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  1. Nov 2013
    1. Therefore let us take his advice to heart and stop trying to use government to set every perceived injustice right, it is the majority of the time a poor tool to achieve this, especially when it comes to wages.

      Therefore let us take his advice to heart and stop trying to use government to right every perceived wrong. Especially when it comes to wages, government is a crude tool.

    2. to pay labour more in wages than it produces.

      Charity?

    3. It is impossible for society to redistribute more wealth than is produced

      (in the long run)

    4. I have to say he is right, not many people examine the currency and the negative effects of constant debasement by the Bank of Canada.

      "I have to say he is right; not many people examine the currency and the negative effects of constant debasement by the Bank of Canada.

    5. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose

      Why center alignment for a quote. Usually it is indented on both sides.

    6. Another issue to that should be addressed in order to raise wages and the standard of living is examining the status of the Canadian dollar.

      Awkward. Perhaps: "Another issue of raising wages and living standards is the status of the Canadian dollar."

    7. Another issue to that should be addressed

      Another issue that should be addressed

    8. seize to exist

      cease

    9. seize purchasing

      cease

  2. Oct 2013
    1. The majority of Canadians polled said they think Duffy, Sen. Brazeau and Sen. Wallin should resign from the Senate.
    2. Some 15% of Canadians say no party leader is fit to be prime minister.

      Awesome

    1. To conceive of libertarianism as only the NAP is incredibly shortsighted and oversimplified. That needs to be understood and it needs be excused because we have a whole raft of scholars in our community who tell us that the proper use of force is the full width and breath of what it means to be a libertarian. I say it is a whole lot more. For me, it includes, skepticisim of authority, questioning, reasoning, forgiveness, love, kindness, mutual aid, collective defense, voluntary cooperation, building and not destroying. It is about prosperity, about helping people. It is about ending the rule of violence and replacing it with the rule of reason. It’s about resolving disputes not with the executioner or the torturer but with cooperative mediation or voluntary arbitration. It’s about, not returning to a darker time but advancing to a more brilliant future where every life is valued, cultivated and brought to its maximum potential.

      The depths of libertarianism.

    2. The police officer is perceived as being a legitimate authority by many, many people. This is a fact of reality that must be accepted by those of us who want to persuade people to our libertarian point-of-view.
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    2. MONCTON, NB - Mounties say Native protesters at a shale gas exploration site in New Brunswick were armed to the teeth.

      Is there documentary evidence?