One question that’s bugged us about the President’s domestic surveilence program is this: if the law was insufficient for their needs, why not ask Congress for a change in the law?
That question has not been answered, but it has been made _obsolete_. The new question is: if the law was insufficient, why did they “oppose [...] Read more »

Posted in What The...?!? 3 Comments »

I don’t have much details on this — perhaps “Brian Patton”:http://brianpatton.org/ does? — but I just heard from the Lake Anna Winery. Apparently, some Federal court decision puts their business model at risk; they may be forced to use a distributor.
Here’s the content of their email:
bq. A Federal Judge has ruled that the ability of [...] Read more »

Posted in Politics 1 Comment »

Hey, the Pope “now copyrights stuff”:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2005615,00.html. It’s only Biblical:
bq. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, after they’ve paid all applicable royalties and sat through the “FBI Warning” screen. [ "Matthew 28:19":http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=47&chapter=28&verse=19&version=31&context=verse ]
??Via “BoingBoing”:http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/22/pope_divine_inspirat.html?? Read more »

Posted in Religion No Comments »

I’d like to draw your attention to August J. Pollak, who asks: would pro-Bush bloggers (I call them Royalists) stop supporting the President if “Bush killed a kitten”:http://www.xoverboard.com/blogarchive/week_2006_01_15.html#001594 with a hammer? And if so, is there an upper limit beyond which kitten-braining becomes intolerable?
Let’s remember that this crowd includes folks who like to “fantasize about [...] Read more »

Posted in What The...?!? 1 Comment »

I’m not sure why I persist in this activity. It’s an expensive hobby.
Here’s my newest piece. Click the itty-bitty detail image to get the larger full-size version.
p=. !/textpattern/images/33t.jpg!:/textpattern/images/33.jpg Read more »

Posted in Art and Writing 2 Comments »