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The words do not have to be perfect.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

“woke” is the new caravan.

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Trumpflation is an intolerable hardship for every American, and it’s Trump’s fault.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

Bark louder, little dog.

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

Bad people in a position to do bad things will do bad things because they are bad people. End of story.

The willow is too close to the house.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

In after Baud. Damn.

Stop using mental illness to avoid talking about armed white supremacy.

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

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Excellent article by Matt Welch

by John Cole|  February 17, 20023:16 pm| Leave a Comment

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Excellent article by Matt Welch in Reason magazine discussing sanctions and Iraq.

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I don’t know why I

by John Cole|  February 17, 200212:15 am| Leave a Comment

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I don’t know why I even read the Guardian anymore. All it does is infuriate me. When I have energy tomorrow, I will dissect this latest piece of dumpster grunge offered up by Will Hutton.

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Fascinating article in the latest

by John Cole|  February 17, 200212:01 am| Leave a Comment

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Fascinating article in the latest dead-wood version of the American Spectator about the new lifestream software from Scopeware. I am signing up for a beta test spot, because this sounds revolutionary…

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An interesting article in the

by John Cole|  February 16, 200211:48 pm| Leave a Comment

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An interesting article in the NY Times about the popular support Charles Pickering has from black Mississippians. This goes a long way to show how the NAACP and Congressional Black Caucus are just not mainstream organizations anymore but knee-jerk mouthpieces for the race-baiting loony left.

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Congrats to Aussie short track

by John Cole|  February 16, 200211:02 pm| Leave a Comment

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Congrats to Aussie short track speed skater Steven Bradbury, who was the only person to figure out a reliable strategy to win. It goes like this:

A.) Skate as closely to the pack as possible, make not one attempt to pass anyone the whole race.

B.) On the last lap, stay back a litle bit, and let the cheating scummy Asian competitors trip everyone and pull them down.

C.) Avoid the pile-up, and skate in unmolested.

The judges (love judges in a race) properly awarded Bradbury the Gold, who did EVERYTHING he was supposed to, so I don’t wanna hear any bitching about him. Where they erred was by not sentencing the the Asian kids to a good public flogging for being cheating shits, and attempting to ruin the semi-final and ruining the final.

*** Update ***

In a post-race interview, Apollo was much more gracious than I was and called it all part of the race. I will defer to him, even though I still think pulling people down is cheating…..

At any rate, grats to the Aussie, and this is their first medal, so I am happy for them.

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Doing lots of readings on

by John Cole|  February 16, 20024:42 pm| Leave a Comment

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Doing lots of readings on trait dominance today, so no real time for posting. Maybe tonight, after a late dinner.

At any rate, Natalija is trying to give me a cleavage inspired heart attack at the Libertarian Samizdata, and Perry has a Oscar oversight I had not thought of.

Glenn Reynolds has an InstaHangover, but Rand Simberg, William Quick, have lots of good stuff up today. Sgt. Stryker and Steve Den Beste are still fighting WWIV.

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This is why I read

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This is why I read Protein Wisdom every day.

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