Heresy [is] ranked with idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, murders, and other sins of the flesh.

A warrant canary is a defense against the gag orders that come with National Security Letters and other secret subpoenas. With a warrant canary, the site would some sort of message posted saying, for example, “we have not received a secret subpoena as of July 24, 2014.”

Dame, what makes your ducks to die? / What the pize ails 'em? What the pize ails 'em?

For your information, my son was a straight A student in college, so he's not just some schmo!