US Supreme Court Sued

As a rule, I generally don't post too many news items or much serious stuff at all, but this article caught my eye:

U.S. Supreme Court targeted by litigant in Texas Supreme Court

From the Texas Supreme Court Blog:

Well, you don’t see this caption every day: Brumbaugh v. Justice John Roberts, et al., No. 10-0314. The “et alia” includes eight other Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Justice Sotomayor is off the hook; this plaintiff’s suit still names Justice Souter.)

The court of appeals affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the case, and Brumbaugh has just filed his petition for review with the Texas Supreme Court. (There doesn’t appear to be any online version of the petition; self-represented litigants are not required to file electronic courtesy copies.)

Brumbaugh requested that the trial court declare certain Supreme Court rulings unconstitutional and restore civil liberties, stop or fix the drug war, outlaw all mind control technology, declare martial law unlawful, and collect $10,000 from each justice for dereliction of duty and fraud.

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Sounds like a good deal to me, except for the "mind control technology". Everyone knows all you have to do is wear a tin foil hat....

When Cats Attack

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the garden

eristic

From our Word of the Day feed

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eristic\e-RIS-tik\ , adjective;
1. Pertaining to controversy or disputation; controversial.
2. Of argument for the sole purpose of winning, regardless of the reason.
noun:
1. Argument for the sole purpose of winning, regardless of the reason.
2. The art of disputation.

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I can't recall ever seeing this word before, but I've certainly seen the definition in countless msg. boards and forums.

Over Easy Quiz Results

This didn't ask what I usually had for breakfast; it asked which one appealed to me most. There was no way I was choosing oatmeal.

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You Are a Hearty Breakfast

You are down to earth and mild mannered. You don't tend to make a fuss. You can be a bit stubborn at times. You know what you like, and you don't tend to change your mind. You like to stay in your comfort zone. You don't really like surprises or change much. You aren't complacent... you're just practical. Why mess with what works?

The Breakfast Test

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

Lookin' Out My Back Door - CCR

Unexpected Inventions from Unexpected People

From Neatorama:

There are some inventions and inventors you just grow up knowing about – Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone, Thomas Edison and the lightbulb (even though he really just improved upon it). But there are a lot of inventions lurking out there that you didn’t learn about in your elementary school history and science books – inventions from geniuses known for other creations and discoveries, and inventions from people you didn’t expect to be inventors at all. Here are a few of them.

This is a fascinating article. Among the inventions: Marlon Brando had patents to tune drums, Thoreau invented raisin bread, Margaret Thatcher helped invent soft serve ice cream and Zeppo Marx owned the company that built the clamps that held the atomic bomb in the Enola Gay.

Unexpected Inventions from Unexpected People