The Woodwork

Quote from the comments on an article on pro-Gay backlash on Proposition 8:
“Some people are so heavenly bound, they’re no earthly good.”
Quotes on Sanctimony.

I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say. And it is permitted to be said such things as, “Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.” Well, the correct answer is, he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. [...]

I mentioned it here and in an article with another reference to that wonderful meme, Seth Graehame-Smith says, “All McCain’s base are belong to [Obama and the Democratic Party]” [sic?].
I wouldn’t have mentioned it, except I ran across this quote:
I don’t care if footage of Obama snorting coke off Scarlett Johansson’s boobs surfaces in late [...]

You: Did you read it?
Me: No, I don’t like to read. Reading for elitist liberal types.
Me: “Lives of quiet desperation.” Have you ever heard of that?
You: No.
[quiet desperation after the jump.] (more…)

On Feb 7, 2002, President Bush issued an order. The order stated, in pertinent part “I accept the legal conclusion of the Department of Justice and determine that Common Article 3 of Geneva does not apply to either al Qaeda or Taliban detainees.”
With these fateful and ill-advised words, President Bush, our Commander-in-Chief, perhaps unwittingly, perhaps [...]

From Chris Kelly’s article on Huffington Post:
One good thing about Hillary proclaiming her right to a four-day national non-concession? We’ll never have to wonder what it would have been like if she’d been elected and that phone in the White House had rung at three AM.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
Hello?
KIM JONG IL
All your base [...]

As I mentioned before, everyone in my family but me is an expert at statistics. It’s hard to explain…
When my brother was angry that O.J. got away with it, my dad calmed him down by pointing out that in was a natural consequence of our legal system minimizing Type II error.
When my mom pointed out [...]

Someone noticed today my random use of Latin. And it got me thinking about translations, mostly because English is the only (non-programming) language I know.
[The Stranger and Latin maxims after the jump.] (more…)

“Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.
“The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have occasion in our lifetime to once again rise up in defense of our freedom, and [...]

Last week, the politics of fear ended:
“Because I care so deeply about protecting our country, I take strong offense to your suggestion in recent days that the country will be vulnerable to terrorist attack unless Congress immediately enacts legislation giving you broader powers to conduct warrantless surveillance of Americans’ communications and provides legal immunity for [...]