Finally starting to notice signs of age (I’m now 39). In addition to fading hair and expanding gut, I noticed a year or so ago that I would doze off in the easy chair while watching tv or reading a book at night. And lately, on occasion, while I am up late on the PC, fighting sleepiness, I will actually dodder off to sleep in the desk chair with my fingers on the keyboard. Pathetic.
The guy I know who refers to Iraqis as “Iraqians”–I reviewed something he wrote and told him it was full of grammar and spelling errors. He said, yeah, “I know it’s not very grammical”. He was not kidding. He also refers to google as “goggle.”
I went to the Rush concert in Houston a few months back with my brother in law and his brother in law. It was raining as we all walked to the stadium, donning our ponchos. One guy accidentally bumped into the guy in front of me, making him spill his cup of beer. We all stopped to avoid a collision, and there was a brief tense moment, as the beer guy looked up in shock and anger, half his beer sloshed out of his cup, glaring a bit at the clumsy guy. I decided to try a sleek geek maneuve, and interjected, “…hey, it’s okay, we’re all Rush fans, man.” The tension broken, we all resumed our march to nirvana.
Recently found a copy of a review by Peter McDermott of my 1997 book Protecting Foreign Investment Under International Law: Legal Aspects of Political Risk. Other reviews here.
A revised version forthcoming in early 2005 is International Investment Political Risk and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide.
I mentioned previously my latest book, Online Contract Formation, published a couple months ago. It provides practical advice about legal issues related to formation of contracts through online means, from a multi-jurisdictional perspective.
Amazon is now carrying it. I need some reviews. A few readers should post some short reviews. I suggested on smart-ass one to a friend, “If I were interested in the law of online contract formation from a multi-jurisdictional perspective, this is the book I would get.”
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While you’re at it–do a favor for 3 buddies, and plug their books also on Amazon:
As reported on the Mises blog, Volume 18, no. 2 (Spring 2004) of the Journal of Libertarian Studies features an exchange of views among Walter Block, Frank van Dun, and myself, regarding the foundations of libertarian jurisprudence. In particular, the issue contains my “Reply to Van Dun: Non-Aggression and Title Transfer” (a reply to “Against Libertarian Legalism”), as well as Walter Block’s reply, “Reply to ‘Against Libertarian Legalism’”, Van Dun’s response, “Natural Law and the Jurisprudence of Freedom,” and Block’s “Reply to Frank van Dun’s ‘Natural Law and the Jurisprudence of Freedom.’”
Man Mistakenly Cuts Off Penis, Dog Eats It
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A elderly Romanian man mistook his penis for a chicken’s neck, cut it off and his dog rushed up and ate it, the state Rompres news agency said Monday.
It said 67 year-old Constantin Mocanu, from a village near the southeastern town of Galati, rushed out into his yard in his underwear to kill a noisy chicken keeping him awake at night.
“I confused it with the chicken’s neck,” Mocanu, who was admitted to the emergency hospital in Galati, was quoted as saying. “I cut it … and the dog rushed and ate it.”
Participated in this thread on anti-state.com, about whether those who hire a hitman or assassin are also liable. Discussion centers on causation and joint responsibility. Also includes discussion of why you can both recapture your property from a thief AND punish him.
The classic poem by Tyrone Greene, the prisoner character played by Eddie Murphy during his “Saturday Night Live” heyday:
Images by Tyrone Greene
Dark and lonely on a summer’s night.
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking. Do he bite?
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
Slip in his window. Break his neck.
Then his house I start to wreck.
Got no reason. What the heck?
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L my land lord!
In response to this LewRockwell.com blog post, License to Breed (2), these replies and threads sprang up:
Replies: Re: License to Breed (Casey Khan), Re: License to Breed?
(Jesse Ogden), Re: License to Breed (Chris Dominguez)
Threads: Kinsella Wants to License Breeding (No Treason) and a thread on anti-state.com.
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Update: See License to Breed.
Update: Now updated at Hoppe and Kinsella on Immigration
In response to this LewRockwell.com blog post, Immigration Idea (2; about selling citizenship, and No Treason’s Chattering Punks), and Hoppe’s article on immigration, these threads sprang up (my reply: Palmer on Hoppe, Hoppe on Coase, and Re: Palmer on Hoppe):
Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
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