Impeachable Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsburg was singing the praises of doing what the rest of the world thinks, rather than abiding by our nation’s Constitution, at a liberal laywers convention on Saturday.
The Klinton appointee was quoted as saying, “Our island or lone ranger mentality is beginning to change,” and that justices “are becoming more open to comparative and international law perspectives.”
Um, how about just saying “Yes, that’s permissable under the Constitution,” or, “No, I’m afraid that’s not permissable under the Constitution.” The oath you took, Comrade Ginsburg, says nothing of “comparative and international law perspectives.” It says nothing about you interpreting the Constitution as a “living document,” or imposing your social agenda on the rest of the nation. Being a Supreme Court justice should be a fairly black and white kind of gig, since the Constitution is a fairly black and white document…
Month: August 2003
Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, D-South Carolina, has announced he will not seek re-election next year. Glory, glory, hallelujah. Herr Fritz has never been a friend of the law-abiding American firearms owner, seeking on numerous occasions to restrict the free and unfettered ownership of firearms by perfectly innocent citizens. Too bad his announcement comes thirty-three years too late…
My gorgeous bride pointed me to this story about a series of two- to three-minute cartoon shorts that the Cartoon Network will be doing in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars: Clone Wars is set to debut on 9 November. For those of you who may be a mite confused, think Animatrix for the Star Wars set.
The August issue of About This Particular Macintosh is out, and available online or in three dreamy flavors.
Some good stuff here: Matt Coates uncovers a software gem; Andrew Kator continues his excellent series on graphic design; Eric Blair gives a nod to departed software publisher Casady & Greene, as well as reviewing the the 30 GB iPod; and yours truly delivers a review on a product no Mac portable user should be without.
What is it about Safari all of a sudden? It’s taking forever to pull up web pages. I’ve cleared the cache. I’ve quit and restarted Safari. The only thing I haven’t done is totally restart the system, and that’s because the exact same pages load like lightning in Camino.
Is some weird Safari behavior going to cause me to flip-flop from it to Camino? Or Camino’s kissing cousin, Firebird? Safari is normally faster than the others, and I like its bookmarking technology to boot. I’d rather not do the bookmark export-import shuffle yet again…
What are you guys consistently using and why? Are you shuffling between browsers? How are you keeping your bookmarks straight? Third-party bookmark managers? Sound off in the comments, please.
UPDATE, 4:00 PM: It seems a certain web site was at the root of my recent problems. Something is taking forever to load on that page, and subsequently is causing any other pages to load very slowly. It took a bit of time to load in Camino, too, though not nearly as long as in Safari. Care to take a look at that, Cory?
bq. “Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.” –Joseph Story
Memo to President Bush: stop flattering the seasoned citizens of this country over Social Security, Medicare, prescription drug benefits, and other unconstitutional drivel. Stop trying to appease your opponents across the aisle by vetoing unconstitutional legislation, like the education funding and campaign finance reform bills you inked your signature on. Be honest, like you have in the war on terror, and those that put you in to office will continue to support you.
bq. “Life can be a do-it-yourself project, or life can be built by your Father in Heaven. The choice is yours to make freely. Personally, I rely on the Carpenter of the cosmos to step in when I forget to ‘measure twice, cut once.'” –your humble host
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Ben and Mena’s latest venture is in the growing pain of going live, with a “Preview Release Launch” later tonight. Jon’s been a beta tester, as has Raena. The features are impressive, and the pricing is really, really good. It’s going to kick LiveJournal’s butt, and, unfortunately, may steal business from friends.
I have to agree with Raena in that I won’t be moving my blog over to the service, comfortable in rolling my own, and looking forward to MovableType Pro. I have a sysadmin at my beck and call (pretty much) who owns and runs the server my site is hosted on. If I get in to any kind of Unix-ey or web server-related trouble, Jim’s the man on getting it all fixed. Not to mention that we now have a nightly backup system in place, and Jim’s ‘net connection is a heckuva lot more stable, not to mention faster on the upload, than mine. Our “new” server went online over the weekend, and all of us type-A control freaks are happy with having the nuts and bolts so close.
So lots of luck to the Trotts & Co., and all you TypePadders present and future!
One of the great things about working on a publication like ATPM is that the diverse staff we have. Raena and I are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, but we’re friends because of our common interests in things Mac, blogging, and the Internet and technology in general.
Some time ago I was lamenting how IE6/Win wasn’t rendering the site properly when compared to browsers on the Mac. Raena speculated that the issues lay in my CSS, and offered to help. Earlier today, I took her up on her offer.
I’m pleased to report that the font and sidescroll issues have been fixed, and the site now looks the same (albeit without the pleasing antialiasing one gets from OS X) on IE6/Win as it does on Safari or Camino on the Mac. For those keeping score, it appears there are no more font issues with Firebird, either. I haven’t tried OmniWeb, Opera, or iCab yet. Best of all, the CSS validates.
So mucho gracias, Raena-Raena-bo-baena. If you make it to the States, and Dallas, I owe you a brew.