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June 27, 2005

Riddle for a Monday evening

Q: How many leftist Aussie newspaper editors does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A: What, were you raised in a barn?  How dare you say “screw.” Really.  Such bourgeois manners!  **** (h/t Bill INDC; more here)

9 Favorite snack foods enjoyed by recent Supreme Court ruling majorities

(By rule of law, I’m allowed to take your) Devil Dogs Reese’s Pieces Tropical Fruit-flavored Starburst fruit chews (Sorry, but I’m willing to toast them, which increases their value. So technically, those are my) Pop-Tarts (tie) Nacho Cheese Doritos / my Twix bar Cheddar-flavored Goldfish Keep-Your-Filthy-10-Commandments-Out-of-My-Comfortable-Secular-Space- You-Crazy-Fundie Crunch (with caramel and peanut clusters) Pringles Shredded Wheat-n’-Constitution (with Raisins)

SCOTUS and the Ten Commandments:  A lamb in wolf’s clothing?

SCOTUSblog’s Lyle Denniston thinks that two of today’s Ten Commandment-related Supreme Court rulings, in his words, “could serve as an implied endorsement of such displays – in the right context.” In some ways, the outcome Monday for other government sites resembles the Court’s approach to the Christian nativity scene on government property: the religious nature of the manger scene can be neutralized, and thus made constitutionally accepted, if it is

a CITIZEN JOURNALIST prepares himself for the coming HYPERPATRIOTIC state

Spent the morning doing light surveillance on a neighborhood couple whom I believe would, if properly instigated, burn the American Flag.  I base this suspicion on a number of factors, including a fanatical fidelity to recycling, and the Kerry-Edwards bumper sticker still adorning their red Saturn.  Plus, the guy wears sandals in the evening and on weekends. So far, neither of the two has desecrated a sacred symbol publicly —

The eighth set of 20 films that if you haven’t seen you should see immediately or risk having protein wisdom sneer at you like certain embarrassingly snobby blue state gourmands sneer at salt water taffy and chili-cheese fries

1980s, group 8 The Ninth Configuration (1980) Death Hunt (1981) A Christmas Story (1983) Cujo (1983) D.C. Cab (1983) The Dead Zone (1983) The Dresser (1983) Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)