Pinboard: bookmarks for h3h tagged 'politics'

A principled and sensible Republican. His only downside is irrelevant to his running—he doesn't think there's evidence for the Big Bang and godless theory of the universe. One battle at a time.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Securitize Citizenship!

An interesting proposal: bring economics into citizenship and let the market reflect the desirability of a country's policies.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Nelson on The US as a Failed Experiment

I like how he frames states' rights in this post. The sad thing is that many (most?) Americans don't know that the country was intended to function in a different (and better) way.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Go Vote Absentee

This site makes the process about as smooth as it's going to get. Kudos to them.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Russ Nelson on Freedom of Trade

Awesome and succinct.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Job Specs for The Oval Office

A good writeup on what we should look for in a president.

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october 2008 by h3h

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2008 Presidential Election Interactive Map and History of the Electoral College

Awesome map with awesome visual history.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Locofocos

Crazy Democrats! Where "crazy" means sane, of course.

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october 2008 by h3h

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Electronic Individual Voting

An interesting proposal.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Bleeding-Heart Libertarianism

An interesting perspective. It seems to be pretty solid and answers a lot of the common objections.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Russ Nelson on The War on Drugs

Startling clarity, once again.

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september 2008 by h3h

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The Question of Global Warming by Freeman Dyson

An extremely level-headed and critical analysis of some of the writing on global warming. Every person should read and understand this review.

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september 2008 by h3h

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SWAT Fever: It's Epidemic (Sorry About The Dogs)

Good report on a scary and ridiculous reality.

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september 2008 by h3h

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When Did Freedom Become an Orphan?

Well said. It shouldn't be any surprise that I won't be voting for either major party candidate.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Tracking the Palin Rumors - Reason Magazine

Hooray for rumor deflation. She's still scary.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Palin Is “Racist, Sexist, Vindictive, And Mean.”

Not entirely surprising, but consistently frightening nonetheless.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Sarah Palin Soap Opera

Well said, I think.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Sarah Palin Speaks to Wasilla Assembly of God Church

Wow. Yeah. Heh.

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september 2008 by h3h

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McCain, Obama Equally Gassy on Oil

Pandering to voters sucks and one person can't ever be the best person to decide everything for a nation. I think those are universal truths.

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september 2008 by h3h

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The Future of Freedom Foundation

Found a flyer of theirs at Top Dog. Neat.

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september 2008 by h3h

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LEAP - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

Lots of common sense.

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september 2008 by h3h

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Ron Paul followers gathering for own convention

Great fun in Minneapolis.

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september 2008 by h3h

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ObamaTaxCut.com

"You will probably not get an Obama Tax Cut" Sucks to live in expensive urban areas, eh?

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august 2008 by h3h

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Juror Becomes Fly in the Ointment

I don't like the idea that a judge can replace a juror to avoid confronting an honest and reasonable question about the legitimacy of a law.

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august 2008 by h3h

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Ron Paul: The Prophet

Neat 3-post series about what could happen at the Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis this September.

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august 2008 by h3h

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perspctv

Terrible name, neat charts & graphs.

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july 2008 by h3h

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Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner
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july 2008 by h3h

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The Daily Show - Australian Prime Minister & Cheney

"Ehh." "Oi!"

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july 2008 by h3h

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A Look at the Presidential Candidates - The Big Picture
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july 2008 by h3h

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California to Legalize Weed for Everyone
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july 2008 by h3h

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Gapcasts with Hans Rosling

Neat visualizations.

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june 2008 by h3h

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Davenetics* Remote Control Revolutionary

Good words, good design.

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june 2008 by h3h

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The $3 Trillion Shopping Spree
bush war politics iraq
april 2008 by h3h

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Positive-Sum Within, Zero-Sum Without
economics government libertarian politics obama
march 2008 by h3h

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Libertarianz

Clever and terrible play on words for a Kiwi Libertarian party.

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february 2008 by h3h

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Gun politics in Switzerland

Essentially every male Swiss citizen between age 20 and 30 is required to have a fully automatic assault rifle at his home because the entire able population is a militia.

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february 2008 by h3h

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Cato: Is Limited Government Possible?

Good read.

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february 2008 by h3h

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Why I Became a Delegate

Mike Lee on supporting Obama. A lot of truth in this one.

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february 2008 by h3h

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If Iran Were America (And We Were Iran): A Timeline by J. L. Bryan

A great alternate perspective.