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Move Over Democrats and Republicans

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Though his campaign billboards could not be as attention grabbing as this perhaps Nader could form a US version of this new Australian political party for his current political run.
In a brief discussion of the new party’s founder The Curmdugeonly Clerk offers us a learning moment:

this is not the first time that Ms. Moore has stood for office. No doubt, portions of her film oeuvre are available online; however, I will leave finding such material as an exercise for the reader.

Via Dylan at The Slitherly D.

Protect yourself against Identity theft

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I just received this from my brother and thought some of you might find it useful.
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The next time you order checks have only your initials (instead of first
name) and last name put on them. If someone takes your check book they will
not know if you sign your checks with just your initials or your first name
but your bank will know how you sign your checks.

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Argghh, Zero Tolerance Policies

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These are just the thing that administrators like so that their jobs will not require any thinking (never mind the possibility of creative thinking).
In reference to a case where a 12 year old was expelled for bringing his own scissors to a sewing class Jim Peacock at Zero Intelligence (a new blog devoted to zero tolerance issues) writes:

Scissors, in Home Economics class, are a weapon and posession of them requires expulsion? We’ve gone from “Don’t run with scissors in your hand” to “You can’t come to school if you use scissors”. Scissors are not a weapon. They are a tool, just like a chair or a pencil or a pointer or the cord from the window blinds. All of them have proper uses and all of them can be used to hurt another person. In fact, can you think of any common scholastic item that can’t be used to hurt somebody?

The full story is here.
Via Overlawyered.