From RR

• On the election in the Ukraine. Let most of it, the eastern part and Kiev, be Russia again and let the separatist west (old Polish Galicia) be its own country, with Lemberg as the capital, another Slovakia essentially.
• The old soldier who said bring the troops home. Remembering John Murtha, the kind of Democrat I like. Sorry to read that his death was preventable: complications after routine surgery.
• It occurred to me long ago that if the Establishment wanted to truly defeat the Taliban and end the war in Afghanistan, they’d legalize opium. There would also be an indirect decrease in the prison population. I don’t see drug gangs having turf wars over alcohol, but there were turf wars over alcohol when the United States government prohibited alcohol in the 1920s.
• The illegality of cars and the rebirth of freedom.
• Is scripture statist? The mainline wants you to think so. Leaving aside the highly dubious proposition that one’s personal religious beliefs should be directly translated into public policy — including laws governing citizens who do not share those beliefs — the notion that the Bible supports government redistribution of wealth should be firmly challenged. The fundamental question for those who consider the Bible authoritative is not whether it advocates charity or helping the poor. Obama, Wallis, and other statist Christians are not arguing for charity. They are arguing for government appropriation of property.
• The light shining in the statist darkness.
• Who’s being condescending?
• The discreet unveiling of a covert war. Pakistan.
• Myth Alaska. She’s attractive. I don’t hate her. I’d never vote for her.
• Passion comes from liberty.
• To tea or not to tea.

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