May we Suggest
EVERYBODY FOR PRESIDENT!— Well, at least everybody who feels ready for the responsibility of self-goverment. Those who still need a Big Daddy or a Big Momma to discipline and dominate them should vote for whatever führer or saviour they like best. If you want self-government don’t vote for the Two Lying Bastards of the Democan and Republicrat parties . . . . . or for any minority party that also wants to govern you . . . .
WRITE IN YOUR OWN NAME
2006: The domain is now junk.
Houses of Healing: . . . . It’ll be on the DVD.
Saruman: Jackson filmed [Saruman’s death] – and then cut it because it felt like old business, which slowed the new movie. A shame. Again, that’s what DVDs are for.
The Scouring of the Shire: . . . . Jackson never liked this section of the book, and never even shot it, so don’t look for it on the DVD.
I saw that coming, or not coming. Did you too?
Bullet matching (another link from Paul Hsieh). I seem to remember hearing about a decade ago, in the context of some sensational shooting, that a gun barrel does not mark a bullet as clearly and uniquely as folklore would have it. (I wondered at the time whether this revelation would soon be reflected in television. Guess not.)
2006: The link is now stale.
What if The Matrix was guarded by Homeland Security? (Linked by Paul Hsieh, whom I don’t read nearly often enough.)
I’ve just received a request to exchange links with a site promoting tourism to . . . well, to a country whose name has been mentioned thrice in this here blog. Frankly I don’t think that’s enough common ground for a meaningful relationship, do you?
I often hear it argued (usually by tax cranks) that where the law says something like
As used herein, the term “United States” includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and other territories and possessions
it means that the law does not apply to Illinois. I wonder whether any of the twenty people who read these humble rantings can point me to any ruling in which the word include was held to be exclusive.
I’ve occasionally seen this language in contracts and/or regulations:
The masculine includes the feminine, and the singular includes the plural.
Am I to understand that such a clause redefines he to mean only the feminine they?
Why do gun-grabbers hate people so much?
2006: The link is now stale. I don’t remember the item, but I’ll bet it was a piece of hate mail from someone who hopes advocates of RKBA are gruesomely murdered.