End the War on Freedom

"I am" is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that "I do" is the longest sentence.

From Quotes of the Day:

There are too many people, and too few human beings. -- Robert Zend

From samizdata:

It is impossible to save souls by coercing bodies. There is no such thing as a forced conversion. Men can behave morally only when they have the option of behaving immorally. -- Marc Glendening

Strangely, my Linksys Instant Wireless Network Adapter only works in the bottom of the two PC-card slots on my notebook computer. Go figure.

Laissez Faire Books - The Prisoner is available as a 10 DVD set. $150. You can also get it on VHS as five sets for $30 apiece. The DVD versions of the first two sets contain 50 extra minutes apiece. My favorite TV show of all time. The only thing that came close was Max Headroom.

1. Arrival / Free for All / Dance of the Dead
2. Checkmate / The Chimes of Big Ben / A, B, and C / The General
3. The Schizoid Man / Many Happy Returns / It's Your Funeral
4. A Change of Mind / Hammer Into Anvil / Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling / Living in Harmony
5. The Girl Who Was Death / Once Upon a Time / Fall Out

One of the most challenging and thought-provoking television series of all time, The Prisoner is the strange saga of a former government operative (Patrick McGoohan) sent to a twisted prison called "the village." Known only as No. 6, he engages in a battle of wills with the powers that be (represented by the nefarious and constantly changing No. 2 and a bizarre, chilling presence called "the Rover") that wish to extract his secrets and break his spirit. Digitally re-mastered and presented in its original order, this set includes all seventeen episodes of the unforgettable series that introduced a whole new type of hero to the TV world.

gbd at kuro5hin - How to Get Really Really Fat - hehe. [kuro5hin]

Over the course of the past couple of days, there have been multiple stories on Kuro5hin about obesity; they have explained how it is an epidemic that is plauging our society and they have offered much advice about how to combat it. However, I cannot help but notice that there has been precious little representation of The Other Side. It is for this reason that I offer the following information. The best media is a balanced media, and I believe that it is in the best interest of Kuro5hin and its readership to give both sides of the story.

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Chef's Advice Stands!
by Spork on Thu Jun 6th, 2002 at 03:15:22 AM EST

There is only one way of making sure you get fat: get married!

Bernie Baltic - Tax Cuts Explained - a little parable making it crystal clear why the rich should get the bulk of any tax cut. [liberator]

Mike Allen and Bill Miller at The Washington Post - Bush Seeks Security Department - Tom Ridge's Gestapo gets more power, if Congress goes along, which seems likely. Speech last night at 8pm. Here's the text of the speech and a video . [kuro5hin]

S. Ann Miller at The Washington Post - Terrorizing The Bill of Rights - good letter to the editor. [kaba]

Patrick Henry must be turning in his grave: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" has been degraded to "Save My Skin at Any Cost!"

Dave Kopel at National Review - Gun Games: Truth is a casualty of the anti-gun cause - there is no "gun-show loophole". Never was. [instapundit]

These quotes create the entirely false impression that gun shows are some kind of Brigadoon, where the normal gun laws do not apply for a weekend at a county fairground. To the contrary, federal gun laws apply at gun shows precisely as they apply anywhere else. If you are "engaged in the business" of selling guns, you must have a Federal Firearms License (FFL). Your customers must fill out the federal registration paperwork, and you must put your customers through the National Instant Check System (or its state equivalent). This is true whether you sell from a retail store, from a home- based business, or at a gun show.

Conversely, if you are not engaged in the business, then the federal paperwork laws do not apply to you -- nor should they, since federal power to regulate gun sales is based on the interstate commerce power, and a collector who sells three guns a year to people in his home state is not engaged in interstate commerce.

Richard Stevens at JPFO - Are The FBI's New Guidelines Police State Policies? - not yet, but getting dangerously close. [jpfo]

I saw Apple's new eMac at the Apple store on Wednesday. Nice machine. Big screen. Cheap. $1100 for a 17-inch monitor, 700 Mhz G4, 128 meg of ram, 40 gig hard drive, CD-RW, AirPort ready, 2 FireWire ports, 3 USB ports. [wes]