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Andrew Moroz links to more great craigslist postings.#

Happy Birthday, Kottke.org#

Bryan Caplan relates Hilter's justification for conquest.#

What was Hitler's argument for attacking other countries? You might think he didn't have one, but he did. His argument is frankly Malthusian: Our population is growing, and we will run out of food unless we get more land. (My colleague David Levy tells me that Malthus wasn't a Malthusian, but that's a topic for another day!) It's all in chapter four of Mein Kampf:

FedEx Kinko's online printing is awesome.#

The Emirates Economist posts telling Google search results.#

Bryan Caplan writes about Falun Gong.#

Peter Lindberg makes a transparent screen.#

Gina Smith links to a hilarious video.#

GMU Law number 7 in a list of top research law schools.#

The Movie Blog: Lindsay Lohan is officially dumb.#

Movie: Khushi (2003)

Khushi stars Kareena Kapoor and Fardeen Kapoor.#

Story: The story was pretty cute and without some of the more ridiculous things that happen in movies like this. The first five minutes are particularly cheeseball though, so don't be turned off right away.#

Characters: The two characters are very lovable. And their relationship is ultra-cute. Basically, they fight all the time about little things... Kareena always mistakes what Fardeen means and this is humourous. Kareena is also very difficult and gives Fardeen pain in an amusing way. (I was very proud of myself when I got what a surprised/confused/hurt face was about--Kareena made Fardeen call her by the formal second person pronoun, aap, rather than the informal, tum, that they used before a fight. But I don't think I should be proud, a billion Indians would have gotten it when they were six.) #

Costumes: Kareena's outfits throughout the movie are great; not Devdas great, but good in a different way.#

Songs: The first few songs were kind of bad and there's basically a Pepsi ad in the middle of the movie; but, the later songs are really good -- particularly the one when they dress up as different people and after the hospital scene.#

Overall: I thought it was good overall and can imagine renting it again to show to someone.#