Lexicon: the Second-Hander 4/5

Taylor Schilling as Dagny Taggart in "Atlas Shrugged" part 1

A [second-hander] is one who regards the consciousness of other men as superior to his own and to the facts of reality. It is to a [second-hander] that the moral appraisal of himself by others is a primary concern which supersedes truth, facts, reason, logic.

ReBus: GueSS whAt iT saYs?

pOmo    +=

The answer is upside down so as not to spoil the plot. No brownie points for the right answer.

Lexicon: the Second-Hander 3/5

In Galt’s speech, below, Miss Rand discusses the second-hand nature of the psychology of mystics:

A mystic is a man who surrendered his mind at its first encounter with the minds of others. Somewhere in the distant reaches of his childhood, when his own understanding of reality clashed with the assertions of others, with their arbitrary orders and contradictory demands, he gave in to so craven a fear of independence that he renounced his rational faculty.

EUSSR: ESM, Voluntary Declaration of Bondage

"For someone to be considered a bond labor slave, they would have to take, or be tricked into, a loan".~~ From Different Forms of Slavery

Caricapica: Greece and the Kommoonists

Ta Nea's Dimitris Hantzopoulos explains the position of the Greek Communist Party, KKE (pr. KooKooAa), spoofing the German film "Good Bye, Lenin!"

OMA! Interview With Wafa Sultan (2009)

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Optricks: "I Am a Greek"

Hat tip: @GMitakides - Click for BIG

Geert Akbar! Wilders Saves NL From ESM Treaty!!!

There he is! The stuff of legends! The hero of the day: the man of flesh and blood, of muscles, nuts and spine! The Blonde Hurricane is going to save his country from the €uro €lite ConFab. From De Telegraaf newspaper:

LOL! 1919-2012 Blame Capit0lism First!

Those who are still in doubt about the Socialist nature of, well... National Socialism, here are two pieces with variations on the same narrative. 

WTF! Happy Nakba Day!

This booklet by Im Tirtzu debunks the many "Nakba" myths that have become embedded into the standard narrative of the founding of Israel. You could start with the Wiki!

Lexicon: the Second-Hander 2/5

Michael Lerner as Wesley Mouch
in "Atlas Shrugged Part 1"

After centuries of being pounded with the doctrine that altruism is the ultimate ideal, men have accepted it in the only way it could be accepted. By seeking self-esteem through others. By living second-hand.

Mr Panos: Greece's Secret War Strategy

EUSSR: Greece and the Euro, Here Be Dragons

With one week of coalition negotiations under the fustanella, speculation is rife what's next for Greece. The Greek electoral law is proscribing new ballots: the date of June 17 is circulating. Parachuted technocrat PM Lucas Papademos vitisited the president of the republic this morning on "Issues that Urgently Need to be Addressed". Actually quite a few and not all routine chores either - listed here on Zerohedge #BBBbbbbrrrr

Fascism: the Secret Lessons From History Revealed (2/2)

In the first part of this posting we looked back at the German Revolution in the interbellum and concluded that Left and Right fascism crushed the middle classes and the corollaries of man as an individual, between them. Both Left and Right collectivism share a common enemy: individualism, liberty, capitalism.
Glenn Beck has reached the same conclusion by another route and explains it in this video:

LOL! Happy Europe Day, Everyone!

FUBAR! Post May 6 Voodoo Economics

John Roubino on DollarCollapse.com is finally giving in today awarding first prize for voodoo economics to NYT columnist Paul Krugman: he has won the day after last Sunday May 6 elections that divided Greece (scenarios) to the bone and ushered in a Socialist Presidency in France.

Fascism: the Secret Lessons From History Revealed (1/2)

- Fascist violence in the German Revolution - 

With everyone watching in utter fascination the ascent to parliament of the Greek Fascist party, Chrysi Avgi (Golden Dawn) with 6 percent of the vote, the time has come to set matters straight on the issue of mob violence (watch the Gauleiter here giving a rather sad rendition of a Corporal Hitler speech *OMG* -  Hat tip: @Tilly_Kammeron).

LOL: Le Dictateur Congrats Monsieur Le President Hollandaise

Hat Tip: @Russian_Market

WTF! Hate Speech pOmO Fee-Faw-Fums Wilders?

- De Mul website: all priciples are equally unworthy - 

A decade after the first political murder in the Netherlands in modern history - of the right wing politician Pim Fortuyn - the critters are once again crawling out of the woodwork in order to drop a few poisonous memes into the culture. A pOmO ideolog philosopher can't pass up an opportunity like that - can he?

Free! On May Day Advice For Occupy From Thomas Sowell, Free!

The day after
Glenn Beck: "Occupy Occu-flops"
Non May Day so far