Monthly Archives: February 2003

there’s a kind of symmetry

Posted on Friday, 2003 February 28 by Anton

I just saw a popup advertisement for Popup Eliminator.

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Ouroboros

Posted on Friday, 2003 February 28 by Anton

Alan Bock writes in the current issue of Liberty: The tactic of the “general strike” to shut down a country was developed by radical socialist theorists, known as “syndicalists,” early in the last century. Now, oil company executives are using … Continue reading →

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SiO2 is only the main course

Posted on Thursday, 2003 February 27 by Anton

Take a close look at sand. Amazing variety! — What has that in common with the International Association of Fake Universities? I got both links from JWalk.

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the funnies

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 February 26 by Anton

Tonja Steele – a swell sight-gag. PVP – growing older but not up.

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“Just say slavery.” “Slavery it is, sir!”

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 February 25 by Anton

Thomas DiLorenzo on the role of tariffs in the troubles of 1861. . . . when the Republican Party gained power in the late 1850s the top item on its agenda was to increase the average tariff rate from 15% [in 1857] … Continue reading →

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one strip at a time

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 February 25 by Anton

Day By Day makes a change from Republican-bashing cartoons by, you guessed it, bashing Democrats. But tastefully.

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the last veto

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 February 25 by Anton

Hey hey! Today’s headline in The Daily Review (Hayward, California) is: Jurors find merit in nullification. As I said before, nullification is not the whole story in the case that prompted this; but it’s good to see it in the … Continue reading →

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