Category Archives: politics

they see you when you’re sleeping

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 October 15 by Anton

I go to sign up for a Berkeley Extension course and find: The University is required by federal law to report your Social Security number and other pertinent information to the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to the reporting requirements imposed … Continue reading →

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“a polite society” goes both ways

Posted on Saturday, 2002 October 05 by Anton

Craig Biggerstaff (quoted by Possum — and how come the permalink syntax is correct on the latter and wrong on the former?) writes: I have considerable respect for the argument that past US interventions have created ill will abroad. But … Continue reading →

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bestial noises

Posted on Friday, 2002 October 04 by Anton

A while ago I used the phrase “. . . Senator Feinstein would screech . . .”. It now occurs to me that if the senior Big Gummint Democratic Senator from California were a he I’d probably have used the word “howl”. I guess … Continue reading →

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pick a racket

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 October 02 by Anton

Heaven give me strength. Airport screeners find sharp things hidden in a young Bulgarian’s luggage — but that’s not all! Robert Johnson, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman . . . said the fact that the man’s one-way ticket was purchased over the … Continue reading →

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