Thursday, July 3, 2008

Woke Up This Mornin'

and it was still thundering and lightening. Over 11 hours of it by my count, extremely unusual if not uprecedented for this corner of the Pacific Northwest during my 44 years — give or take a few — out here.
I was going to look up "thunder causes" etc on Wikipedia since it's about time I learned, but got sidetracked by the FISA discussions at TPM and Glenn Greenwald. Especially interesting in light of yesterday's decision by the California federal court judge who's got all the telecom lawsuits.
He basically said Bushco's claim that as Commander in Chief over the GWT (Great War on Terror, otherwise known as America's Reichstag fire) he could violate the FISA law.
The judge, appointed by Shrimpy's father, is the third so far to say the same thing, and this decision could change some votes on the FISA bill, scheduled for the floor of the Senate on Tuesday.
In the meantime, one lightening flash hit so close it turned on my desk light, which also made an odd sound.
Guess I won't go outside to refill the birdfeeder after all.
As you were, then.

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