Friday Ark

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Cats, Dogs, Spiders and ? every Friday.
We’ll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals as I see them (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles).
Leave a comment or trackback to this post or email Modulator and we’ll add yours to the list. Check back regularly for updates throughout the day on Fridays and somewhat less frequently over the weekend.
Dog folks: remember to submit your links to the Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey’s Musings.
Cat folks: remember to submit your links to the Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday and will be hosted this week by LabKat.
And, check out Laurence’s fine graphical analysis of Friday Ark boardings.
Arkive editions of the Friday Ark.
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Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Here’s to the Wookie in You

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Some of these pics of passed out wookies are pretty hilarious! Check out both the Wookie Hall of Fame and the Wookie Upload Gallery.
What their mommies and daddies will think when they eventually see their wee one in fine form? I wonder if they all gave permission to publish their picture. Well, probably more then one submitted their own but surely not all.

What’s the Dif? Part 2

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I read the news today oh, boy!
Even prepared, though, I expect to become nauseous this weekend when I read Kale. It is another case that Micha can use in his paper equating the mafia and government. Lynn Kiesling quotes this from the AP:

As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to generate tax revenue. …
Yep, it’s all about more revenue. And, as Patri Friedman notes:
Now they

What’s The Dif?

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Micha Ghertner notes:

The line between government and mafia grows ever smaller, if it ever existed at all.

Well, one difference might be that governments often persuade their citizens that voting for the top dog makes it all legitimate.
I’m looking forward to Micha’s Mafia paper.