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Monthly Archives: July 2003

Welcome to DC

Mugged at gunpoint about an hour ago 50 feet from my front door. They took Angie’s purse, too. Now it’s a mad race to make sure this fucker doesn’t get any benefit whatsoever from this:
-He got about $6 in cash from Angie; my cash was in my pocket
- Her cellphone, which will be cancelled shortly
- [...]

The Big Yawn

Hillary’s History:
“Living History” traps us in the heated daydream of an earnest and lofty-minded high school student–the kind who belonged to the Methodist youth group, sat on the student council, was elected junior-class vice president, got appointed to the principal’s Cultural Values Committee “to promote tolerance,” and would go on to become president of student [...]

Plagiarism is a tool of the Bourgeoisie

The Chronicle on Marxist historian Philip Foner.
Explains one ideological and professional colleague, “He was on the margins of academic life, and even when he got back in, he didn’t interact much with the mainstream. So I don’t think he ever really held himself to academic standards… Once you get past the ‘gotcha’ plagiarism stuff, [...]

Soft Walls

Use software to prevent hijacked airplanes from breaching no-fly zones, proposes Berkeley prof. Edward Lee.
Safe, utterly impenetrable, and inexpensive. That’s a great idea.

Annapolis Tomorrow

Should be fun, I hope. Weather looks to be OK.
And there’ll be a parade with the Naval Academy Band and fireworks. Not bad, and I’m sure it will be a lot more pleasant than hanging around DC with all the rabble and machine-gun-toting marines.

Not Quite a Comic

Strange…

We Love WiFi

Someone on my block has an open access point, and it’s really fast.
Whoever you are, thanks!

Norquist Meeting

Not too much going on this week; little surprise.
There will be some problems with competitive sourcing (and outsourcing) in the upcoming appropriations bills. Some people (e.g., the fed workers’ unions) are against any sort of competition at all. Figures.
New Insider is up online. No, I didn’t edit it.
New book out from Cato: Corporate Aftershock. [...]

Strangest Spam

Received today:
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