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Archive for November 19th, 2004

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Shuffle to Judgment

Shuffle to Judgment – I’m coming to the story of the marine who shot the unarmed wounded man in the Fallujah mosque late. Buggieboy has the best explanation of why the shooting was probably not a war crime. To me the crime was the command decision to send adult males attempting to leave Fallujah back [...]

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Who Knew?

Who Knew? – Write about insurance, get tons of interesting, informative e-mail. Roundup tomorrow.

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Hey, Degenerates!

Hey, Degenerates! – Why are you reading this depraved weblog? Nate e-mails:
I’m at a Panera near Dulles airport, where I have to pick someone up later this
afternoon. Paneras are great because of the free wifi, but there are
downsides. Got this message when trying to visit UO:
This site is blocked by the SonicWALL Content [...]

Friday, November 19th, 2004

Not Enough Wrinkles

Atrios puts on his economist hat and sets out to explain insurance, with, based on the caliber of the explanations so far, way more disdain for his ideological adversaries than is warranted. The first item explains the principles of “insurance classic” (fire, auto and such), and saves health insurance for a second go-round. The major [...]