July 2011
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Democracy in Spain is dead, but not precisely for...
This is a summary in English of this previous post in Spanish, targeted to my international followers. Basically what has happened is that the main political parties in the Spanish Parliament have performed a “kind of” Coup d’Etat against the Spanish democracy, act performed with the collaborative silence of the Spanish Media and other political parties that could obtain some...
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Pacto de silencio alrededor de la modificación de...
Desconozco los motivos, pero se ha establecido un “sospechoso” pacto de silencio entre los más variopintos actores de la actualidad nacional en torno a la modificación realizada en la Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral, en concreto el artículo 169 que regula el procedimiento de presentación de candidaturas para los procesos electorales. En este enlace el P-Lib tenéis toda la...
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An intelligent (and realistic) way-ahead for the...
View libertarianism as being concerned only with legal and policy issues, not as a system of moral or ethical principles for human conduct in general.
See “being a libertarian” to mean merely the following: tending to favor policy reforms toward more liberty, more individual responsibility, and less government.
Strive to formulate political questions in terms of policy brass tacks.
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Why Small Business isn't hiring, and won't be...
“1. The high costs of cartel healthcare, a.k.a. Sickcare
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2. Politicos and employees don’t understand small business. How many politicos started a business from scratch and are still running a small business of 25 or fewer employees? Basically none.
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Employees wonder why their pay isn’t rising, but the employer’s compensation costs have been...
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“In real life, the worst estimate you can make will always be optimistic.”
– Me
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Watch1 minute of the fireworks over the Rhein river yesterday Saturday 9th of July 2011 in the city of Cologne, Germany.
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The future of media?
Thanks to @joshlachkovic and @BigBigBen I discovered last Friday that a new blogging platform called Dale & Co. has been launched in the UK. The idea is similar to the Huffington Post, well, with some differences. However we all know how the HuffPo has now converted into a reference media in the Net, with Dale&Co. maybe following the same fate.
On the other hand last week I read also...
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In Europe there is no space for more fools...
… but they are pushing to get in.
The same as G’mork said in the unforgetable Nevereding Story “Fantasia has no boundaries”, we can say also that the “human stupidity has no boundaries” either.
And why? Well, because of this:
http://www.anti-powerpoint-party.com/
Probably you already heard about them. And probably you already heard that they aspire to become the 4th political force in...
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“¿Cuantos followers comunistas tengo? y si los tengo ¿Creéis que Twitter debería...”
– by @AdrienAranda - Aun me estoy partiendo la caja. Este chico tiene futuro. Si la secta le deja, claro.
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“Its just sad that most people don’t understand simple economics low flat tax...”
– Seen here http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/senator-rubio-slams-class-warfare/#comment-11964
