Author Archives: Anton

ReadTheBill

This looks like a good idea: ReadtheBill.org invites Americans of all political views: Help stop Congress from passing bills in the dead of night that nobody has read. . . . we will persuade Congress to adopt the 72 Online … Continue reading

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all roads lead

I spent most of yesterday transcribing a police interrogation related to a murder on Sunnydale Avenue, which could be why after work I had an urge to watch Buffy.

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spam magnets?

I had a look at the Trash folder in which I archive notices of attempted comments on the blog (most of which are spam). Since I last cleaned it, 164 posts have received two or more, and #1301 has had … Continue reading

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give me liberty or give me subsidies

Will Wilkinson spanks someone or other at The New Yorker for worrying too much about income inequality and disregarding the psychological benefits of autonomy.

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talking heaps of goo in spaaace!

I see that I have not yet mentioned the scifi strip Schlock Mercenary.

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a protected minority?

Hee hee. The Economist says of V for Vendetta: . . . only fans of detention centres, torture, unfettered government surveillance, screaming-mad television pundits and laws against alternative lifestyles will find anything here that could possibly offend. Perhaps I’ll go see it … Continue reading

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no golf, no glory

Of the 87% of Americans who have one, half say they dislike the one they have. That was this evening’s prize question on KDFC, the classical radio station. When the announcer came on again he said that the answer is … Continue reading

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