Rachel Maddow was thrown by the word “Laodicean.” I’m guessing her Bible literacy is a bit … lukewarm.
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The Rule of Names
Latest gift from government (CHT Wendy McElroy):
Under new TSA rules, if your driver’s license or passport has your full middle name on it but your airline ticket doesn’t, you may not be allowed to fly.
Worse yet (because more trouble to fix), mismatches between your ID and your credit card may become a problem too.
Don’t Try This At Home (Unless Your Home Is Wayne Manor)
The great things about these parkour clips (conical hat tip to Patri for this one) is that they show that Batman is possible.
The Atrocity of Hope, Part 5: Thanks For Helping Me Get In Power, Suckers
Here’s what the defenders of Sotomayor’s nomination are saying:
Known as a moderate on the court, Sotomayor often forges consensus and agreeing [sic] with her more conservative nominees far more frequently than she disagrees with them. In cases where Sotomayor and at least one judge appointed by a Republican president were on the three-judge panel, Sotomayor and the Republican appointee(s) agreed on the outcome 95% of the time.
So in other words, by making this nomination, Obama is stabbing his supporters in the back? Yay?
Objectivist Form Letter
I was recently reminded of this wonderful piece. (Conical hat tip to Stephan.)
Unfeared!
I’m watching Larry King trying to match wits with Jon Stewart; when King said “I am unfeared!” (meaning something else), that about summed it up.