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Monday, March 08, 2010

Michael John Netherland Sr. obituary

Our Maryland Blogger Alliance colleague, Mike Netherland, passed away last week at 48. The Pillage Idiot (http://pillageidiot.blogspot.com/ - http://twitter.com/pillageidiot) - just told me the sad news last Saturday.

There is a post with the sad news up at: http://marctrainblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/mike-he-will-be-missed.html.] and Jeff Quinton has a post here: http://insidecharmcity.com/2010/03/04/r-i-p-mike-netherland/

Here is Mr. Netherland’s obituary:
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hometownannapolis/obituary.aspx?n=michael-john-netherland&pid=140346215

from: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/

NETHERLAND, MICHAEL JOHN, SR., of Severna Park, died on March 3, 2010. Born in Beaver, PA on May 5, 1961 and raised throughout the United States and abroad in a military family, Michael graduated from Vicenza American High School in Italy in 1979.

He attended Penn State University, where, as a staff member of The Collegian, he developed his love for writing. He was selected for an internship at the National Review Journalism Center which resulted in a position as a reporter for The Washington Times.

Michael later worked for various government contractors, including Panacea Consulting Inc., before being hired by the US Department of Labor.

A man of letters, Michael enjoyed writing so much that he even did it in his spare time. He never hesitated to forward an opinion on policy issues and was a frequent contributor to many newspapers.

An active member of the GOP, Michael developed websites for several Anne Arundel County Senators and Delegates to the Maryland General Assembly. He founded the website for the Anne Arundel County Elephant Club.

From his blog, "Mike's Nether Land" (
http://mikenetherland.blogspot.com), Michael summed up his life more perfectly than could anyone else: "Approaching middle age with not-so-quiet desperation, I find solace in my writing. I love trying to get people to think for themselves, thus I have a small but hardy band of friends who seem to tolerate me. My son and my dad are my best friends for we are most alike. And if ever God has bestowed gifts upon man, surely they have been the women in my life."

Michael is survived by his wife, Dianne and their children, Michael and Sara; parents Lt. Col. (Ret.) William H. and Elizabeth A. Netherland of Severna Park; sister, Peggy Johnson, her husband Bob and their children Katie and Eric of W. Friendship, MD; brother, Bill, his wife Melissa and their daughter Isabel of Charleston, SC; father-in-law and mother-in-law Dwight and Barbara Mills of Sharon, PA; brothers-in-law Jeff and Michael Mills; sister-in-law Linda Mosley, and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

The family will receive visitors at Barranco & Sons Funeral Home, 495 Ritchie Hwy, Severna Park, MD (
www.barrancofuneralhome.com) on Sunday, March 7th from 2-4 and 6-8 pm. Funeral services will be held at Severna Park United Methodist Church, 731 Benfield Rd, Severna Park, MD on Monday morning, March 8th at 10.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations to be sent to a scholarship fund for the children at: The Michael Netherland, Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund, PNC Bank, 596 Ritchie Hwy., Severna Park, MD 21146.

Published in The Capital on March 6, 2010


20100303 Michael John Netherland Sr obituary Blog MD Blogger Alliance, Media MD bloggers

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/03/michael-john-netherland-sr-obituary.html

http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/303223.html

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

20080615 Creating a Jubilee County: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!

Creating a Jubilee County: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!

June 15, 2008

"Creating a Jubilee County: Prince George's Co., MD"

has posted:35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!


Carnival of Maryland Hosted by Maryland Blogger Alliance of which this blog is a part.

My post from Prince George's County for this article is Change is in the air... something you can always count on. Changes include Jews & Muslims finding common ground, other local news stories, an upcoming national March for Change, and an alternative to driving with these higher gas prices. Feel free to check this entire blog while you're visiting by clicking on [info]prince_georges. Here are the entries for today's carnival:

Check it out here: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!
And also check out her work at: http://uu-mom.livejournal.com/ and her video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezp1W2HKlU


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20080615 Creating a Jubilee County: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!


Monday, June 02, 2008

20080531 Carnival of Maryland 34 by Baltimore History Examiner by Mark Newgent


Carnival of Maryland 34 by Baltimore History Examiner by Mark Newgent


If you have not had a chance to check it out, the Carnival of Maryland XXXIV edition is up on the web. The 34th is hosted by Mark Newgent on the “Baltimore History Examiner.”


My view is that I always look upon the blog carnivals as a “magazine.” This edition does not disappoint. Mr. Newgent did a great job at putting it together. Please enjoy it here:


Carnival of Maryland XXXIV


Baltimore History Examiner by Mark Newgent


Mark Newgent is a writer and editor with a talent for breathing history into everyday happenings.


POSTED May 31, 10:43 PM


Welcome to the 34th installment of the Carnival of Maryland. It is my pleasure to host the carnival. For those not familiar with the carnival, every other Sunday one member of the Maryland Blogger Alliance (MBA) hosts the carnival, which features writing from blogs throughout Maryland.


Thanks for all the great submissions.


I urge MBA members to check out Examiner.com’s great roster of Examiners. I hope that hosting the carnival here at Examiner.com that MBA writers get more exposure.


For more information about the difference between bloggers and Examiners click here to listen to our wonderful Content Editor, Anne Henslee explain to the WCBM morning show what Examiners do.


Who knows maybe you could be an Examiner too!


Ok on with the Carnival!


Leading off I will stay with the Examiner/MBA “alliance” theme of the day. My friend Kevin Dayhoff from Westminster, profiles Townhall.com columnist Mary Katherine Ham, who will be the online editor for the Washington Examiner’s forthcoming website.


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Thanks again for all the submissions, and remember to check out all the fine Examiners and for readers unfamiliar with the MBA here is the roster:


Pillage Idiot (Rockville)


Soccer Dad (Baltimore)


Maryland Conservatarian (Rockville)


The Baltimore Reporter (Baltimore)


monoblogue (Salisbury)


Crablaw (Reisterstown)


Kevin Dayhoff (Westminster)


Politics, Hon (Baltimore)


blogger1947 (Gwynn Oak)


Jousting for Justice (Owings Mills)


The Voltage Gate (Frostburg)


Howard County Md. Blog (Ellicott City)


The Hedgehog Report (Columbia)


C. Dowd's Blog (Lansdowne)


Oriole Post (Silver Spring)


Escape from Pianosa (Baltimore)


Maryland Politics Today (Laurel)


The Greenbelt (Laurel)


Leviathan Montgomery (Silver Spring)


Going to the Mat (Frederick)


Pines Above Snow (Columbia)


Creating a Jubilee County (Pr George's)


Talk Lab (Columbia)


Inside Charm City (White Marsh)


The Candid Truth (Pasadena)


PG Chic (Pr. George's)


Mike's Nether Land (Severna Park)


Tinkerty Tonk (Abingdon)


It's Our Wits That Make Us Men (expat)


abolitionofman.com (Baltimore)


Red Maryland (Boonsboro)


Capital Punishment (Annapolis)


The Spewker (Pikesville)


Baltimore History Examiner (Baltimore)


GOPinionPlus (Linover)


Annapolis Politics (Annapolis)


That's What I Think! (Columbia)


mad anthony (Nottingham)


Common Sense (Williamsport)


Maryland Chesapeake Blog (Annapolis)


PsychoPhil (expat)


Red Writes (Columbia)


Clark's Picks (Chestertown)


Randomonium (Reisterstown)


River Mud Blog (Baltimore)


Travel Musings (Annapolis)


On the Red Line (North Bethesda)


Quaintest Town In America (Chestertown)


The Shores of Delmarva (Pittsville)


What's New in Maryland (Baltimore)


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Blog Carnival 034 May 31, 2008 Baltimore History Examiner


http://www.examiner.com/x-234-Baltimore-History-Examiner~y2008m5d31-Carnival-of-Maryland-XXXIV


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Read the entire edition here: Carnival of Maryland XXXIV


Related:


Media Blogosphere Maryland Blogger Alliance Blog Carnival


Media Blogosphere Maryland Blogger Alliance


Blog Carnival 034 May 31, 2008 Baltimore History Examiner


Blog Carnival 034 submission 20080528 The Tentacle: Ham Nation by Kevin Dayhoff


Blog Carnival 023 submission: 20071226 “A Tribute to former Carroll County Delegate Richard C. Matthews”


Blog Carnival 023 December 30th, 2007 Inside Charm City


Blog Carnival 022 submission: “20071201 Operation Christmas Tree”


Blog Carnival 022 December 15th, 2007 Mike's Nether Land


Blog Carnival 021 submission: “20071128 Westminster Eagle: Kids and cops share a little holiday magic by Kevin Dayhoff”


Blog Carnival 021 December 2nd, 2007 Pillage Idiot


Blog Carnival 020 November 18th, 2007 Leviathan Montgomery


Blog Carnival 019 submission: 20071101 Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge


Blog Carnival 019 November 4th, 2007 The Greenbelt


Blog Carnival 018 October 21, 2007 Creating a Jubilee Co., Prince George’s Co., MD


Blog Carnival 017 submission: “2001003 Living and Loving in the Age of Asparagus”


Blog Carnival 017 October 7, 2007 Monoblogue


Blog Carnival 008 June 4, 2007 Talk Lab (Nathan Vogel)


Blog Carnival 007 May 20, 2007 Monoblogue


Blog Carnival 006 May 6, 2007 SoccerDad


Blog Carnival 005 April 23, 2007 Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack


Blog Carnival 004 April 8, 2007 Politics, Hon


Blog Carnival 003 March 25, 2007 The Greenbelt


Blog Carnival 002 submission: “20070307 A sordid saga of communists, reservoirs, congressman, and pumpkins”


Blog Carnival 002 Mar 11, 2007 Pillage Idiot


Blog Carnival 001 submission: “20070218 The Opera of the Maryland Witchcraft Trial of Ken Schisler”


Blog Carnival 001 Feb 26, 2007 Crablaw's Maryland Weekly


Monday, January 14, 2008

20080114 Maryland Blogger Alliance as of Jan 14th 2008

Maryland Blogger Alliance as of Jan 14th 2008

Pillage Idiot (Rockville)
Soccer Dad (Baltimore)
Maryland Conservatarian (Rockville)
The Baltimore Reporter (Baltimore)
Technosailor (Woodlawn)
monoblogue (Salisbury)
Crablaw (Reisterstown)
Kevin Dayhoff (Westminster)
Politics, Hon (Baltimore)
blogger1947 (Gwynn Oak)
Jousting for Justice (Owings Mills)
The Voltage Gate (Frostburg)
Howard County Md. Blog (Ellicott City)
The Hedgehog Report (Columbia)
The Pubcrawler (Gaithersburg)
C. Dowd's Blog (Lansdowne)
Oriole Post (Silver Spring)
Escape from Pianosa (Baltimore)
Maryland Politics Today (Laurel)
The Greenbelt (Laurel)
Leviathan Montgomery (Silver Spring)
Going to the Mat (Frederick)
Pines Above Snow (Columbia)
Creating a Jubilee County (Pr George's)
Talk Lab (Columbia)
Inside Charm City (White Marsh)
The Candid Truth (Pasadena)
PG Chic (Pr. George's)
Mike's Nether Land (Severna Park)
Tinkerty Tonk (Abingdon)
It's Our Wits That Make Us Men (expat)
abolitionofman.com (Baltimore)
Red Maryland (Boonsboro)
Capital Punishment (Annapolis)
The Spewker (Pikesville)
The Main Adversary (Baltimore)
GOPinionPlus (Linover)
Annapolis Politics (Annapolis)
That's What I Think! (Columbia)
mad anthony (Nottingham)
Common Sense (Williamsport)
Maryland Chesapeake Blog (Annapolis)
PsychoPhil (expat)
Red Writes (Columbia)
Clark's Picks (Chestertown)

Monday, December 17, 2007

20071215 The 22nd Maryland Blogger Alliance Blog Carnival of Maryland is up at Mike’s Nether Land

The 22nd Maryland Blogger Alliance Blog Carnival of Maryland is up at Mike’s Nether Land

Mike Netherland has done a super job with The 22nd Blog Carnival of Maryland

Saturday, December 15, 2007

He wrote in his introduction:

I am pleased to host the 22nd Carnival. Below you will find posts that many of MBA's finest bloggers have personally selected from their own blog sites in hopes that exposure on Mike's Nether Land will provide their writings a wider audience than they would otherwise enjoy.

And YOU, dear reader, dear devoted Mike's Nether Land fan, can sample posts from a broad spectrum of ideologies without having to labor over yet another piece of right-wing zealotry and psycho-neurotic "issues" you usually find here.

Read through the entire Blog Carnival here: The 22nd Blog Carnival of Maryland

The 23rd edition is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 30, at Inside Charm City

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UPDATE on Maryland Blog Carnival

Hosted by members of the Maryland Blogger Alliance.

Carnival of Maryland 022 hosted by Mike's Nether Land on December 15th, 2007

Blog Carnival 022 submission: “20071201 Operation Christmas Tree

Saturday, December 1, 2007, over 300 volunteers gathered at the Carroll County Maryland Ag Center for “Operation Christmas Tree,” to pack 5,000 live decorated Christmas trees for the troops in Iraq.

Carnival of Maryland 021 hosted by Pillage Idiot on December 2nd, 2007

Blog Carnival 021 submission: “20071128 Westminster Eagle: Kids and cops share a little holiday magic by Kevin Dayhoff

Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding joined Wal Mart store manager Harry Anuszewski and Wal Mart employee, Debbie Sabock on Friday, November 16, 2007 to kick off the 4th annual "Shop With A Cop" Christmas program. A YouTube video of the event can be found with My YouTube videos or go here: Westminster Maryland Shop With A Cop. For more information please call (410) 848-4646 and ask for a soft a cuddly police office who may be able to tell you more about the Shop With A Cop program.

Carnival of Maryland 020 hosted by Leviathan Montgomery on November 18th, 2007

Carnival of Maryland 019 hosted by The Greenbelt on November 4th, 2007

Blog Carnival 019 submission: 20071101 Today Billy Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge

My October 31, 2007 – Wednesday Westminster Eagle column is up on the Westminster Eagle web site and it pertains to one of my favorite forms of literature, Southern Gothic storytelling and one of my favorite songs from my teenage years, “Ode to Billie Joe” by Bobbie Gentry.

It was forty years ago in the late summer of 1967 that we first learned from “Mama” that the nice young preacher, Brother Taylor “said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge. And she and Billy Joe was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge.”

I first heard the song, “Ode to Billy Joe,” by Bobbie Gentry that summer on WCAO on the AM dial of the car radio. It was also in this time period that I became firmly hooked on the existential - “Southern Gothic” genre of storytelling.

For more information on the: Maryland Blogger Alliance Blog Carnival of Maryland

Or click here: 20071023 What is the Carnival of Maryland? By Attila the Pillage Idiot

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Thursday, October 25, 2007

20071023 What is the Carnival of Maryland? By Attila the Pillage Idiot


What is the Carnival of Maryland? By Attila the Pillage Idiot

October 23, 2007

Maryland Blogger Alliance

Just the FAQs, Ma'am.

Every other Sunday, members of the Maryland Blogger Alliance have been hosting a roundup of writing about Maryland.

(Logo courtesy of Charlie Dowd of C. Dowd's Blog.)

You can get links to the editions that have been posted already by checking the widget on the sidebar. That widget will also list the hosts of the forthcoming editions of the Carnival.

If you'd like to submit a post to the Carnival, use the Blog Carnival form.

For your benefit, here are the previous editions of the Carnival:

Oct 21, 2007 Creating a Jubilee County: Prince George's Co., MD

Oct 07, 2007 monoblogue

Sep 23, 2007 abolitionofman.com

Sep 09, 2007 Pillage Idiot

Aug 26, 2007 Tinkerty Tonk

Aug 11, 2007 Red Maryland

Jul 29, 2007 Maryland Politics Today

Jul 15, 2007 It's Our Wits That Make Us Men

Jun 25, 2007 Mike's Nether Land

Jun 17, 2007 Technosailor

Jun 04, 2007 Nathan Vogel

May 20, 2007 monoblogue

May 06, 2007 Soccer Dad

Apr 23, 2007 Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies

Apr 08, 2007 Politics, Hon.

Mar 26, 2007 The Greenbelt

Mar 11, 2007 Pillage Idiot

Feb 26, 2007 Crablaw's Maryland Weekly

Sunday, October 07, 2007

20071006 Katie Couric praises Attila


Katie Couric praises Attila

October 6th, 2007

“Happy Anniversary Attila! Luv ya man,” praised an effusive Ms. Couric as news of the Pillage Idiot’s third anniversary was received with accolades from all over the globe.

Attila over at the Pillage Idiot has been enlightening readers now since October 5th, 2004. We have now delightfully enjoyed his work for three years.

Accolades have poured-in from all over the universe, but here at Soundtrack, we were especially touched by Katie Couric’s heartfelt best wishes…

Happy Birthday Attila.

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Thursday, September 27, 2007

20070926 Spider No. UB6

Spider No. UB6 - September 26, 2007

Mr. Bruno, can you tell what kind of spider appears in the posted picture above? It was quite a fascinating and industrious creature. Thanks a bunch.

Kevin Dayhoff

(Folks, if you haven’t visited The Voltage Gate recently, you are missing out.)

When Mr. Bruno and I last discussed spiders; he called to my attention on 03/24/2007:

Jeremy Bruno said...

Aha! I have written about spiders on the old blog:

here, here, here, here, here, here; These are all in the series on why spiders aren’t insects…

And here; The last one might not be about a spider, taxonomically speaking, but the Harvestman father is particularly devoted to its offspring. Neat little critter.

Related: "20070321 The secret life of baby spiders"

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

20070618 A "Lady Godiva" has her day in New York’s courts

A "Lady Godiva" has her day in New York’s courts

Image credit: Lady Godiva by John Collier, ca 1897

De minimis non curat lex?

June 18th, 2007

I must note that the Pillage Idiot is on quite a roll these days. He must be younger than me or perhaps I wanna know what coffee he drinks to maintain the energy; but his post, “De minimis non curat lex?” wins the Dayhoff Dr. Pepper award.

Or perhaps his post warrants a new category, the “Reductio ad absurdum award”

Of course it all reminded me of the 1966 song by “Peter and Gordon, “Lady Godiva:”

Of “Lady Godiva,” Wikipedia notes:

Godiva (or Godgifu) (c. 990?–September 10, 1067) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "peeping Tom" for a voyeur comes from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom watched her ride and was stricken blind.

Anyway, the Pillage Idiot writes:

The New York tabloids are having a field day with a settlement between an East Village artist and the City over her arrest for going out topless on the street.

New York Post: "'Bust'ed Gal Payoff."

New York Daily News: "Bra-vo! $29G in topless suit"

The artist, Jill Coccaro, "who now goes by the name Phoenix Feeley" (no immature jokes, please), relied on a 1992 decision of the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest court, which held that prohibiting women, but not men, from going topless violated equal protection.

Read the rest here – after you safely secure all liquids…: De minimis non curat lex?

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20070618 Stacking the deck against Justice Thomas by Pillage Idiot

June 18, 2007

Attila at the Pillage Idiot has obviously spent considerable time and energy in penning an excellent review – of a review of "Supreme Discomfort, The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas" to Orlando Patterson.

Mr. Attila’s post is certainly well worth the time and I highly recommend it and want to thank Mr. Attila for taking the time to pull it all together so that others may benefit from his insights.

In a feeble attempt to add to Mr. Attila’s excellent commentary I call the readers attention that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas actually answered this book eloquently in a speech before the National Bar Association in Memphis, Tenn., on July 29th, 1998.

{A note to Mr. Crablaw, he mentions Marvin Gaye's album, What's Going On?}

See my article on “Soundtrack,” “20070423 What Going On?”

And see the end of this article…

Supreme Court Justice Thomas said a number of poignant things, including:

I'd like to thank the members of the Judicial Council of the National Bar Association who have been so courageous and forthright and kind to invite me to join you this afternoon. As has become the custom, a wearisome one I admit, this invitation has not been without controversy. Although this is unfortunate, this controversy has added little value in the calculus of my decision to be here.

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Unlike the unfortunate practice or custom in Washington and in much of the country, the court is a model of civility. It's a wonderful place. Though there have been many contentious issues to come before the Court during these initials years of my tenure, I have yet to hear the first unkind words exchanged among my colleagues. And quite frankly, I think that such civility is the sine qua non of conducting the affairs of the Court and the business of the country.

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With respect to my following, or, more accurately, being led by other members of the Court, that is silly, but expected since I couldn't possibly think for myself. And what else could possibly be the explanation when I fail to follow the jurisprudential, ideological, and intellectual, if not anti- intellectual, prescription assigned to blacks? Since thinking beyond this prescription is presumptively beyond my abilities, obviously someone must be putting these strange ideas into my mind and my opinions. Though being underestimated has its advantages, the stench of racial inferiority still confounds my olfactory nerves.

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Of course there is much criticism of the Court by this group or that, depending on the Court's decisions in various highly publicized cases. Some of the criticism is profoundly uninformed and unhelpful. And all too often, uncivil second-guessing is not encumbered by the constraints of facts, logic, or reasoned analysis. On the other hand, the constructive and often scholarly criticism is almost always helpful in thinking about or rethinking decisions.

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I have found during my almost 20 years in Washington that the tendency to personalize differences has grown to be an accepted way of doing business. One need not do the hard work of dissecting an argument. One need only attack and thus discredit the person making the argument. Though the matter being debated is not effectively resolved, the debate is reduced to unilateral pronouncements and glib but quotable clichés.

[…]

The summer of 1971 was perhaps one of the most difficult of my life. It was clear to me that the road to destruction was paved with anger, resentment, and rage. But where were we to go? I would often spend hours in our small efficiency apartment in New Haven pondering this question and listening to Marvin Gaye's then new album, What's Going On? To say the least, it was a depressing summer.

What were we to do? What's going on?

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Read the entire speech here: 19980729 Clarence Thomas Answers His Critics by Clarence Thomas

Meanwhile, Mr. Attila begins his piece by noting:

A book-review editor can elicit a positive or negative review of a book (and the subject of the book) simply by choosing a reviewer with known views.

You know all you need to know about the New York Times's feelings toward Justice Clarence Thomas (as if you didn't know it already) when you see that the Times Book Review assigned the review of "Supreme Discomfort, The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas" to Orlando Patterson. Patterson, a respected black intellectual, is a sociologist, not a lawyer. If the Times had had any interest in examining Justice Thomas's legal views, it would not have offered the review to a non-lawyer.

Why is that relevant? Justice Thomas has been a member of the Supreme Court for 15 years and, contrary to the ever-present sneers about his taking orders from Justice Scalia, he has developed a strong and individual jurisprudence over that time. You'd barely know this from reading Patterson's review.

Please read the rest of the article, “Stacking the deck against Justice Thomas” by the Pillage Idiot

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Marvin Gaye "What's Going On / What's Happening Brother"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KC7uhMY9s

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