Category Archives: security theater

privilege, my foot

Posted on Sunday, 2014 August 24 by Anton

A Mother’s White Privilege To admit white privilege is to admit a stake, however small, in ongoing injustice. It’s to see a world different than your previous perception. Acknowledging that your own group enjoys social and economic benefits of systemic … Continue reading →

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fun with paranoia

Posted on Sunday, 2009 March 29 by Anton

I’m reading Cory Doctorow’s novel Little Brother, which has been nominated for a Prometheus Award. In another tab I’m reading an autobiographical comic-strip by a boy of the same age as the novel’s narrator; switching between them is sometimes surreal. … Continue reading →

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military strategy for dummies

Posted on Saturday, 2007 November 03 by Anton

When they say “we’re fighting them in Iraq so that we don’t have to fight them at home,” what do they mean? I’m imagining wannabe-terrorists throughout the Moslem world moaning, “I’d like to go to the Great Satan and blow … Continue reading →

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links

Posted on Monday, 2007 August 20 by Anton

Charity finds that U.S. food aid for Africa hurts instead of helps. Oh dear, CARE has been taken over by evil selfish libertarians. What else could explain such a conclusion? What American accent do you have? I got Philadelphia on … Continue reading →

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so don’t try nothin!

Posted on Friday, 2007 February 02 by Anton

A friend of a friend exults at Boston’s narrow escape from cartoon peril: “Take this as a warning, enemies of America. All of your nefarious plans to harm us — provided said plans are placed in in plain view on … Continue reading →

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security theater kills

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 August 15 by Anton

Fake identifying documents save lives in Iraq: At any time, the relevant authorities in Iraq could have decreed that all people get (as near as possible) forgery-proof biometric ID cards and carry them at all times – a great way … Continue reading →

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the saga continues

Posted on Thursday, 2006 May 25 by Anton

Today I once again had an errand at a Feral office building. This time, when I asked the badge for information about the pointless rule that I wouldn’t be admitted to the building without showing evidence that some government somewhere … Continue reading →

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