Tony Perkins, American Taliban, gets schooled.

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Is it my imagination, or is Perkins among the smarmier wingnuts?

You may have heard last week about a fascinating security hole in the iPhone: If you craft a PDF file just so, in particular by fucking with the embedded fonts, you can break into the gadget.

Apple has certainly heard of it, and they’re working on a fix. Because that’s what software companies are supposed to do when a serious bug comes to their attention.

Unlike the United States Senate, which enshrines it as tradition.

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In the wake of Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Vaughn Walker in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, overturning Prop. 8, the American Family Association is calling for Congress to impeach Walker for his decision.

The basis for impeachment:

(1) Walker is gay

(2) The Constitution does not mention marriage, therefore under the 10th Amendment the federal government cannot get involved.

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As DB said in comments, he gets to test drive the world’s fastest Volkswagen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik9aEet5Um8

Title: “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void”

Author: Mary Roach

Rank: 24

Blurb: “What happens to you when you can’t walk for a year? have sex? smell flowers? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a space walk?”

Review: “I loved Roach’s Stiff, but Spook — not as much, so skipped Bonk.”

Customers Also Bought: “The Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and How to Do Them)”.

Footnote: To date, nobody has been documented joining the 186-Mile-High Club.

Packing for Mars [Amazon]

Buy or Die [Stinque@Amazon kickback link]

Mr. Needham writes to Top Gear again, so Jeremy Clarkson road tests the Renault Twingo Sport 133:

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Who wouldn’t want one? “Villagers in the Dorset hamlet of Shitterton have got so fed-up with their sign being stolen they have put up a stone version. They hope the £680 sign, which is set in concrete, will deter thieves. Villager Ian Ventham said: ‘Every two or three years somebody comes along and nicks our sign because, clearly, Shitterton is amusing.'” [bbc.co.uk]