I thought John K hated The Simpsons. Shows what I know.

The Occupy ________ Movement seemed to be protesting things like corporate welfare.

I was actually referring to how many of the wealthy in this country received bailout money and such things which they then horded, making them the real moochers and leeches on society. I think that's pretty far from being a corporate shill.

"You want to profit off that work of art? Okay, but only for a limited term."

This reminds me, there's some neo-noir movie shot on video in b & w which stars some attractive woman as a private investigator who speaks only the philosophical and scientific name-dropping (like her cat is named Schrodinger) and she meets another attractive woman and they have long conversations about the meanings…

Penn is at least willing to admit that he has no idea if libertarian politics would actually function, it's just what he believes is morally right.

I didn't see it, but I think Penn and Teller are in Sharknado III, and Teller was in AS: Part II.

How the fuck did you get that far? I couldn't finish the first chapter before I got bored out of my by it and stopped.

Birth of a Nation illustrates ze evil of when people surrender themselves to a collective whether it be the Klan, the carpetbaggers, a slavery, a confederate army, etc.

Cells should be allowed to divide and mutate in an unregulated manner so that species can evolve!

Spoilers! Gah, now I know Satan was a man in that movie!

Yes. It is called "The Occupy __________" Movement.

You mean those mobsters that so many unions are connected to?

They are implied to have brought in a bunch of self-motivated lower class people like Dagny's driver to do all that. Also, as said, helicopter robots with machine guns mounted on them.

Tony Stark & Fantastic 4 = Prime movers who use private enterprise to benefit society. Just like Charlie's Angels.

Every philosophy and political belief taps into a teenage fantasy. Collectivism is the belief "If everyone just shared everything, everything would be happier!" At least Rand doesn't have the deaths of tens of millions on her hands.

And vat is wrong with the jerking off!? Are we to be ashamed of our sexuality!? Are we to have negative associations with masturbation because of barbaric beliefs that it is harmful to your health that date back to vhen religions used it to keep people frustrated and in line!?

Did liberals who did not support the Bush tax cuts refuse to cash their refunds? Do you refuse to take any exemptions on your tax forms?

That's a deliberately false characterization of what's happening in this story. What's happening is that the government is instituting policies which are essentially nonviable taxes of intellectual property and regulation of businesses of at type which at the time the book was written were proving disastrous in the…

Maybe the reason was that it comes up every time anything to do with Rand does and really if you didn't agree with the sentiment you wouldn't pretend it's very clever anyway.