Friday, October 24, 2003

Bride of Chucky. Via Andrew Sullivan, I see that the sick puppies over at NR have produced a talking Ann Coulter doll. It spouts such legendary Coulter bon mots as "Even Islamic terrorists don't hate America like Liberals do." A step up from "math is hard," I guess. But just barely. [Hit & Run] I can't quite tell if this is real, or meant as a joke. Either way, it's pretty funny. 6:44:16 PM    comment () Airport trick or treat. In the wake of September 11, the federal mentality toward airline customers is best summarized by the informal motto posted at the headquarters of the TSA air marshal training center: "Dominate. Intimidate. Control." But it takes more than browbeating average Americans to make air travel safe. Airline expert Michael Boyd aptly observed: "The TSA is a poorly focused, unaccountable Washington political bureaucracy geared to screen for objects, not for security threats." [Washington Times] 12:12:19 PM    comment () Punishing Politicians. From Rothbard's great article, H. L. Mencken: The Joyous Libertarian: In discussing how to punish guilty public officials ("jobholders"), Mencken said, "What is needed is a system (a) that does not depend for its execution upon the good-will of fellow... [LewRockwell.com Blog] A look at how Mencken's system might work in practice can be found in H. Beam Piper's Lone Star Planet. 9:28:37 AM    comment ()

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