Here, have a Rothbard quote:
The proper groundwork for analysis of abortion is in every man’s absolute right of self-ownership. This implies immediately that every woman has the absolute right to her own body, that she has absolute dominion over her body and everything within it. This includes the fetus. Most fetuses are in the mother’s [...]

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Original link located here.  (Edit for clarity: this tweet went up on the 7th, the day the article was posted.)
Unless you’ve been under a rock, I’ve been posting a lot about this Bitch Magazine/biphobia debacle over the past few days.  (Gosh, I’m still waiting on that public apology I requested!)
Now, many fellow members of the [...]

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Follow up to this hot mess!
While I was enraged about the bi-phobic garbage presented in the infamous Casey Johnson/Tila Tequila article posted on Bitch Magazine, I made a sarcastic comment about how begging readers to donate money was a much better use of time than actually fixing the problem.  And what do you know?  A [...]

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It might be 8 days into the New Year, but the late Harry Browne’s libertarian New Year’s resolutions are an excellent read.  It would be super cool if more people would remember these.
On a related note, The Cato Institute put up a small blurb on the “libertarian surge“; I wasn’t feelin’ the blockquote, but did [...]

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On Thursday, Bitch Magazine decided it would be an awesome idea to run an article titled “Sapphic Salon: The Death of An Heiress, The Rise of the Fake Lesbian Relationship.” The “article” focused on Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson’s recent death, the fallout from it, and her relationship with bisexual reality TV star [...]

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I don’t understand why it is that Samantha Geimer – the victim in Roman Polanski’s rape case – isn’t being listened to. She was raped by Polanski over 30 years ago. Her mother pressed charges against him on her behalf (and from what I’ve read, without her knowledge or consent). And now, [...]

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Let’s start with the depressing: Afghanistan General Stanley McCrystal sees no indication of an al-Qaeda presence in Afghanistan.  So, could we maybe, GTFO or is killing brown people too much fun?
Sheldon Richman of the Foundation for Economic Education discusses some of the problems with raising tariffs on cheap Chinese tires.  I liked this quick synopsis [...]

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Why yes, I did just find an excuse to post “Support System” by Liz Phair.

Man, oh man, have I got something to say!
In my head, I see several connections between support systems, politics and a diseased social circle.  Another theme that keeps popping up is that the support systems, politics, and unhealthy social circles work [...]

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After oral surgery yesterday (which went swimmingly. Thank you, nitrous!), I’m finally getting back into the swing of things today. Like always, enjoy!

In response to the “no one should have to go broke because they get sick” Facebook meme, a bunch of conservatives and libertarians started with a “no one should have to go [...]

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To kick things off, go visit Lauren at Oh Dear Lauren.com, a collection of open letters she’s written to various individuals, entities, random objects, and body parts.
Arkansas Fire Chief Don Payne launches into a long overdue tirade about police abuse of power while fighting multiple traffic tickets in court.  The police response?  Shooting him in [...]

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