Morning Docket 03.12.08
* Will Bernard Madoff get a "Go To Jail" card today? [New York Times]
* The first step to (economic) recovery is admitting you have a problem. The Snark says enough with the stealth firings already, BigLaw. [Fulton County Daily Report]
* Are the SCOTUS justices playing fast and loose with the law to be members of the University Club of DC? Is the University Club so cool that it's worth it? [BLT]
* The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at President Bush gets a year per shoe, and another year to boot. [United Press International]
* David Ogden is headed for approval as deputy attorney general, even with his Playboy credentials. [Associated Press]
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Supreme Court justices from my high school used to be fast and loose all the time. It wasn't a big deal.
1 = FAIL
FIRST to say I'd enjoy being FIRST to break that dealbreaker ad girl's Mayer Browneye
2 -- bitter much?
1 = WHALE
"The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at President Bush gets a year per shoe, and another year to boot."
Punny or painful? I'm leaning towards the latter . . .
Ms. Dealbreaker = David Lat in a wig
The second article is excelent, Fulton County Dailty Report, whatever that is:
"And please do not try to say that these stealth firings of 10 percent of your Cogs are all performance-related. That only makes you look worse. It demonstrates that not only did you fail to anticipate your staffing needs, but you are also lousy at selecting qualified Cogs. "
"When Cogs stick around longer than expected, there is not as much work to go around, billable hours get reduced and heads must roll. But again, how is fessing up that you hope to scare off a certain percentage of the Cogs you recruit better than just saying you had to lay off a few? "
- Not fired YET.
Anything more on the Paul Hastings coat hanger scandal?
As someone against homosexuality, who doesn't believe that Madoff should go to prison, all I can say is...
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR JOHN MCCAIN!
I was in jail once. You keep your head on a swivel, and that's what you gotta do when you find yourself thrust into the middle of vicious cockfight.
If you go to prison, do you get to keep your asslobster or do they make you turn it in with the rest of your possessions?
ANOTHER SHOE THROWER: Just this week, a shoe was thrown at Iranian prez Ahmadinejad. BUT, the Iranian state-controlled media is not reporting it.... they don't want him to look bad.
....but why isn't CNN reporting it? And why isn't MSNBC?
Does our liberal media operate just like the state-controlled Iranian media?