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Day 08-10-23

The Key to American conservatism today

Cognitive dissonance. At Wikipedia, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny: Does. Not. Compute.

Takedown notice

AP (Watkins, “Feds Say They Drive a Stake into Mongols Gang,” 22 Sep ’08): But U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien has asked for an injunction that would seize the Mongols’ trademarked name. If the order is approved, any Mongol would no longer be able to wear a jacket displaying the gang’s name or emblem. “It would [...]

Smokin’ [updated]

Andrew Sullivan points to “new McCain POW footage,” but the film is a longer cut (and much better ‘print’) of the footage included here. The longer cut shows much more clearly the degree of mobility in McCain’s neck, shoulder, and left arm (for example, when he tips his ash at 3:17). At 1:07, the interviewer [...]