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If you were king

Wouldn't it be great if YOU were in charge of everything? You could fix the world! Maybe. Maybe not.

A little perspective on the "benefits" of genital mutilation

Allegedly, male genital mutilation (a.k.a. "circumcision") is beneficial enough to justify it. Let's think critically about, compare, and contrast, the so-called "benefits".

On ZFS

...and my first born child.

"But the Soviet Union wasn't communist / socialist!"

Doesn't matter what name you give to evil. What matters is the evil itself.

How the criminals known as "the NSA" can subvert you

A Subverted Organization, Role-by-Role, Attack-by-Attack

But what about the roads?

James Corbett explains how roads can be built without a violent monopoly.

How to make a criminal

Quick guide

Why Bitcoin entrepreneurs are all suddenly voicing the "regulation is good" mantra

The future of Bitcoin isn't "regulation". It is private businessmen making Faustian bargains with organized extortionists.

Dealing with "police encounters"

A very short guide with considerations for dealing with armed thugs of the costumed variety.

It's official: the racketeers are onto Bitcoin

Now that they understand Bitcoin threatens their monopoly on terrorism and extortion (by providing people with an alternative to protect themselves from their racket), they're revving up engines to sabotage and ruin Bitcoin's advantages. Here, I translate the proposed "law" from legalese to people doing things.

If the Internet had been invented three years ago

A reductio of what's going on today with Bitcoin.

The hypocrisy of anti-gay marriage statists and pro-gay marriage statists

A reprint of Davi Barker's No Right To Marry, written right before the decision by the cultists doing business as "United States Supreme Court".

Do you want to be kicked in the face?

Men need not apply -- the kick in the face is only for women, preferably handcuffed.

U.S. spying and Euro outrage

A reality check.

Voluntary exchanges vs. coerced exchanges

The differences as an infographic.

World's most evil and lawless institution? The executive branch of the U.S. government

Executive Branch leaders have killed, wounded and made homeless well over 20 million human beings in the last 50 years, mostly civilians.

The world's easiest quiz

For people who whine "government must regulate corporations!"

The claim about the action axiom and UPB being undeniable because of performative contradiction? Refuted.

Truth may or may not be universally preferable, independent of whether one affirms the preferability of truth for oneself. Actions may or may not be purpseful, independent of whether one's actions are purposeful. A formal logical study.

Psychopathy is politics

They don't think it be like it is, but it most certainly do.

Shortages are making people suffer, but, you see, "we don't know why"

Doctrinal ignorance.

The penalty is always death

If you resist, you will be killed. By Mike Gogulski.

Renunciation as divorce

Mike Gogulski explains how leaving nations behind, indeed the very concept of nationality behind, is exactly like leaving an abusive spouse.

Enough!

Statement from a voluntaryist regarding the Boston bombing.

Heard of the Salt Stack, or the Go programming language?

You should research them.

How statists indoctrinate their victims

It's "not indoctrination" if they do it.

The greatest supercomputer Man ever built

It's Bitcoin. It's voluntary. And it's magnificent in more ways than one.

"All monopolies are bad, except for the one I support"

A quick look into the mind of a statist.

The sociopaths that surround you

If you want to understand your society as it exists today, here is what you need to know — in easy playlist form. This the terrifying nature of the sociopathic fascists around you.

Fitness, health and liberty

How politics completely corrupted the practice of medicine and health care.

Does your wireless network stutter on Fedora?

The problem is NetworkManager. Here is a quick solution.