Monthly Archives: January 2003

where did you go?

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

Traffic here declined slightly from December (4402 visits, 19910 hits) to January (4175 visits, 17380 hits). I’d like to think that’s because I added robots.txt to keep the search-engines out of non-content pages like the stats; but hits on the … Continue reading →

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our man in Vegas

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

Ah! Backwoods Home Magazine carries Vin Suprynowicz‘s columns. (His free mailing-list stopped some time ago, and the archives on my links page are no longer updated.) Unfortunately BHM’s archive only goes back to December 12. Later: Whups, a bit of … Continue reading →

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the cigarette standard

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

I’m sorry I didn’t record where I got this link to The Economic Organization of a P.O.W. Camp, an article published in 1945 by a British officer who had been a guest of the Reich. It is thus to be … Continue reading →

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calm down, professor

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

Glenn Reynolds writes: NO ANTI-SEMITISM HERE. Publish that cartoon with an obviously Arab figure and you’d be charged with “hate speech.” I don’t see what the fuss is about. Is it Antisemitism to compare a Jew to a Greek god … Continue reading →

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nothing is sacred

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

At The Five Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: Chrysler honors the memory of Bill Mauldin by kicking him in the teeth. (Link from the ubiquitous GHR.)

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“economic idiotarianism”

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

At Tech Central Station, Arnold Kling on Economic Idiotarianism, citing Steven Pinker citing A.P.Fiske: In a Communal Sharing transaction, such as a family dinner, every member of the relationship is entitled to share in what is available. In an Authority … Continue reading →

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I’m a virtual chick magnet

Posted on Friday, 2003 January 31 by Anton

Golly, yet another hot babe flirting with me from out of the blue (or, in this case, interbusiness.it): Hi there, how’s it going? Well for starters I must confess that this is indeed pretty awkward. I noticed your profile online … Continue reading →

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