Category Archives: Quote

“Worst-case thinking leads to bad decisions, bad systems design, and bad security. And we all have direct experience with its effects: airline security and the TSA, which we make fun of when we’re not appalled that they’re harassing 93-year-old women … Continue reading →

“The intellectual problem isn’t that some Pakistani nut tried to car bomb the Lion King, the problem is that our understanding of it will come from a gated community of idiots.” — The Last Psychiatrist

” It took us twenty years longer, but we’re now reaching the same crisis point the planned economies of the Communist Bloc hit around 1990. The regulatory megastate is in the process of being destroyed by its own contradictions.” —ESR

“You Do have fire extinguishers in your house and garage, right? You do carry one in your vehicle, and you do carry jumper cables, tools, a working jack, water, a first aid kit, a spare coat, a good spare tire, … Continue reading →

“This is what decadence looks like: a frantic coarseness that “bravely” trashes its own values and traditions, and then knuckles under swiftly to totalitarianism and brute force. Happily, today’s would-be totalitarians are probably too marginal to take full advantage. This … Continue reading →

“So just to be clear, it’s constitutional to penalize someone for not showing proof of health insurance but not request proof of citizenship?” — Tigerbait

“The Dinosaurs smell a change in the air, and roar their defiance.” — Borepatch

“I mean, guns were all over most every state capital this past week, and nobody busted caps, so what’s your problem? You keep tearing at your hair about this blood in the streets that keeps not happening. For heaven’s sake, … Continue reading →