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misthios (ancient greek): salaried, hired, hired labourer

krátos (ancient greek): power, strength

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Misthiocracy

The Who recorded this way back in 1967:

 I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it...

Misthiocracy

Selina Meyer is the only Veep for me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHRFhsZgY10

;-)

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Once again, a visit to Ricochet results in additions to my Amazon wish list.

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No need to worry, Econtalk is Clean.

I like how iTunes specifies that Econtalk podcasts are "clean", but what if I want to download the "blue" versions? Is there a password to unlock explicit content?  ;-)

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TSA gropings, being a disincentive to fly, have reduced greenhouse gases emitted by jet engines?

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10 cents:

It does bother me to know that a person over a 100 is more lucid than I am. 

Lucidity is overrated.

;-)

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Falcon 9?  Dragon Capsule?

I kinda miss rocket names based on greek and roman mythology.

Maybe Congress can pass a law...

;-)

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Send her to a trade school. Electricians and plumbers can make good money.

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The Smith-Mundt Act of 1948 and the Foreign Relations Authorization Act in 1987 both strictly govern the creation of propaganda and ban its dissemination on U.S. soil.

There is currently a bill before Congress to lift these bans, so that the federal government will be allowed to disseminate propaganda on U.S. soil.

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Elite pro athletes are so physically-superior to the rest of us that one could easily label them "mutants".

Do professional athletes have more children than the rest of us "normals"?

Misthiocracy

I think I hear a Who.

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Hey, don't leave out my man Mike Harris, who immediately cut income tax rates by 30%, and social assistance rates by 22%, upon being elected Premier of Ontario.

He also eliminated politicians' pensions entirely.

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That sign reminds me of this "turn off your cellphone" notice used by the Alamo Drafthouse chain of movie theatres:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L3eeC2lJZs

Warning: Not CofC compliant.

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Midget Faded Rattlesnake: One veep to check them all... Like one ring to rule them all?

Curses!

I wanted to post something to this effect, but that dang snake beat me to it.

I shall have my revenge ...

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Even if one agrees that the police went over the line in this case, or that the police goes over the line as a matter of policy when enforcing drug laws, it does not necessarily follow that the drug laws themselves are illegitimate.

There are plenty of acts which reasonable people agree should be against the law, yet we still want the police to exhibit restraint and respect for the Constitution went enforcing these laws.

Just because I don't think police should be allowed to fire machine guns into a rioting mob, it doesn't mean I think rioting should be legal.

Police and government are increasingly using these sorts of extreme, violent, and brutal enforcement tactics to enforce all sorts of laws, not just drug laws. The problem is often not with the particular law itself, but the methods used to enforce that law.

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After this example of independent-mindedness, is it fair for the centre-right media to keep referring to Booker as an "Obama Surrogate"?

Isn't that kind of labelling the same kind of Alinskyite tactic that we usually abhor?

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