Getting a late start today, but not for any of the usual reasons. Instead, I know I’ve got a phone-conference that begins late in the afternoon here (though earlier in California), plus when I got home last night, my mailbox was standing open with no mail. I think I’m going to stick around home until the mailman arrives just to see if he knows what’s up with that. There’s one package that’s still supposed to be arriving from amazon.com, and it’s nearly a month overdue at this point (it was supposed to ship on November 16th). I find myself wondering if yesterday was the day it arrived, but suspect it might just have been a no-mail day. But that means I have time to blog while I’m waiting for the mailman to arrive.
As for work, my enthusiasm wanes. I’m engaged in a technical debate with the guy who’s supposed to be handing off information about the project I’m taking over, and we don’t see eye to eye. It’s preventing me from getting moving as fast as I’d like on the project, and frustrating me quite a bit. At this point, I’m just looking to get through today with no major snags, and figuring that maybe I can start with a fresh attitude next week. Wish me well.
- Heard of Cory Maye? Neither had I. Maye is a black man in Mississippi, who was sleeping soundly in his half of a duplex when the police served a no-knock warrant on the next-door neighbor. When the police chief’s son bashed in Maye’s door and charged in, Maye shot and killed him. In spite of no criminal record, and a pretty damned good excuse for fearing for his life, Maye was convicted of murder by a white jury and is sitting on death row. Maye’s name was nowhere on the original warrant, and the police pretty obviously screwed the pooch on this one. There’s more information, including excerpts from the Mississippi State Constitution. Maye’s lawyers seem to have pretty well botched their case, too. It just gets more and more depressing the more I read about it. Welcome to Police State USA. [instapundit]
- Meanwhile, even though Congress is not in Washington, and we should be safe from new, bad laws for a little while, apparently a deal has been reached to extend Patriot Act. Ugh. [kirsten]
- But it’s not all bad news. Deborah Davis goes free: No Charges For Woman Refusing To Show ID To Feds. Woot! The rally this morning will go on as planned. Meanwhile, the hearing in Gilmore v. Gonzales was yesterday. No news yet, and it’ll probably be a while before there is. [endwar]
- And an outspoken Palestinian activist, Ex-Professor Acquitted in Patriot Act Test Case. It’s a setback for the government, who failed to actually prove that he did anytying to support terrorism. [claire]
- In Saints news, long-time second baseman Justin Hall retires. He’ll be missed.
- Hey, here’s a good theory. The Other I.D., where the I stands for
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. [kottke] - Finally, today’s Day By Day has me in lust with a cartoon woman. But she bought her guy an assault rifle for Christmas! How cool is that?
