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Wednesday May 22, 2013
Today in 1863, the United States War Department ordained a specialized bureau for the purpose of the organization of black enlisted troops, The Bureau of Colored Troops.

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your experiment is. It doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. — Richard Feynman


Topic: ‘Sicherheitspolizei’

1. Driver’s Licenses: Not Really About Driving

LewRockwell | Why do we bother with driver’s licenses at all? They’re certainly not a measure of even minimal competence as a driver. You take a written (now digital) test that Forrest Gump could pass, along with (maybe) a cursory “road” test that takes place in the parking lot of the DMV. A 12-year-old could pass these tests. More to the point, adults far less competent than the average 12-year-old routinely pass these tests. They have a driver’s license, alright – but calling them “drivers” is generous. The sail fawn-addled, SmoooVee doing 80 in a snowstorm, ’86 Buick in the left lane refusing to move right, double-yellow-crossing, half-blind inattentive Taco-eating marginality of the average Driver Americanus is known the world over. ... - [More]

Posted: January 19, 2011 in Articles