Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Ye blew the fire that burns ye: now have at ye.” –Henry VIII, 5.2.147
Cheney Admits Torture
…in a radio interview yesterday:
WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney has confirmed that U.S. interrogators subjected captured senior al Qaida suspects to a controversial interrogation technique called “water-boarding,” which creates a sensation of drowning.
Cheney indicated that the Bush administration doesn’t regard water-boarding as torture and allows the CIA to use it. “It’s a no-brainer for [...]
Things to Do in Jersey When You’re Gay
Get married–sort of. The NJ Supreme Court, able to see the obvious, holds that discrimination against same-sex couples with respect to marriage rights serves “no legitimate governmental purpose.” Bravo! Here’s the slam-dunk:
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is also outlawed in our criminal law and public contracts law.
The Legislature, moreover, created [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“It is certain that when he makes water, his urine is
congealed ice.” –Measure For Measure, 3.2.105-6
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“I am sorry for thy much misgovernment.” –Much Ado About Nothing, 4.1.99
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“…The noisome weeds, which without profit suck
The soil’s fertility from wholesome flowers.” –Richard II, 3.4.38-39
Zen and the Art of Litterbox Cleaning
It’s a necessary, nay, vital task, and one for which it’s best to cultivate a calm, peaceful outlook.
Lynne Done Gone: Breast Cancer 3-Day
Lynne, bless her heart, is walking sixty miles this weekend to support breast cancer research. She’s broken in two new pairs of shoes, and has been well prepared by months of walking the dogs on the driveway.
(lot of doggies + lot of drive) x 2/day = good training
Show her some love, why doncha? Join [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Having flown over many knavish professions, he settled
only in rogue.” –The Winter’s Tale, 4.3.95-96
Keith Olbermann Roars
He’s on fire lately, and this salvo puts the necessary urgency into his warning. Of the Military Commissions Act, he says to Da Prez:
Sadly—of course—the distance of history will recognize that the threat this generation of Americans needed to take seriously was you.
We have a long and painful history of ignoring the prophecy [...]
