No coincidences here.

As John Scalzi noted, it is not a surprise that the Supreme Court indecision about the "under God" phrase in the pledge came down today. Nicely done, you guys. Way to skirt the issue. But it is an election year, and nothing more could have reasonably been expected.

What I find interesting is the play it has already gotten. Early headlines, e.g., from CNN: Court Dismisses Pledge Case. Okay, fairly objective.

More recent headline, from AP: Court Preserves "God" In Pledge.. No, they didn't. They essentially tabled the conversation for another day. Ostensibly the phrase is preserved, but the implication of the headline (that they ruled that it passed constitutional muster and hence can stay) is disingenuous, seems to me. Anyway.

A cookie if you figure out what we were talking about

We had a lunch meeting here at MyCompanyInc, and being a good and stable employee I took copious notes. Here's what's on my little tablet after an hour and a half.

shelf life.

Ed-in-the-box [Ed gave the presentation on video]

different ends

Thurstone is live on your computers

bifurcate yourself

infeasible

pastiche

quant augmentations

I'm sure I'll refer to these notes again and again. I'm feeling augmented already.


posted by MT at 2:09 PM |