Welcome to my inaugural “Rando Thursday Whatever”, a…well…random, outpouring of whatever stories and snippets—of a more apolitical and non-ideological stripe—I find worthy of mention. Yes, get excited for word vomit on a weekly basis!
Firstly, I’m not sure if I made it explicit in my last post, but I was in St. Louis, Missouri all last [...]
Adbusters. What a piece of work. If you thought last week’s rant against Menial Matters was harsh, you have yet to hear my thoughts on the misanthropic, anti-consumerist luddites at Adbusters. Suffice it to say, they’re not positive.
But that diatribe will have to wait as I’m limiting this post to their unsuccessful lawsuit, which–in ten [...]
Jon Hemminghaus, from Williamson County in southern Illinois, posted an anti-smoking ban sign in front of his business, Wounded Rig Inc., about a month ago. It reads:
Wham. Bam. Boom. A cogent 6-word argument for property rights and self-ownership. Bad ass.
It is Jon’s property and therefore John’s right to determine what activities are performed on his [...]
Yesterday, Drew and I stopped by City Hall in order to witness and record a press conference by the Lawndale Alliance, a group of concerned residents from the 24th ward who are victims of the city’s latest land grab.
I’m not sure how the story has gone this long without appearing on the blog — especially when my own co-worker, Izzy Santa, has been quoted in relation to it — but, in any case: “Pig roaster’s citations from Wheeling have Filipino consulate, ACLU, libertarians crying foul”.
For those link averse, a man from Wheeling [...]
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