Glibertarians.com 2019 Archive

Author: Swiss Servator

  • Don Swissxote Catalonia Update

    Ride, my culturally appropriated friend!

     

    In a vain effort to temporarily halt the lack of content – you get me riding my Catalan hobbyhorse.

    Lets see where we are now…

    • The Trial of the Century is now 5 days away. The Catalan assembly has belched and squeaked about it…note the appeal to the Left in the “declaration”. Sure, independence leaders are being tried for thoughtcrime…but it can get worse, what if they next target “feminists, antifascists, ecologists or unions.” GASP!
    • Socialist PM coming to realize the same thing as the previous Center-Right one…these Catalans really are not big fans of ours?! Note the attempted buying off of Catalonia (with their own money, extracted from them by Madrid, ha!) ” including a draft budget that is very favorable to the region” … but the Trial of the Century is held up as a reason the Catalan parties will torpedo the budget. Ah, parliamentary governments….mmmm!
    • Oh, and the budget going down would press the Socialist government (a minority one…don’t ask) to call for elections. And we all know what that could lead to…YELLOW VESTS?! SPANISH DRUMPF??? Ironically, the Spanish Populist-Right party is “Vox” hahahaha!

    You may now return to your regularly scheduled commenting, shitposting and OT links.

     

  • Swiss Friday Morning Tabloid Links

    You will have a hard time topping that headline.

     

    Grüezi mitenand. This morning’s links are brought to you by me. However, I am only going to draw from tabloids. I figure that many of us are just getting back into the swing of things after SUPERDEATHFREEZE. After all, it is above zero here at the moment! (2 degrees). So let us wade into the links…wallow in the tabloid swamp, if you will.

    For Pie.
    • Since I have a pic from the NY Post, let us start with them: Breaking Down Why America Hates Tom Brady And Gisele.
    • Next up, taking something trivial and exaggerating it into a story is our old favorite…the Daily Fail…er, Daily Mail

      “Open source journalism”
    • And a better known member of the species, wailing away about DOOM!…The Sun.
    Canadian Edition of the Sun

     

    Not much of a spectacular line up, but at least I had a theme….

  • Emerging from Fimbulwinter Afternoon Links

    Frozen Glib

     

    Hey, it has warmed up 22 degrees from this morning…only -5 now!!! W00t! So, before I go and change into shorts and a T-Shirt, I will drop some Links on all o’ ye.

    1. BACK IN MY DAY, WE DIDN’T CLOSE SCHOOLZ ‘CAUSE OF NO COLD!
    2. Laugh at the UK. LAUGH! I look at the pics and say to myself “What, you don’t have a broom to push that dust of snow out of the way?
    3. Do Eeeet! I just want to see the reaction…

     

    Share and Enjoy!

  • Fimbulwinter Emergency Afternoon Links

    Seen outside my window this afternoon…

    Journal Entry… “-22 and falling. Not sure if any others of TPTB have survived. Not sure if any of the Glibertariat are still alive… but… Must. Post. Links.”

    *staggers to keyboard, types*

    There….my duty is done!

    • Yeah, it is cold here. Yes, I expect mockery from NoDak, Montanian and Minnesoda Glibs.
    • FOOLS! Crisis? You just need more government spending and continued Socialist Mayoralities!
    • Venezuela continues to be….something.

     

    *crawls off to spike coffee with kirschwasser*

  • Places Swiss Has Been Shot At Update – plus Catalonia

    “Hey, nobody is shooting at us this very moment!”

    While batting around the idea of another update on Afghanistan and Catalonia, I made a crack about making it “places where Swiss had someone shoot at him” and Catalonia. That got a thumbs up, so now you get one more country thrown into the mix…Iraq.

    We’ll go in no particular order:

     

    Afghanistan

    Well, it looks like they are talking…again. This ain’t the first or even second or third time this has happened. But it still should be rated a “maybe“. Both sides have to be saying “dang, I thought they would be gone by now…”

    Oh, and of course, that asinine list putting the US as “one of the most dangerous places for journalists” should be read no further than #1 to find Afghanistan.

    So, in short – still dangerous, lets hope “this time for sure” on talks.

     

    Iraq

    I do not fully agree with the conclusions (or the implicit call for the US to remain  forever) in this particular piece – but it sure does give a good summary of many “Who’s Who” in the Iraqi mess. And, similar to Afghanistan, there is some talking going on. Big difference is that this is with the Iraqi government – not ISIS, and it involves Syria – I can only hope we then hit ’em with the “Oh, and from your joint too….” But that is yet to come.

    You can find some more information on what is going on here.

    So, in short – we might be trickling out of the area. Insh’allah.

     

    Catalonia

    Jail and Exile are still the thing. Throw a little ‘lawfare‘ into the mix, too (note – that goes both ways). But the main event is the Trial.

    The Socialist PM of Spain has tried to calm things down a bit (along with crapping on the economy) – it hasn’t worked. Oh, and no snickering at the name of the Catalonian regional president.

    So, in short – still a hand full of nuthin’. If the trial ends up convicting and sentencing harshly…probably some disorder. But right now Catalonia is going nowhere.

     

    Uh…I guess I need a catchphrase like “GO FORTH AND KILL” or “FREE CASCADIA”?

    …

    Man, a lot of the world is a mess.