Thou shalt ... or thou shalt not
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The fate of a monument depicting the Ten Commandments at the Texas Capitol in Austin rests with the Supreme Court. The justices agreed yesterday to decide if the six-foot, granite
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By Marcie Young, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--BATON -- The Rev. Clifton Black thought a message about coping with change was most appropriate for today's sermon.
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But not necessarily for the reason you think.
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SEATTLE -- A judge has put off a decision on a lawsuit seeking removal of a Ten Commandments monument outside the Everett police headquarters until the Supreme Court rules on two similar cases.
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Tycho:  I'm super depressed.  I thought I had invented a new word - mirthquake - and then I was going to say that you should prepare yourselves for the aforementioned, as today's comic strip was rated this or that number on the rictus scale.  I mean seriously, I've been excited all weekend.  A simple Google search put me in my place - the word is practically ubiquitous.  Expect it soon on Urban Dictionary, that mausoleum of once vibrant language.
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Â· Text quotes 'absence of sacramental priesthood'Â· Declaration criticised as huge step backwards
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1. You're about 60 years old and you've spent your entire life as a carpenter.  You come home one day after a long backbreaking day spent planing a piece of wood.  Your young bride has some news for you.  She's pregnant.  Now, you haven't slept with her (at your age the only wood you play with is at the office) and so you ask, "Who have you been sleeping with?"  She says, "No one."  Do you:    A) Call her a lying slut.  B) Say to yourself, "Joseph, we must remember the Lord works in mysterious ways."  C) Say to her, "I don't believe you but this better be the LAST son of God."
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2007   SPEAKER: IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD   [*]   AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful...   TRANSLATOR: The president is reciting verses from the holy Koran in Arabic.   AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): I am very glad to...
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By Bob Marshall  Some keep the Sabbath going to church; I keep it staying at home, With a bobolink for a chorister, And an orchard for a dome.  Some keep the Sabbath in surplice; I just wear my wings, And instead of tolling the bell for church, Our little sexton sings.
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Jewish law dictates, &quot;Do not rejoice when your enemies fall.&quot; (Proverbs 24:17) There will be no dancing in the streets of Jerusalem celebrating the fall of Yasser Arafat.
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Given at the University of Regensburg on Sept. 12, 2006
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Tycho:   One of the questions during a a panel at PAX had to do with the italicised line at the end of each day's post.  They're almost always song lyrics, and back before we were paying for bandwidth (and before RIAA rape gangs were prowling the web) these lines used to link directly to the MP3.  I maintained the practice afterward because it's sort of like a song of the day, and I like the idea that someone might be struck by a strange turn of phrase and seek out a piece of music.  It also serves as a gauge of my mental state at the moment.  Today's song, for example, is Stan Rodgers' incredible live version of the sea shanty "Rolling Down To Old Maui," which Pandora kicked out after about a week of tuning the station.  I've listened to it about thirty times today.    The person who asked the question at the con complimented my musical tastes, and I accepted the compliment, but I'm almost always late to the scene.  I just bought Interpol's "Turn On The Bright Lights," for chrissakes.  I'm mostly lucky to know people who do have unique library.  I told him I would mention a few of my favorite bands on the site, but then I forgot.  Essentially, it's music that cool people were listening to a decade ago (where applicable).  I am a musical carrion bird.    He wanted me to list off a few bands, and I said I would last week, but then I forgot.  These are the first ten albums I could think of.    "Starless" by Shiner
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Activist jurisprudence is insane. Courts may overturn the original intent of the Constitution because "it was written so long ago" but may not overturn Roe v. Wade -- because "it was written so long ago." Ryan Larsen  Salt Lake City  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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What does it say about you if you want one, or if you don't? Here are two points of view
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If there is one thing on which Jews can agree, it is this: it's good to argue. Jewish culture has thrived on argument - frank, sincere disagreement - ever since Moses disputed with God.Comment
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Gay marriage appeal jilted: US Supreme Court leaves conservatives&#39; challenge of Mass. law at the altar. By Patriot Ledger staff and news services.
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Christian Wenz has pointed out an older post from Larry Wall talking about the line between scripting and programming languages (mentioning specifically PHP).  From the article "":  I think, to most people, scripting is a lot like obscenity. I can't define it, but I'll know it when I see it. [...] If I had to pick one metaphor, it'd be easy onramps. And a slow lane. Maybe even with some optional fast lanes.   Larry goes through tons of different older languages commenting on their viability in the online community including: Javascript, LISP, Pascal, Python, Ruby and PHP. He then looks at the present and what sorts of things are happening in languages these days. This list includes things like early binding/late binding, eager typology/lazy typology, limited structures/rich structures, class-based/prototype-based and transaction/reaction/dynamic scope.