Category Archives: politics

for the clever title to this entry, leave two Capn Crunch boxtops in a Pan Am flightbag behind the Vaillancourt Fountain

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 March 19 by Anton

General strike in Zimbabwe. Kewl!

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if any

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 March 19 by Anton

My spies tell me that an Alternate Pledge has become fashionable in some circles: I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty … Continue reading →

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diplomacy red in tooth and claw

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 March 18 by Anton

On my favorite list, someone observed: It’s embarrassing when Iraq continually makes our professional, Fletcher/Kennedy schooled career diplomats look like bloody fools. Kevin Maguire responded: How surprising is this, really? To attain their positions, the Iraqi diplomats have had to … Continue reading →

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feel safe yet?

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 March 12 by Anton

How can we protect our chilldrun, when any six-year-old terrorist can take a plastic butter knife from the school cafeteria? (Link from Jimmy Wales) Later: . . . if the school insists on upholding the suspension, his parents reportedly will seek criminal … Continue reading →

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what shall it profit an emperor . . .

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 March 11 by Anton

Jim Henley links to Jonathan Edelstein who says of the WoT: I will support this war again when we return to fighting it like the United States of fucking America. For that he gets added to my To Read cycle, … Continue reading →

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