March 6 - Libby Found Guilty

After a little more than a week, the Libby trial ends with the jury finding Scooter guilty on 4 of, I think, 5 counts. Barring winning an appeal, or a subsequent presidential pardon, this could lead to as much as 25 years in jail. Greatest likelihood has him sentenced to less than 3 years, though.

There's not a lot to write, here, that hasn't been written before. I am reading a lot a praise and validation being laid on the jury. I find this out of line with the quality of the questions that were asked of the judge during deliberations.

I can not fathom why, when no crime was found, the investigation simply wasn't folded up and shelved. This smacked of a witch hunt before and still does now.

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.