First, RIP Howard Zinn and JD Salinger. Strange to lose such great men on the same day. Perhaps they’d been keeping themselves alive for the State of the Union. I think there’s a John Adams and Thomas Jefferson story to be had under there.
Tonight at 8pm PST, the online test to qualify for Jeopardy! is available. You should go do that.
Scalito proved himself to be a horrific activist politician rather than an impartial judge last night. My level of hope for a reasonable decision on Prop 8 diminishes each time I consider the fact that Scalia and Alito exist.
And there was a study out today saying that gender didn’t matter in parenting.
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penni4urthoughts
January 28, 2010 at 8:15 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Do you mean Alito’s shaking his head at Obama’s mention of the Supreme courts ruling last week? Or did I miss something?
ashleyfmiller
January 28, 2010 at 8:24 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
No, you’re right, I get them confused because… well, I mean really