After more than a year and a half, my six month free trial of The New Republic Digital has finally expired.
Sometimes computer glitches are actually good.

I think I need to understand Jews better. I bear them no ill will. Some of them are good, kind and charitable people, and I have no desire to debate or convert them. I do think they are wrong about the biggest question and I will admit to occasionally viewing them with the kind of […]

No more classes for me. At least for a while. Because I know you care, this how the semester has gone:
Embedded Systems: Turned out to be pretty interesting. I got an A in it and I don’t have to take the final.
Intro to Logic: Slightly harder than American Pop Music. But not much. Unless I […]

The “oh my god it’s my last day of class ever” edition.
The Crown - [Possessed 13 #03] Deliverance
Porcupine Tree - [The Sky Moves Sideways #1/03] The Moon Touches Your Shoulder
Tool - [Opiate [ep] #04] Cold and Ugly [live]
Vehemence - [God Was Created #05] Lusting for Affection
The Haunted - [The Haunted Made Me Do It #10] […]

Ali G interviews Noam Chomsky. Hilarious.
(via Mixing Memory)

And here I thought no one was this dumb:
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — A financial planner who lost more than $250,000 in a Nigerian scam and helped pay for part of it by stealing from his company and its pension plan has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Still, I like Nigerian email scams. Comedy […]

My discussion with Budge has spurred an interest in the subject. I’ve been meaning to read some stuff on it anyway. At the moment I’m planning on reading:

A Theory of Justice
Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Any other recommendations are welcome. I think I should grab some sort of introductory work, too.

Oh lordy, Agape Press is in a tizzy.
Rick Warren’s Presence at ‘Azusa Street’ Questioned
(AgapePress) - A Bible teacher and author is questioning California pastor Rick Warren’s decision to speak at the Azusa Street Centennial, a week-long festival that kicks off today in Los Angeles.
Thousands are gathering in Los Angeles to mark the 100th anniversary […]

‘Jesus with erection’ ignites outrage
A Catholic activist organization has written to Oregon’s governor and state lawmakers to protest a University of Oregon student newspaper for having published cartoons showing Jesus Christ naked and with an erection.
In its March edition, the Insurgent, an “alternative” student paper on the Eugene, Ore., campus printed 12 hand-drawn cartoons of […]

…with Pat Roberts. Remember when Harry Reid closed down the Senate to pressure him regarding the investigation into the use of pre-war intelligence by the Bush administration? He chastised Reid for doing so:
It seems to me it was rather convenient, because it was just yesterday that our staff was working with the staff of the […]