Clinton is a surprisingly good legislator, but she's about as qualified to be a judge as Harriet Miers.
or Clarence Thomas or John Roberts.
Willow: Something evil-crashed to earth in this. Then it broke out and slithered away to do badness.
Giles: Well, in all fairness, we don't really know about the "slithered" part. Anya: No, no, I'm sure it frisked about like a fluffy lamb.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 58: Let's call Venezuela!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Vortex - May 07, 2008 7:13:05 am PDT #5337 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Tom Scola - May 07, 2008 7:13:15 am PDT #5338 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
ACID isn't overrated, it's just expensive. If you can redefine your problem so that it doesn't require it, then you'll save yourself a whole lot of trouble in the long term. The perfect is the enemy of the good.
Tom Scola - May 07, 2008 7:15:16 am PDT #5339 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There have been plenty of Supreme Court justices who didn't come from judicial backgrounds, most notably Earl Warren, a Governor and William Taft, a President.
sarameg - May 07, 2008 7:17:16 am PDT #5340 of 10001
I've someone driving one of those smart cars around work. The driver was a very goofy looking individual (plus BOW TIE) and him + that car was just...doubletake time.
tommyrot - May 07, 2008 7:20:29 am PDT #5341 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
These are pretty awesome - Soviet Futuristic Illustration: Oodles of Optimism
From the '50s-'70s.
This extremely rare series of illustrations to various books by Alexander Kazantsev (one of the first Soviet science fiction writers) shows very clearly what kind of future the communist dreamers preferred. Think cool robots, intrepid explorers, brainy scientists, eerily Star Wars-like aliens and a huge doze of humanitarian optimism.
§ ita § - May 07, 2008 7:20:50 am PDT #5342 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But I'm hamstrung by an inability to reimagine the customer/invoice/invoice header/invoice detail data relationships without getting all relational, for instance. How is that architected in a non-relational world?
bon bon - May 07, 2008 7:21:18 am PDT #5343 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
or Clarence Thomas or John Roberts.
At least Thomas was a judge at the time of his nomination. And John Roberts? The best Supreme Court advocate of his generation? He's qualified. By comparison, Clinton was not a litigator, she was a corporate lawyer who worked less than full-time while being a public figure.
§ ita § - May 07, 2008 7:23:23 am PDT #5344 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What happened to futurism? Why are we all steampunk now? Betrayed by the lack of jetcars?
Frankenbuddha - May 07, 2008 7:24:41 am PDT #5345 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What happened to futurism? Why are we all steampunk now? Betrayed by the lack of jetcars?
That and no rocket packs.
tommyrot - May 07, 2008 7:28:02 am PDT #5346 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What happened to futurism?
A good question, on which much ink has been spilled. Short version - the energy crisis of the '70s, pollution, economic upheaval, etc. Plus a lot of the futurism stuff just was not practical.
I'd say futurism was a product of America's technological success during WWII, along with rapid advances in technology and the economy during the '50s and '60s. The moon landing was probably the zenith of futurism....