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Friday Notes: Better Than Raking Edition

Hey, did I mention I went to Taiwan? Oh, you hadn’t heard? Well hey, here’s some more photos from the kickoff! Somewhat more seriously – you should check out Mark V.’s take, over at Bikehugger. It’s...

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START Priorities

If you think I can get a bit over the top on the TSA or ridiculously overreaching IP laws, just wait until I get rolling on US/Soviet/Russian nuclear proliferation.  That we ever got to where we are...

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Friday Notes: Rock Dodge Edition

Of everything I have on my to-do list today, getting down the “rock dodge” drill for a cycling instructor course is probably the most difficult.  The result isn’t particularly challenging (dodging a...

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Anything That Keeps Us Safe

Right? Right?

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Is Joe Lieberman Anti-Free Speech?

Consider. Updated: Of course he is. I have now concluded my obvious-answers-to-obvious-questions exercise.

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About That Deficit . . .

Adam Serwer (correctly) calls bullshit: The $900 billion deal to extend all of the Bush tax cuts represents a substantial retreat for the president on a major campaign promise, a major victory for the...

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Transparency Camp 2012

Just finished a weekend at Transparency Camp 2012.  As with lots of these types of conferences (PrivacyCamp and Freedom2Connect come to mind), I approach these as something of an outsider – I’m...

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Clarendon Cycles: Investing in Better Communities

In which I express my frustration with the House GOP turning non-motorized transportation into some silly symbolic part of their culture war.  Sure, go on about art funding, or abortion, or imaginary...

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By the time I get to Arizona . . .

As an Arizona- born native?  I think Gov. Jan Brewer and these law enforcement clowns should be ashamed of themselves.  You’d hope that they’d want to do something useful with their lives.  But, no....

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Fun with Guns in Richmond

So Virginia’s favorite emissary from the Dark Ages, Del. Bob Marshall, is back in Richmond and ready to push guns into our schools. So Rep. Marshall knows the law when it comes to guns, right? Check...

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START Priorities

If you think I can get a bit over the top on the TSA or ridiculously overreaching IP laws, just wait until I get rolling on US/Soviet/Russian nuclear proliferation.  That we ever got to where we are...

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Friday Notes: Rock Dodge Edition

Of everything I have on my to-do list today, getting down the “rock dodge” drill for a cycling instructor course is probably the most difficult.  The result isn’t particularly challenging (dodging a...

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Anything That Keeps Us Safe

Right? Right?The post Anything That Keeps Us Safe first appeared on Blacknell.net.

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Is Joe Lieberman Anti-Free Speech?

Consider. Updated: Of course he is. I have now concluded my obvious-answers-to-obvious-questions exercise.The post Is Joe Lieberman Anti-Free Speech? first appeared on Blacknell.net.

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About That Deficit . . .

Adam Serwer (correctly) calls bullshit: The $900 billion deal to extend all of the Bush tax cuts represents a substantial retreat for the president on a major campaign promise, a major victory for the...

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Transparency Camp 2012

Just finished a weekend at Transparency Camp 2012.  As with lots of these types of conferences (PrivacyCamp and Freedom2Connect come to mind), I approach these as something of an outsider – I’m...

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Clarendon Cycles: Investing in Better Communities

In which I express my frustration with the House GOP turning non-motorized transportation into some silly symbolic part of their culture war.  Sure, go on about art funding, or abortion, or imaginary...

View Article


By the time I get to Arizona . . .

As an Arizona- born native?  I think Gov. Jan Brewer and these law enforcement clowns should be ashamed of themselves.  You’d hope that they’d want to do something useful with their lives.  But, no....

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Fun with Guns in Richmond

So Virginia’s favorite emissary from the Dark Ages, Del. Bob Marshall, is back in Richmond and ready to push guns into our schools. So Del. Marshall knows the law when it comes to guns, right? Check...

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Arlington Deserves Action

Dear County Board Members –     Today, you will consider an update to the Bicycle Element of the Master Transportation Plan.  I’ll grant that it’s better than the last one we adopted (I was there,...

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