The Criminality of the State by Albert J. Nock (from LewRockwell.com) This essay first appeared in The American Mercury in March 1939. As well as I can judge, the general attitude of Americans who are at all interested in foreign affairs is one of astonishment, coupled with distaste, displeasure, or horror, according to the individual observer's capacity for emotional excitement. Perhaps I ought to shade this statement a little in order to keep on the safe side, and say that this is the most...

Eternal Frankenstein living-death slavery.

Society Without a State By Murray N. Rothbard

"We got him!" No, sorry, not Osama bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri

I will be a guest on the Debate Hour with Reginald V. Finley and Sara Austin tonight at 7PM Central to discuss the war. Listen Live here (somewhere). MP3 here.

To support the Warlords that "we" fought last time, of course. Go read Justin.

When I asked Brian Doherty on today's prototype for what will the new Liberated Space, what was the most important controversy in the libertarian movement, he stated clearly that war, most likely this war is the issue.

Claims Commentary magazine. (Via Greenwald, via Bovard) As Mr. Greenwald complains, how is it that these crazy people have not yet been pushed to the sidelines? I hate the establishment, but to see them pushed out and replaced by nutballs like these is hardly progress.

By Mark R. Crovelli

The KAOS Report, today from 5-7 PM central on Radio KAOS 95.9 or 92.7 FM in Austin, TX or stream it live at KAOS 959.com. Tune in early, the Beer Princess is going to be playing a punk rock tribute to the Christmas Truce of 1914. MP3

Thanks AP! Congress rebukes FBI's Okla. City probe By JOHN SOLOMON, Associated Press Writer Sun Dec 24, 5:20 PM ET The FBI failed to fully investigate information suggesting other suspects may have helped Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, allowing questions to linger more than a decade after the deadly attack, a congressional inquiry concludes. The House International Relations investigative subcommittee will release the findings of its two-year review as...

It's been a fun year of blogging around here and I much appreciate all you regulars, those who comment and those who don't. Last time I checked, which was actually quite a few months ago, there were a couple hundred of you who come by pretty much every day. Thanks a lot for stopping in and taking part. Give cool shit to people you care about. It will make them happy.

by Anthony Gregory

The new Microsoft Operating System (OS), Windows Vista, is currently in the Ready To Manufacture (RTM) stage. That means it is finished, but Microsoft has placed an embargo on selling it until January 30. My guess is that Microsoft is hoping someone breaks the embargo, which would mean a windfall of lawsuit profits. As a MSDN member, I have access to Vista and all other MS software for free. Thus, a few days ago, I installed Vista here. Vista comes in 4 different versions, varying in features...