Thursday, February 14, 2002

Thought for the day: Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purpose is beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. Louis Brandeis comment () trackback ()  11:30:48 PM     A Japanese Lesson. As the history of the Great Depression is one long regret of political follies and blunders that aggravated the suffering, so is the story of the Japanese recession from the 1990s to the present. The Japanese government tried to spend its way out of the recession, but instead merely prolonged it and created a mountain of debt. It probably improved the Japanese infrastructure but simultaneously propped up a badly misguided economy; sustained insolvent banks and insurance companies, always preventing the needed readjustment and thereby prolonging and aggravating the recession; and, last but not least, consumed the people's savings of a decade.Ê It is a hard world of politics, where every mistake must be paid for in full by the people. [Ludwig von Mises Institute] comment () trackback ()  10:25:08 PM     It turns out the Radio Python support doesn't work on the Mac OS. I can see the sample script, but when I click "Run" the Python Interpreter gives me an error message: This is not a script. It is probably an auxiliary Python file such as an application template or a preference file. comment () trackback ()  9:06:24 PM     Canadian Warship Seizes Drug Vessel. A Canadian warship patrolling the Arabian Sea seized a wooden vessel carrying hashish and joined a U.S. ship blasting it with explosive shells and heavy machine guns until it sank, the Canadian commander said Thursday. [AP World News] This is pretty disgusting. The US and Canadians commit a blatant act of piracy, and then have the gall to brag about it to the press. I hope all those people in the Arab world who hate Americans will take note that the Canadians were the main pirates in this attack. comment () trackback ()  8:21:01 PM     Bush offers plan to curb emissions. President Bush has unveiled his plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions - but critics say the proposals bow to big business. [BBC News: sci/tech] This critic says the proposal bows too much to "environmentalists." It's important to have all the facts before making major decisions, and we aren't even close on this subject. What if those greenhouse gas emissions are the only thing holding off the next ice age? comment () trackback ()  6:31:36 PM     XML-Signature Recommendation, Exclusive Canonicalization Candidate. The W3C has published XML-Signature Syntax and Processing as a Recommendation, and Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0 as a Candidate Recommendation. [xmlhack] What's the point? This is just a subset of what RFC 2440, the OpenPGP standard, already does perfectly well. Perhaps this is just another case of people jumping on the XML bandwagon because it's "fashionable," even if there is no need to do so. comment () trackback ()  2:33:41 PM     Welcome to the iTunes Newton Plug-in Pages And at current prices, it's cheaper than an iPod! comment () trackback ()  10:16:47 AM     Bizarro World. Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com - Bizarro World - the topsy-turvy world we live in today where Richard Bizarro can face 20 years for taking a pee. [grabbe market] For this he's facing 20 years? Ah, but urination without authorization is just the beginning of his crimes: according to one of the witches disguised as flight attendants, Bizarro not only "ignored her orders" but also "stared at her for about a minute before returning to his seat." The Fox News story also ominously adds that Bizarro is "6-foot-2 and 220 pounds" ö another crime, along with unauthorized staring, in the Bizarro World we're living in. Goodness gracious me, I'll be surprised if he doesn't get life without possibility of parole! [End the War on Freedom] The poor fellow does at least have a very appropriate name. In an interview, Mr. Bizarro explained that he thought the sky marshals were hijackers. Given their appearance and behavior, I'd say he was right. comment () trackback ()  10:05:52 AM     NRA Will Take Shays-Meehan Bill To Supreme Court If It Passes. Jeff Johnson at CNSNews.com - NRA Will Take Shays-Meehan Bill To Supreme Court If It Passes - good for them. [geneice] David Mason, the chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) told CNSNews.com Wednesday that the provision is almost certainly unconstitutional and definitely unenforceable. He says such a "blackout" would only create a window for incumbents to introduce controversial legislation with little fear of criticism. [End the War on Freedom] Even the head of an organization charged with protecting incumbents thinks the Incumbent Protection Act is unconstitutional. That really shows just how far this bill goes beyond what the bureaucracy thinks it can get away with. comment () trackback ()  9:38:15 AM     Open your minds for another bomb. David Brown is using Radio as a Python IDE. Yah. Aha.  [Scripting News] This looks like a nice idea. The screenshots show it working with OS X, and there's a mention of Windows as well, but does it work on the Mac? I'll give it a try when I get home. comment () trackback ()  9:02:54 AM

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