Recent content by Jtorsella

Ayn Rand has done more for liberty than any of us will ever do in our lifetimes. Read about the formation of the modern libertarian party. Most of its founders began as objectivists, and her influence kept the early libertarian/anti-war movement from devolving into another leftist rebellion. We...

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Megan Fox loves ancient aliens. @4:00

Non-agression principle.

No, I am saying that omission is not lying. I define lying as making a statement, which one knows to be untrue, to another. This is not omission. True, but lying itself constitutes an attempt to convince another of an untruth. It is irrelevant whether this attempt is successful.

Yes. If a person does not tell the truth, then they become the slave to an unreality. Reality is now incorrectly perceived by someone else, and the liar must live out this fakery in front of the other person. Practically, yes. Morally, no. I would say that a white lie still attempts to avoid...

Gary Weiss just wrote a really misleading book trying to warn the left of Rand's prominence while trying to tear her down. I really can't trust anything he writes.

Ron Effing Swanson

The BR movie is ten times better than the Hunger Games movie.

Please explain why you are not an individualist.

I'm more moderate on foreign policy, but am certainly a noninterventionist. He convinced me on abortion.

So it is greedy to be entitled to the wealth that you create? If it is, then I'm the greediest man on earth.

NEWT-PERRY 2012 "We need to re-invade Iraq"

I would. Apple is the largest company in the world with about 70bn extra cash set aside for future needs. They are not going anywhere. It would take over 30 years of horrible mismanagement.

Yeah I find that Rand was pretty hypocritical, though it doesn't change that Anthem and her books are awesome.