Facebook Follies of Friends and Families

[The Minsky Moment]

A private company in the same situation would settle, 100 times out of 100.

If that were the case, there would never be trials.

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It's quite rare to have to defend a civil case where the country's highest court has already ruled against your defenses.

[The Minsky Moment]

Governments do enforce foreign court's orders from time to time, don't they? Like child support, maybe? 

Sure on application and typically with notice to the other side.

[The Minsky Moment]

To show the public where the problem lies: with judges that do not understand the terrorism threat.

The public already has a hard time understanding the function of the judiciary, a problem that affects both our countries, and for that matter, most countries with rule of law and an independent judiciary (think of the UK judges branded as traitors for ruling in favor of parliamentary sovereignty).  I don't think its useful to make that problem worse.

[Savonarola]

Strangely, based on my Facebook feed, Evo Morales (President of Bolivia) seems to have become a hero to libertarians:

Bolivia's President Declares 'Total Independence' from World Bank and IMF

Bolivarian socialism in a country whose principle export is oil and is led by a caudillo.  What could possibly go wrong? 

(These very same people pillory Maduro and the situation in Venezuela as the failure of socialism.)

[derspiess]

Strangely, based on my Facebook feed, Evo Morales (President of Bolivia) seems to have become a hero to libertarians:

Bolivia's President Declares 'Total Independence' from World Bank and IMF

Bolivarian socialism in a country whose principle export is oil and is led by a caudillo.  What could possibly go wrong? 

(These very same people pillory Maduro and the situation in Venezuela as the failure of socialism.)

My only guess is that people forgot who he was, or never knew.  Or maybe they're just falling for Evo's good looks.

[Grey Fox]

Libertarians just really dislike the Cabal.

[CountDeMoney]

My only guess is that people forgot who he was, or never knew.  Or maybe they're just falling for Evo's good looks.

Colonel Lando Calrissiano

[The Minsky Moment]

Strangely, based on my Facebook feed, Evo Morales (President of Bolivia) seems to have become a hero to libertarians:

Bolivia's President Declares 'Total Independence' from World Bank and IMF

Bolivarian socialism in a country whose principle export is oil and is led by a caudillo.  What could possibly go wrong? 

(These very same people pillory Maduro and the situation in Venezuela as the failure of socialism.)

My only guess is that people forgot who he was, or never knew.  Or maybe they're just falling for Evo's good looks.

Last I checked Bolivia was still a member of the IMF.  So for that matter is Venezuela.
Nothing prevents a signatory from withdrawing.  Want independence from the IMF? Simple:

Any member may withdraw from the Fund at any time by transmitting a notice in writing to the Fund at its principal office. Withdrawal shall become effective on the date such notice is received.

So Evo - put your pen where your mouth is and send the notice.
Otherwise STFU about "independence"

[Razgovory]

Strangely, based on my Facebook feed, Evo Morales (President of Bolivia) seems to have become a hero to libertarians:

Bolivia's President Declares 'Total Independence' from World Bank and IMF

Bolivarian socialism in a country whose principle export is oil and is led by a caudillo.  What could possibly go wrong? 

(These very same people pillory Maduro and the situation in Venezuela as the failure of socialism.)

A great deal of the Alt-right seems to have come from libertarians and anarcho-Capitalists, so I don't think personal liberty seems to be a major factor in those ideologies.

[Savonarola]

A great deal of the Alt-right seems to have come from libertarians and anarcho-Capitalists, so I don't think personal liberty seems to be a major factor in those ideologies.

Okay, but Morales has nationalized the oil and natural gas industries (among other things).  That should be anathema to libertarians or anarcho-capitalists.

[sbr]

 putting the globalists jews in their place is much more important than who might have "nationalized"  something something in a country fill of brown people.

[Valmy]

putting the globalists jews in their place is much more important than who might have "nationalized"  something something in a country fill of brown people.

Yep. Extreme nationalism infects those groups...which is weird. They seem to either not know what Libertarianism actually is or they don't care.

[Razgovory]

A great deal of the Alt-right seems to have come from libertarians and anarcho-Capitalists, so I don't think personal liberty seems to be a major factor in those ideologies.

Okay, but Morales has nationalized the oil and natural gas industries (among other things).  That should be anathema to libertarians or anarcho-capitalists.

Should be, but I don't think those things are actually important to them.

[grumbler]

putting the globalists jews in their place is much more important than who might have "nationalized"  something something in a country fill of brown people.

Okay... sure

(backs away, then turns around and runs as fast as he can)

[Eddie Teach]

Grumbler could be the voice of reason, but instead runs away.