Thank you, Baker. Now please quit yet bitchin'.
My, my, Ninth Circuit Appeals Judge Kozinski has retired in disgrace. The federal bench certainly has some sickos on it. Who here remembers the case of First Circuit Bankruptcy Judge Robert Somma, who retired after getting arrested for Driving Under the Influence whole wearing a woman's dress, fishnet stockings, and ugly blue eyeshadow? Afyer he designed in disgrace he attempted to rescind his resignation. Read all about it here (http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/04/02/us_judge_in_dui_rethinks_quitting) and here (http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2008/05/judge_nabbed_sexy_dress_bench).
Boston radio host and writer Howie Carr (on Twitter as @HowieCarrShow) will surely have more info, cuz some of the old Boston Herald articles have been archived and I'm too cheap of a bastard to pay for access.
Possibly related to this tweet saying that True Pundit was going to "bring the house DOWN" yesterday? http://archive.is/nRf7Z I'm cautiously optimistic because the 24 hours have passed. True Pundit's been counting down on releasing information damaging to Congress (regarding 30 to 50 members resigning, I believe). The countdown went from 72 hours to 48 hours to yesterday's post saying 24 hours. TIME'S UP, TRUE PUNDIT. DO YOUR JOB. So far, nothing, but maybe someone related to the Amtrak "accident" was shitting bricks. On an aside, I have driven on that stretch of Rte. 5 in Washington and it is one perilous road, even without Amtrak trains flying off bridges and landing on your car. I feel so bad for the victims and I cannot wait to hear who the dignitaries were who were riding on this train's "maiden voyage."
Let's not forget, too, Anons, that at least ONE guy named Podesta is involved in the shipping biz. Old Sergio Podesta patented a "System for handling container cargo and a novel ship and lifting device." Patent's available here: http://archive.is/dCtf6 .
It says the Inventor, Sergio Podesta, is from Italy, but it's still worth looking into any connections to the doofuses in the U.S. who were just forced to shudder The Podesta Group, IMO.