News You Can Bruise for 2000 September 12

I like the rhetorical device at the end of this article. I don't think I've ever seen it before:

And when members of Congress recognize the constitutional flaws in a bill like the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 but vote for it anyway--in the expectation that the Supreme Court will clean up their mess...

Slightly updated Jake Berendes West Covina, adding a footnote and changing a URL. "That's him, officer! He's the one who sold me tasty New England confections at an unbeatable price!"

JBWC is #1 on a Google search for "jake berendes". SUCCESS!!

I know this isn't as funny as it sounds to Americans, but I laugh anyway.

"As Australians we've got a proud tradition of taking the piss to uphold."

Andrew Leonard was at the CollabNet office (I'm assuming he didn't just look at pictures of the kitchen) and I didn't meet him? That sucks.

Mike points out that that Salon article and the distributive law allow me to put "'[Leonard Richardson is] almost too cool' - Andrew Leonard" in my .sig.

Don't Trust Everything You Read, Even on the Internet. What's this "even" business?