Hey, you know what really bothers me? When one country figures that laws passed by their legislature apply to the entire fucking world. You know who the leading proponent of that idea is? The United States. That’s right, a nation that refuses to recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court because it might place their [...]
Category Archives: M.J. Sheppard
The death of MegaUpload and extraterritorial application of law
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on January 20, 2012 2 comments
Lies the left and social conservatives told me
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on April 18, 2011 Comments Off
I don’t make a distinction between liberals and social conservatives because there truly isn’t much of one. Neither is particularly good with money and the ideological agendas of both require a massive government to implement. As they are both philosophically statist, both are antithetical to me and everything I believe. Indeed, I think that an [...]
“Kick me like you did before, I can’t even feel the pain no more”
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on March 28, 2011 6 comments
I’m having just the best time of my life debating my friend, Maikeru, in the comments of this post. It really is turning out to be one of the great joys of my life. You see, on Friday the Conservative Harper Government (which I think I’m legally required to call them) was defeated on a [...]
When terrorist sympathizers investigate terrorism
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on March 9, 2011 3 comments
I’ve long been suspicious of legislatures using their subpoena powers to investigate matters not directly related to the functioning of the government. The only intellectual and legal basis the United States Congress has to engage in jock-sniffing exercises such as investigating steroid use in baseball is that Major League Baseball enjoys an exemption from federal [...]
Three cheers for Rand Paul
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on February 16, 2011 1 comment
I’ve never been particularly enthusiastic about Rand Paul or the Tea Party. They seem to recognize that the United States has a debt problem, but they chase rainbows in the attempts to deal with it. Yes, America has a spending problem but that’s only half of the problem. It also has a revenue problem, and [...]
David Frum’s tortured logic
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on February 16, 2011 Comments Off
Unlike many conservative commentators, I don’t foam at the mouth every time I hear David Frum’s name. In many respects, I actually agree with him. Like Frum, I believe that no political party that has become the domain of half-witted talk radio hosts can long be taken seriously by serious people. My main point of [...]
An emerging victory in the war on ignorance
Posted by M.J. Sheppard on February 10, 2011 1 comment
One of the reasons that I’m getting tired of the blogosphere is the sameness of it all. When I first started writing in 2003, I thought that blogs had the potential to be unique, a voice separate from corporate news and the big, empty-headed political shills therein. Maybe, just maybe, there was something out there [...]