Wednesday, February 28, 2007

March 1 - February 29? and Miscellania

Well, if you were born on February 29, HA HA, YOU LOSE! Interesting thing is that in the U.K. people born on the 29th apparently have their date of birth changed (on their birth certificate) to the 28th or March 1. That seems just a little like declaring that PI = 3.

After having one juror dismissed for being tainted, the Libby jury deliberations continue. No description of what information the dismissed juror was exposed to was provided. The Remaining jurors requested some clarification yesterday, but experts could not ferret out any indication of how the jury was going to find based on the contents of the request.

Today is the day that the BATF initiated the raid of the Branch Davidian church in Waco. This tragic event will fuel conspiracies theories for years.

Just as right wing pundits are counting him out, John McCain has announced that he will run for president. At the moment, Rudy Giuliani is the apparent front runner in the race for Republican nomination.

Over-all, it's an uninspiring day.

1 comment:

joeyblades said...

It's curious that the juror that was dismissed happened to be the one that did not participate in the Valentine's solidarity stunt with the T-shirts.

I can't help but think that the judge is more worried about that individual's role within the team. The court likes juries that play nicely together.

The really curious thing is that the judge didn't replace her with one of the alternates. This seems like it's a perfect setup for an appeal...