[Cyberyeti]

The new celestial supergroup just gained a drummer http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-35342699

What with Lemmy on bass/vocals, Frey on guitar and Bowie on vocals could be good.

[barmar]

Marvin Minsky, one of the pioneers in the field of Artificial Intelligence, died on Sunday at the age of 89.

I think this is the first person in this thread who I knew personally, although not very well. When I was a freshman at MIT, I think I once went to a party at his home.

[ylee]

My good friend and BBO player BozoBus lost his heroic battle with pancreatic cancer on Feb. 25 2015..Not a day goes by that I do not remember him. Next month will be the one year anniversary of his passing. He loved to play bridge and taught me a lot.

[PassedOut]

Artur Fischer, Inventor With More Patents Than Edison, Dies at 96

[y66]

Justice Antonin Scalia, Who Led a Conservative Renaissance on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 79

[Winstonm]

It is hard to stop smiling at this somber occasion.

[Flem72]

 Winstonm, on 2016-February-13, 18:13, said:

It is hard to stop smiling at this somber occasion.

It is said that his best friend was Ruth Ginsberg; most ahve said he was a fine person. You are a bucket of spit.

[kenberg]

This looks as if it has legs, maybe it could be moved? I think in RIP it may be fair to indicate bad qualities as well as good, but a political debate should go elsewhere.

[mike777]

Too soon for this discussion, too soon.

jShocking and sad and yes many political factors but too soon.

[Cyberyeti]

A friend of mine posted this on FB in answer to some of the discussions above.

https://www.facebook...8926045/?type=3

with the comment

Quote

I had someone ask why I could not give condolences or respect for Justice Scalia upon his passing. This decision, and his opinion on it, is the reason why. In that moment, he demonstrated that he did not warrant nor deserve sympathy upon his passing - for he actively sought to deny that to others.

I think this sums the argument up fairly well.

[hrothgar]

When remembering Scalia, the following quote seems apropos: "And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's — and if you cut them down — and you're just the man to do it — d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then?"

Scalia had no respect for precedence or stare decisis. In turn, this is why his own decisions are built on sand...

[Trinidad]

 hrothgar, on 2016-February-14, 07:10, said:

In turn, this is why his own decisions are built on sand...

Hrothgar, I don't care whether his decisions were built on jello. The man just past away. IMNSHO, this is neither the place nor the time.

Rik

[Flem72]

 Cyberyeti, on 2016-February-14, 04:44, said:

A friend of mine posted this on FB in answer to some of the discussions above.

https://www.facebook...8926045/?type=3

with the comment

I think this sums the argument up fairly well.

For those who don't follow links, the quotation, attributed to Scalia, is: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached."

Interesting that I cannot find any source for this supposed quotation, let alone a context for it. Some say a speech, but no one knows where or when. Maybe your friend can solve the problem?

Also interesting that the statement, whether Scalia's or imaginary, could reasonably turn up in a rarified discussion of the law of criminal appellate procedure and /or SCOTUS' responsibility to promulgate the FRCr.P.

[Cyberyeti]

 Flem72, on 2016-February-14, 11:14, said:

For those who don't follow links, the quotation, attributed to Scalia, is: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached."

Interesting that I cannot find any source for this supposed quotation, let alone a context for it. Some say a speech, but no one knows where or when. Maybe your friend can solve the problem?

Also interesting that the statement, whether Scalia's or imaginary, could reasonably turn up in a rarified discussion of the law of criminal appellate procedure and /or SCOTUS' responsibility to promulgate the FRCr.P.

It looks like it's a paraphrasing of a longer judgment. To me having read the original, I think the paraphrasing is fair, but it could do with a bit of context.

[Bbradley62]

 Flem72, on 2016-February-14, 11:14, said:

For those who don't follow links, the quotation, attributed to Scalia, is: "Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached."

Interesting that I cannot find any source for this supposed quotation, let alone a context for it. Some say a speech, but no one knows where or when. Maybe your friend can solve the problem?

Also interesting that the statement, whether Scalia's or imaginary, could reasonably turn up in a rarified discussion of the law of criminal appellate procedure and /or SCOTUS' responsibility to promulgate the FRCr.P.

This is from the 1993 case Herrera v. Collins, and the actual text of Scalia's concurring opinion, provided by SCOTUS, can be found here: http://www.supremeco...lumes/506bv.pdf .

[barmar]

 kenberg, on 2016-February-13, 22:12, said:

This looks as if it has legs, maybe it could be moved? I think in RIP it may be fair to indicate bad qualities as well as good, but a political debate should go elsewhere.

I've moved the posts about SCOTUS, but not specifically about Scalia, to a new thread.

[Flem72]

 Bbradley62, on 2016-February-14, 12:41, said:

This is from the 1993 case Herrera v. Collins, and the actual text of Scalia's concurring opinion, provided by SCOTUS, can be found here: http://www.supremeco...lumes/506bv.pdf .

ty

[Winstonm]

Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird

[helene_t]

Umberto Eco. I am not a fiction reader but "The name of the rose" made me make an exception. A truly great author.

[diana_eva]

 helene_t, on 2016-February-19, 19:09, said:

Umberto Eco. I am not a fiction reader but "The name of the rose" made me make an exception. A truly great author.

ugh He was more than a fiction writer, one of my favorites if not THE