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RARE EVENTS

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

Today/Tonight is the winter solstice (when the sun is at the lowest point in the northern sky for the year) and a lunar eclipse! "So what's so special about that?" you say? Well, it happens about once every two thousand years. According to the Washington Post, the last time both events occurred on the same day was in 1638 or perhaps 1544 (either way it was a long time ago, even before there were lots of Starbucks. ) OUR LAWLESS 11th CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS:Speaking of rare events, Judge Scalia is upset and he's dissenting from a denial of certiorari in Allen v. Lawhorn. First, let us say that once again we are forced to confront activist judges who want to legislate from the bench and thank goodness there were five level headed judges who were wise and "conservative" enough to let the lower court ruling stand...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on December 21, 2010 (boomark / email).