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Monday, March 07, 2005
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On checkpoints, freedom, and extinct conservatives: "Jim Henley: Here is the Highest Law in Iraq today: Thou shalt not frighten an American soldier. Not 'kill,' not 'attack.' Put in fear of his (or her) life. This is a capital crime subject to immediate arraignment, instantaneous investigation and summary execution of sentence. If your most important goal is to safeguard the lives of American troops, this law makes perfect sense. It was not propounded by Iraqis, though, who were not even consulted about it and have, still, no veto power over it. It was not adopted with the consent of the governed. How did that come about? We decided. No country where such a law obtains is 'free' in the sense that the US is free, or, well, Italy is free. No Iraqi jury, nor even Iraqi bureaucrat will pass judgment on the actions of the soldiers at that checkpoint. Americans will. It is dangerous for a people to arrogate that much power to themselves, even, or especially, when they see themselves as Doing Good. When we still had conservatives in this country, they knew that. "
(Via Patrick Nielsen Hayden.)
11:23:16 PM 
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U.N. landmine commerical won't air in US.: "Mark Frauenfelder:
A U.N. commercial depicts American girls playing in a soccer match. A girl steps on a landmine and there's a big explosion. Kids get blown apart. CNN and other networks don't want to air the ad.
 The explosion appears to kill and injure some girls, sparking panic and chaos among parents and other children. Shrieks of horror are heard through much of the spot, and a father is shown cradling his daughter's lifeless body, moments after celebrating a goal she had scored.
It closes with a tag line reading: 'If there were landmines here, would you stand for them anywhere? Help the U.N. eradicate landmines everywhere.'
You can view the ad here.
Link"
(Via Boing Boing.)
4:41:39 PM
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All week long, the Guardian will be...: " All week long, the Guardian will be printing a selection of 'new and little-known' R. Crumb works. Today they print an interview with Crumb.
He mentions Serena Williams's body and I nod and say that it sure is a fine body, and he rushes out of the room like an overexcited schoolboy. He returns a second later with a cute, hand-made book. He shows me the photograph he has pasted in of Williams in her tight black tennis outfit. He analyses the image with unrestrained passion. 'This butt is just bionic. It's beyond anything. It's unbelievable. Imagine having access to that?' he says in his creamy whine - part Woody Allen, part Jack Nicholson. 'That kind of woman is very underappreciated in the western world. Look at the type of women that are touted in the media.' "
(Via Blog of a Bookslut.)
8:47:10 AM
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