Participation
- Rebecca on The Tiny Constable: I love it when other SC justices answer back to Scalia’s ass-holery.
- adam on 4’33″: Rehearsal must be a breeze.
- adam on The Tiny Constable: The English language is so fucking stupid.
- Steven on The Problem of Persuasion: I, for one, would much rather have my guilt or innocence determined by a computer, than a lot of...
- Steven on Law vs. Justice: Law MUST have equal consideration for justice! EVERY written law has a justifiable contradiction to that law....
- Peter on The Tiny Constable: I’m pretty sure “secrete” is a verb meaning “to conceal.”
- adam on The Tiny Constable: Except the episode would be about whether “Tory Belleci can secret himself” rather than...
- Peter on Still Searching: Thanks.
- Rebecca on Still Searching: Good post.
Tweets
- .@RepJeffDenham If you won't support high speed rail, then I won't support you.
- RT @calladus: The minority voices of #Christian extremists are heard so clearly because the majority of Christian moderates refuse to sp ...
- @ATF628 Did you get anything good?
- RT @jboren4507: Read half-dozen stories today about people getting thrown under the bus. CHP should investigate outbreak of bus v. ped. ...
- @senatorboxer Vote NO on PIPA and SOPA. Stopping piracy is a good idea; trampling free expression in the process is a terrible idea.
- @RepJeffDenham Vote NO on PIPA and SOPA. Stopping piracy is a good idea; trampling free expression in the process is a terrible idea.
- @calladus Is that study merely OF beliefs, or study driven BY beliefs?
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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