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Kill all spammers
So, I was away from my email from Wed, 6:30 AM to Monday, 1 AM. When I got back and fired up my email program, there were 37,334 emails waiting for me.
We need to make spamming a death penalty offense.
We need to make buying from a spammer a "20 years in jail for a first offense" offense. -
Back from Denvention
Well, I had a lot of fun at the 66th Worldcon, in Denver And I have a ton of pictures that will make it up on Flikr ( Read more... ) -
Wow
First effects of HellerWilmette Suspends Local Handgun Ban
POSTED: 2:47 pm CDT June 27, 2008 ( Read more... ) -
Canada's Anti-Civil Rights tribunals at it again
The latest from Canada, the country with no freedom of speechA Canadian stand-up comedian will face a human rights tribunal hearing after a woman complained she and her friends faced a "tirade of homophobic and sexist comments" while attending one of his shows ( Read more... ) -
Hmm, I wonder
Interesting news:PARIS (AFP) - Recent massive volcanoes have risen from the ocean floor deep under the Arctic ice cap, spewing plumes of fragmented magma into the sea, scientists who filmed the aftermath reported Wednesday ( Read more... ) -
Oh, wow
This comment, by a rather left of center commenter, IMHO does an excellent job of cutting to the center of the debate on gunsWhy do many progressives rightly fear a police state while at the same time argue for a disarmed populace and a policeman on every corner?
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Going for the Jugular
I detest Senator McCain. The chance of me voting for him in November is someonewhere between "slim" and "none". But I'm willing to give credit where credit is due. His announcement about Heller is a beautiful shot at Senator ObamaUnlike Senator Obama, who refused to join me in signing a bipartisan amicus brief, I was pleased to express my ( Read more... ) -
Glorious
Well, we've now seen what it takes to get "Justice" Kennedy involved in a correctly decided decision: Don't let him write any part of it.
The US Supreme Court handed down two important decisions today: Davis v. the FEC and Heller v. DC. Both were 5-4, with those who give a damn about individual rights winning over those who love the government, ( Read more... ) -
Don't like high gas prices? Blame Congress
Jerks in Congress are at it again:
House Subcommittee Rejects Plan to Open U.S. Waters to More Oil Exploration
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In praise of CO2
A report on "Gloabl Warming"Planet Earth is on a roll! GPP is way up. NPP is way up. To the surprise of those who have been bearish on the planet, the data shows global production has been steadily climbing to record levels, ones not seen since these measurements began ( Read more... )