Keef:

He's being brought initially to New York under a civilian trial. That means, his attorneys are free to file a motion to move the trial elsewhere. However, I live here and can tell you that if you can have a fair trial anywhere, it is in New York.

This doesn't mean there's a 50/50 chance of guilt or innocents. I firmly believe that you can find a jury in New York that will listen to the available evidence and decide accordingly.

And, if the defendants don't think they'll be able to get an impartial jury, have have a right not to have a jury if they feel that one cannot be fair, and ask the judge to make the ruling of guilt or innocence.

I know you were mainly tongue in cheek and had a bit of the revenge fantasy, but I am not cheering for a guilty verdict. Instead, I want a fair trial. I want the defendants to get all the rights and privileges of a fair judicial system. A system that is not available in many countries. I want the jury to deliberate, and if found guilty, I want the defendant to pay their debt to society.

I want the whole world to watch and see how justice is really carried out. I want the world to see the difference between those who advocate destruction and those who advocate justice.

So the next time a guy I'm not interested in hits on me (or even just asks for directions) I'll whack him in the head with a tire iron and claim the same defense. Think that will fly?

Of course it won't fly. This is the gay panic defense.

A guy who comes up to you and grabs certain regions of your body is acting in a completely straight manner. You won't get anywhere with a jury with that defense.

No, you'd have to say that the guy was making snarky comments about the way you dressed, or was singing Broadway show tunes before you hit him with the tire iron.

Take the public option out of the Senate bill. When the House and Senate versions come up for reconciliation, add the public option back in.

When the reconciled bill comes up for a vote with the public option, it can only be voted straight up or down. No debate. No filibuster.

Republicans did this very same trick when they controlled the House and Senate back in 2000 to 2006. Heck, the Republicans even did it worse. They use to completely rewrite bills during the reconciliation process and made them much more right wing. They would remove provisions that were added to both the Senate and House bills, and add provisions that both the House and Senate rejected.

At least the public option is in the House version of the bill, so this wouldn't be completely out of left field.

The more you guys make comments about James Caan's ghost, the more he'll appear.

He's only appariting for the attention.

What a great idea! If I was Senator Snowe, I'd give it out to my constituents during the next election in November when people in Maine can use it. She'll be guaranteed to win.

Yeah, that'll teach her a lesson.

There isn't a telephone future for Microsoft. Their Project Pink will compete against all those vendors who sell Windows Mobile phones, and Project Pink is rumored to have problems.

T-Mobile had a smartphone in the SideKick that was quite popular with the young set. It wasn't as fully functioned as the iPhone/Pre set, but it was easy to setup and did what you needed it to do, help you text.

Now, T-Mobile, a carrier who is a distance 4th in the U.S. is in deep trouble thanks to Microsoft's incompetence. They'll lose a bunch of very profitable subscribers, be involved in all sorts of suits, and generally get a pretty black eye out of this instance. Their long term survival is questionable at this point. T-Mobile already had a lot of work on its plate to remain viable, I suspect that DT will be looking for a buyer soon.

Microsoft is really in trouble. I suspect that they're about to be sued for a few billion dollars over this. And, if I was a cell phone manufacturer or a cell phone service provider, I'd think twice being in league with this company. They already screwed those companies who teamed with them with PlaysForSure (only to replaced by the Zune which even had worse market penetration). You want to team with Microsoft on a Windows Mobile platform and have Microsoft responsible for your customers' data? Didn't think so.

This will greatly boost Android, and I suspect the Android platform will outsell the iPhone platform after this. Android already had a lot of interest from T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon, and quite a few phone makers have announced plans for building Android based sets.

Microsoft is pretty much out of the mobile picture. The corporate world has backed BlackBerry to Microsoft's detriment. Android will be an interesting platform for other corporate platforms, and Windows Mobile simply hasn't got the traction it needs to be viable.

T-Mobile should exchange the Sidekick handsets with Android handsets and help people transfer their data plans.

It is absolutely unbelievable that Microsoft didn't have a backup plan in case something like this happened.

This is an instant classic.

I don't know which panel I like best. Whether its the evil full on look of Hitler announcing his evil intention to give Americans universal healthcare in Panel 4 or the limbo dance in Panel 5 or the final panel with the chrome domed evil scientist.

I'm going out and buy all of Bolling's books right now.