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- 51Thanks for taking the time to comment, Lucky. I just posted Part II.
- 52Posted by mccannon01 1 day, 19 hours ago to The Free State ProjectA long time ago I used to think a snow barrier helped keep the riff-raff out, but with the volume turned up on the commie siren song of more free stuff it has less of an impact.
- 53Posted by mccannon01 1 day, 19 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME SUNDAY PAPER EDITIONI absolutely love this collection, OUC! It is both a sobering and a humorous start of my Sunday. Mayors office under a children's hospital and Lady Liberty in a burka has it nailed - then she escapes to Florida!
- 54Posted by mccannon01 1 day, 19 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME SUNDAY PAPER EDITIONHarmony nicely done, OUC!
Another song regarding Lady Liberty: "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone." - 55Posted by Lucky 2 days, 3 hours ago to Plastic-eating bacteria have already evolved to eat our PET bottles and spread through global oceansYou can be a fake environmentalist and spread the carbon scam.
Or you can be worried about the spread of plastics in the oceans and Asian rivers.
Now we have some good news on this. Jo Nova reports that ocean bacteria is evolving to breakdown the plastics.
Life grows on energy. - 56The latter, I suspect . . .
- 57What may or not be a pertinent question has just this night occurred to me dino soon to be in bed.
What can be worse? An old-fashioned atheist communist or a newfangled Muslim communist? - 58Will check it out, keep us posted
- 59In 3 part Harmony, no less . . .
- 60Posted by Abaco 2 days, 7 hours ago to Katie Porter for Gov of California!Acquired another rental property last week. It was very tough as the prices are quickly climbing out of my desired range thanks to California's quagmire. But, I did it. Soon I'll be able to dial back my income to something comfortable but not so I that I'm getting raped by the federal government. I busted my ass for many years, so this feels like a very good development. Soon I may just transition to stocking toilet paper and coffee in my short-term rentals when I'm not fishing in the lake in Galt's Gulch...
- 61Posted by VetteGuy 2 days, 9 hours ago to The Free State ProjectI've always thought the Free State Project had some merit. Unfortunately, they chose New Hampshire, a place with far more snow than I can tolerate. Good luck, though.
- 62Posted by freedomforall 2 days, 16 hours ago to Mamdani's Socialist (Democrat) Plans Will Only Make NYC WorseThat should really improve the tourist business. LOL
- 63Posted by $ jbrenner 2 days, 16 hours ago to Mamdani's Socialist (Democrat) Plans Will Only Make NYC WorseNo, it is not too bad. Remember, they asked for it, and boy are they going to get it!
- 64Posted by Abaco 2 days, 16 hours ago to Mamdani's Socialist (Democrat) Plans Will Only Make NYC WorseCertainly. And, they're already getting it from what I'm seeing. People are being told they that their not able to film or photograph anything in public if the goons say so. Some women are getting punched in the head randomly, and shoved down stairs. Too bad, really...
- 65Posted by DennisJeeves 2 days, 16 hours ago to Going Galt, the non-romantic versionOk, then I need to revisit FSP ( yes, it's been years)
I will have to ask you more questions.
(dennis_jeeves-1((at))yahoo.com) Remove brackets to obtain the correct email. - 66Posted by quackslikeadoug 2 days, 17 hours ago to Going Galt, the non-romantic version1) It seems you're either underestimating the size and involvement of the FSP, or that you're working with an unreconciled contradiction. It is true that, ultimately, Free Staters are on their own—insofar as every man is ultimately on his own in regard to any course of action he takes. It is not true that the FSP lacks personal mentorship as such—I myself am 23 and have Kevin Haley as a great friend and mentor, and Jeremy Kaufman serves a similar role for a few of my friends in NH. If you're referring to mentorship more in the sense of Hoppe's account of "voluntary immigration" via sponsorship by property owners, or in the more specific sense of Midas Mulligan hiring Quentin Daniels? If the issue is that they haven't already built a fully privatized community where personal relationships are a matter of necessity in order to remain in the community, then my answer is "why wait for someone else to build that community, and why not build that community where you have the highest concentration of competent candidates?" Galt's Gulch was built in Colorado, the cultural and industrial center of libertarianism/competence in the world of Atlas Shrugged. Any serious analog to Galt's Gulch will have to be built in the closest real analog to Rand's Colorado. New Hampshire is the only real contender for that title today.
2) The FSP is decentralized, but the Hoppeans (Kaufman and his friends) are the dominant faction when it comes to recruitment and optics. Many of us go to great lengths to dissuade so-called "left libertarians" and "modal libertarians" from moving to New Hampshire.
3) I've been Galt-maxxing since before I'd ever heard of Ayn Rand. I am very concerned with problems of industry and engineering, as are the bulk of Free Staters in my cohort (early 20s-30s). As with any group, the most vocal and visible people will be those with the most time on their hands, i.e. the least competent. I suggest taking the time to take a deeper dive into the FSP. If you haven't visited before, I highly recommend the NH Liberty Forum or the Porcupine Freedom Festival (2026 dates TBA). Alternatively, I can recommend you to some Signal chats with more serious Free Staters. - 67Posted by DennisJeeves 2 days, 17 hours ago to Going Galt, the non-romantic versionI've been aware of FSP, for I think 15 years.
Missing aspects of FSP the top of my head:
1) Personal mentorship - in FSP you are on your own.Yes, you can potentially find friends or acquaintances but that leaving thing to complex and fortuitous social dynamics. In the group dynamics that I'm suggesting, you will have designated people - for life.
2) A stress on 'right' kind of people. For FSP the primary qualifying criteria is that you ought to be libertarian. In what I'm suggesting a lot more is required, for example you HAVE to work on projects and interact heavily with others.
3) FSP has hippie vibe to it - not that of undertaking serious projects, I would think that the crowd that it attracts probably won't think of 'curing' cancer a project that they would consider. Mine would. ( And just for the records - I like the hippies, just as one would like children, but their ability to be mature is in question) - 68Posted by quackslikeadoug 2 days, 20 hours ago to Going Galt, the non-romantic versionHave you looked into the Free State Project at all? You ought to check out the Porcupine Freedom Festival.
- 69Posted by TheRealBill 3 days, 4 hours ago to If Solar and Wind Are Now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels, Why Don’t We Have More? The LCOE Scam.Basically the same scam that was pulled with inflation in the 80s and 90s or with the peak daily temperatures refusing to agree with the models so they switch to “feels like.”
- 70Posted by katrinam41 3 days, 5 hours ago to TGIFfunnies 11/7/25 EDITION: Bad Ideas!Zappers with this batch, especially those last two. I hear you, gharkness, me too! Still laughing, have already shared with the ones who appreciate them. After the crazy day I've had, your memes are a perfect way to end the day--laughing out loud. Thanks again, ouc!
- 71Indeed! Fortunately, I avoid crowds like the plague, but I getcha!
- 72Bring a large jar and a personal tent, just in case!
- 73Posted by CaptainKirk 3 days, 12 hours ago to If Solar and Wind Are Now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels, Why Don’t We Have More? The LCOE Scam.For the ELITES trying to kill us off, starve us to death, and enslave those that can survive...
NOTHING.
For us peasants. Starvation, Owning Nothing, A Slaves Existence... But most definitely NOT BEING HAPPY!
Scary STUPID stuff. - 74Posted by mccannon01 3 days, 12 hours ago to If Solar and Wind Are Now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels, Why Don’t We Have More? The LCOE Scam.I would say if I can't have a vehicle, then the politicians won't have them either!
- 75Posted by mccannon01 3 days, 12 hours ago to If Solar and Wind Are Now Cheaper than Fossil Fuels, Why Don’t We Have More? The LCOE Scam.Near me state subsidized solar farms are now covering acres of perfectly good farmland. What could possibly go wrong?