New Tidbits Gleaned Today: The Supreme Court ruled against using race to achieve racial diversity in school districts. This will cause a tsunami wave through local school districts though it's an old issue here in SF. One of the dissenting votes (5-4) noted it was a "cruel irony" that Roberts cited Brown for this decision.

ION, new studies show that Anti-Depressants do NOT significantly increase birth defects.

Yay for Team Pregnant and Depressed!

Yay for Team Pregnant and Depressed!

And barefoot?

I read somewhere that this Supreme Court session has a record number of 5-4 decisions. Most all of which have gone to the conservatives.

Shrift, insent. Something that will make you giggle.

And now I am dead from teh cute.

I read somewhere that this Supreme Court session has a record number of 5-4 decisions. Most all of which have gone to the conservatives.

This term 5-4 decisions have been about 33% (24 of 72 cases). Roberts-Kennedy-Scalia-Thomas-Alito were the block in 13 of those 24. The next closest year was 2004 when 30% were 5-4 decisions. [link]

go sparky with your mad law library skillz.

re: Coulter

Isn't it time for her to have a stint in Rehab? Isn't that the standard "time to lay low, honey" move?

Only till I can really afford "the lexus of nail guns".

I feel slightly calmer. It's like rage, with extra freshness.

Great t-shirt: [link]

Interrupting this Natter to bring you tales of people whose lives are Not Like Mine.

My brother tells me he's missing the GF's family vacation this year. In part because of work, but also partly "the fact that they are going to Abkhazia.... a breakaway region of Georgia where apparently there are US soldiers stationed to keep the peace...and all westerners are advised to stay the hell out or risk kidnapping... they're going because [GF's] mom wants to buy a place there... "

So instead, he's going for the aforementioned work to do some kind of training sessions in Sarajevo and Belgrade. Um, good?