More CBS documents links, because they are there.
Lquilter.net has a nice roundup of typography links.
Robert has a nice summary of what real documents show (and don't show) about orders disobeyed.
Eschaton points up the dog that didn't bark: the White House sure thought the documents were real.
[UPDATE @ 9pm: Abstract Appeal reports that the Florida Supreme Court reversed the trial court's reinstatement of its stay, thus reinstating the automatic stay supplanted by Judge Davey….but added its own order stopping everything — no mailing of ballots until it rules. And it set oral argument for Friday 8am, “cognizant of the September 18, 2004, deadline for mailing overseas ballots.” Which seems fair enough.]
My head is spinning.
The Florida trial court reinstated its stay. Shortly afterwards, the Florida Court of Appeals had its hearing. The Florida Secretary of State asked the Supreme Court to reinstitute the say.
Meanwhile — hold on to your hat — the “Reform Party” (ie the GOP) counterclaimed in the trial court, arguing the Democrats should be thrown off the ballot because their slate (filed in a timely manner unlike the Republican one) was not, they say, notarized like it should have been.
I hope the Democrats who didn't want to challenge the GOP's late filing are feeling suitably chasened. (Imagine a world in which neither party was on the ballot…that would be even weirder.)
Go to Abstract Appeal for more….I have to go collect my kids from school.
Eszter Hargittai is one of the smart people I feel fortunate to have met; she certainly does some interesting work. Turns out she's also funny, witness Shana Tova, in which she forwards some 'Thoughts Of A Jewish Buddhist' just in time for Rosh Hashanah.
Blogging of the President 2004 (aka BOP News) has choice quotes from the new Hersh book.
Don't let anyone tell you that the torture was the work of a few rogue elements off duty in the prision where they weren't supposed to be. That may be the source of some of the more shocking pictures to become public so far, but if Hersh is accurate, there was a pattern and practice of abusive conduct that (1) had to be endorsed by the prison administration and (2) was the subject of at least one blistering warning to higher-ups…who turned a blind eye.
This is war crimes stuff at least for the direct perpetrators and their prison commanders; how high up it could go is a painful question that is being swept under the rug as fast as possible.
Abstract Appeal remains the best place to go to get your Nader Florida ballot case information. The latest updates as of this second report on the abortive attempt by the so-called Reform Party to remove the case to federal court. That attempt died faster than you can say “nofederalquestionandwaiver.”
Today is the hearing in the Flordia state court of appeal. The Florida Supreme Court seems to have put up a web page with a full set of .pdf's of Briefs & Other Documents in Case No. 04-1755. I wish I had time to read them.
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