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Post #408,063 by rcareaga 2/13/16 7:58:07 PM 2/13/16 7:58:07 PM Reply	seen on the internets today "This would be an excellent day for Justice Clarence Thomas to continue his tradition of just doing whatever Justice Scalia does." I won't say that I'm glad Scalia is dead, although I think that in life he was a waste of perfectly good organic chemicals, but I'm quite pleased that he's no longer on the Supreme Court. cordially,
Post #408,064 by Another Scott 2/13/16 8:07:27 PM 2/13/16 8:07:27 PM Reply	Yup. It really is in bad taste to speak ill of the dead on the day of their death. That's a societal convention that is worth preserving. But it's unquestionably a good thing that he is no longer serving on the SCOTUS. Cheers, Scott.
Post #408,065 by rcareaga 2/13/16 8:47:33 PM 2/13/16 8:47:33 PM Reply	Seen further "Let each person mourn Scalia's passing in his own way. Mine involves champagne." cordially,
Post #408,066 by Another Scott 2/13/16 8:57:48 PM 2/13/16 8:57:48 PM Reply	:-) Obama's remarks just now were very generous and appropriate. But he also said that he would be submitting a nomination in time and that he expects the Senate to do their important Constitutional job and act on it, etc., etc. Cheers, Scott.
Post #408,071 by drook 2/14/16 8:50:45 AM 2/14/16 8:50:45 AM Reply	That was speaking ill of Thomas ... and funny -- Drew
Post #408,089 by pwhysall 2/15/16 7:59:21 AM 2/15/16 7:59:21 AM Reply	Not sure I agree Scalia spent his professional life doing his damnedest to take away the rights, freedoms and happiness of huge numbers of people, based on nothing more than his own personal prejudices built on the third-hand ramblings of a medieval book about a bunch of bronze-age desert dwellers. And if they didn't want it pointing out the minute he turned up his toes, his family could have at least tried to persuade him not to be such a massive arsehole.
Post #408,095 by Another Scott 2/15/16 11:30:43 AM 2/15/16 11:30:43 AM Reply	It's not hard to wait a day or so... ;-) Though it may be tough for me to fully resist until he's in the ground, given the "it's a sad day" reporting on the news... I haven't seen anything about scheduled arrangements. I'm reasonably sure he'll lie in state at the SCOTUS for a day before the funeral - that's the usual protocol, I think. One complication is that we've got about 4" of snow on the ground and it's still falling, with freezing rain expected tonight. There may be a day or so of traffic issues before it starts melting on Tuesday. Cheers, Scott.
Post #408,105 by a6l6e6x 2/15/16 3:36:03 PM 2/15/16 3:36:03 PM Reply	Re: about scheduled arrangements I'd contribute to a fund to build a large toilet bowl. It works for goldfish. :) Alex "There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -- Isaac Asimov

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