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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

1:44 am - Tweets for Today

06:21 kstp.com/article/stories/S728719.shtml An isolated incident in Scott County MN. #
08:23 @ScottGreenfield SWMBO works customer service; she spends her worklife responding to twits. #
08:58 is.gd/eF9k Sharansky states the obvious. #
09:00 @Lileks Everybody knows hors can't ride unicorn; gotta be a virgin. Sheesh. #
09:24 @ammr Hamas uses babies as body armor and fires missiles into Israeli kindergartens. How well's that working out for 'em, ya think? #
09:29 @amjoker The Hamashole with the BB gun did not choose wisely? #
09:32 @WsprRevolution A valid point, don't you think? #
09:44 @ammr Are you of the opinion that the news story validates that accusation? But, if so, it would be sorta Hamaslike, and therefore wrong. #
09:45 @amjoker Actually, the Golani soldiers were issued the Tavor, so you can relax; it's 100% IMI-made. I'm sure that will reassure you. #
09:49 @jojeda Well, given that this is the last one, you may lament the lack of queue, too, next year. #
09:51 @ammr Think that's a real photo, or just more from Pallywood? I'm not sure, myself. #
09:53 @amjoker As I wrote years ago: "Health hint for the traveler: don't throw rocks at the guys with guns." Niven really got there first. #
09:59 is.gd/eH0z Hooray for Pallywood. #
10:12 tinyurl.com/84argf #
10:16 Thinking it would be kinda cool if Roland Burris, Caroline Kennedy, and Al Franken were to hold joint presser, then do the opening for SNL. #
10:23 @ammr What kinds of places in #gaza does Hamas not use for ammo dumps? Just curious, since schools and mosques are apparently okay. #
10:24 is.gd/eHdL New Shire Network News: Gaza Edition. #
10:35 is.gd/eHjD Flying pig moment: Iranian students condemn #hamas. #
10:55 @kentsclark Err... I missed the part where the Israelis wish to enslave the Pallies. So, apparently, did the Pallies. #
10:58 @kentsclark I'll make it easy for you: tinyurl.com/zvwft #
11:03 @ammr A school? You think they're trying to do a Hamas impersonation? #
11:29 @Jilan Pretty simple solution: open the Rafah crossing and let all but Hamas escape to Egypt. #
11:31 @Charonqc Alas, my usual solution doesn't work; Open Office uses metadata, as well. Still, given its format, OO docs likely clean up better. #
11:32 @gazaobserver Is there any kind of facility that #hamas doesn't use for weapons storage protected by human body armor? Seriously. #
11:33 @gazaobserver Incorrect. #hamas has been explicit that it does. #plo too, although they're being cast as good guys lately. #
11:45 is.gd/eHSw Fascinating open letter from Dubai to #gaza. "Why not let a new future begin?" #
11:46 @Muqata Well, that explains it. Not surprising; presumably #hamas thought UN teachers would make good human body armor. #
11:51 @gsbrickner No, I hadn't. Very funny. #
12:18 @naseeh Think this one was being used as a mortar site? Not exactly unknown by #hamas; see tinyurl.com/8vbc5d #
12:29 @Gazamom Actually, no. #hamas does launch mortars and rockets from schools; look for yourself. tinyurl.com/8vbc5d #
13:01 @AJGaza Keen eye for the obvious, that. #
13:02 @joysamcyborg I think you're being more than a little optimistic, alas. #
13:05 @norcalmepundit Hope they got good film of the secondaries. #
13:26 @shahidkamal Still defending #hamas using human body armor? Finally, sir, have you no shame? #
13:36 @katzeroo Depends what you mean by "crammed," after all. #gaza not nearlythe most densely populated place on the planet, after all. #
13:46 @katzeroo So is Monaco. For some reason, neighbors of Monaco not plagued by Monaconese in bomb vests. #
13:52 @benlikesbikes Should they let in Al Reuters, Al Jazeera, or Al CNN, ya think? :) #
14:17 @jessica_lee Actually, there's a lot more room than you'd think. #
14:25 @aperiozar Of course they support the killers of their women and children; they elected Hamas in Gaza, and the PLO in Judea and Samaria. #
14:43 @jmtoriel Outside of Gaza city, actually. Nice beaches, if #hamas hadn't mined them. #
14:46 @miriam12 Tell it to the folks in Monaco and Hong Kong and Macao. Wait til they stop laughing. Bring lunch. #
15:01 @Leo_Pusateri You say that like it's a bad thing; right now, it's just what the #gaza situation needs from the Obamatrons: endless talk. #
15:06 Ban Ki Moon announces he is "deeply shamed and humiliated" that #hamas was using UN school to launch mortars. (Just kidding, of course.) #
16:28 @davefla Wish I'd gotten some money down; @muqata just twittered that the AP just came clean about the #hamas school. #
16:30 @Leo_Pusateri I'm guessing it's 3-1 Coleman loses an honest count, and 50-1 there isn't an honest #mnrecount. #
16:31 @reaver3 When I saw the byline, I was unsurprised. #
16:32 #hamas leaders throwing away cell phones, hiding in fuhrerbunkers, appearing in public only when dragging children as body armor. #
16:34 @ScottGreenfield Hayne is not a medical examiner; he just plays one in Mississippi. Lying and deceptive, well, sure. #
16:35 @joysamcyborg Me, I'm saddened by the fate of the #hamas human body armor. It is, in the classical sense, a tragedy. #
16:41 @ScottGreenfield If I testify that I'm 6'6" and a movie star, do I get to sleep with Jessica Alba? (After I get out of jail for the perjury) #
17:22 @Geeklawyer The ambulances that #hamas has been using to move armed soldiers? Gee, I wonder why. #
17:27 AP comes clean: #hamas was using UN school to fire at IDF; tanks fired back. www.wtap.com/news/headlines/37167019.html #
17:28 @Geeklawyer Ah. Sure. After all, the ISM says so? Sheesh. #
18:19 @ScottGreenfield I think the IDF has spent decades teaching PLO and Hamas the human body armor works, and has been trying to work around it. #
18:22 @Geeklawyer Possible, but unlikely. Notice how quickly the UN school story changed, frex. #
18:37 @ScottGreenfield Sure. But, as some of us have been arguing for years, the Israeli fixation on that is counterproductive. #
18:49 @ScottGreenfield Sure. I do have a few, but I've become comfortable with the notion that not everybody has to agree with me. Took a while. #
18:54 @HouCrimLaw Yup. Kinda Dickensian. #
19:33 @HouCrimLaw Hope you like it better that I did. Which would not be difficult. #
19:43 @gideonstrumpet Beinvenue. Honi soit qui mal y pense, and all that. #
19:45 eweri.com/295 Very good analysis about the #gaza situation. If we see a lot of destruction along Philadelphi, it's probably right. #
20:04 @antissa As a journo, learn to read the AP story; they talked to Gaza locals, who reported #hamas holes firing from the school. Oops? #
20:15 @tsparks Not a bad analysis, although a bit on the shallow side. #
20:20 @joysamcyborg I say this with sadness: African lives are cheapest on the planet. Arabs tie, except when killed by Jews. #
20:27 @leonardchien Watch what happens on the Phaldelphi corridor; that'll tell the tale. #
20:29 @shahidkamal Israel smeared on Al Guardian? Next you'll be telling that it was criticized on Al Ahram! #
20:31 Rachel Maddow doing third night of hard-hitting coverage on important issue of Obamas not staying in Blair House. Don't miss it. #
20:34 @MIAMICRIMLAW Fried, or sauteed? #
20:36 Breaking news: Egypt opens fence, welcomes #gaza refugees, apologizes for leaving them in #hamas claws. (Just kidding, of course.) #
20:43 @antissa What's your fetish about UN facilities? Are they places where it's supposed to be safe for #hamas holes to shoot at tanks? #
20:59 @JewishHigh Well, no; it makes you a really clueless Zionist beekeeper. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Except the clueless part #
21:00 @antissa Ironic, coming from a guy who thinks it's clueful to shoot at a tank from a school. (Hint: it isn't.) #
21:02 @KielO Hey, the guy just started a little early, that's all. #
21:17 @DaMav Yup. Apparently, #hamas holes have been dragging other folks kids around with them, as portable body armor. Unsurprisingly, really. #

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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

1:30 am - Tweets for Today

10:30 @mollypriesmeyer Well, good. Better it's your sister than some utterly clueless guy hitting on you. #
10:57 @ColonelTribune Well, maybe they can use some of Obama's change that some of us believe in. #
13:23 @dbrauer I've heard real, real good things about some guy named Madoff. Spielberg swears by him. #
13:24 is.gd/eCB7 More on #gaza from Jerry and me. Unsurprisingly, we disagree on fuel monopoly issue. #
13:50 @Geeklawyer Yeah, I saw it once. But was disappointed. No actual pigs. #
13:51 @Bullet_Boy I like the Dillon Press catalog better. Mainly 'cause of the cover. #
14:22 is.gd/el2P Ahh, romance, COPS style: Harris County TX and (surprise, surprise) Lake and Chicago, Minneapolis. #
15:10 @MIAMICRIMLAW I take it you were happy to have said juror on the jury? #
15:17 @MIAMICRIMLAW Sheesh. What's Oprah doing in Florida? #
15:41 @MIAMICRIMLAW Well, no, actually. #
15:51 @ColonelTribune Pick reasonable, but predictions off; NSA will shrink, CIA expand during Obama years, I think. #
16:01 @dbrauer Unlikely. Now, if Pohlad had been chosen for the Senate, and Franken kicked the bucket . . . #
19:23 @dbrauer Well, now even you are admitting that there's something sinister in Franken's certification. Aha! #

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Monday, January 5th, 2009

1:29 am - Tweets for Today

16:12 @charonqc I dunno, but if I encountered your local weenie wagger I don't think that I'd be whipping, well, anything out. #
16:18 eweri.com/28v I've known a few stories like this which didn't end so sadly. #
16:21 eweri.com/28w Roy Boehm has died. RIP. Hope this doesn't count as "fanfare." #
16:49 More knedlach for sick wife in progress. #
17:06 eweri.com/2C8 Good analysis of Gaza campaign. Including, "What could go wrong with this scenario? A lot." #
18:47 @DanDraneyWell, yeah. #
20:07 @gideonstrumpet Well, yeah. There are some things that other kinds of companies can't do as well as Microsoft; browsers aren't it. #
20:08 @nikiblack True. And for an outsider like me, it's an honor just to be mentioned. I think. #
20:43 Sent on another installment to Jerry -- latest one is up at eweri.com/28x. #
20:44 Need to rest up some before the weekend; last carry class before the Obamanauguration. Things should return to normal shortly after. Maybe #
20:48 tinyurl.com/87em6n ; it's Khaled Abu Toameh, which means it's worth reading. #
20:51 @mollypriesmeyer That's pretty flattering, except maybe the last. Depends on how old the leave are. "You smell like mulch!" ?? #
20:52 And, with that, gnight, twitterverse. #

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Sunday, January 4th, 2009

1:16 am - Tweets for Today

10:21 eweri.com/28q IDF uses artillery; sign the ground attack will likely begin shortly. # 10:33 Happy birthday, Steve Stills. For what it's worth. # 17:09 Roasting brined turkey breast. # /tweets
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Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

1:22 am - Tweets for Today

08:38 eweri.com/28n Turns out that the Hamas chief the IAF got yesterday was the inventor of a human shield strategy. # 10:46 @mitchpberg Terrific piece. # 22:23 Finished brining turkey breast for tomorrow; to bed. Gnight, tweetererers. # /tweets
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Friday, January 2nd, 2009

1:14 am - Tweets for Today

09:11 @ScottGreenfield You've tempted me to write the opening scene for an episode of Law and Order: Brainerd. #
09:39 @mbrodkorb Well, you'll just have to try harder next year. #
10:02 @ScottGreenfield You'd be among the many, but the first one honored. Norman Spinrad was pissed off. #
10:10 @ScottGreenfield Although, to be fair, Mr. Heinlein was very, very gracious. #
10:15 Fark: "Harsh winters drive away all but heartiest birds. Won't somebody please think of the chilled wren? " #
11:11 @MIAMICRIMLAW Pretty brave words from a jailbird, jewboy. #
11:26 @MIAMICRIMLAW Jails generally frown on that. #
11:39 @heddahfeddah Not a bad piece. #
11:44 @HouCrimLaw I take it they don't have the Juicy Lucy in Texas. #
17:11 Shit. We lost Westlake. #
17:12 @HouCrimLaw And even more tasty. #
17:31 is.gd/enBE Round 2. Alas, Jerry and I don't disagree on much. #

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Thursday, January 1st, 2009

1:14 am - Tweets for Today

07:11 eweri.com/2Bj As we say, hereabouts, "Oh, fer cute." #
09:50 Working on a longish essay on Gaza for Jerry. Up later, I expect. #
10:56 is.gd/einh Fascinating admissions from the PLO; one source for my piece for Pournelle. #
11:21 is.gd/eixg Moshe Nissimpor for Man of the Year. #
11:38 @MCaputo_MPR Well, in MSM workplaces, maybe it's because people's jobs keep getting flushed down the memory hole. #
11:50 @ColonelTribune Web 2.0 is sooo 2006. #
12:18 is.gd/eiJ4 Blog entry at Windy: Sarah scares the teachers. #
12:56 @gideonstrumpet I'm pretty sure that they can't, but Reid will delay it long enough for a new governor to withdraw appointment. #
14:06 @gideonstrumpet Well, so is Barney. #
15:24 @gideonstrumpet Best part is the opening, but it's a fun movie throughout. #
15:24 is.gd/ejlj First time I can recall the IAF targeting an ammo dump in a mosque. #
15:32 Jerry's putting latest dialog up at jerrypournelle.com shortly. Haven't read his response; interested where we disagree this time. #
15:33 tinyurl.com/9y3bdr #
16:05 @Charonqc And if you haven't got a penny, then a ha'penny will do. (British are strange folks; we make our pennies out of copper, not hay.) #
16:44 tinyurl.com/8dujvr #
17:40 eweri.com/2Bo Not quite, "I need to speak to my attorney, and I do not consent to any search." #
18:40 is.gd/ejRS Jerry and me on the present war. My next round probably tomorrow. I wish we disagreed more. Lots more. #

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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

1:13 am - Tweets for Today

06:14 @noahkunin Hamas is hoping it's a rerun. First returns suggest that it isn't. #
08:56 is.gd/ebKF Jena 6 arrestee shoots himself "cleaning a gun," the story says. "Doing a Plaxico Burress imitation," I say. #
08:57 is.gd/ebLx Same Jena 6 arrestee has been busy: arrested on shoplifting in Christmas Eve. #
09:08 @davefla I dunno, either way, though I'd rather these guys have been in prison all this time than walking around. #
09:42 @instapundit Now, that's strange. Predictable, but still strange. #
09:46 is.gd/ech7 Remember to cut Pat Buchanan some slack. After all, he lost his favorite uncle in Auschwitz.; fell out of a guard tower. #
10:40 is.gd/e6Wx I don't think he's talking about Simpson. #
13:09 @davekopel Don't the people of Gaza have troubles enough? #
13:20 @ColonelTribune I think some people are getting their tits in a wringer. So to speak. #
13:21 @mitchpberg @dbrauer Probably not. OTOH, a hyperpartisan organization can report a proceeding fairly, by covering it from soup to nuts. #
13:23 @mbrodkorb Clarification request: Would you have been OK with the SOS reporting, "We've opened up the session for video. Uptake is in"? #
13:25 @dbrauer You're right. Uptake, in its nonpartisan reporting, shows that DFL has some minor flaws, evil Repubs are either threat or menace. #
13:46 @israelconsulate Under what conditions do Israeli concessions ever result in terrorism decrease? #
13:53 Unsurprisingly, Jerry and I are starting up a discussion of the ME again. is.gd/edC6 #
14:14 #blago appears to be enjoying this part of it. Understandably. #
15:06 @HouCrimLaw Hey, once you can fake that, you've got it made. #
15:26 RT @ThatLawyerDude: @HouCrimLaw New Blog Post: Tony(c) Award for Best Public Defender Blog :tinyurl.com/84p6lw pls RT #
16:40 @dbrauer I think I've been clear, on Mitch's blog, among other places, that gavel-to-gavel coverage of an event is clearly objective cov ... #
19:03 @mitchpberg Thanks; I'd expected no less. #
19:30 eweri.com/28e Bought any pizzas today? I did. #
19:38 @MIAMICRIMLAW My answer is always, "Hear me, O Prince of Darkness!" Pause. "Sorry; what were you asking?" #
19:48 @ThatLawyerDude Understandable, although we hold grudges far longer. Seen any Amalekites around lately? #
19:54 @mbrodkorb And if Ritchie turns down the NARN filmers, I'll be yelling along with you. Alas . . . #

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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

1:18 am - Tweets for Today

08:19 @gsbrickner And the same to you, as well. And a Happy New Year, too. #
08:30 is.gd/bJe8 Best telemarketer prank response, ever. Trust me. #
11:48 is.gd/e0WX Interesting, albeit obvious, taser case. Cop not entitled to tase first and ask questions later, apparently. #
12:23 is.gd/e1m6 Listening to blago's lawyer using the Obama campaign's report to argue that #blago didn't do anything wrong, either. #
12:25 @ColonelTribune He's good. Normally, I'd figure being a Chicago politician warrants 9-11 years, but he's half-persuaded me #blago is clean. #
12:31 @carolynstrong I think trying to wrap #blago with Obama is elegant, on several levels. #
12:34 #blago attorney giving legislator a lesson in basics of cross examination. Amusing. #
12:37 Listening to IL rep in #blago hearing trying hard to criticize Obama campaign self-clearing statement without quite saying it's worthless. #
19:56 @dbrauer It'll be a "slight dip" when it happens under the Obamadministration. #
20:10 Bizarre euphemisms on Fox: IDF attacks kill Pallies, but Israelis "pass away as a result" of Pallie attacks. Sounding more like CNN. #

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Monday, December 29th, 2008

1:06 am - Tweets for Today

09:50 @fgherman Now, if only you had a cramp in your fingers . . . #
09:51 SWMBO was most displeased with my reaction to her laryngitis. Strange; most women, I would guess, would like being called perfect. #
10:06 Beloved spouse has baked some frosted bun wonderfulness. and given me one, despite comments about laryngitis. #
10:08 eweri.com/28V Less than wild guess: it wasn't consensual. #
10:43 eweri.com/2Ej Dave Barry's year in review. #
10:44 eweri.com/2Hx Homicide clearance rate under 2/3rds, from over 90% in 1963. Not sure I agree with your police work there, Lou. #

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Sunday, December 28th, 2008

1:19 am - Tweets for Today

07:03 www.startribune.com/local/36771014.html Second pipe bomb found in Minneapolis. Second. Oh. #
07:05 cbs4denver.com/local/guns.denver.buy.2.895435.html Hey, a "gun give back" will work as well as "buy back." Just cheaper uselessness. #
07:11 tinyurl.com/99xc6s Fark headline winner candidates. #
07:15 @scsuscholars That has rarely been said; most people happy to escape Atlanta quickly, usually. #
22:26 @HouCrimLaw As do many of us. #

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Saturday, December 27th, 2008

1:20 am - Tweets for Today

09:20 @gideonstrumpet She's making lunch this afternoon, guy. #
09:25 @heddahfeddah I live in MN. Around here, " a little [name of meal]", means if you eat it all, your stomach is not guaranteed to explode. #
09:25 @gideonstrumpet "here." Either that, or she started singing. #
09:29 Max the Wonder Cat insisting on escort upstairs, where the cat food is. Doesn't want to get shivved by genpop. #
10:05 is.gd/dyYn Carry permit training, bowling balls, and floor coverings. And they call ME a renaissance man. :) (Warning: eyebleed.) #
10:12 @heddahfeddah Watched, from the sidelines, the fuss about the guy over at ripoff.com. Very, very funny. #
10:13 is.gd/dz5b Best quote: "The government is hiring Penaz to provide antiterrorist training: start buying burkas!" #
10:22 is.gd/dz9B Fred Phelps, Jr. hit on by reporter. Brain vapor lock ensues. #
10:26 eweri.com/28P Talmudic Christmas. #
10:32 @gideonstrumpet Can't be a cheetah; it appears to be doing well. Cheetahs never prosper. #
10:40 tinyurl.com/7744dt #
10:44 eweri.com/28Q Stiff competition for hearts and minds. #
10:53 @gideonstrumpet Kinda reminds me of one of the secret interrogation weapon at Gitmo: denial of Happy Meal. #
11:14 @RickHorowitz It would be in the US. Afghani law is not likely to be the same in that. #
14:56 eweri.com/28S He had the right to remain silent, but not the ability. #
18:16 Tweeking presentation for carry class; would add scary Obama picture and music, but I do try to stay apolitical. More or less. #
18:25 @HouCrimLaw Yup; few investments double in value so quickly. Idiotically, I passed up one in .308 at good price. #
18:37 @HouCrimLaw tinyurl.com/7vb9kz This model, in fact; babe was not included. #
18:39 @HouCrimLaw Possible. Also possible they'll be outlawed. Folks already reporting loss in boating accidents. Difficult in MN winter. #

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Friday, December 26th, 2008

1:06 am - Tweets for Today

09:56 @Geeklawyer Must wipe inappropriate image from mind. #
10:00 @charonQC Better than yesterday; food poisoning appears to be gone. #
10:13 Older daughter presented me with kobe beef steak this morning. Fairly fond of the kid, both generally and at the moment. #
10:18 @heddahfeddah Raw and bloody; it's a do-it-myself-breakfast kit. I'm not complaining, at all. #
10:34 @mitchpberg It may be gauche, but it's very, very tasty. The trick is to go for very, very rare. #
10:36 @gideonstrumpet Now, that's funny. #
10:38 @amck Well, the overtime deal is pretty good. The Teamsters wish they had the bulge of the MPDFederation. #
10:42 @gideonstrumpet Vicodin Santa will drive him away. #
10:43 is.gd/dsg1 Funny vanity plates. #
10:58 @gideonstrumpet Neither do I. There's a few of those in there. #
12:33 Miscellaneous is always the largest category. #
13:57 @Bullet_Boy If I were going out today, it'd be The Spirit. #
14:28 I'm not sure why, but, by and large, when there's a cute girl on Judge Judy, she usually has the best argument, from my POV. #
14:30 Not a good sign: "I was living with my baby's father..." #
14:38 SWMBO just found a MPD "Homocide" (sic) t-shirt. #
14:45 tinyurl.com/7o8ad2 I lead a very sheltered life, apparently. #
15:02 @heddahfeddah Yeah, but in my high school, "and then there was a shooting" was not a part of the story. Neither were 2x4s. #
15:08 @heddahfeddah Ah, nostalgia. #
15:36 @gideonstrumpet It's on here. #
16:57 My 12/25/08 twinfluence.com score: Reach=67,619, Rank=#13,209 #
18:53 Watching Casablanca while eating Chinese food. #
18:58 @gideonstrumpet Darn. #
19:36 @MIAMICRIMLAW Always good for a man to have something to aspire to. #
19:51 Since I'm not actually trying to troll for Forum registrations, my heartwarming Chanukah story is here: is.gd/dv2K #
19:54 The principal at my kids' school didn't like my response to "we celebrate ALL the holidays." "Great. Hear me, O Prince of Darkness!" #
19:56 @ScottGreenfield Nah. Glenn beat me with the puppies in the blender one. #
19:57 @ScottGreenfield Although I actually do have -- pinky swear -- a moving one about the time that they canceled Christmas over me, kinda. #
20:00 @ScottGreenfield Actually, no. It's how my father invented "Winter Holidays." But it's really a nice story. #
20:02 @ScottGreenfield Chappy Chanukah. #
20:23 @HouCrimLaw As is the case in distressingly many similar sorts of things in life. #
20:25 @Miamicrimlaw Simple solution: Constitution says right to speedy trial; speedy trial = n days; at day n+1, the gvt has to kick guy loose. #
20:32 @gideonstrumpet I very, very strongly doubt it, but I can't find any studies via a quick googling. #
21:23 Watching Worf teaching Klingon taichi on STTNG. #
21:31 @HouCrimLaw Me, too; fiction takes longer, even. #
22:05 Ubuntu is working fine on desktop; still can't get wireless working on laptops. #
22:11 @gideonstrumpet Each to his/her own; I like the gnome desktop better. #
22:30 @gideonstrumpet Let me know how you like it; I hear it's improved over the past couple of years. #
22:57 @heddahfeddah Not much, except you kill everybody when you're done practicing. Which is kinda different. #

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Thursday, December 25th, 2008

7:49 pm - My heartwarming Chanukah story

Stop me if you've heard this before . . .

Chanukah is upon us, and, as usual, I find myself explaining to well-meaning Christians that it's not at all like Christmas. Nor is it, particularly, the celebration of the Macabees having discovered the burning-oil equivalent of the Energizer Bunny . . .

It's a lot more like Star Wars, really -- The Return of the Jedi in particular. Think of the Syrians as the Empire, the Maccabees as the Ewoks, and remember that toppling the Assyrian war elephants wasn't nearly as cute as toppling the Imperial Walkers. And also remember that things neither began nor ended with the rededication of the Temple; it took more than two more decades to finally expel the Syrians and establish the autonomous Jewish state. Interestingly enough, it required Shimon -- the last of the Maccabee brothers -- to make a deal with one of the contenders for the Syrian throne. Not a hard choice to make; he chose the one who hadn't treacherously murdered his brother Yonatan over the one who did.

'Course, that didn't stop the trouble with Syria . . .

Every Chanukah, I think about Judah the Hammer's oldest brother, Eleazar, who took on a Syrian war elephant with nothing more than a spear -- he jammed it up into the elephant's belly. The elephant collapsed on the spot; Eleazar was the spot. Which always reminds me of the Warsaw Ghetto, and Jews rushing the German Panzers with nothing more than a hand grenade to hold onto while they detonated it against the tracks . . .

Some years ago, I was asked by Judy's second-grade teacher to come in and explain Chanukah to her class. I resisted, at first -- I find the public school emphasis on Chanukah as a way of allowing Christmas celebrations there to be offensive tokenism -- but I did finally relent. The only condition I insisted on was that I'd tell the truth about Chanukah, in a way that I thought second-graders could understand, and that it wasn't going to be about candles lasting longer than their official specs.

So, I went in, and he introduced me, and talked about how Chanukah was one of the holidays that we all celebrate this time of year (I think my body language said, "Say what?").

I kept it short. "Chanukah is the time that we Jews celebrate having risen up and killed people who tried to make us celebrate their holidays. You know, like Christmas."

Lots of wide eyes in the classroom; I wasn't asked back. Not even for Purim.

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1:28 am - Tweets for Today

09:57 As Santa would say: "Ashley Dupre, Ashley Dupre, Ashley Dupre." #
09:59 Got an email from a cop friend, the other day, referring to a fellow as "in a low-level management position in the sex work industry." #
10:05 @dfhjr586 Alas, my natural length is the multi-volume fantasy series. Wit doesn't pay the bills, sad to say. #
10:06 @Lileks Feist and I opened three chapters with that line. Ended the book with "and somewhere, outside, a dog was barking." #
11:02 Getting over food poisoning, apparently. Discomfort is not in the mind; it lives in the gut. #
11:08 @heddahfeddah Let's put it this way: I don't want my double you why eff eee to find out about youknowwho, or I'm .... #

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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

1:25 am - Tweets for Today

10:50 is.gd/d9uV New blog post over at Windy: The Mos Eisley of the Blogosphere #
15:27 @HouCrimLaw I agree. You'd need, at least, his wife's permission; depending on your own domestic arrangements, perhaps others, as well. #
15:36 Probably a bad idea to specify a "drop dead date" for signing up for life insurance plan. #
15:44 Florida "Bust a cap" Deputy busted. tinyurl.com/9yb94u #
17:00 @HouCrimLaw Well, do remember "To Serve Man," after all. #
22:07 1dering about sum silly twitter shortcuts. Goedelized number plugin probably not way around 140 character limit, all in all. #

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Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

1:09 am - Tweets for Today

09:06 Well, actually, I *did* get run off the road, but nobody hurt, no property damaged. #
09:32 @heddahfeddah A drunk, in a rush to get home, driving in the wrong lane, next to car driving in the proper lane, both heading toward me. #
09:39 @heddahfeddah Both, actually. And yeah. #
12:21 tinyurl.com/8gt3kk Happy Chanukah, to those who celebrate it. #
13:02 How markets work. tinyurl.com/2qj6l5 #
15:24 @MNHeadhunter If you've been reading John Sumser, how could it be, at least in terms of recruitment? #
15:55 is.gd/d14H Sheesh. More "Special People" syndrome. Most comments worse than the article. #
16:46 @Charonqc They weren't actually talking about carrots, you know. #
19:58 @dbrauer Now, there you got point. He relied on the Strib? Yucko. #
20:19 @dbrauer So, Strib's dying by the death of a thousand paper cuts? I'd blame Craigslist more, although I'd prefer to blame Coleman. #
20:19 @dbrauer ... but that would be unkind. Sort of like blaming the bridge collapse on not raising gas tax, or something equally absurd. #
20:37 @PaulBKennedy @gideonstrumpet ... so to speak. #
20:40 @gideonstrumpet NTTAWTT. #
20:45 @gideonstrumpet The other stuff doesn't squick me out as much as the stuff that's gone through -- or is still in -- intestines. Cat coffee #
20:47 @gideonstrumpet The coffee beans have passed through the digestive system of a civet cat. #
20:48 @gideonstrumpet No cats actually harmed in the process, but at least one jewboy squicked out by the description. #
20:49 @PaulBKennedy Well, most beans are simply picked from bush and then roasted, without the . . . additional, disgusting steps. #
20:50 @heddahfeddah The description is; I've, err, passed on an opportunity to try the actual product. #
20:52 @gideonstrumpet I'm actually fairly adventerous as an eater, but I do have some limits. #
20:52 Only thing I think I've passed on at the State Fair was Spam on a Stick. #
20:53 And then there's lutefisk.... #
20:58 I think I would have passed on the shipworms in papaya. #
21:08 Time to go upstairs and to bed. Max the Wonder Cat nagging me; needs to sneak up into enemy cat territory, w/ bodyguard. Gnight. #

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Monday, December 22nd, 2008

1:03 am - Tweets for Today

09:47 @davefla I like it a lot, but I've -- so far; still working on it -- unable to get the wireless NIC working with it. Frustrating. #
10:03 @gideonstrumpet Volume? #
10:24 i38.tinypic.com/ws3ekz.jpg Well, yeah. #
10:27 @heddahfeddah Just did a cooliris search for them. #
10:30 @heddahfeddah It's much more user-friendly, although the same wheels are turning underneath. #
11:04 is.gd/cOEC PD makes amazing discovery: loose talk can have consequences. #
11:28 is.gd/cONd Dakota County Deputy popped for DWI; interesting reactions from badged set. #
13:11 is.gd/cPwc New post at Windy. "Is that a .500 Magnum in your pants or are you . . . ?" #
14:18 Trying to come up with some comment about shg's post at is.gd/cPZm , but this stuff strains my ability to sound reasonable. #
15:19 @MIAMICRIMLAW That turns out not to be the case. #
16:50 Rib roast about to go into oven; wine has been breathing for hours. #
17:32 @Bullet_Boy I''ve never heard of an XD doing that. Could you post pics of squashed rounds? #
17:52 @ThatLawyerDude Or anybody else, for that matter. Infuckingfuriates me; strong language to follow. #
17:58 @ThatLawyerDude Almost certainly won't; likely to be settled on courthouse steps, with no admission of wrongdoing. Sigh. #
18:20 @Bullet_Boy That's what I was wondering. Pushing the loads a little? #
18:21 @Bullet_Boy Isn't going to be a problem with Wolff Springs. They're terrific. #
18:32 @Bullet_Boy How's the feed ramp look? Maybe a little polishing with jeweler's rouge? #
19:17 @Bullet_Boy DM me your email address, preferred pwd and username and I'll put it in manually. #
19:25 @Bullet_Boy Good to go. #

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Sunday, December 21st, 2008

1:13 pm

I don't make this stuff up, you know. So, here we go again. The rest is at http://is.gd/cPwc
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12:54 am - Tweets for Today

07:45 @Bullet_Boy Obama flurry, and/or something else? #
08:04 @theJBRU Fortunately for her, she married well. #
08:40 @ScottGreenfield If he was the ninth client, I'll be very amused. #
09:02 @dfhjr586 Yup. Schedule at ellegon.com/courses ; lots of information from twincitiescarry.com . Thanks for asking. #
09:17 @troyj Yup. I haven't been on Mitch's segment for awhile. Probably should see if he wants to do something about that. #
09:43 @troyj I'll drop him an email. I think the Obama flurry -- and the denial of it, from some Joyce-funded quarters -- is interesting. #
09:49 bit.ly/Slia Minneapolis isolated incident update: perps have pled out. Sentencing next month. #
09:53 Caroline Kennedy needs new PR spokesman: voting most of the time isn't a significant achievement wrt Senate gig. #
09:56 @ScottGreenfield Neither was Bobby. Wish Paterson would appoint Franken, so he'd embarrass your state, rather than mine. #
09:57 @ScottGreenfield I was thinking, "if only Robert Byrd was still alive." Much of a muchness. #
10:12 @gideonstrumpet And you managed to stay away from tweeting this long? #
10:12 @gideonstrumpet I expect to see a good, long blog post, Mister. (It's all about me, after all.) #
10:18 @gideonstrumpet Case management. You've got a: high standards, b: a pantsful of clients, c: limited resources. Discuss. #
10:19 @ScottGreenfield You and Bennet gave me a topic; I'm thinking about whether it's of enough interest, generally. #
10:21 @ScottGreenfield Yeah, alas. #
10:23 @robot_santa Not as naughty as old guy in beard saying, "Hi, little elf; want some candy?" #
10:47 @gideonstrumpet Ah. #
12:18 @NARN2 The after Christmas sales will be good; the going out of business ones, a week later, better. #
12:50 Hearing from Rick Warren that ALL religions have always defined marriage as 1 man 1 woman. Don't tell him about Mormons,Muslims,Jews. etc. #
12:58 @heddahfeddah Sure. I think the sense of betrayal is overdone -- it's like Obamamaniacs are finding out that he's seeing other people ... #
12:58 @gideonstrumpet I'm neither. I think it's a savvy move. But I'm unfond of inaccuracy, and that's just plain bogus. #
13:00 My own take is that SSM is good policy; people who disagree, even for bad reasons, not necessarily scumbags. #
13:01 @gideonstrumpet Of course it's pandering. That's why it's savvy. #
13:03 @gideonstrumpet And remember that on the policy of SSM, Obama agrees with Warren, and disagrees with you and me. #
13:04 @gideonstrumpet He's a political Rorshach test. That's the advantage of campaigning on sizzle, not steak. #
13:05 @gideonstrumpet Hell, as soon as he starts paying my mortgage and gas bill, I'll like him, too. #
13:06 @gideonstrumpet Yeah. He worked his way up in Chicago. The messiah does not come from there; takes three wise men and a virgin. #
13:07 @gideonstrumpet Not three hundred wise guys and a hooker who makes sure the check clears. #
13:09 @gideonstrumpet Ever meet a woman who keeps going back to the guy who beats her? #
13:17 @narn2 Good show, so far. Wanna hear your take on Warren thing, although I'll probably disagree. #
13:34 @narn2 "Tref"? #narn2 Tref??? #
14:05 @narn2 While discussing year in review, it would be wrong to leave out Heller. Not as much fun as blago, but . . . #
14:24 Installing Ubuntu on new laptop. #
14:25 Cause of death was not the fall; was the sudden stop at the end. #
15:14 @NARN2 If you're shopping at the Mall, go heavy. #
15:22 @MNHeadhunter I don't have to go out today, and am not going to. Food, cigarettes, family, and wine here. Not in order of importance. #
15:27 Watching Hondo, while Ubuntu is downloading. Strangely, it's a John Wayne movie, and not about the car. #
16:46 @HouCrimLaw Hmmm.... your website isn't loading here. #
16:49 @HouCrimLaw Coming up now; thanks for finding this. #
19:18 @nikiblack I can't answer honestly, as a: I'd appear creepy, and b: my wife reads my tweets. #
19:41 @ThatLawyerDude I'll give him this: he didn't claim he was cleaning it. #
21:27 @HouCrimLaw Hope you all had a good time. #

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