes were involved, from the Ottoman Empire to Ataturk’s republic.” The result was appalling: At the start of the brutality, Christians constituted 20 percent of the population of the Turkish space; at its end, just 2 percent.

Not particularly surprising when you consider the outcome of the Disastrous Greek attempt at a reconquista of Pontus and Thrace.

Regime uncertainty is real. Not having parliament meet, and just keeping the old rules in place is about the best you can hope for from the statists.

Bitches don't know 'bout my substitute goods

Hooray for detention without charge. Hey, foreigners have no rights, right?

Exactly why you shouldn't have such systems.

PARTY VAN

Recovering from a stroke through Rapping

In short, it's hokum.

Yet another sign we're due for recession.

Not quite the old Gomer joke about "sperm in the CSF" but damn close

Suspiciously the coup attempt happened a day after US AFRICOM moved into Gabon. I imagine the French are none too pleased with such US meddling in their backyard.

"Democracy"

But she's still in the saddle, so the scheming continues.

Not just congress getting the inside dope anymore, eh? Abolish the SEC now.

Cui Bono? Why would the depleted IS attack right as the Americans are leaving, unless they are indeed a CIA catspaw?

About as far from MAGA as it gets. But, this is DC; I knew there were endless creeps worse than the keebler elf lining up to replace him.

The most extreme form of this logical argument is "suppose what would happen to governments if teleportation was cheap and available tomorrow?" The consequences are obvious. All labor would immediately move to where they could be paid best and taxed least. Governments would crumble left and right, as the tyranny they could inflict would vastly reduce immediately. Ron's argument about the tremendous social upheval this would cause (and likely war) is certainly a reason to be wary; but when things are a matter of policy rather than technology people tend to fight harder to oppose it. That's really the best reason to oppose totally open borders -- under a state system the revolutionary violence that would result is probably not worth the potential benefit.

Literally no one saw this coming

Smart tinkering with the energy cycle in plants.

Great update as we are nearly coming on 10 years of self-rule in Cheran.

Hopefully it fails completely and the US returns to withdrawal to Iraq.

I'll have to pick up Hans-Adam's book. I am increasingly convinced it is the most realistic model for a transition to a stateless society.