The Liberty Lamp: Libertarian News & Editorials

The Libertarian Party has used the Statue of Liberty as its official mascot/logo since its inception over 30 years ago in the early '70s (1972 I want to say?). Personally, I think it's more or less OK, albeit not exactly the best original idea ever. On the other hand, it is very symbolic and descriptive; Lady Liberty gets down to the point with no frills.

On the contrary, the Demorats and Republicons ("Democrats" & "Republicans" in polite company) use animals for their logos, though they were effectively assigned to them by political cartoonists and editors in the mid 19th century. In keeping with this well-known and generations-removed tradition, Kevin Breen of Reform The LP has come up with a new mascot inspired by the Free State Project. "What is it", you ask? If you guessed the wily and elusive porcupine, you're right!

In other news, I saw a huge (probably 30-40 lbs!) raccoon outside earlier this evening/morning. It was the size of a medium sized dog! I've seen gigantic possums before, but this was insane! For those of you who don't give a rat's rectum about this, I apologize but I thought it was exciting damnit! :)

PS- Stay tuned for some cool Linux performance hacks in the near future. I promise the delay won't be 2 weeks plus this time...