The adoption of the crescent as a symbol of Islam stems from the 1453 conquest of Constantinople. Of course, for wingnuts this makes the crescent even more evil; instead of just being a symbol of Islam, it's now a symbol of Islam's triumph over Christianity.
Month: September 2005
Heh.Now that I drive more often, I have greater opportunity to listen to the radio. Living in Lexington, I try to never change the channel from WUKY. But listening to.
Do we, um, actually have any alien spacecraft?Q: From president to president, do you pass along a list of secrets - you know like where's Jimmy Hoffa? What really happened.
Friday Cat Blogging. . . Lizardo
In my previous post, I discussed the question of judicial review versus judicial supremacy. The reason I bring this up is to address the arguments that John Roberts made as.
Via Think Progress:O’Reilly: The truth of the matter is our correspondents at Fox News can’t go out for a cup of coffee in Baghdad.Rice: Bill, that’s tough. It’s tough. But.
Ricky: "Uh, yes. Okay. The board."George: "I'm fucked on the board. I can't-- I can't-- See, I ca-- My mind must be on other places, 'cause I can't uh--"Ricky: "What? You can't do what?"George: "I can't close them."Ricky: "Well, they're old. Look, look, look, look...
This is, of course, great news. What's annoying is that it will hardly dim the cries that the Massachusetts judiciary is composed of out-of-control "activists" who imposed their will on.
In the course of a conservation I've been having with an extremely smart lawyer about John Roberts' arguments about Article III, I've been trying to clarify some thoughts about judicial.
Professor B says: It seems reassuring to have Roberts say that he believes Roe to be settled law, and that he doesn't think that disagreeing with the logic of a finding is just grounds for overturning a precedent; but holding out the possibility to overturn...
Mad Melancholic Feminista recently wrote to ask about my earlier post arguing that overturning Roe would not, in fact, "return the issue to the states." Like many pro-choice activists, this.
Jesse Taylor noted a while back that since the success of Gibson's Passion, conservatives have been routinely trying to draw all sorts of lessons from box office receipts, and they've.