Monthly Archives: July 2008

As If Traveling Weren't Bad Enough Already

The Department of Homeland Security is looking into requiring all airline passengers to wear a special bracelet that would allow the crew of a plane to cause an “electro-muscular disruption” (EMD) to immobilize disorderly passengers. What about people with pacemakers? … Continue reading

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Flip-Flops

Not the annoying footwear with that thing that goes between your toes. The political kind. The governator says: “Flip-flopping is getting a bad rap, because I think it is great[.] Someone has made a mistake.  I mean, someone has, for 20 or … Continue reading

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Word

My brother sent me a link to this graph, which he received from a friend. I have no idea if it’s based on a real poll and I am pretty sure that pollsters did not ask “Do you believe in … Continue reading

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Try to Think More Clearly

Now the Washington Times is in on the action, with a story about PZ Myers and the cracker that is filled with bizarre quotations like these: The call for consecrated hosts prompted quick anger from Catholics. “Can we say, ‘perpetual … Continue reading

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What is wrong with people?

Wow.

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Into the City of Woe

Yes, that’s a literary allusion. This morning I went to the last substantive lecture of my bar review course. There is one more essay writing workshop and one more performance test workshop, next week, but otherwise the structured part of … Continue reading

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Imagine

Weary of the maddeningly ludicrous subjects of politics, religion, and everything on the California bar exam, moments ago I turned to Google and typed “news that isn’t depressing” into the search field. Then I clicked “I’m Feeling Lucky” (even though … Continue reading

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Has the world gone mad?

Or was it always this way? First PZ Myers expressed his incredulity that religious people could get hopping mad because some wiseguy tried to smuggle a cracker out of a mass. Now he is getting piles of what he characterizes as … Continue reading

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Buncha Whiners

So Phil Gramm, who supports John McCain in November, says, “We have sort of become a nation of whiners.” A good response from John McCain would have been something like, “Damn straight! And it’s time to wean the American people … Continue reading

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The End is Near

At least, that’s what one elderly lady told another Fresno blogger who was trying to enjoy a malt at Sonic: “Well,” she said as she started to turn away from me, “You’re really going to be sorry when the world … Continue reading

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