Category Archives: politics

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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umbra Saturni

Posted on Saturday, 2007 January 13 by Anton

the view from Saturn’s shadow My latest finding of “dictionary translation”, at a pet store: ONE-STORY CAT CAVE UNE CAVERNE À CHATS D’HISTOIRE I’d make it caverne à chats à une étage. Funny that I missed this three years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in astronomy, drugwar, eye-candy, language | 1 Comment

do real cops behave this way?

Posted on Sunday, 2006 December 24 by Anton

I’ve seen it a hundred times: the TV detective says “I think we’d better continue this conversation at the police station,” and the interrogee meekly gets into the car. Just once (and I thought I’d already said this) I’d like … Continue reading →

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it takes an expert?

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 November 14 by Anton

Kaiser Permanente has a radio spot with this bit of dialogue: So what did your doctor say? Oh, she prescribed the same medication she always does. And it worked? M-hm! My doctor is awesome. What’s wrong with this picture?

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not enough lampposts

Posted on Saturday, 2006 September 16 by Anton

Bastards.

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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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“An Epidemic of ‘Isolated Incidents’”

Posted on Monday, 2006 July 24 by Anton

Radley Balko has finished and published his report, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America.