Daily Archives: January 25, 2006

Thanks again, California

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Phil Kadath

We have to use our ammo to stop your bad guys. A police chase at the Canada-U.S. border forced the closure of the Peace Arch border crossing south of Vancouver on Tuesday. It also caused dozens of Canadian guards to … Continue reading →

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If the Lawyers Say It’s Okay….

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Alaska

…then it’s a pretty good bet it’s legal. I’m talking, of course, about the very effective way the Bush Administration quietly defined the parameters of the political elite’s view of the NSA “scandal.” There’s obviously a political dimension to the … Continue reading →

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Seems Plain to Me….

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Alaska

You are the Plain Meaning Rule!  You interpret statutes according to what an ordinary speaker of English would understand from the text.  You’re upfront and direct.  You claim that you’re just following the rules, but often find a clever technicality … Continue reading →

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It’s Funny Cause It’s True

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Phil Kadath

Michelle Malkin has this post about the continuing fallout from Mayor Nincompoop’s racist ‘Chocolate City’ comments last week. If you haven’t seen that post, you need to go over there and take a look at the accompanying photos of t-shirts … Continue reading →

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RNS Quote of the Day

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Phil Kadath

To interpret the railroad history of the nineteenth century as “Proof” of the failure of a free market, is a disaterous error. The same error, which persists to this day, was the nineteenth century’s fear of “The Trusts”. The most formidible … Continue reading →

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