This blog post by my friend Xaiylia prompted me to ask all of you the question of whether the current method for picking Ningmasters, an oligarchical appointment based system in which only Hank, John, and Tom really have a say, is suitable for the format of this site.
You see, the very reason they need Ningmasters is that they do not use this website with particular frequency. It does not consume th… Continue
I continue to be astonished by the depths of depraved violence to which people will sink to impose their "morality." Hideous violence masquerading as morality takes one of its most vivid and despicable forms in the hideous act known as the honor killing. Recently in Russia a Muslim father hired assassins to murder his own daughter, simply because he disapproved of her choice of apparel. At least in his relatively civilized nation, he m… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on April 15, 2009 at 11:17pm —
No Comments
The Federal Reserve Bank, which for purposes here shall be called by its informal name of "The Fed," is a quasi-public bank that has governmental authority to simply print money into existence and engage in actions to modify markets. There are a variety of arguments from the libertarian economic theory established by Ludwig von Mises, known as Austrian economics, which purport that the very system itself is detrimental. I am not sufficiently well versed in economics to explain these points or re… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on April 8, 2009 at 10:30pm —
No Comments
I am a cynic, because I am an idealist. At first this proposition seems contradictory. However, when one has ideals of equality, liberty, rationality, and innovation; even cursory observation of our petty, prejudicial, and perniciously pious species will leave one inclined to be cynical. In my rather short life so far, I have seen our nation driven by jingoism and fear, seen good people duped into absurdities by superstitious dogma, watched liberties complacently ceded to state power, and encoun… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on April 7, 2009 at 10:56pm —
No Comments
I'm not even remotely sorry to inform you that it is not within the purview of a legitimate state to construct your utopian society, impose your moral doctrines, or protect individuals from themselves. This breaking news was brought to you by classical liberals such as Thomas Paine, Frédéric Bastiat, and John Locke as early as the 18th Century. They understood that a legitimate state exists to protect rights, rather than impose a moral fabric upon a nation.
Yet most in our midst forget this les… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on April 6, 2009 at 9:30pm —
No Comments
So, it's April. For me, along with many others, it's Blog Every Day April or BEDA. Yet I was not aware of this until BEDA was underway, and I was until today operating under the false assumption that starting late was not permitted.
So, I shall now merely expound upon what you can expect from my blog. Naturally, my political rants may well be frequent. You can probably expect a fair amount of left libertarian commentary on the criminal justice system, gay rights, war, feminism, police brutality… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on April 5, 2009 at 10:55pm —
No Comments
The problem is not that you're thinking for yourself, but that you're not thinking. Any thought would show what you have spewed there to be patently absurd.
my dad's wacky uncle is gay and a murderer, and tried to rape my dad.(i assume that's what made daddy dislike gay guys, thus teach me the same thing.)
my dad was also raped by a fag when he was 15, excuse my usage of "fag," i know you are all whiners about that, but it's faster to type, so get with the program.
Nobody disput… Continue
I use Ted Haggard as a jumping off point for the flawed and horrendous puritanical bigotry the LGBTQ community has to face.
NOTE: I forgot to mention that Iceland has their first openly gay Prime Minister!!! FANTASTIC NEWS THAT IS RELEVANT TO THIS VIDEO'S SUBJECT MATTER! Continue
Well, I am Made of Awesome, as my presence here suggests. But I'm not the only one who thinks so. As one of the most prolific posters as of late, several discussions have been started simply devoted to how awesome I am (search my screen name for verification). Now, I personally think these assessments are inflated, but if you wish the job of Ningmaster to be democratically determined, I am an excellent choice. Correlating with this, my almost continuous presence here has given me an excellent fe… Continue
John suggested uploading my video content as a vlog post in his latest video. I now intend to do so.
Censorship is the Real Clear and Present Danger
… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on January 27, 2009 at 7:13pm —
No Comments
This was a post I made in the discussion "God Does Not Hate Gays":
Dear anti-gay bigots and self righteous moralists,
You fail to comprehend the immense harm that has been done through your prejudicial puritanism. Likewise, you either remain ignorant or ignore the immense good that has come from those who partake in what you are so quick to deem an abomination. For simplicity's sake, I shall direct you to the case that resonates most with me as a nerd.
Alan Turing was the founder of modern co… Continue
Dear Discontents,
This correspondence is meant to educate you on the parameters of reasonable criticism, something most of you seemingly have yet to master. First, we shall delve into what forms of criticism I don't believe to be tenable. Challenging my criticisms of these methods of argumentation is reasonable, and if you argue coherently for their worth, I may drop my objections to them.
The first form of argument I request you eschew is anything centered around ageism. Do not assert that my… Continue
This was a comment I left in the thread "Why I Can't Vote Obama" on the YA for Obama Ning:
"God is in charge."
You purport to know God's will and law. On what grounds can you claim to know this, and more importantly, how can you verify this knowledge in the objective manner that makes it reasonable impetus for coercion?
As Thomas Paine, one of our nation's great founders pointed out:
"admitting, for the sake of a case, that something has been revealed to a certain person, and not revealed to… Continue
Added by QuantumTuba on November 3, 2008 at 8:07pm —
No Comments
Greetings from the intellectual gutter, ladies and gentlemen.
It is here where the humor you see on the airwaves and in chats originates. Here, laughs come from two rather close sources, genitalia and the lower digestive system.
That and profanity. A swift amygdala response and visceral reaction are easier and more fun routes to hilarity than appeal to the higher cognitive functions.
It is here that I reside, among the crude heterogeneous mixture of intellectual sewage, toilet bound humor, an… Continue
Imagine the following performed in the style of KMFDM or RATM:
The patriarchal purveyors of puritanism.
Peddling their fucking hate in the town square.
Censoring reality, while shouting "Think of the children."
Look inside their skulls, you find there's nothing there!
Notice how God's always on their side.
The family's always under threat, in their mind.
They say homosexuals, deserve to be stoned.
I say their family values need to be DETHRONED!
If domination's all you desire.
If hate is all y… Continue
