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Jeremy: Hi Muggles, “Eric’s column isn’t the right place to debate the finer points of libertarian self defense theory.” Why...
MikeC: I have done many 0-to-60 runs in my friend’s Tesla Model S P95D and while it is impressive, it’s never what I would...
Jeremy: Hi Jason, Yes, and absent the State, which either criminalizes or regulates them to death, many more would likely form. But, they...
Prof Walter Block: this isn’t spam: https://www.lewrockwell.com/lr c-blog/speeding-atom-bombs-and -the-nap/
Jeremy: Hey Nunz, I know that you’re not advocating for the State, God forbid! Just that your claim, “there would be just as much...
Robert: Agreed, Nunzio and Vonu. In a crazy society like ours, where “hate” is a crime and feelings matter more than actions...
Eric: Another angle to this is “when car guys don’t make cars”. One of the things that made Detroit products great in...
Anonymous: “How about the 66 Starlink….” A good day? WYP?
Vonu: It doesn’t matter if you believe that the planes were hijacked if you believe NIST’s completely fallacious story about...
bluegrey6124: “You can’t get this without that, but you can’t get that that with this”, would be such a turn-off, I’d just give up!...
Robert: I’d have been amazed if that thing *had* made it off the ground. It looked like a section of galvanized ventilation pipe...
Jason Flinders: Jeremy, a real-life example re private defense organizations is the Guardian Angels, in New York and other major cities.
Douglas Self: It was far less “ghetto” for goddamned sure!
Eightsouthman: Tx, the land of cheap land prices, no state taxes and the best place for commie fools from yankeeland and Ca. move to live...
Eightsouthman: SP, the federal govt. started shoving immigrants down our throats long ago, right after Vietnam. I had seen the same thing...
Nunzio: Hi Jeremy, Oh, I don’t think you read my post to which you are replying carefully enough. I wasn’t advocating for the...
Nunzio: Mugsy, Vonu just said most of what I wanted to say- for which I am thankful, as he did so likely much more efficiently than I...
Anonymous: Most all accidents are “alcohol related” these days because there is alcohol in the gas tank – LOL (yeah, I...
Jeremy: Hi Nunz, You’re applying Statist thinking to address a theoretical possibility. State enforcers are largely immune from...
Nunzio: “Technical specification of zero” Now I know why my 7th-grade math teacher- one Martin Fartin’ Hart- used to...
brazos_bend: You have to believe the State’s story that any planes were hijacked on 9/11 to begin with.
Bin: I remember when I was 9 years old or so and my favorite car was the Dukes of Hazzard Charger, then I started seeing these little...
brazos_bend: Regulatory capture is also part of that notion. Mega Corp and its lobbyists write a law and pass it to Loser Congressman B....
Nunzio: “And dat’s the name of dat tune”. -Robert Blake 😀
brazos_bend: Funny story, I had an accident at work in my personal vehicle going 0 mph. I was exiting a gate and the gate arm came down...
Spazatron5000: ReadyKilowatt, I’m glad to see others think the same about Hong Kong. I’m certain there is concern amongst...
Jeremy: Hi Vonu, Nothing, except many people don’t understand that the economy encompasses more than mere trade. Thus, I find free...
brazos_bend: No big innovation or change takes place by these people unless it is agreed to by uncle scam. They have shareholders to...
Spazatron5000: My stepfather lived in Las Vegas when the mob ran it in the early ’80s, and again in the early ’00s after the...
Vonu: While I’m curious where you could possibly have come up with such a specious understanding of menacing, I’ll just leave...
MikePizzo: Groovy! When Ford decides to introduce a sporty, two-seater electro cart, they can call it The “Thunderbird.” And...
richb: There is so much rampant dishonesty when it comes to so many “facts” now a days. Another car related one is...
Muggles: Eric’s column isn’t the right place to debate the finer points of libertarian self defense theory. He can choose to...
Chris: Eric, if you are right, then I am absolutely convinced that the these car Corporations absolutely have gotten in bed with the...
Vonu: Jeremy, What is the difference between a free market economy and a free market society?
Vonu: The distance between good enough and good enough might be a good technical specification of zero.
Jeremy: Hi Vonu, Yes, there are glimpses of how a truly free market society would function. The not so wild West is a good example of a...
Jazzy-Jasmine: Sorry I didn’t mean to send that twice .
Vonu: Uncle didn’t run the plant. That was done by Dow and then Rockwell. DOE’s biggest mistake was giving away their...
Jazzy-Jasmine: ” Make your own rules or be a slave to another man’s ” William Blake
Jasmine: ” Make your own rules or be a slave to another man’s ” William Blake
Vonu: Is a rouge nation just a well-made up rogue nation?
Douglas Self: Ah, nostalgia of the “olden days” (1960s to the late 1970s), when almost every driveway in Suburbia had at...
Vonu: If our system of law limits liability, why do insurance companies still refuse to insure nuclear power plants?
Vonu: I doubt he was anywhere near the event. How about the 66 Starlink satellites that were placed in orbit about the same time?
Douglas Self: The Rocky Flats fisaco was one of the biggest DOE fuckups, ever, if not their worst. Because of it, the Navy had to make do...
Vonu: Why would anyone bother with plutonium with tons of depleted uranium just laying around the middle east? Of course, there is the...
Douglas Self: Eric, this entire “well, should Joe Six-Pack have his own NUKE” is a complete red herring argument if one ever...
Vonu: I guess we will have to assume from your last paragraph that you believe that a “9/11 style hijacking” would be...
Vonu: It wouldn’t take that long.
Vonu: I don’t suppose anyone has bothered to visit the website voluntaryist.com
Vonu: Dictionaries are not written by statists. They are written by lexicographers. The purpose of a dictionary is to explain what the...
Anonymous: My only problem with anarchy is that if we had complete anarchy tonight, by ten o’clock tomorrow morning some folks...
Nunzio: Preaching to the choir, 8. I don’t even know what to call myself anymore, ’cause the media has so perverted any and...
Anonymous: OOOOPPPSS! BOOM! https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3nTSubYzQOM Elon not having a good day.
dirtybobbastard: 2001 chevy (what) car? some of the gm pass. cars from that era had too much rear brake bias but they used the abs to...
Eightsouthman: Nunz, the “statists” that write dictionaries have tried to turn anarchy into a thing it never was, i.e., chaos...
Eightsouthman: From the frying pan, into the fire. I’ve run many company Ram trucks that had horrible electrical problems. A few of...
Vonu: Jeremy, It is quite possible to know what things would be like in a truly free market economy. Simply look to the first decade of...
MarkyMark: TX, land of the FORCED blood draws…
Eightsouthman: eric, the FedEx plane that went down with a load of Samsung batteries disappeared down the memory hole nearly instantly....
Nunzio: Well-said, Ross! In order for a true Libertarian society to exist, the emphasis must be on the individual, family, and community-...
Ernie: There are some ABS systems ( late 80’s early 90’s Cadillacs, and some early 90’s GM pickups that I know of)...
swamprat: I have often thought about what cars would be like if there was no CAFE, no NHTSA and no EPA. They would likely be dirtier,...
Eightsouthman: Rik, LeMay should know. I’m sure he included himself in the fray. You won’t see it in “official”...
swamprat: The ABS light is akin to the tire pressure monitoring light except it is easier to turn off. Both systems are superfluous. Both...
Tom M: Government psychopaths. Is that the same government that says you owe taxes on money that in the same breath they say you do not...
brazos_bend: WIX and Mobil1 filters are supposedly the best you can get. As eric said, don’t go cheap on those. You might check...
ken: Paying for other peoples crimes (and this was a crime),,, the new American Justus system. This will continue until those responsible...
Jeremy: Ross, The Mafia is not a PDO, Blackwater is not a private company in any meaningful sense, society is a meaningless abstraction;...
Jason Flinders: The Mafia is less violent, less corrupt, and has considerably less blood on its hands than the State.
ReadyKilowatt: Ok, now instead of it being your neighbor, how about a “rouge nation?” Venezuela comes to mind. They go off...
ReadyKilowatt: I’m pretty sure flight crews are trained to capitulate to the hijacker demands, keep the passengers sedate and let...
Bluesman: As for laws…Good people don’t need them and bad people don’t obey them. -Plato (maybe)
Ross: We’ve already seen PDOs in action: they’re called gangs or Mafia families. The notion that private enterprises that are...
The Handler: That’s exciting news, Eric! You speak well for yourself. Not to mention you think in practical terms. Easy demolition!...
Nunzio: In keeping with my The Government Wants To Be God theme from other posts; and how the government’s code of morality(law) is...
bluegrey6124: I would’ve had that officer charged for trespassing onto private property! I mean what’s next? Are they gonna...
bluegrey6124: “Spewing all those unburned hydrocarbons AND that evil CO2!” Poor Greta would get a heart attack! lol
bluegrey6124: “just like when I pump my own gas instead of letting Muhammad or Ahmed put 87 in when I’d repeatedly say 89-93 (If...
Tuanorea: Florida, Jeremy, “…but don’t you think that you would want some rules?” Just the age old 3. 1.) Shoot 2.) Shovel 3.) Shut up...
Nunzio: Exactly, Anon! I have seen that, illustrated before my very eyes. As a former resident of NY, where decent people live with bars...
Anonymous: At this point in time, government and cops do more to protect the lawless miscreant than they do to protect decent peaceful...
Nunzio: Two things that often get overlooked in these types of discussions: a)The type of people who are so irresponsible that they do...
Giuseppe Crowe: I’m in the process of reading all five volumes of Rothbard’s Conceived in Liberty….Hamilton was a total...
Jeremy: Hi Floriduh, “…but don’t you think that you would want some rules?” There would be rules, in some cases...
Floriduh man: I get it guys, I really do, but don’t you think that you would want some rules? Imagine that you leave your kid, or...
Ernie: Lord I feel old. But when dad and I flew back to the states from Alaska in 1970, he had his 38 snubbie on him. I recall flying...
Jeremy: Hi Eric and Florida, Most of these what if scenarios could be addressed by PDO’s (private defense organizations). Of...
mark: You don’t need laws. You just give them the finger and go on about your day. I’ve driven 70 in an active school zone...
mark: “TSA-holes” really made me chuckle. Yeah, I’m not doing the new ID thing that lets you fly. Not worth the...
eric: Agree, Ernie! Also: How much “cleaner” would it be if a typical car averaged 60 MPG – as they could and would,...
FarmerChet: Have an air-cooled metric cruiser and a 2002 Sportster 1200 in Central Texas. Been in Texas for almost 30 years, and the...
eric: Hi Rik, Indeed. I think Chester Nimitz testified as a friendly witness on behalf of Admiral Doenitz, whose tactics were more or...
dirtybobbastard: that would be correct. the 94-96 B and D bodies all had the LT1 as an option and the buicks and caddies only got the LT1...
Ernie: As a fan of the WCFB, I guess I’m orthodox… or perhaps gnostic?
eric: Hi Florida, A couple of thoughts: One, most people – not being sociopaths – don’t do such things anyhow. I might...
Anonymous: In the “future” we will have Mr. Fusion powered cars that run on kitchen garbage.
Eightsouthman: I didn’t know if the military used them since there are two models, the steel and aluminum(lightweight). Don’t...
Eightsouthman: Ah, Ak Miller. I’ve had an Ak Miller book on turbocharging sine 68 or so.

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