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• Karl Hess, Jr. speaks at Karl Hess Club. PermaKent, PermaKent Permaculture Ideas of J. Kent Hastings (2011-02-20). KARL HESS CLUB MONDAY  FEBRUARY 21, 2011 Â                                      [200th meeting] Karl Hess IV "Whither Conservation in the 21st Century: More Government or More Liberty?" Dinah's Family Restaurant 6521 S. Sepulveda Blvd. (at Centinela… (Linked Tuesday 2011-02-22.)

• Apple’s Three Laws of Developers. isaiah's weblog (2011-02-15). A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm. A developer must obey any orders given to it by Apple, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A developer must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not… (Linked Tuesday 2011-02-22.)

• What Could Be Bad? Roderick, Austro-Athenian Empire (2011-02-22). Chris Matthews opines: "I think we're always right to back nationalism." He's talking about the ongoing Middle Eastern revolts, but the claim as it stands is perfectly general – and seems open to the occasional counterexample. (Linked Tuesday 2011-02-22.)

• Craig Prescott's Family Claims he was Murdered for Being "Whistle Blower" lilprole, Modesto Anarcho (2011-02-21). Craig Prescott.The mother of Craig Prescott released a statement, claiming that Craig Prescott was murdered in the downtown jail for being a “whistle blower” and released new information on the case. The Sheriff’s Department claims that Prescott died after being shot with a taser, but an autopsy report and a… (Linked Tuesday 2011-02-22.)

• Solidarity Forever. DarianW, Anarchoblogs in English (2011-02-20). "Acts of solidarity are going to be either gifts or entrepreneurial affairs, depending on how you understand the basic dynamics. If you wait around for someone in this tangled-up culture of ours to "deserve" solidarity, you'll just sit on your hands and nothing will change (except for the worse.) You… (Linked Tuesday 2011-02-22.)

• notjessewalker: A rambling, incoherent tirade with semi-random references to Waco and Somalia — yes, Qaddafi is definitely a Hit & Run troll. Twitter / notjessewalker (2011-02-22). notjessewalker: A rambling, incoherent tirade with semi-random references to Waco and Somalia — yes, Qaddafi is definitely a Hit & Run troll. (Linked Tuesday 2011-02-22.)

• Chinese People Power: A Primer. Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-20). While our eyes are glued on the collapsing Qaddafi regime, the authorities in China are getting jittery about a Jasmine Revolution of their own: Skittish domestic security officials responded with a mass show of force across China on Sunday after anonymous calls for protesters to stage a Chinese "Jasmine Revolution"… (Linked Wednesday 2011-02-23.)

• Work It Out!/A Chambear! Workshop Series for Community Organizers of Color. inciteblog, INCITE! Blog (2011-02-16). Spearheaded by Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action in collaboration with INCITE!, Critical Resistance, Data Center and Creative Interventions: * free lunch, free interpretaion, free workshops* *almuerzo, interpretaci?@c3;b3;n, talleres gratuitos* Work It Out!/A Chambear! is a skill-based workshop series designed by and for community organizers of color. This series will… (Linked Wednesday 2011-02-23.)

• “The Eastern Regions of Libya Are Now Free Regions” Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-18). Col. Qaddafi has an eccentric habit of periodically declaring that he has abolished the Libyan government. His subjects suddenly seem interested in taking him up on the idea. Amid reports of severe repression, claims are coming in that the city of Benghazi is now "out of the control of the Gaddafi… (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)

• And Just Across the Strait from Yemen… Jesse Walker, Jesse Walker: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-18). The BBC reports: Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Djibouti to call for President Ismael Omar Guelleh to step down. The demonstrators were reportedly monitored closely by security forces in riot gear. Mr Guelleh's family has governed the Red Sea city state since independence from France in… (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)

• When rape is Your Tax Dollars at Work. Obsidian Wings (2011-02-19). Men in Uniform (Cont’d). (Linked Saturday 2011-02-19.)

• ST(O) : If all stories were written like science fiction stories. www.shrovetuesdayobserved.com (2011-02-19). (Linked Saturday 2011-02-19.)

• the basic problem with the notion of government is displayed in. Captain Capitulation, eye of the storm (2011-02-20). the basic problem with the notion of government is displayed in the "massive show of force." only it can do that. but even worse than that, only it can subject you to the indignity of using your own resources to intimidate and/or shoot you. surely it is occurring to someone this evening in… (Linked Monday 2011-02-21.)

• Of course we shouldn’t give more power to Google. Marja Erwin (2011-02-16). http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/16/new_book_explains_how_google_has_taken_over_knowledge_and_learning… but how would it be any saner to give that power to government-run replacements, who would use that power to control our access to knowledge, who would use that to share their news and suppress opposing news, and who would have a chilling effect on what people are willing… (Linked Wednesday 2011-02-16.)

• Pre-pub price for AK Press Proudhon anthology. Shawn P. Wilbur, Two-Gun Mutualism & the Golden Rule (2011-02-14). AK Press has posted an attractive sale price for the Proudhon anthology, Property is Theft!, which ought to be available any day now. There are other sale prices out there, but none that give you a good deal and also put the revenue in the hands of the radical business… (Linked Wednesday 2011-02-16.)

• Adventure Travel. Dorothy, Cat and Girl (2011-02-14). (Linked Thursday 2011-02-17.)

• as you read about the trail of Brisenia Flores's murderers... bfp, flip flopping joy (2011-02-14). Please note how rarely MSM is calling her murderers white supremacists and how rarely the organization they are a part of is called a hate group. Notice how key phrases like "hotly contested issue" keep coming up as code words for "white supremacist violence." Notice how the Minutemen are never… (Linked Thursday 2011-02-17.)

• Joseph and the Appalling Tyrannical Despot. Slacktivist, slacktivist (2011-02-12). Since it’s in the news, I thought we might revisit a story about Egypt — a story from long, long ago, from the book of Genesis. It’s a story that I’ve long found confusing and disturbing. The book of Genesis, as its name suggests, is a collection of origin stories…. (Linked Thursday 2011-02-17.)

• Better That 84,000 Be Libeled Than 10 Go Free. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-17). Last weekend, visitors to some 84,000 websites, mostly personal and small business sites, saw this pop up on their screens: The domain seizures were part of "Operation Save Our Children," which according to a Department of Homeland Security press release, nabbed 10 websites that were distributing child pornography. The problem… (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)

• I Believe the Germans Have a Word for This. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-11). Incumbent food truck magnate in Austin develops totally-civic-minded-and-not-at-all-protectionist "health, safety and environmental concerns" over a massive increase in the number trucks that have sprung up to compete with him . . .   . . . demands city council pass stricter regulations of his own industry . . .   . . …. (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)

• How Hard Is It To Fire a Police Officer? Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-16). According to the Orlandon Sentinel, Davie, Florida police officer Kevin Kilpatrick has been on paid leave for seven years. During that time, he has received full pay and benefits, plus annual raises. He has collected more than a half million dollars for doing nothing. The department has twice tried to… (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)

• Sticklers for Procedure. Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-18). Legal lynching. (Cont’d) (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)

• Welcome to the Era of Belt-Tightening. Radley Balko, Radley Balko: Reason Magazine articles and blog posts. (2011-02-08). The U.S. Navy spent $450,000 to send four F-18 fighter jets from Virginia for a spectacular flyover before Sunday's Super Bowl. Or we'll just have to assume it was spectacular. It wasn't televised. And the stadium roof was closed. But I bet it sounded cool. CORRECTION: My mistake. The flyover was… (Linked Friday 2011-02-18.)