March 13, 2013
maxlibertarios:

beatyourselfup:

Update: Phoenix officer calls 5-day suspension too harsh for running and slamming young girls head into concrete wall.

This YouTube video sparked a yearlong investigation. A disciplinary review board recommended a 32-hour or 4-day suspension. But Chief Daniel Garcia thought the punishment should be more severe and gave Larrison a 40-hour or 5-day suspension. Typically that’s the maximum number of days you can suspend an officer.

So a 4 day punishment is adequate? And the asshole fights a 5 day punishment? They’re both unreasonable! That asshole needs to be fired. What he did could’ve given that girl brain damage.
Look, the cop assaulted her and he did it under the colors of his badge. He should be served with the same assault charges that the general public is charged with.
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ACAB

If I did that I’d be looking at a concrete bed for the next 10 years.
Doesn’t it stand to reason that a cop should be held to a higher standard of justice than an ordinary guy like me?  Not lower?

maxlibertarios:

beatyourselfup:

Update: Phoenix officer calls 5-day suspension too harsh for running and slamming young girls head into concrete wall.

This YouTube video sparked a yearlong investigation. A disciplinary review board recommended a 32-hour or 4-day suspension. But Chief Daniel Garcia thought the punishment should be more severe and gave Larrison a 40-hour or 5-day suspension. Typically that’s the maximum number of days you can suspend an officer.

So a 4 day punishment is adequate? And the asshole fights a 5 day punishment? They’re both unreasonable! That asshole needs to be fired. What he did could’ve given that girl brain damage.

Look, the cop assaulted her and he did it under the colors of his badge. He should be served with the same assault charges that the general public is charged with.

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ACAB

If I did that I’d be looking at a concrete bed for the next 10 years.

Doesn’t it stand to reason that a cop should be held to a higher standard of justice than an ordinary guy like me?  Not lower?

March 13, 2013
junknstuff:

HAHAHAHAH SO FUCKING DUMB

*rubs temples.. sighs*

junknstuff:

HAHAHAHAH SO FUCKING DUMB

*rubs temples.. sighs*

January 31, 2013

This is what happens if police realize you’re not wearing your seat belt.

(Source: psychedelicwarrior101, via maxlibertarios)

October 31, 2012

libertybeat:

Liberty Beat Podcast - Episode 18

The liberty beat crew is back to assault your ears with pure concentrated awesome!  Also stay tuned after the end of the episode for a very special segment where we get highly technical.  A special gift for all you nerds out there!

I say in the episode that I should post some articles about cops murdering dogs in public and on no-knock raids, but there are so many articles that it would fill pages.  Just google ‘dog shootings police’.

Recorded Sunday, October 14th, 2012.

Topics:

  • Absinthe
  • Flash-bang grenade tossed at child in no-knock raid.
  • Cheese smuggling rings, and the mastermind criminals behind this dastardly enterprise.
  • The “first sale doctrine” in the ‘states.
  • Home made guns.  (defensedistributed.com)
  • ‘Do Not Track’ and internet privacy in general.
  • Is every single government action actually a veiled threat of violence?  How is that possible?
  • The basics of how the internet works, and how it functions even though it has no central control.
  • Doctors are being paid by the government to claim that their patients are unfit to drive.  What could possibly go wrong?
  • Dave’s experience in a canadian hospital.
  • Woman arrested on charges of blasphemy.  (Plus a little about the human rights tribunal: Scott Brockie)
  • Thousands of piglets killed.  (Murdered?!)

Credits:

  • Host - Daniel Benoy
  • Co-Host - David Shepherd
  • Co-Host - Chinaman
  • Microphone Logo - VectorOpenStock.com (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License: Vector Graphics by VectorOpenStock.com)
  • “Grassy World” Bumper Music - Matthew Pablo (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License)

October 15, 2012

libertybeat:

Liberty Beat Podcast - Episode 17 - 2012-09-23

In this episode we get our first piece of listener mail!  We answer a user’s concerns about our views on abolishing “intellectual property”!  Exciting!

There’s a very special guest appearance from my dog Jackson at 31 minutes in, too.  Sorry about that.

Topics:

  • Unusual flavors.  Featuring: tasty fries and gravy chips.
  • “intellectual property”
  • Legalizing Child Pornography
  • Should there be a law requiring all gas to be prepaid?  (Spoiler: No.)
  • Legalizing Drunk Driving

Credits:

  • Host - Daniel Benoy
  • Co-Host - David Shepherd
  • Co-Host - Chinaman
  • Microphone Logo - VectorOpenStock.com (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License: Vector Graphics by VectorOpenStock.com)
  • “Grassy World” Bumper Music - Matthew Pablo (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License)

October 2, 2012

libertybeat:

Liberty Beat Podcast - Episode 16 - 2012-09-16

This week’s podcast is da bomb.  We discuss terrorism, security theater, and we throw in explanations of some of the the various DRM and ‘Intellectual Property’ related dangers out there!

Topics:

  • Tipping.
  • A judge has sided against arbitrary indefinite detention.
  • Lojban
  • Man gets arrested for asking the police “Why am I on a terrorist watch list?”, complete with abusive ‘bomb scare’ shutdown of the building.
  • Insider trading should be legalized!
  • Windows 8, and using monopolies to capture monopolies.
  • UEFI is the biggest threat to general home computing we’ve seen so far.  The future will be interesting.
  • Kickstarter and ‘Intellectual Property’
  • Border checks, and all the stupid rules.
  • Immigration, and why we need to shut down the border.

Credits:

  • Host - Daniel Benoy
  • Co-Host - David Shepherd
  • Co-Host - Chinaman
  • Microphone Logo - VectorOpenStock.com (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License: Vector Graphics by VectorOpenStock.com)
  • “Grassy World” Bumper Music - Matthew Pablo (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License)

September 27, 2012
apsychedelicdoomcult:

futurebythepast:

sushigoat:

thesepostsarenotcoercive:

ouch

tbh i don’t know how far this argument will go. I means, Engels was an industrialist, Richard Owen was a capitalist etc. etc.
it’s of course hilarious but not a good point. 

Her rationale, as well as that of a lot of ancaps/libertarians, was that she should not feel any moral issues in receiving government assistance if they came about through taxation. Taxes were taken from her, she had no choice but to pay him, so she shouldn’t feel anything wrong about taking what is, in essence, rightfully owed to her.

OH SNAP

Viewing this as contradictory behavior is victim blaming.  The implication is that beneficiaries of government programs are the cause of the existence of government programs.
The opposite is true.  Government programs are in the greatest danger when they’re being ubiquitously exploited, and they’re strongest when people continue to pay, but refuse to extract the benefits.
Socialists who truly love medicare and want to show their deepest dedication should be turning it down even when they need it so there’s more for others.  Likewise, Ayn Rand would be a hypocrite if she turned down medicare.

apsychedelicdoomcult:

futurebythepast:

sushigoat:

thesepostsarenotcoercive:

ouch

tbh i don’t know how far this argument will go. I means, Engels was an industrialist, Richard Owen was a capitalist etc. etc.

it’s of course hilarious but not a good point. 

Her rationale, as well as that of a lot of ancaps/libertarians, was that she should not feel any moral issues in receiving government assistance if they came about through taxation. Taxes were taken from her, she had no choice but to pay him, so she shouldn’t feel anything wrong about taking what is, in essence, rightfully owed to her.

OH SNAP

Viewing this as contradictory behavior is victim blaming.  The implication is that beneficiaries of government programs are the cause of the existence of government programs.

The opposite is true.  Government programs are in the greatest danger when they’re being ubiquitously exploited, and they’re strongest when people continue to pay, but refuse to extract the benefits.

Socialists who truly love medicare and want to show their deepest dedication should be turning it down even when they need it so there’s more for others.  Likewise, Ayn Rand would be a hypocrite if she turned down medicare.

(Source: questionall, via thinksquad)

September 25, 2012

libertybeat:

Liberty Beat Podcast - Episode 15 - 2012-09-09

Sex, drugs, and ROCK AND ROLL! … okay, a little less of that last thing.  In fact, mostly a bunch of ranting and not much music at all.  But definitely a lot of sex and drug talk.  Enjoy!

Topics:

  • Banned Beverage
  • What age is best to try alcohol?  Is the ‘drinking age’ making things worse?
  • Rumspringa (Check out the documentary ‘Devil’s Playground’)
  • More on the drug war!
  • Mary Kay Letourneau; a story of love triumphing over persecution.
  • We bring up the libertarian hot button of animal rights.
  • What’s the purpose of justice?  To punish purpetrators, or to make victims whole again?
  • Jury Nullification
  • Modern slavery
  • Seasteading
  • Immigration.  What’s the deal with the American government trying to keep us Canadians out?
  • Medical smartphone apps, should they be regulated?  Most medical technologies are currently regulated, what’s the different?
  • J-walking, emergency vehicles, and stopping for the school bus.
  • Morals, do you have them?  What are they?  Is it about feelings?

Credits:

  • Host - Daniel Benoy
  • Co-Host - David Shepherd
  • Co-Host - Chinaman
  • Microphone Logo - VectorOpenStock.com (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License: Vector Graphics by VectorOpenStock.com)
  • “Grassy World” Bumper Music - Matthew Pablo (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License)

September 18, 2012
Perl, Microsoft SQL Server, and Linux

Getting Perl talking to MS SQL server is a tricky proposition under Linux.  Here’s how I did it in RHEL 6.2.

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September 8, 2012

libertybeat:

Liberty Beat Podcast - Episode 14 - 2012-08-26

This week, Ethan Erkiletian, the other half of the Ed and Ethan podcast joins us to talk about all things past present and future as we give yet another liberty assessment of the world at large.

Visit edandethan.com to hear more from Ethan!

Topics:

  • Is the world moving toward freedom?
  • Someone gets kicked off a plane for wearing a shirt that mocks the TSA.
  • The reverse bull filter, and other boggling government wastes.
  • How do you define ‘child labor’?  When is it right; when is it wrong?
  • “Trade Agreements” is a nonsense euphemism.  The only thing they’re ‘agreeing’ to ‘trade’ is a restrictive law here, for a restrictive law there.
  • Intellectual property.. again!
  • Cellphone bans while driving, and how they do nothing but hurt.  (More basic logic lessons!)
  • Arbitrary enforcement, and pulling people over to ‘fish’.
  • How do we get from here, to there?
  • Pure, true democracy wouldn’t work.
  • The poor, the government, and liberty.  What is ‘The social safety net’ and would everyone starve and die in our world?
  • The drug war, and who’s to blame for all the violence?  Is it shameful to be a member of a drug gang?
  • “Foster Care” and how completely awful it is, and how everyone already knows that, and how it doesn’t seem to be changing.

Credits:

  • Host - Daniel Benoy
  • Co-Host - David Shepherd
  • Co-Host - Chinaman
  • Guest Host - Ethan Erkiletian
  • Microphone Logo - VectorOpenStock.com (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License: Vector Graphics by VectorOpenStock.com)
  • “Grassy World” Bumper Music - Matthew Pablo (Used in accordance with the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License)

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