The Social Leap | Robert Wright & William von Hippel [The Wright Show]
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in economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, property rights Tags: evolutionary psychology
Climate Change | David Mitchell’s SoapBox
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming
Why Didn’t Sweden Join World War 2?
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Sweden, World War II
ACT leader David Seymour rides high on poll numbers
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in liberalism, politics - New Zealand Tags: 2020 New Zealand election
North Korean Girl’s Culture Shock in America. Simply brilliant
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in defence economics, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, health economics, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, libertarianism, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights Tags: North Korea
Free from the Nazi Occupation – but for how long can it last? WW2 – 109 – September 26, 1941
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in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: World War II
Separate Stories and Solitudes
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Rod Dreher writes at American Conservative about the chasm opening and dividing the previous United States. His article is titled Joe Rogan World Vs. NPR World, but those words don’t reveal the importance or depth of his insights. He starts with a familiar experience of hearing newscasting perverted by an agenda. Excerpts in italics with my bolds.
Yesterday when I drove up to the country to visit my mother, I listened to NPR until I couldn’t take it anymore. There was a story about black Mormons. Normally I would have found that compelling, given my interest in religion. The Mormon religion used to be formally racist, but changed its teaching. What is it like to live as a black Mormon? That’s a story that interests me. Or normally would, but I swear, I turned off the radio. Why?
It had nothing to do with the black Mormons. It…
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Getting this in before blasphemy is outlawed again
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in law and economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: 2020 New Zealand election, free speech, Freedom of religion, political correctness, regressive left
Why are animals cute?
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If, like me, you’re one of those softies who likes cute animals—especially baby animals—and visits places like The Daily Squee, Zooborns, or Acting Like Animals, and if you’re also a tad reflective, you may have asked yourself, “Why do I find these things so god-damned adorable?”
There are, of course, two ways to answer that question. The proximate answer requires that you single out those features of animals that make them cute versus ugly, and perhaps amalgamate them into some general explanation. Why are baby ducks so cute, and baby parrots so ugly? Why are baby chimps so much more appealing than adult ones? Why are hairless cats uglier than normal ones? Why are human babies so irresistible compared to teenagers? General answers to these questions might involve fur, relative size of the head or of the eyes, length of the limbs, and so on.
Then there’s…
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Anti-science left #globalwarming #climateemergency @AOC @Greenpeace @Greens @BernieSanders @NZGreens
27 Sep 2020 1 Comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Anti-Science left, climate alarmists, nuclear energy
#Organic #globalwarming #climateemergency @NZGreens @Greens
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in environmental economics, global warming Tags: organic farming
Sweden: The 1810 Act of Succession.
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The 1810 Act of Succession is one of four Fundamental Laws of the Realm and thus forms part of the Swedish Constitution. The Act regulates the line of succession to the Swedish Throne and the conditions which eligible members of the Swedish Royal Family must abide by in order to remain in it.
It was jointly adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates, convened in Örebro on 26 September 1810, and Carl XIII, as a logical consequence following the election on 21 August of Jean Baptiste Bernadotte as Crown Prince.
The actual contents of the Act, save the solemn preamble, has been thoroughly rewritten over the years: the most notable change occurred in 1980 when the core principle of agnatic primogeniture (male succession only) was changed in favor of absolute primogeniture (eldest child regardless of sex).
Historical background
The Act of Succession was adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates…
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