Good Video on Economy and Ron Paul's Predictions

It's the philosopher's stone video. Can be found to the left. I tried to embed video, but can't find it on his private channel. It's a good channel anyway.

UPDATE Dec 20, 2008: I am now able to embed the video. See below:

YAL - Young Americans for Liberty

Just wanted to point any who may actually follow this blog over to another called Young Americans for Liberty. There are several writers for this blog, and they are just getting started. I wish them good luck. They are against moving toward a socialist state, because they too understand that for socialism to ever work in theory, there must be some entity who restricts the liberty of individuals (not to mention that in practice this entity always merely takes over the seat of the wealthy of the capitalist system). This entity must exert its power over everyone and force them to participate in the system for it to ever work, and for this reason, it is anti-freedom. It is sickening to all who believe in freedom. They also understand that the right wing, as it has been hijacked, in its zeal to root out terrorists has severely infringed on the rights and privacy of American citizens. The sad part of this is that most are willing to give up their freedom to a paternalistic government that will protect them. In the end, this is a group of people who understand that more government power is never the answer to our problems, no matter what side uses it. Here are some sweet bumper stickers that their blog led me to.

6 Darkfall Gamplay Vids

A raid on a town is repelled:



Naval battles:



Shows various areas and a little of the banking system and inventory screen:



More fighting, and some spells:



A bow wielding chick goes first-person and takes out some players from a tree, until a mage pwns her with a fireball to the chest. Mounted combat, and a dude using some super jump spell to surprise attack.



The only words to express it are "holy shit." Probably the most epic MMO battle ever. Buildings rise from the ground at the beginning. And what the hell are those crazy ass siege vehicles towards the end that punch through the walls of the city? I can't wait for this game.

Darkfall is Coming (And I will be counting the days)

Ron Paul on The Auto Bailout

We better start listening.
Barney tells him time has expired.
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/

Schneier Echo: Terrorists Using Things

All from his blog. The further indented parts are him quoting, not direct quotes from Schneier:

Mumbai Terrorists Used Google Earth, Boats, Food

The Mumbai terrorists used Google Earth to help plan their attacks. This is bothering some people:

Google Earth has previously come in for criticism in India, including from the country's former president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Kalam warned in a 2005 lecture that the easy availability online of detailed maps of countries from services such as Google Earth could be misused by terrorists.

Of course the terrorists used Google Earth. They also used boats, and ate at restaurants. Don't even get me started about the fact that they breathed air and drank water.

A Google spokeswoman said in an e-mail today that Google Earth's imagery is available through commercial and public sources. Google Earth has also been used by aid agencies for relief operations, which outweighs abusive uses, she said.

That's true for all aspects of human infrastructure. Yes, the bad guys use it: bank robbers use cars to get away, drug smugglers use radios to communicate, child pornographers use e-mail. But the good guys use it, too, and the good uses far outweigh the bad uses.

DNS Attack

A great article from Wired about the events surrounding Dan Kaminsky's DNS hack. I had no idea all of this was going on behind the scenes. It is a long one, but worth it.

Disappearing Acorns

This is too weird. Just read it. Also, the comments are very interesting. The Slashdot reader base is very intelligent, and it seems like more and more people are shunning climate alarmism. This link was supplied by the first commenter.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/11/26/1227491635989.html