Monthly Archives: January 2003

hijacked again

Why I don’t go to rallies The last “anti-war” event I attended was in November. We were all of thirty seconds into things when the first speaker piously informed us that this “isn’t just about war, but about justice for … Continue reading

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conjugation

Takes one to know one: Derided by the White House as “nothing more than a cheap political stunt,” marijuana advocates’ attempt to hold Office of National Drug Control Policy head John P. Walters’ feet to the fire for his overt, … Continue reading

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the price we pay

In today’s spam harvest: Now You Can Forget Forever the Pain, Effort and Expense of Having a Large, Manly Penis! This can be read in at least two ways. (No, I am not going to tell you what pain, effort … Continue reading

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open the borders

Steve Sailer comments on the Michigan ‘diversity’ case: . . . the Bush Administration is saying that universities are supposed to achieve their “diversity goals” (a.k.a., quotas). They should just do it in a more cunning fashion. . . . Bush’s speech is an … Continue reading

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Mozilla still not perfect

I went to mozilla.org to gripe about the multiple petty ways in which Mozilla 1.2.1, the “latest and greatest” stable release, is less convenient to my fingers than the much-maligned Netscape Communicator 4.79; but was put off by the helpful … Continue reading

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the great sucking sound

My good friend Kennita Watson (occasional candidate for various unsexy offices) sent me this column/speech by state senator Tom McClintock (R, Thousand Oaks): Three numbers tell the entire story of California’s fiscal meltdown: 21, 28 and 36. Understand them and … Continue reading

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the voices must be saying something

Got a spam today whose headers include: X-Mime-Key: search words: suspensory graveman conelet thorned neuter unwomanliness What do you suppose they’re trying to tell me?

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