Leach Internet Gambling Ban Will Become Law
From a press release issued by the House Committee on Financial Services: "This morning, by a vote of 409 to 2, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to be signed by the President...
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DOS Attack on Webhost
If you stopped by here earlier and couldn't get through or an email you sent bounced, this is why: We apologize for any inconvenienice you may be experiencing. We are aware of the latency...
Landrith Sells Out, Part III
For those not aware, I have books and videogames for sale at Half.com: http://shops.half.ebay.com/jlandrith Most (not all) of my books in the half.com store are brand new (never been read) single subject encyclopedias, sent in...
A Right to Bear Arms – Unless You’re A Muslim?!
Apparently, Arnold Kling (Cato scholar) has been drinking that sugar water mess that has all the neo-cons strung out. From an August 10 TCS column: I believe that what we need going forward is a...
Overdoing It
In recent weeks, there has been a nasty squabble between the To The People (http://tothepeople.com) and Fighting Bigamy (http://fightbigamy.typepad.com/) blogs. See the links below: http://www.tothepeople.com/2006/07/big-love-government.html http://www.tothepeople.com/2006/09/royal-bitch-mad-i-called-her-royal.html http://www.tothepeople.com/2006/09/hump-day-productivity.html http://www.tothepeople.com/2006/09/i-heart-sandra-phipps-yes-thats-just.html http://fightbigamy.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/09/to_the_people_m.html Now, as long-time readers of...
Cory Maye and The Agitator
I haven't blogged about this yet, but I should have mentioned it long ago. Radley Balko, a Cato Institute writer and fellow libertarian blogger, has been faithfully and tirelessly exposing a travesty of justice. ...
Nice Try Rachel, But You Were Wrong
I was unaware that I had my own "wing" of the multiracial movement. According to Rachel of Rachel's Tavern (http://www.rachelstavern.com/) in a comment at Mixed Media Watch, I do. Here: (http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/09/18/introducing-new-demographics-core-beliefs/) Wow. Funny thing,...
Dissing Liberty in the Name of Conservative Political Correctness
My new best friend, Bill Stark of Philadelphia, was kind enough to leave this silly little knee-jerk conservative edited verion of a previously libertarian piece titled "New Bill of Rights" in my forum. Of course,...
Back to Forum for Registered Users
I've had to return the forum to registered users only (registration is free, look on right menu). Unfortunately, a bunch of spammers were using it to peddle levitra over the weekend. Again.
Soundtracks
Yesterday, Wil Wheaton (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com) had this to say on nostalgia (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2006/09/in_the_heat_of_.html): "It's music, too: Squeeze, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cure, The The, and Oingo Boingo." "It's movies: Batman, Blade Runner, Back to the Future,...