Legal Commentary

Thursday Night Open Thread

By Jeralyn

The U.N. has authorized military strikes and imposed a "no fly zone" in Libya. Secretary of State Clinton said in Tunisia today.

"...that a no-fly zone would include "certain actions taken to protect the planes and the pilots, including bombing targets like the Libyan defense systems."

The U.S. is monitoring inbound flights from Japan for radiation. So far, there's no cause for concern. Also, the U.S. has chartered flights to evacuate family members of state department officials from the Northeast region of Japan. [More...]

American Idol: I've said for weeks the female contestants are not particularly great this year. No surprise that the bottom three this week were all females. I wish Haley had gone home, I think she's terrible. No such luck. It was Karen Rodriguez, who is way better than Haley. The judges didn't use their one save of the season to keep her, although the vote wasn't unanimous. It was pretty obvious Jennifer would have saved her while Randy wouldn't. The male that needs to go the most is Paul, with his manufactured smile, tacky dance moves and non-singing voice.

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 18, 2011 (boomark / email).