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Harsh words from Avedon Carol over at The Sideshow: “And I don’t believe any assurances from Alito or anyone else from this bunch who apparently have a religion that allows them to lie under oath to achieve their ends.”

While probably reminded of John Locke’s A Letter Concerning Toleration she is surely aware of the Investiture Controversy between Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. The problem being that Gregory excommunicated Henry and released Henry’s subjects from their oaths of fealty. The abrogation of oaths by Papal pronouncement was the basis of Locke’s objection to Catholicism. Such events are not erased by the passage of centuries, as they are a convenient justification for bias.

[Note – edited for clarity: I am not saying that Ms. Carol is displaying any bias, she is displaying a keen understanding of reality. These people lie.]

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Over at Blondesense Jaye Ramsey Sutter is trying out bumper stickers.

I particularly enjoyed: “Indict them all and let a jury sort it out”. It has everything: history, religion, snark.

There’s nothing better than an allusion to the words of one of the earliest believers in “You must destroy the village to save it”, the Abbé Arnaud-Amaury of Citeaux. During the Albigensian Crusade, at Béziers he declared “Caedite eos! Novit enim Dominus qui sunt eius” [or “Tuez-les tous, Dieu reconnaîtra les siens.”, depending on the language he used] which can be translated as “Kill them all! God will sort them out”.

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Karen of Dark Bilious Vapors has an interesting quote regarding the possibility of Karl seeking other employment.

Many have likened Karl to Niccolo Machiavelli. I would hope that he follows that gentleman’s path: expulsion from office and house arrest at the end of his life.

People overlook that Machiavelli wrote The Prince while in exile in an attempt to rebuild his failed career. It didn’t work.

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Jo Fish nails Rummy’s version of “Support the Troops” again with DoD hates the Military.

The management at the Department of Defense is really upset about the Congress trying to add “scum” like the Reserves and National Guard to the DoD health insurance program. The costs are just out of control.

A hint for DoD: if you send people to war, they are apt to get hurt, and raise the cost of health care. If you really want to reduce the cost of health care, stop being so anxious to go to war.

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Hey, I just report them.

Via CNN we discover a guy suing Home Depot over being stuck to a toilet seat in one of the stores.

This will probably replace that Aruba thing for Nancy Grace.

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