Who is George Phillies?

It seems like The Other Place has a new owner. His name is George Phillies, a retired physics professor from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and amateur science fiction writer. He is a member of the Libertarian Party and sought its nomination for president in 2008, but he has always yearned for mainstream acceptance.

Statist moron Phillies is still clamoring for the establishment vote, I see.

Ventura Watch 2016, November 2, 2013

Phillies takes IPR in a statist direction. He has instituted a strict moderation policy in which he deletes comments he doesn’t like. This is good news for IPR-X. We allow all comments as long as they are written in English. Over at IPR, comments now must be “civil,” which means whatever Phillies wants it to mean. Through the years Phillies has been an exemplar of civility:

• Last April he called me “an enemy of liberty, and a bigot” for having a different opinion than him
• In 2018 he called Andrew Napolitano an “antiabortionist nutcake“
• In February 2017 he called me a “nitwit” and falsely attributed comments to me that I did not make
• In August 2015 he called Rand Paul a “homophobe” and an “antiabortionist daughter murderer.”

And thus an end to the era of free speech on IPR.

William Saturn, June 1, 2022

The new theme design Phillies has installed is the same as the one A3PR used after its formation in 2014. The header text is the same the left wing fake news Washington Post uses, which is funny since it is a statist publication as Phillies envisions IPR. As everyone knows the Post is currently in a state of disarray and in no way is it a good model to follow, but I guess Phillies is unaware.

In closing, one more interesting item about Phillies that is quite strange is the incredibly based immigration plank he endorsed during his 2008 campaign:

Someday, the Libertarian message of peace, liberty, and prosperity reach the entire world, so all people will enjoy the high standard of living we take for granted. In that day, immigration and open borders will be non-issues. We may differ as to what our laws should be. However, Americans are entitled to the certainty that their country’s just laws will be enforced until those laws are changed. Furthermore, America is a welfare state with generous safety net. The low-cost workers we import into America pay less in taxes than the social services they receive, so a vote for open borders is also a vote for a tax increase on the rest of us. Needless to say, I am not in the habit of supporting tax increases. Americans who quote the Statue of Liberty’s message ‘Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free’ should remember that it was written when France, Germany and Russia were autocratic monarchies The huddled masses of Europe now breathe free.

All too often, we hear claims that we must import foreign workers because Americans won’t do those jobs. ‘Those jobs’ are hard, physically demanding, outdoor work that require constant, careful attention to detail. Those jobs should be receiving a wage premium, not be barely-minimum-wage sources of employment. If those jobs paid that premium, there would be Americans available to do them. Mr. Bush’s foreign guest worker scheme is a corporate welfare deal at the expense of the American worker.