"A model of the Starship Enterprise used in the pilot and title sequences of the TV series "Star Trek: The Next Generation" sold for $576,000 (€454,800) on...
You are invited to learn about my world at http://spacepatrol.us/idx2.html I tend to wonder if the Star Trek fans aren't a bit different than the Star Trek...
When I googled up Kerry O'Quinn to see what ha's been up to since his days ast STARLOG I saw mention of him being involved in an Atlas Shrugged Movie. Is this...
The current Atlas Shrugged movie project is being produced by the Baldwins of Baldwin Entertainment. Check the archive here for earlier posts about it. Kerry...
I hope that isn't Alec Baldwin. That would be like having Hitler and Stalin do commentary on freedom ... Space Patroller Laser Live the Continuing Adventure...
Space Patroller Laser wrote: "I hope that isn't Alec Baldwin. That would be like having Hitler and Stalin do commentary on freedom" His brother Adam Baldwin is...
From 1977 with Star Wars, then the original Battlestar Galactica, to Farscape and Firefly, the operational idea was to revive Space Opera of the early '50's,...
As reported elsewhere: ______ PERIODIC TABLE'S NEWEST ELEMENT Bushcronium A Nobel prize winning scientist has just announced the discovery of the heaviest...
Orbital golfing is the most expensive game in sports, using the most expensive balls, but promising the longest drives: at least 2-3 days to land. (Didn't one...
Relating to the orbital vs military whacking mentioned in the orbital golfing post: for those who haven't seen them, check out the posts about 9/11 on another...
For those who do not know, a "start page" is a single-screenful page with useful and sometimes fun things. Usually they are part of MSN or Yahoo! Well,...
Last month I created something similar to this. The Space Feeds blog is an aggregator with an up-to-the-minute listing the 50 most recent blog entries from...
Jane and Taber, I just finished most of Jane's "The Human Experiment" book. I couldn't put it down. I missed Christmas! I thought the split in Biosphere 2 was...
While most of this was Venusian to me, since I am not familiar with its soruce, i did notice two things The Bussard Ramjet. From what I've been told, the...
A new issue of Atlas Magazine is available. In "Statist Libertarians," I consider the claim that anyone who supports the existence of the State in any form is...
Such persons who make that claim can be easily refuted and embarrassed, which is good too, by simply saying "Well, I certainly can't argue with such a strong...
Russell does not tell why such a government would have the right to prevent any competition (i.e., other legal authorities) or how, once having the right to...
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Dan Ust wrote: "Some would argue that merely having a legal monopoly on force already violates rights -- already is anti-libertarian. Others would argue that...
Now THIS is what I'm looking for. a good dixcussion The notion that the government has a "legal monopoly on force" is sociological more than philosophical. It...
Well, Peikoff's statements re: private ownership of firearms (at least the ones I've read) are simply untenable and inconsistent with the proper relationship...
Self-defense was never specifically stated as a right. It was presumed as a "given". The attitude being "who would challenge such a thing?". Miss Rand made...
Space Patroller Laser wrote: "She was city folk herself. and the closely packed population distribution of a city does presnet a firearms problem. However, the...
... Agreed. What is then applicable is that the city fathers could pass laws against the discharge or carriage of the AR-15 or even an M-16 within the city...
Great exchange yesterday. Like to see more of that kind of thing Nere's a litle something I put together, It's what is called in web 3.0- speak, a webtoy. I...
I don't recall Rand being for gun control. Peikoff's and others in the ARI crowd who are for gun control -- at whatever level, because I recall some of them...
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For much of what I say here I rely on David Brudnoy who did tons of work regarding gun control Spaceifically exempted from the Second Amendment by the Malitia...