Some things should not be published

Others should be published so you can judge for yourself whether or not they should be published. As an example, I provide the following comic strip annotation (on a strip poking fun at Aragorn for trusting the oath of an oath-breaking ghost army), authored by David Morgan-Mar of Irregular Webcomic fame:

Swearing of oaths used to actually count for something. It used to be that people really respected sworn oaths, and would take you at your word, pretty much without question.

Nowadays we're much too cynical a society to really put anywhere near as much credence on to an oath. I mean, if the director of a huge company swore on his mother's grave to stop polluting the rivers near his chemical factories, would anyone really believe him?

It would be nice if we could revive faith in oaths, so that you really could believe someone if they swore to stop dumping toxic chemicals into the waterways. Lend such things more credence.

It would be a credence clear-water revival.

Nintendo 1, President 0

Change Chomp Ball t-shirt at Split Reason.

He who reads the inside of the top of the box

"To me, a lawyer is basically the person who knows the rules of the country. We're all throwing the dice, playing the game, moving our pieces around the board, but if there is a problem, the lawyer is the only person who has read the inside of the top of the box."
~Jerry Seinfeld

Finally, a correct version of the U.S. Military Services Language Chart!!!

MILITARY LANGUAGE

CONVERSION CHART

(You may need to click on the chart to enlarge it.)

That is why traffic is so bad around here!

Hindsight is 20/20 Once The Mind Trick Wears Off

Cause of Action of the Week

"Action in Trespass for ravishment of ward" (See Stanley v. Rasnick, 137 Va. 415, 420 (1923).)

Under the Norman-introduced Law of Primogeniture, the oldest son (or daughter if there were no sons) would inherit the entire estate, and distribute gifts to his siblings at his discretion. As he was the only heir apparent, this put a bit of pressure on his marriage choice, both because his ancestors were likely to be loath to pass on to him everything they owned if he had a rotten wife and because this made him a target for the patient golddigger. To protect against this, the above trespass could be sued upon by the ancestor of the heir. If proven that the heir apparent had been taken (without consent) and married, a writ of ravishment would be issued, and as best I can tell, this would prevent the estate from passing to the golddigger or her family. The action became disused when primogeniture was abandoned; it was abolished in Virginia in 1787.

Bear kills militants in Kashmir

By Altaf Hussain BBC News, Srinagar
A bear killed two militants after discovering them in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.

Two other militants escaped, one of them badly wounded, after the attack in Kulgam district, south of Srinagar.

The militants were armed with AK-46s but were taken by surprise - police found the remains of pudding they had made to eat when the bear attacked. It is thought to be the first such incident since Muslim separatists took up arms against Indian rule in 1989.

The militants had made their hideout in a cave which was actually the bear's den, said police officer Farooq Ahmed.

The dead have been identified as Mohammad Amin alias Qaiser, and Bashir Ahmed alias Saifullah.

News of the attack emerged when their injured comrade went to a nearby village for treatment.

"Word spread in the village that Qaiser had been killed by the bear," another police officer said.

A joint party of the police and army personnel went into the forest and collected the bodies of the two militants.

Police say they also recovered two AK-46 rifles and some ammunition from the hideout. Animal attacks

Wildlife experts say the conflict in Kashmir has actually resulted in an increase in the population of bears and leopards.

Following the outbreak of the insurgency people had to hand in their weapons to police - which put a halt to poaching.

As a result, there has been a greater incidence of man-animal conflict, say experts. There have been many reports of bears and leopards killing or mauling humans in different parts of the Kashmir valley in recent years.

Three years ago, residents of Mandora village near the southern town of Tral, beat a black bear to death which had strayed into the village.

Idea for a TV Show

Desperate Entwives: but no one needs to be hasty and worry about content, it would be slower than Middlemarch.

~This idea brought to you by The Brain~

Rise of the Fallen

(The Brain would have posted this,

but he is busy being smart somewhere else and I am free to have fun!)

Bloody-Mindedness

"It would have been better if I had called him out and shot him a year ago," said Sir James, not from bloody-mindedness, but because he needed something strong to say.

~Sir James Chettam
Middlemarch, by George Eliot

Cleaning

(Thanks to TJ for sharing the fun!!)

To the Israeli Ambassador

"Press releases aren't given under oath."
~Jim Hacker

Yes, Prime Minister, Episode Six - A Victory for Democracy

For T

Something we can belive in, finally!