Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Day Nigel Farage Stopped Laughing


The above picture was taken in 2010. Click here and scroll down to find out what stopped Farage from laughing later in the day.

UPDATE: The link is no longer working. It led to a series of pictures showing Farage later that day after the single engine plane he was in crashed.





(ht Joe Weisenthal)

21 comments:

  1. Yow!!!
    That could have sucked! I LOVE that guy!

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  2. Isn't it "Nigel" Farage? Just thought I'd point out the typo. Mr. Farage is truly a great man - I love watching his speeches on youtube. Makes me wish we had more like him on our side of the Pond.

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  3. Link is broken. Taking me to a page that says "we couldn't find what you are looking for."

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  4. I wonder if it was a setup. The guy is famous all across the world for speaking "truth to power" about the evil nature of the EU.

    I love watching his speeches, and even more the barely contained rage on the faces of his targets. If looks could kill...

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    1. Agreed. Where there's smoke there is likely to be fire.

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  5. "You'll have to do better than that, Van Rompuy," Farage muttered as he wiped the blood from his face...

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  6. Here is a from-the-cockpit video of a similar small airplane crashing for anyone interested. Passengers had a couple of go-pro cameras recording the entire time. Everyone aboard survived. Warning: graphic footage. Pilot has large gash on his face, all the others only minor injuries.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDu0jYiz-v8&feature=share&list=PLFEE03D92E1D18A0B

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  7. You noticed that after the accident he started becoming far more vocal and stepped into the lime-light more.

    Me thinks someone threatened him and he said screw you I lived.

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  8. Looks like they tried to give him the "Paul Wellstone treatment".

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  9. I've always been a fan but now I'm also in awe of the man's courage. If even 1 out every 20 politicians were like Ron Paul or Nigel Farage, the elitists would fear being hung from lamp posts.

    Unfortunately, its just those two.

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  10. Hello Bob, here is a link that shows the story of this crash and also a 22 sequence of pictures from the crash of Nigel Farage. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/8173447/Nigel-Farage-plane-crash-pilot-charged-with-threatening-to-kill-Ukip-leader.html

    Hope you are doing well. Greetings from your friend at the BLS.

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  11. Sorry 6:09 Paul Wellstone gave himself the treatment. I known the people that maintained the King Air in which he was a passenger. It was Paul that wanted to press on into ugly conditions. Flying for politicians and CEOs is the worst.

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  12. Sounds somewhat familiar to the story of Andrew Maguire

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/jpmorgan_chase_story_in_uk_DsMN4PnXFoQG5KdevIsQ7N

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  13. I highly doubt Mr. Farage is a libertarian, I've not heard any of his speeches extolling the virtues of Austrian Economics, personal liberty or the like. While I applaud his sentiment about the EU, he's a strong proponent of democracy. Anyone who follows this site has likely heard the libertarian arguments against democracy, and if you haven't Ron Paul's farewell speech discusses it. So while I like Mr. Farages rhetoric, I don't think at the end of the day he's on our team.

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    1. Farage describes himself as libertarian and has corrected the media when they call him a conservative.

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    2. Really, I saw him on capital account, and several YouTube videos, and haven't heard him say that. But if I'm mistaken, by all means just point me to the speech or writing. The closest I've heard him say was the US constitution was the most sublime in human history (clearly that backfired) and be gracious about Ron Paul. But I would still be weary of him due to his pro stance on democracy.

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    3. Could be wrong, but after watching him, his pro stance on democracy seems to be more of a stance against the lack thereof. He is always going on about "why the hell should we listen to a bunch of unelected bureaucrats". Democracy is a good thing IF it is kept in check. As our founders thought it is a necessary evil. Though there are many Libertarians who would rather have no government, I don't think the world as well as many Libertarians see this as a realistic goal. Anyone who is fighting for a smaller, more limited government is more Libertarian than any of the big party statists and thus more of a friend to Libertarians than most.

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    4. First of all, when you're a politician in Europe, Nigel Farage is probably as "libertarian" as you'll be likely to see in 'mainstream' politics for a long, long time.
      No, in comparison to Ron Paul he is not libertarian, but Americans should count their blessing, as funny as that may sound, that America still gives the likes of Ron Paul a place. So pure libertarianism is not a standard you can hold any European 'mainstream' politician by.
      But Farage is most certainly for much more self-reliance, decentralization and individual liberty than any other Euro-politician i can think of.

      Second, not all libertarians extol the virtues of Austrian Economics. Some simply don't. Others don't even understand it or have heard or read little about it. Libertarianism is not defined by the Austrian School, but by the non-aggression principle and by property rights.

      Besides, what good did it that Michelle Bachmann "extolled" Human Action by Mises by reading it on the beach?

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  14. How can you not love this guy?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGNoZfvRoA

    But yes, democracy is terrible.

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  15. There's no doubt that Farage is a libertarian. He's also leading a minority party and has a populist style, so he stays away from technocratic language or anything which will lead people to switch off.

    As much as Austrians enjoy it, Farage knows the eyes will glaze over on most people if he started talking about Austrian economics or von Mises. He can't afford any slips like that because his party needs every vote. He keeps it simple.

    I've seen Farage on political discussion shows over here (Britain) say things which lead me to think he can discuss Austrian vs other schools without notes.

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