Thread with excerpts from Richard Pipes' Property and Freedom (1999). Pipes is a historian of Russia, and the thesis of the book is that private property, as something distinct and protected from public power and sovereignty, is indispensable to human freedom.

📍“Šis bojā visu bildi”- tā šleseriste Pleškāne par @VL_TBLNNK un @NaurisPuntulis priekšlikumiem PTAL likumā noteikt, ka pakalpojuma sniedzējiem nav pienākuma runāt krieviski(vai citās svešvalodās). Acīmredzot, @LatvijaPirmaja jāsargā pašreizējā - divvalodīgā bilde. #hibrīdkarš

Atklāto vēstuli prokrieviskā un antiukrainiskā propagandista aizstāvībai parakstījuši kāds “Buls, Zintis, IT support manager, Latvia” un — protams — Ļoņa Ragozins. docs.google.com/document/d/1…?

🔎@Progresivie ministre noklusēja par likuma pārkāpumiem D.Bjorkas vadītajā valsts kapitālsabiedrībā. ⚖️Pēc @_vvc datiem, Bjorkas vadības laikā ir fiksēti vismaz 26 pārkāpumi par valodas prasību neievērošanu. ❗️Saņemtas arī darbinieku sūdzības par darba vidi krievu valodā.

Varēja jau maigāk pateikt "Progresīvajiem", ka viņi vairs nav gaidīti valdībā...

Ko nozīmē nacionālisms, kādos kontekstos tiek lietots šis jēdziens, vai mūsdienās cilvēks var dzīvot vienas ideoloģijas “kastītē” – politologa Filipa Rajevska saruna ar ilggadējo Nacionālās apvienības līderi Raivi Dzintaru: nra.lv/neatkariga/intervijas…

Nākotne pieder tiem, kas tajā ierodas. /Marks @MarkSteynOnline Steins/

Those darn commercial double hulls are tough! Not bad for a 36-year old, Danish built 4,400 TEU containership. She was the former Majestic Maersk, one of 12 M-class containerships.

Why do so many women vote to keep importing men from societies where women have no rights? I genuinely don't understand it.

While quite a number of the figures in the chart are wrong, it is very likely that the most densely populated square kilometer on earth is in either Cairo or Dhaka.

These Spencer Pratt videos by @dsonoiki are better than 99.9% of political consultant ads. He does it again.

У Білорусі суд виніс вирок жителям Світлогорска, які під час наступу російських військ на Київ на 4 день війни підпалили залізничну шафу з електронним обладнанням, щоб уповільнити перекидання російської військової техніки до українського кордону. Дениса Дікуна засудили до 23 років, Олега Малчанова — до 21 року, а Дмитра Равича — до 22 років ув’язнення в колонії посиленого режиму. Таким чином вони намагалися допомогти Україні, сповільнивши постачання російської військової техніки до кордону Ці білоруси стали одними з тих громадян Білорусі, які, ризикуючи свободою та життям, підтримали Україну і чинили спротив використанню території своєї країни для російської агресії.

Japanese Defense Minister Koizumi "There is a country that has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons and strategic bombers. Japan has neither of such weapons. And yet, Japan is labelled neomilitarism. Isn’t it strange?" China's definition of peace is everyone else staying weak

There is not enough anti-ballistic missile production in the United States and this could lead to a crisis in different parts of the world. Russia is ramping up its internal production of ballistic missiles. I sent a letter to the White House and to the U.S. Congress. I hope they will understand and respond. 60–65 anti-ballistic missiles per month, compared to current challenges, is nothing. It is no secret and Russia knows this. We need to expand the production. I asked the previous U.S. administration, and I am asking today’s administration to give Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot missiles. We can increase the production of Patriot missiles. This will help us. This will help the Middle East and any other country that the United States decides to help. Until we produce a European anti-ballistic system, we will need support from the United States. From an interview with Face the Nation. (2/5)

Plenty of woke-aligned positions are just anti-West, not pro-justice

Cheers, chills, and a standing ovation when RASolute 302 showed unprecedented survival on daraxonrasib for patients with progressive pancreatic cancer Seldom do you sense you’re witnessing a historic moment in cancer care but this feels like ras targeting has arrived #ASCO26

I'm surprised that AP is covering forced child marriages in Gaza, a widespread practice. What a lovely society.

Ja kāds sludinātu, ka Īrijā augsts dzīves līmenis ir viņu vēlēšanu sistēmas dēļ, tad taču viņam būtu jāatzīst, ka arī šis, trešās pasaules migrantu iepludināšana un alumīnija piegāde Krievijas kaŗa rūpniecībai ir viņu vēlēšanu sistēmas dēļ, vai ne?

Hey, western commie! Nothing makes me laugh harder than a guy or a girl tweeting about "great communism" from a $1,400 phone, in a 3-bedroom suburban house, with a fridge full of food. Comrade. You would not survive week one. And here is why. In the USSR you couldn't just quit your job to "find yourself." Not working was a crime. Literally. They called it "social parasitism." They put the future Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky on trial for it. Your podcast about late-stage capitalism would've gotten you five years. You picture yourself as a commissar. You'd be in a queue. Three hours. For maybe bread. The commissars were a tiny elite with their own shops, their own hospitals, their own everything. You weren't invited. You'd be the guy informing on his neighbor for an extra ration. That brave political take you posted today? In 1949 USSR deported 20,000+ people to Siberia in three days for a lot less - for just being LOCALS. Whole families. Children. Cattle cars. You'd have lasted until your first "actually Stalin was misunderstood" reply landed in front of the wrong person. The gulag wasn't an edgy metaphor. Roughly 18 million people passed through it. Unpaid labor, -40°C, digging canals nobody needed. But please, tell me more about how you'd "organize the workers" from the group chat. Things get bad and you want to leave? You can't. There's a wall. There are dogs. There are guards who shoot. The whole design was that you couldn't go. The people romanticizing it from a comfortable suburb can always book a flight home. People in the USSR couldn't even move to the neighbouring city without permission. So wear the Che shirt. Read rge Red Book by Mao. Enjoy the iPhone he'd have confiscated, the internet he'd have banned, and the free speech that lets you praise the exact system that would have shot you for using it. Some of us actually remember how it went.

Ja Tu esi uzņēmējs progresīvo pārņemtajā Eiropā, tad rēķinies, ka migrantiem ir ļauts bez jebkādām tiesiskām sekām izlaupīt un izdemolēt Tavu uzņēmumu. Un par to maksāsi Tu ar saviem nodokļiem.