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Spice Cadet Book: Now on Amazon
A mere three years after it's published, Lulu is now listing The Official Manual for Spice Cadets on Amazon.com
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Tax season!
Rabbit season ( Read more... ) -
I guess torture's OK by him after all.
One of the canards that gets wide circulation is the claim that "torture doesn't work". The point of this canard is that torture is useless, and so there's no valid reason to engage in it.
One of the shrillest proponents of this view is pecunium. By his lights, torture is never OK. I'm actually willing to agree with that, but he insists on taking it ( Read more... ) -
Gaza, Isreal, and International Law
David Bernstein at the Volokh Conspiracy has posted a link to a document, scholarly analysis of international law as it applies to Israel and Gaza.
One major conclusion running through the document is that the people who are declaring Israel absolutely guilty of war crimes are, at best, concentrating on the answers they like best ( Read more... ) -
"I Am Woman -- Protesting a Strong Woman"
(Copied from my other blog)
This came over the transom last night. After I degaussed my irony meter, I decided to share this with my loyal readers -- all six of them.
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Obamessiah Complex
I've seen any number of ads and posters that seem to depict Barack Obama as the savior of humanity. He's the second coming of JFK and MLK, and his mere presence in the office of President will heal all wounds, reconcile all opposing factions, cause swords to be beaten into plowshares, cannons into church bells, and nukes into powerplants ( Read more... ) -
Batman vs. Al Qaeda?
An interesting review of Batman: The Dark Knight can be found at the Herald Sun. There are spoilers in the review, so click through at your own risk.
Film unmasks Bush as the real BatmanFINALLY Hollywood makes a film that says US President George W. Bush was right. But director Christopher Nolan had to disguise it a little, so journalists wouldn' ( Read more... ) -
It's here!
(sort of)
I pre-ordered Secret Voyage by Blackmore's Night a couple of months ago.
Now I've downloaded it from the newsgroups.
I was curious to see which would get here first, the CD or the pirated download.
(Though I won't be canceling the order through Amazon.)
