Hey, look — liberal talk radio.
That actually fits the pattern. The news media is slanting increasingly conservative, but the entertainment media is darned liberal.
Author: Bryant
I promised the Lensman series, and thus the Lensman series will be mashed. Onwards, stalwart companions!
If you haven’t read the Lensman books, you should. They are a fundamental part of science fiction history; get past the sexism and you’ll find a surprisingly liberal — even radical — set of ideals. Particularly in Children of the Lens. You’ll also find big explosions, and everyone likes big explosions.
All the hip liberals are dogpiling on libertarianism this month, and skillfully missing the point. Apparently the lure of libertarians potentially voting Democrat in the face of Bush’s overspending is too much for some.
The question is not “would it be OK to let everyone in the world own nukes right now?” That’s a very easy one. “No, it would be pretty much completely not be a good idea.” The question is “Would this be a better world, and if so, what do we need to do to get there?”
In the debate which is the primary target of mockery, Richard Epstein is taking precisely that approach. Randy Barnett and David Friedman are not, mind you, which goes a long way towards explaining why I don’t self-identify as a libertarian.
But it is important to remember that a hundred years ago, concepts such as welfare seemed hopelessly utopian. Things change.
In the DoSS universe, Mercury owns a clock just like this. So does Doctor David Brent.
Bob Barr is fairly peeved at the Transportation Security Administration for their new list of fines. $1,500 for “non-physical interference with screening” does seem a little high, particularly since attitude is one of the aggravating factors.
The new TSA guidelines are available as a Word document. I’ve also stuck the ones relevant to travellers in the continuation of this post. I can’t get that miffed about high fines for people bringing hand grenades on flights, mind you, but I do keep coming back to $1,500 for non-physical interference. Would that be filing charges?
Wish #87 asks:
What are three or more web sites you’ve used recently as a player or GM? Why do you use them? What do you get from them?
20’ by 20’ Room, of course!
But also:
- ThePulp.Net, which is the best source for pulp info, plus links to lots of free pulp ebooks.
- The FAS IRP, which is the Federation of American Scientists’ Intelligence Resource Program. Essential for modern-day espionage/technothriller games. And for Feng Shui.
- Incunabula, hub site for the Ong’s Hat mythos, which I sprung on my superhero players recently.
Other tricks… if you search Google Images for “party pictures,” you’ll get a lot of candid shots. Great for pictures of NPCs who aren’t supposed to look like movie stars.
Oh, yeah, speaking of photographs: the Library of Congress put its Prints and Photographs Catalog online. For Boston-specific photos, I use this site. Yale’s Beinecke Library also has a very nice digital collection.
Full kudos to Adriaan Tijsseling, who tracked down my ecto bug (as bitched about earlier) and will be fixing it in the next version. In the meantime, I skillfully avoid the bug by not using the Text Only option for the toolbar. The fact that he kept track of who was having the problem and let me know personally about the fix wins points with me.
I just got a Nigerian scam message as a blog comment. End of the Net predicted; Trackback at 11.
This article on Kerry’s defense votes is just something I want to have handy for later.