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On the way to work today, Rey and I noticed a big fluffy golden retriever running around Anzac Parade. Anzac Parade at rush hour is not a good place for any unattended dog to be, let alone one with as little road sense as this one, so I ended up getting out of the car and trying to round it up (Rey had to go on & drop ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
da_norvegicus at school.)
Unfortunately, although it looked reasonably well-cared-for to my untrained eye, it had no collar and was extremely skittish. Even if I'd been able to catch it, I didn't have anything to restrain it with. I did have a sandwich, and it was just brave enough to take pieces of bread from my hand & then back off again; I managed to lead it away from Anzac Parade and down a side street; unfortunately, while I was trying to get nearby shop-owners to find something to restrain it with, it wandered back towards Anzac Parade. Somebody yelled at it, and it bolted - fortunately away from the main road, but we lost it down a side street. I went looking for it along with a couple of other people, but eventually had to give up and go to work. Hope it's OK; I'm guessing it was somebody's pet that slipped its collar and then got panicked.
Peter Rabbit: Tank Killer. Some people have waaaay too much time on their hands.
And some highlights from Kitzmiller et al. vs. Dover School District:
( Various quotes from the decision. )
Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.
( And more happy noises from me. )
Maybe if I'm really good, Santa will bring perjury trials for Bonsell and Buckingham? I can hope.
Speaking of such things, BTW, check out the LJ holiday image icon... in particular, note the letters on the stockings :-)
da_norvegicus at school.)Unfortunately, although it looked reasonably well-cared-for to my untrained eye, it had no collar and was extremely skittish. Even if I'd been able to catch it, I didn't have anything to restrain it with. I did have a sandwich, and it was just brave enough to take pieces of bread from my hand & then back off again; I managed to lead it away from Anzac Parade and down a side street; unfortunately, while I was trying to get nearby shop-owners to find something to restrain it with, it wandered back towards Anzac Parade. Somebody yelled at it, and it bolted - fortunately away from the main road, but we lost it down a side street. I went looking for it along with a couple of other people, but eventually had to give up and go to work. Hope it's OK; I'm guessing it was somebody's pet that slipped its collar and then got panicked.
Peter Rabbit: Tank Killer. Some people have waaaay too much time on their hands.
And some highlights from Kitzmiller et al. vs. Dover School District:
( Various quotes from the decision. )
Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.
( And more happy noises from me. )
Maybe if I'm really good, Santa will bring perjury trials for Bonsell and Buckingham? I can hope.
Speaking of such things, BTW, check out the LJ holiday image icon... in particular, note the letters on the stockings :-)
