Morning Docket 07.15.09
* Left-brainers turn right-brainers in the recession, including a lawyer turned designer about whom we’ve previously written. [USA Today via ABA Journal]
* Bob Cohn of TheAtlantic.com sat down with Justice Stephen Breyer to talk about confirmation hearings, the future of SCOTUS and blogs, and why he might be glad his doppelganger Justice has stepped down. [Ideas/Atlantic]
* Legal experts and prosecutors are grappling with the Supreme Court’s decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. Getting lab analysts out of the lab and into court is a challenge, they say. [Washington Post]
* What’s the payoff for giving up custody rights of Michael Jackson’s children? [MTV]
* A cosmetic surgery company will pay $300,000 to the State of New York for instructing employees to give facelifts to online reviews. [New York Times]
* LA is the country’s meanest city. And Berkeley is the tenth meanest! [Los Angeles Times]
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FIRSTYMEISTER!
"CAL-I-FORN-YAAAA...SO NICE TO THE HOMELESS!!!"
Sike.
whoa what's with all this pre-9am posting lately?
MysTTTal wake up! McDonalds will stop serving breakfast in an hour.
"Getting lab analysts out of the lab and into court is a challenge, they say"
Thank you, Yoda
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Why do women hate beautiful women? I don't hate really handsome guys like Elie. I'm happy for them and maybe a bit envious. Are women really that self-centered and desperate for all the attention?
Stephen Breyer sounds like Mr. Rogers.
that was cold, Kash
On the subject of left brainers/right brainers, comes the savant syndrome paradox ! To address at least one small part of the conundrum, I would defer to "Why We With Autism Personify Our Autism Horses," here:
http://equiisautististicsavant.blogspot.com/