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Unseen,

Naomi Oreskes also got it wrong about attributing U.S. success to Manifest Destiny. If the U.S. remained only the original 13 Independent States, as long as it embraced political and economic freedom, it still would have been the greatest, most prosperous nation on Earth by being a hub of greater production and trade and people…[Read more]

Unseen put the baby to bed. It is overtired.

Strawman? You are wrong. I was responding to your awkward language which is rendered meaningless unless i interpreted it as i did. “Come on. They cluster around competitions where horses are overdriven so that people can make money on the competitions and speculate on race horse genetics. Are you t…[Read more]

Unseen,

Rose Wilder Lane’s history in The Discovery of Freedom wasn’t accurate, especially on the role of religion in the struggle for freedom, but there was one quote of hers that any Atheist with good sense could agree with that is relevant to our continued discussions of work:

“Anyone who says that economic security is a human right, has b…

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Unseen,

What does that have to do with price gouging during the Covid crisis?

What I’m saying has everything to do with the COVID-19 crisis and any other crisis where goods and services are needed.

If stores didn’t face the risk of being criminally charged with “price gouging,” toilet paper, rubber gloves, masks, Personal Protective…[Read more]

“Come on. They cluster around competitions where horses are overdriven so that people can make money on the competitions and speculate on race horse genetics. Are you totally blind to that fact?”

Races are year round in USA. How is the period before KY derby different from any other period? There is always an incentive to win. You’d have to show…

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Unseen, i thought we were putting this to bed. But okay.

“Come on. They cluster around competitions where horses are overdriven so that people can make money on the competitions and speculate on race horse genetics. Are you totally blind to that fact?”

Races are year round in USA. How is the period before KY derby different from any other…[Read more]

Little House on the Prairie. Charming stories of pioneering America’s prairielands or Ayn Randesque libertarian propaganda?

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Unseen,

The point being made wasn’t that businesses raised prices because market forces forced them to but that some businesses raised prices behind a false claim or false impression that they had to. The operative descriptor being “false.” Business A watches business B raise prices because their supplier is exper…

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jakelafort wrote:

Unseen, i agree that the INDUSTRY would end. However horse racing would continue on a limited basis. There is a long history of humans being attracted to races. Whether it is other humans, dogs or horses.

Not only races competitions to be wagered on with all kinds of stakes from money (of course) to if your (whatever) beats…[Read more]

Unseen,

The point being made wasn’t that businesses raised prices because market forces forced them to but that some businesses raised prices behind a false claim or false impression that they had to. The operative descriptor being “false.”

Business A watches business B raise prices because their supplier is experiencing problems acquiring inven…

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Unseen, i agree that the INDUSTRY would end. However horse racing would continue on a limited basis. There is a long history of humans being attracted to races. Whether it is other humans, dogs or horses. If the gambling were made illegal then it would occur privately.

I am not sure horse racing will last. PETA was the impetus behind killing dog…[Read more]

Unseen and onyangomakagutu,

Kyle Kulinski has it all wrong. Not only was there stimulus paid for by inflating the currency via The Federal Reserve, but the Federal Government also subsidized companies payrolls and added massive new benefits of food and Over-The-Counter drugs to existing Medicare/Medicaid benefits. Also, the Biden Administration…[Read more]

@Jake

Let’s bring this to an end. To my mind, gambling is the only reason there’s a horse racing industry and the presence of a profit motive is the main driver behind the race horse deaths. Take the money out of it, and the motivation to overdrive the animals will be greatly reduced.

However, like eating meat, horse racing is one of those…[Read more]

So, the band has committed to a promo with a Montreal radio station (call letters CHOM). However, Ale can’t make it so do they cancel? No, they show up and wing it as a duo of Dany and Pau. Pau does a lot of the singing. Interesting and shows their professionalism. The audience loved them.

Unseen,

“We all have our blind spots, Jake. A horse would be much happier in a pasture than with a midget whipping its ass as it’s forced right up to the very limit of what its very physical structure allows. And, sadly, sometimes beyond.”

I should not have laughed at midget whipping its ass but hell i am human. In the case of thoroughbreds t…[Read more]