Andymatic

Month: May 2005

  • SCOTUS Rules Against Shackled Defendants

    The Supreme Court, brushing aside warnings by two justices that it was jeopardizing courthouse safety, ruled Monday it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in chains and shackles. Why not just have them sitting in a goddamned electric chair?

  • Pat Tillman's Parents Rail at Army

    Former NFL player Pat Tillman’s family is lashing out against the Army, saying that the military’s investigations into Tillman’s friendly-fire death in Afghanistan last year were a sham and that Army efforts to cover up the truth have made it harder for them to deal with their loss. Sort of like Jessica Lynch. And everything […]

  • No Child Left Behind

    Think you’ve heard it all about NCLB? Let’s hear from a teacher. 11.4MB, MP3 audio.

  • Whaaa..?

    I just upgraded to WordPress 1.5.1.1 – I’m moving everything into the White As Milk template – super minimal. More changes on the way.

  • Saudi Arabia, Off the Hook

    Seething liberal rage from Mark Mumford: The obvious question is, if we are the Great Liberator, the great Crammer Down of Democratic Values, if we care so deeply about making ‘Murka safer and granting the hot breath of stale freedom to the oppressed citizens of foreign nations whose leaders are abusing and oppressing and murdering […]

  • Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

    Updated: Gave last month’s cast – sorry! Audio entry. Still gotta move this whole GD blog into WP 1.5.1 so I can get podcasts automatically generated. Summary: George Lucas should never attempt to write dialogue ever again. Jedi remains my favorite. I feel for Yoda.

  • Workout

    Ron and I realized that it is a month until pride weekend which is often a deadline for getting in the best shape possible. I’m wrestling with if I should focus on cutting up or bulking up. I’ll probably go for getting leaner. Just got back from the gym and had a good workout – […]

  • Revisiting Leviticus

    (via another bloggin’ Andy) Why would a moral sin be plopped down in the middle of a manual of how to perform a ritual in the Temple? … However, how do you tell the difference? And if you can’t tell the difference, how do you assign importance? Most importantly, how do you decide what to […]

  • Exciting Sith-uation

    YAY! Ron and I just bought tickets to go see Star Wars before breakfast! We’re going to the 4:30 am showing downtown. Yippee!

  • Government Sterilized 65,000 In Eugenics Program

    From the early 1900s to the 1970s, some 65,000 men and women were sterilized in this country, many without their knowledge, as part of a government eugenics program to keep so-called undesirables from reproducing.