Episode #622: June 30-July 1, 2003
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In homage to the shields of the Spartans, the letter lambda has become strongly associated with the military, including being present in many military fraternities and sorority names
Alex’s friend Mike Hansen is running for constable and funding the run by operating a firework stand
Alex does not understand the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Stuart Gerstacker’s is not a story of the CPS stealing children, it was an ugly divorce, and he was clearly an unwell person, as evidenced by this Commissioners Court transcript
The bill that would have made the Secretary of Homeland Security eighth in the line of succession passed the Senate but did not pass in the House
Secretary of Homeland Security was made #18 in the line of succession in 2006
Alex misrepresents John Ashcroft’s comments before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
This Thomas Paine quote is from a text called Thoughts on Defensive War, and scholars are not in agreement that it was actually Paine who wrote it
An example of the conspiracy theorist usage of Catherine Bertini’s words about using food as leverage
Text of the report from the 1995 World Conference on Women