Category Archives: politics

funny you should say that

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 December 04 by Anton

James Grimmelmann opines: So if they catch the [Potomac] sniper – and we all hope that “if” is really a “when” – I would find it harder to make the claim that he should live than to make such a … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 December 03 by Anton

Dr Frank: Look, if you can’t hate slavery, torture and genocide, what are you allowed to hate these days? Go read it.

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QotD

Posted on Sunday, 2002 December 01 by Anton

from C P Issawi, whoever that may be: You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs . . . but it is amazing how many eggs you can break without making a decent omelette.

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that’s just the drugs talking, dear

Posted on Thursday, 2002 November 28 by Anton

Do you enjoy dictionaries as much as I do? The Office of National Drug Control Policy (boo hiss) publishes this one: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade. (Link provided by Michael Travers, as an aside from a digression about … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 November 27 by Anton

I am anticipating the day when the possession of Tibet and Afghanistan will be represented as vitally necessary to the security of Kansas and Nebraska. There is no logical end to this elastic conception of ‘security’ short of the conquest … Continue reading →

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eagerly reluctant

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 November 26 by Anton

Confessions Of An Isolationist Wannabe: John Hawkins writes on Right Wing News: Rarely a day passes on the internet without another article being written that claims America is a “hegemon”, that we’re like “like Rome,” or that we want to … Continue reading →

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spoils

Posted on Friday, 2002 November 22 by Anton

John Weidner (Random Jottings) expresses something I had in mind: Suppose thousands, nay tens of thousands of Federal employees were replaced whenever the White House changed hands. The continuity of well-established procedures would be broken. But, so would the continuity … Continue reading →

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