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Angus Glashier of latte is using Opera 4.02. I've been using Opera for a long time, and am very fond of it. 4.01 doesn't allow me to post through the proxy server at work. Hopefully they've fixed this in 4.02. They say they made "adjustments to firewall tunnelling" and "proxy adjustments". I'm browsing with it now. More later if something doesn't work correctly. Otherwise, I'll probably just forget to say anything...
Well, it still won't post through the proxy server at work. It does work if I use the proxy client to get through the firewall, so I guess I'll be doing that now. The only drawback of that route is that my machine locks up during nameserver lookups, which doesn't happen when I let the proxy server do them.
J.D. Tuccille at CivilLiberty.About.Com - The federal jihad against marijuana: How come the feds hate cannabis so much? Apparently, J.D. hasn't yet followed the money. [market]
What's so important about the marijuana issue that the White House feels compelled to overrule voters, muzzle doctors and propagandize the public? Let me know if you have an answer.Whatever the reason, though, the federal drug warriors really need to relax. And I have the perfect suggestion: A couple of bong hits should do wonders to ease the frustrations of their holy war against dope.
bob lonsberry - A Tribute to Vern and Mrs. Vern: Bob's account of the folks who helped him when he ran out of gas on the freeway. This used to happen all the time, but it's much rarer today.
Wendy McElroy at LewRockwell.com - It's the STATE, Stupid!: Wendy comments on the brutal treatment of GOP convention protesters by the Philadelphia police. She disagrees with both the protesters and the state's response. Free market globalization will help everyone. Statist globalization will enslave us. [lew]
2) Allow me to grant, strictly for the sake of argument, that the police have a right or duty to remove protestors who are disruptive -- e.g. who impede traffic. Even with this assumption, the offenses in Philadelphia were low-grade misdemeanors, not criminal acts that merit denial of due process and the setting of a $1 million bail. At most, the protestors should have incurred a fine or a few days in jail. In the anti-World Bank demonstrations held in Washington, D.C. a few months earlier, the police and court system acted with relative restraint. They held protestors almost in a pro forma manner and released them when the convention was over: that is, when all prospect of disruption had ended. By contrast, Philadelphia continues to imprison peaceful protestors far after any threat of disruption has disappeared. Even granting that the authorities in Philadelphia have a right to keep their city safe, they have crossed the line from protection into punishment: they are now punishing people for expressing their political opinions.3) I don't want these protestors to become civil rights martyrs because their political opinions constitute one of the greatest threats to liberty, especially to the free market. As a crass oversimplification, the protestors are "anti-globalization," and especially against a global free market. Most of them are not against "the State" because they would use that institution if it furthered their goals.
Carl Limbacher at NewsMax.com - Traficant Drops Treason Bombshell on Reno: Treason is the least of her crimes (can you say "conspiracy to commit mass murder"?), but I'd be satisified with a treason conviction. Beam me up. [sierra]
Appearing on Fox News Channel's "Hannity & Colmes," the Ohio Democrat announced that he has five affidavits from individuals who charge that Reno was repeatedly arrested for drunk driving in Florida during the 1980s, had sex with a lesbian call girl and got her job as Miami's state attorney through mob connections.
Henry Bowman at Sierra Times - The Henry Bowman Brigade: How to join the brigade in defense of liberty. [sierra]
Arianna Huffington - A Turning Point In The War on Drugs: Ms. Huffington reports on speeches against the war on freedom (er... drugs) at the Shadow Convention in Philladelphia.
Geoff Metcalf at WorldNetDaily - The governments' secret trillions: an interview with Walter Burien, who discovered that the state of New Jersey has almost $80 billion in investments that never appear on their budget. You can get a "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report" that shows it, but you have to know to ask for it. This is apparently common in lots of the thousands of government corporations throughout the country. [kaba]
Michael Z. Williamson at KeepAndBearArms.com - If War They Want, War They Shall Have: Legal ways to destroy the organizations that disseminate the Brady Bunch'es ideas. [kaba]
Call them early and often. State your objections (politely and without threats) to their programs. Have your friends call. Tie up their phones all day. Even better: call them at night and request they mail you information. Request they return your call during the day on their dime. If enough bogus calls come in, they'll have to ignore requests received at night. It all helps.As far as daytime calls, sound sympathetic and request information. Call back a few days later, and request more. Have it sent to you, your spouse, your children, dogs and cats. Perhaps your goldfish would like information. Add an apartment number to your house address, so you can use it multiple times. Use fake apartment numbers in your building. Use your work address (and the work addresses of all of your friends above). Use your PO box. Remember your previous address, where the street numbers progressed by 4s? Create a street number halfway in between, and a bogus name that cannot be confused with your old neighbors. Have them send out thousands of packets that cost $5 each to print. Bankrupt the bastards. If they learn to recognize your voice, spend 33 cents on a stamp and write them.
A.F. Branco at KeepAndBearArms.com - The Good Old Days: cartoon commentary on the proper way to deal with traitors. [kaba]
Joel Spolsky at Joel on Software - The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code: Wonderful! My manager gets a copy of this. Don't know if he'll read it, but I'll put it on his desk. [latte]
Christopher Locke and Ian Clarke at Feed - re: Ian Clarke Ian Clarke is the founder of Freenet. This article is an interview of Mr. Clarke by Mr. Locke. [wnd]
I spoke with him via phone from his London office. We talked about free speech, piracy, copyright, version control, distributed caching, and an exceedingly cool plan to automatically generate topical directories based on use. Watch this guy and what he's up to. If information wants to be free, it just got its wish.
J.J. Johnson at Sierra Times - New Gun Law Will Help Determine Outcome of NY Senate Race: J.J. predicts that Queen Hillary will win the New York senate race because the pro-gunners will leave the state in droves due to the newest fascist gun-control bill signed into law by Governor Pataki. I'd leave if my wife would go, but she's still attached to our current location, and she likes this kind of victim disarmament law. [sierra]
Charley Reese at the Orlando Sentinel - You can decide -- save the country or commit national suicide: Mr. Reese clarifies the differences between algore and G.W. Hypocrite. I agree that G.W. is the better choice, but it's sorta like choosing between death by starvation or firing squad. Maybe one way will kill you a little slower, but either way you're gonna die soon.
Americans have a clear choice between an authentic, decent and honorable man and an indecent political opportunist who has demonstrated throughout his political career that, like Bill Clinton, Al Gore will say and do anything to win or hold on to power.I'm tempted to say that the November election gives Americans a choice between saving the country or committing national suicide. I truly believe that after four more years of the kind of government we've had the past eight, America won't even be recognizable. The politics of divisiveness that Gore and his crowd routinely practice will destroy this country.
David Roberson at The Libertarian Enterprise - Smith & Wesson Announces New Commemorative Handguns: A tongue-in-cheek romp on appropriate commemorations from S&W.
