Category Archives: politics

items from elsewhere

Posted on Monday, 2005 May 09 by Anton

Ron Paul’s remarks on the war, to the House useful spam-handling plugin for WordPress 1.5 a gag about clashing jargons Sheldon Richman on the “Minuteman Project”: . . . this “citizens’ neighborhood watch along our border” looks for foreigners who, … Continue reading →

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selective violence

Posted on Sunday, 2005 April 10 by Anton

After cataloguing the Brady Campaign’s calls for measures that (even if ideally implemented) would have done nothing to reduce the body count in Red Lake, “Lady Liberty” observes: You see, there’s another fact we’re hearing very little about. Security guards, … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Thursday, 2005 April 07 by Anton

I like daylight savings time because it ensures that, no matter how busy I am, I remember to curse FDR at least twice a year. —Travis Corcoran

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let many Chinas bloom

Posted on Monday, 2005 March 28 by Anton

As I understand it, both Beijing and Taipei maintain the fiction (or perhaps some in both capitals even believe it) that China is a single state, with one or more province(s) temporarily out of communion with the capitol. A large … Continue reading →

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rule of law, you may have heard of it?

Posted on Sunday, 2005 March 27 by Anton

What I’ve read about the case of José Padilla tends to come filtered by dangerous subversives like Hornberger; so I’m wondering who, other than employees of the Executive Branch, takes the opposite view. Anyone?

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bon mot

Posted on Sunday, 2005 March 20 by Anton

Selwyn Duke, a suspiciously white male, comments on the diversity police: It’s a bit like insisting that every can of paint contain equal amounts of every color, so as to ensure that every color has a place in every can. … Continue reading →

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