Monthly Archives: July 2003

and he’s an expert

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 July 15 by Anton

Unsurprisingly, Bruce Schneier (who travels much more than I do) is also fed up at having drones demand his documents at every turn in the name of “security”.

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not too serious

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 14 by Anton

I was a bit alarmed to find “mail.thethirdreich.com” in my referral log! But it’s only a game.

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what, there is a Ninth Amendment?

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 14 by Anton

Randy Barnett sees something new in recent Supreme Court decisions: . . . Justice Kennedy refused to rest abortion rights on a “right to privacy,” though this crucial move has been generally ignored. Instead he rested it on liberty, and explicitly on … Continue reading →

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Hoppe gets his

Posted on Monday, 2003 July 14 by Anton

Gene Callahan criticizes HH Hoppe’s immigration policy — or is ‘debunks’ a more fitting word?

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My Man Godfrey

Posted on Saturday, 2003 July 12 by Anton

I watched the above-entitled movie last night, and am scratching my head as to what other film had contaminated my memory of it. The wacky rich family in the other film had a bookish son with a morbid imagination, and … Continue reading →

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geography

Posted on Friday, 2003 July 11 by Anton

I’m working today in a skyscraper in Oakland. I can’t remember when I was on such a high floor on this side of the bay; I keep looking out the window and thinking “That can’t be right.”

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the muse

Posted on Thursday, 2003 July 10 by Anton

Wyman Brantley (who apparently noticed me on an INTP list) reports: [Robert E] Howard said that the Conan stories came to him after a period of writer’s block, and that the stories went from brain to paper almost as if … Continue reading →

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