Author Archives: Anton

busted?

Today an anonymous user made controversial changes to Wikipedia’s article on the Second Amendment and five related pages. The IP address used, 141.156.208.66, belongs to bradymail.org, i.e. Handgun Control Inc. the Brady Campaign to Monopolize Gun Violence. Who’d have thunk … Continue reading

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incomplete information

Another copy of the balloonist joke. I still wanna know what the second man is doing in the deep ocean. I also wanna know, LJ experts, how I can become a real boy in the eyes of LJ’s comment machinery … Continue reading

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the trouble with neutrality

Alan Bock writes: So it was time to break out one of the oldest canards in American political discourse – the assertion that anybody who questions any particular military adventure is – cue the boo track – a nasty old … Continue reading

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Colorblind Web Page Filter

Ever worry about how your webpage looks to the colorblind? I am pleased to find that my doodles page looks pretty good in gray. (Cited by Sam Logan.)

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me and my chainsaw

Drunk with power, last night I did some severe pruning in Wikipedia’s main Heraldry article, taking out a lot of arcana that do not belong in an overview (barrulets? erminites?) and adding a few paragraphs on design principles, symbolism (or … Continue reading

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yet another state murder in progress

Brad Spangler provides contact info for the DA of Placer County, whose job it is to persecute Steve Kubby for trying to stay alive by unapproved means.

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one nocturne deserves

I’m on graveyard shift. Last night there were two of us but tonight I have the floor to myself. It’s so slow, I’d be tempted to strip down and run laps, if I could be sure there are no cameras; … Continue reading

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