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Archive for May 31st, 2003

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

Clues Found in Iraq

From the New York Times . . .

In a significant retreat in American efforts to seize weapons held by Iraqi citizens, American and British officials said today that Iraqis would be allowed to keep AK-47 assault rifles in their homes and businesses.
While American officials gave no public explanation for amending what had been a much [...]

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

Mnemonic

Mnemonic
30 days has September
Also June and November
All the rest have 31
Except for February, which is just weird
And April, which has lasted 61 freaking days so far!
2003: God Apologizes to the Water Table.

Saturday, May 31st, 2003

But even dangerous truths are still true

Fabulous Natalie Solent meditation about stickers on a professor’s office door. No, really. Go read.
UPDATE: Usual Blogspot crap means the link is bad. Go to the main page and scroll down to “Selective political myopia.” The item is much better than it sounds.