http://www.breitbart.com/news/...

Apocryphally, in 1770, the French writer and provocateur François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire) wrote to a French priest, “Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write." Actually, he said no such thing. Biographer Evelyn Beatrice Hall, trying to capture the libertarian essence of his attitude to the burning of a book whose content he disapproved of, came up with: “I disapprove of what you say but will defend to the death your right to say it.” The saying, formulated that way, has been attributed to Voltaire ever since.

Happy Birthday to Ayn Rand -- clearly the greatest philosopher since Aristotle! She taught the world as much as Bacon, Locke, Smith, Voltaire, Jefferson, Mises, and Hayek combined!

http://www.sfgate.com/news/art...

UC Berkeley cancels right-wing provocateur’s talk amid violent protest

By Olivia Pierson
www.oliviapierson.org/blog

The New Zealand Prime Minister has criticised President Trump over America’s extreme vetting of people flowing into the United States from terrorist and refugee hotbeds: Iran, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Somalia, Libya & Sudan. “It is not the New Zealand Way,” answered Bill English, when asked by reporters to condemn President Trump’s protective new executive order.

Thanks for the comments on my immigration essay. If anyone is a member of HBL (I no longer am), I would appreciate it if you could post the link there and tell them I encourage respectful comments.

What is Trumpism? What is the Trump Movement all about? I've heard that "Donald Trump" is now a brand name, as well as a symbol.

Dear American Atheists,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p1zc...

This is gonna be a wild ride. Donald Trump is a total political amateur. Mithra and Wotan only know what he'll do once he's safely (sic) ensconced into office on January 20th.

At 4 p.m. on January 19th, 2017 I sent the following email to Barack Obama:

Barack Obama,

Women may naturally favor socialism a bit; but men naturally favor fascism.

Opinion article:

http://www.marketwatch.com/sto...

Notable passage mentioning Ayn Rand:

Muslims are superior. A natural scientist would be forced to agree. Because they breed faster - and better. They breed more, and with healthier (younger) bodies.

I thought Molyneux was libertarian - I'd never researched him - until this tweet (hope it comes out here - if you enlarge it you should be able to read it.

Two sins for me:

The 25th Anniversary of the Soviet Union’s Collapse
By Edward Hudgins

December 26, 2016 marks a quarter century since the Supreme Soviet officially dissolved the collapsing wreck known as the Soviet Union. It was one of the worst tyrannies ever inflicted on humans by other humans who had lost their humanity. This communist regime left in its wake tens of millions of dead and hundreds of millions who suffered privation, repression, torture chambers, and Gulags.

I hope the pic I've posted to this is up.

I've got no time, so simply, for Abstract Andrew and Guileless Grant, the New Puritan Front, this is a quick copy and paste of an old blog post of mine. Why?

New Zealand's complicity in the United Nations Security Council's condemnation of Israeli settlements on the West Bank places New Zealand squarely on the side of evil in the epic global battle between Western Civilisation and barbarism.

Why Movers and Shakers Say Read Ayn Rand
By Edward Hudgins

Ray Dalio, who runs the world’s largest hedge fund, recently penned “Reflections on Trump’s Presidency” in which he urged that “Regarding economics, if you haven’t read Ayn Rand lately, I suggest that you do.” He’s only the latest of both friends and foes of President-elect Trump to invoke the author of Atlas Shrugged. And he’s right!

http://www.handelsblatt.com/al...