We certainly have seen the results of appeasement. It is much easier to tolerate a dictator when he is dictating over somebody else’s life and not your own.
– Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga in response to Jaques Chirac’s outburst.
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February 19th, 2003 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
 When people fear the government, there is tyranny. When government fears the people, there is liberty February 18th, 2003 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
If “International Law” is more important than saving the lives of innocent people now and in the future, by:
… then all I can say is, fuck International Law. – Alice Bachini February 16th, 2003 | 20 comments - (Comments are closed)
The French prime minister, Jacques Chirac, had visited Baghdad in December 1974 amid much pomp. Vice President Saddam offered to take care of Chirac’s visit and in their several meetings the two men enjoyed an unexpected rapport, much to the surprise of the traveling French entourage. At the end of the visit the French prime minister warmly embraced Saddam, calling him ‘a personal friend’, a returned home with a sheaf of lucrative contracts (for weaponry) worth 15 billion francs. One of them was the deal to supply the brand new reactor. [Thanks to The Invisible Hand for the quote] February 15th, 2003 | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)
All I can say is that the comments confirmed to me what I had to keep to myself all semester: that most of you mental midgets are the most immature, sheltered, homophobic, sexist, racist, lying sacks of s—t I have ever met in my life. … Seton Hall may be kissing you’re a—es now, but out here in the real world, brats like you will be eaten for breakfast. February 14th, 2003 | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
Here are four pieces of advice. The first two are evil, the last is prudent February 13th, 2003 | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)
Good theories are sticky, but they still need advocating. Slowly, slowly the low-fat mantra is being replaced by acknowledgement in public places that constant blood-sugar swings mightn’t be very good for us. Slowly, slowly, free-market capitalism and libertarianism will stop being the standard butt of establishment sneers. February 11th, 2003 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
Imagination without skill gives us contemporary art. February 10th, 2003 | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
We shall know what we go to Mars for, only after we get there. You might as well ask Columbus why he wasted his time discovering America when he could have been improving the methods of Spanish sheep-farming. It is lucky that the U.S. government like Queen Isabella is willing to pay for the ships. though it is a pity the US and other governments also crowd out private space business alternatives February 7th, 2003 | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)
– Yes, Minister, British comedy series
February 5th, 2003 | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
Hear a speech declaring a holy war and, I assure you, your ears should catch the clink of evil’s scales and the dragging of its monstrous tail over the purity of the language. February 3rd, 2003 | One comment - (Comments are closed)
THIS is a tragedy, too. What makes the Columbia‘s loss more striking than the deaths of train passengers is that space exploration is forward-looking, not just part of ordinary life, and such a loss is a setback to something important, and noble. It’s not that astronauts’ lives are worth more than those of anyone else; it’s what they do, and what it stands for. – Glenn Reynolds yesterday February 2nd, 2003 | Comments are closed
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