Here’s hoping that this guy can do to Bush in 2004 what Nader did to Gore in 2000: But Michael Badnarik (search), the 49-year-old computer programmer and constitutional scholar who emerged victorious in the party’s recent presidential nominating convention, said he’s hoping to preach not just to the choir. Libertarians are trying to appeal to [...]
Archive for June 14th, 2004
Hope Springs Eternal
Posted in Politics on June 14, 2004 | 7 Comments »
The Da Vinci Diet
Posted in Health on June 14, 2004 | 15 Comments »
A baker in Maine is taking advantage of a new diet: A baker who lost nearly half his customers to the low-carb craze has tapped Dan Brown’s best-selling novel for an Atkins alternative called the “Da Vinci Diet” that he hopes will bring people back to bread. A little math theory kneaded with biblical lore [...]
Supreme Court Wusses Out in Pledge Case
Posted in Church & State on June 14, 2004 | 3 Comments »
Rather than setting any kind of precedent, the Supreme Court opted to reject Michael Newdow’s right to sue, avoiding the stickier Constitutional issues, but having the effect of preserving teacher-led recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools. I disagree with this ruling on a number of levels (although I admit that the custody issues [...]
Politics by Other Means
Posted in Satire on June 14, 2004 | Comments Off
I am not sure this is parody…
Local Fascism
Posted in Politics on June 14, 2004 | Comments Off
Orcinus gives us examples, and Atrios shows us one way to fight back.
More Proof That The Lakers Are Evil
Posted in Sports on June 14, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Just how evil are the Lakers? They’ve put me in a position where a Detroit team is winning, and I’m happy about it. *shudder* That’s pretty damned evil by any standard. Pistons 88, Lakers 80 Sorry, Dawn!
This Is Not Right
Posted in Culture on June 14, 2004 | Comments Off
This isn’t right when that jerk Krauthammer does it, and it is not right when anyone else does it. There are ethics in every profession, and pretending to diagnose a patient you have never met cannot be ethical. Nor can shouting that diagnosis from the rooftops. I hope this book dies a quick death and [...]
A Review of the Second Torture Memo
Posted in Legal Issues on June 14, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Discourse.net has a review of the legal reasoning behind the second torture memo. It is, in a word, bizarre. It is also scary. The desperation for a legal justification for torture drips from the memo into little puddles of evil at your feet. It is as if the entire government has gone insane.
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