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POLL: At the Point of a Gun…

by Jason Thomas Kocher October 28th, 2008 - Polls » Politics »

In what situation(s) is it morally just to threaten another at the point of a gun or other such deadly force?

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Disclaimer: This post in no way seeks to promote any form of violence.

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The Economy Dummy

by Jason Thomas Kocher October 23rd, 2008 - Surrealpolitik »

Before we are once more drawn into the warm wet embrace of faith in the economy, I wanted to make note of my recently evolved commonsense skepticism of economic systems.

At some point in my life, I unfortunately lost my endless curiosity in subjects that lay just outside the confines of my current knowledge. One such subject that has remained an indiscernible fuzzy object in the far distance of my rear view mirror is economics.

I would, now and then, seek to discover what hidden forces, equations, or rationale made the interest rate rise and fall; the value of our dollar change in relation to other currencies; and stocks sporadically fluctuate in price. Surely, there must be some logic behind it all.

Shortly into an investigation of these subjects, I would soon scratch my head, give up and default that since it doesn’t [...]

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A Comedy of Fiscal Errors

by Jason Thomas Kocher October 12th, 2008 - Surrealpolitik »

Like some good-old, dry Monty Python sketch. This from an Australian satire show called Newstopia, the video originally seen at Campaign for Liberty. With a spoonful of sugar to taste, better said than I can say though I’ll say it anyway…

Central banking (U.S. Federal Reserve) and fiat currency are both a bit of corrupted magic done by men who may or may not know better.

It’s funny because it’s true? Of course, it’s also sad because it’s true.

Further along these lines of understanding the farces of the currently constructed economy, I find the following sources thought-provoking. However, like anything, they may tomorrow prove themselves something other. So take them, as always, into your own skeptical hands.

I’m Thomas K…and I’m not.


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How to Lose all the Battles and Still Win Some War

by Jason Thomas Kocher October 11th, 2008 - Surrealpolitik »

“G.I. Joe would have you know that ‘knowing is half the battle’, but the government today relies on only lawyers and guns to make money, their knowledge, at best, half-empty.”


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