When I was sixteen, I was run over by a car and spent a week on the couch in the living room, pleasantly numbed by muscle relaxants. I watched a lot of bad television, but I still remember on British miniseries I saw on PBS. It was about a Marxist who was voted into the [...]
Archive for March 29th, 2004
I have a faith, too.
Posted in Religion on March 29, 2004 | 25 Comments »
The Spanish Surrender to Terror
Posted in Politics on March 29, 2004 | 8 Comments »
That’s what the Bush Administration would have you believe, anyway. But a surrender to terrorists doesn’t look like this: Spain’s incoming government, under pressure over plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq, has agreed to double its military presence in Afghanistan to 250 soldiers this summer, an aide to the future defense minister said Monday. [...]
Libertarian Solution to Hockey Violence
Posted in Libertarian Problem Solving on March 29, 2004 | 7 Comments »
There has been much discussion recently, both here and elsewhere, concerning the escalating violence in the NHL, and about whether and what the NHL should do about it. Some have suggested automatic suspensions for fighting (similar to what baseball has done). Others have suggested stiffer fines and penalties, but not necessarily suspensions. Still others have [...]
Bloggers Killing Trees
Posted in Bloggin on March 29, 2004 | Comments Off
Madeleine Begun Kane and Nathan Newman are both contributing to a new essay collection about Bush. Congratualtions to both of them! Link via Skippy.
Just To Make The Libertarians Mad
Posted in Health, Libertarian Problem Solving on March 29, 2004 | 8 Comments »
If you live in Tennessee, call your state representatives and ask them to support HB2783/SB2743. If passed, it would ban the sale of junk food from vending machines in K-8 schools during school hours. The following would be allowed: (A) Whole grain, enriched or fortified grains or grain products; (B) Fruits or one hundred percent [...]
Using the war on Terrorism to Justify Crushing Dissent
Posted in Politics on March 29, 2004 | Comments Off
This is a frightening story as much for what the Times leaves out as for what it says. Apparently, a suicide bomb went off at a police station in Uzbekistan. The government, one of the most oppressive and horrific, is quick to tie it to their opposition. Kadyrov said the materials used in the explosives [...]
What Democracy?
Posted in Politics on March 29, 2004 | 1 Comment »
The CPA just shut down and anti-American newspaper in Baghdad. People were not amused: American soldiers shut down a popular Baghdad newspaper on Sunday and tightened chains across the doors after the occupation authorities accused it of printing lies that incited violence. Thousands of outraged Iraqis protested the closing as an act of American hypocrisy, [...]
You know, when you are attacking someone else’s credibility it helps to not contradict yourself Mr. Bush wanted to know “did Iraq have anything to do with this? Were they complicit in it?” Condoleezza Rice, the president’s national security adviser, recounted in an interview on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” (snip) The conversation which the White [...]
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