Lincolnite

Some groups are up in arms over the references to Judge Samuel Alito as "Scalito." I don't get it. What's so offensive about Scalito?

Silent night, Halloween night All is calm, no ghouls in sight Back in my day the night was so wild Now my doorstep sees nary a child Where are the young trick-or-treaters? Where are the young trick-or-treaters? Silent night, Halloween night Nobody quakes at the sights No ghosts or goblins stream up to my door Who did I buy all this damn candy for? Criminy this night is boring! Criminy I am so bored! Silent night, Halloween night A lonely moth circles 'neath the porch light Oh how I long to hear the trick-or-treats Instead here I wait eating all of the sweets Expanding the size of my girth Oh! Would you look at that girth!

[Oops, I goofed! I didn't see that D.M.B. had touched on the subject. I've turned off comments on this post; post your comments over there instead.] Did Coach Bill Callahan imitate a throat-slashing gesture toward the referees during Saturday's game against Oklahoma? The Journal Star has posted two screen captures showing the gesture, but the images are inconclusive. It would be far easier to interpret the images if there were more photographs showing Callahan both before and after the offending gesture. For example, I recall while watching the scene unfold on Saturday that Callahan swept his arm across his body rather forcefully while pointing to the spot where he alleged a holding infraction had occurred. Is that what the Journal Star's images show? There's no way to know since no surrounding context photographs are included. Still images can be incredibly damning, but they can also be highly misleading. Without seeing the whole sequence -- or better yet, a video of the event -- it's impossible to judge exactly what happened. Anybody got this one on tape or Tivo?