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Category Archives: Politics and Philosophy
Interview with Julia Hanna about Syria
On April 27, 2018 Aya Katz interviewed Julia Hanna about the current situation in Syria. Topics discussed include: The recent bombing in Syria. The accusation against President Bashar al-Assad about chemical warfare. The interview by Ron Paul of Peter Ford about … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Politics and Philosophy
Tagged Assad, Austin Petersen, Bashar al-Assad, bombing Syria, Clinton, constitutionalgovernmemt, declaration of war, deep state, Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, George W. Bush, Hariri, Lebanon, Obama, Our Lady of Kaifeng, Presbytarian Church, Syria, Trump, war
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Livestream Talk with Julia Hanna and Aya Katz — March 16, 2018
The topics covered were: the student walkouts over gun control Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump and how they should both take DNA tests Native American rights as hunter-gatherers and grazing rights, plus the rights of all to have … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Politics and Philosophy
Tagged Chomsky. brain drain, core and periphery, cultural appropriation. native Americans, Donald Trump. DNA. identity politics, Elizabeth Warren, leftist intlellectuals, quotas, school walkouts, second amendment, student protests, unter gatherers
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Livestream Talk with Julia Hanna and Aya Katz — March 9, 2018
In this podcast from March 9, 2018, Julia Hanna and Aya Katz discuss the topics of the day. TOPICS ON LIVESTREAM MARCH 9, 2018 Attitudes about the right of medical professionals to mislead people in the way we would … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Politics and Philosophy, PubWages Staff
Tagged advertising funnel, Austin Petersen, Aya Katz, cockatiels, health professionals, healthcare, heritability of intelligence, IQ tests, Jordan Peterson, Julia Hanna, licensing medical professionals, livestream, NDD, Podcast, second amendment, vaccination
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Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr was the third vice president of the United States. That was the highest office to which he attained, though if he had not been kept from it by the Spanish spy James Wilkinson, he might one day have … Continue reading
Disenfranchised
What would a choice by the people look like in a political context? Would it mean that the people, each individually, gather together in rooms, in their own communities, hash out what they would like to vote for, and then … Continue reading
Posted in Opinion Pieces and Editorials, Politics and Philosophy
Tagged Democrat Party, disenfranchised, district-convention, grass roots, Libertarian Party, national convention, parties, political parties, politics, precinct convention, Republican Party, state convention, top-down. +bottom-up, voting
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Can I get a toy and a senior discount on my Happy Meal?
Freedom and slavery are but illusions. Freedom is just an illusion where order is arrived through informed consent and slavery is simply order where consent is irrelevant. We like order, but we implicity understand that it is not perfect. We … Continue reading
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Tagged freedom, Liberty, slavery
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A Christmas Carol Revisited
A Christmas Carol Revisited: Analyzing George C. Scott’s Scrooge [This article was originally published on Hubpages in 2010 and eventually de-indexed.] An Excerpt from A Christmas Carol “At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,” said the gentleman, taking … Continue reading
Songs of Slavery
Songs of Slavery Slavery, as a human institution, has existed since time immemorial. It is sanctioned in the Bible and was practiced by the Greeks and the Romans. It was prevalent in medieval eastern Europe, and it was even a … Continue reading
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Tagged exodus, Joseph, Moses, slavery, songs of slavery
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Lobbying the Madisons: Letters to James and Dolley
When the government has done us wrong, any attempt to seek redress is fraught with difficulty. Ironically, people find it much easier to ask for a handout or a government job or a special favor than to ask for justice. … Continue reading
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Tagged Dolley Madison, Dupont de Nemours, education, how to write a letter to the president, James Madison, Jean Laffite, letter to the first lady, letter to the president, letter writing, literacy, merchant class, Roger G Kennedy, Theodosia and the Pirates, Theodosia Burr Alston
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Who Should Pay for Waging War?
War is a zero sum game, in which nations battle over territory and natural resources. It therefore follows that those who get the most territory for the least expenditure of resources are the most successful. For this reason, war should be financed at the expense of the enemy, and not at the expense of one’s own people. In lieu of taxation, issuing letters of marque and reprisal is a better choice. Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, dane geld, Danegeld, defense budget, filibusters, financing war, John Jay, pacifism, privateers, spoils of war, Thomas Jefferson, war, war finance, war profits, who profits from war, who should finance war, who should pay for war, zero sum game
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