New Haven - Smarter than Boston?

New Haven drops terrorism charges over runners with white flour in IKEA parking lot:

http://www.courant.com/news/local/nh/hc-apbeerrun1110.artnov10,0,3509288.story

No news yet in Heller

No news yet in the Heller case:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-7073768,00.html


Crazy that the first report I was able to find (I've been watching all morning) was from a UK paper. I'm really torn on this one. I would like to see the Supreme Court take it and affirm, since it might be the only way that Connecticut's assault weapons ban would ever go away (if the reasoning is anything like the D.C. or 5th circuits), but if they decline than the D.C. handgun ban expires immediately. I think Fenty's ready to blow a gasket anyway.

It is, of course, possible that the Court could take the case and reverse. I think that is extremely unlikely based on the quality of the reasoning on both sides, and I think it can hardly damage the gun-rights case any more than the existing body of law.


EDIT: In other news, NYPD now apparently considers a HAIRBRUSH a deadly weapon:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/nyregion/14shootingcnd.html?hp

Hillary Staffers - Planting Questions

Sorry to keep spamming your friends page, but I thought this was an interesting story about how political staffers plant questions in the audience:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/13/clinton.planted/index.html

Pretty slick, especially if you think about the psychology of the situation.