tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3618797205298509934..comments2024-03-29T06:38:24.426-05:00Comments on Althouse: Drudge's mystery mongering. Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74729337716439373732016-02-16T13:05:38.788-06:002016-02-16T13:05:38.788-06:00The only thing we know for sure is that the same g...The only thing we know for sure is that the same government that feels compelled to record all of our phone calls, text messages, and emails in vast data collection centers did not think the sudden death of a Supreme Court Justice worth so much as an autopsy.TRISTRAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923560466940825436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53769829773424821702016-02-16T12:10:51.507-06:002016-02-16T12:10:51.507-06:00Scalia was not known to be sick in public. And the...Scalia was not known to be sick in public. And the doctor didn't diagnose him that way on Wednesday and Thursday. He just had high blood pressure and poor circulation. The operation was probably considering was NOT a heart bypass operation, but something that would allegedly alleviate his shoulder pain. He probably told him the shoulder pain could or would go away. Ignoramus!Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22143798202496830502016-02-16T12:08:07.554-06:002016-02-16T12:08:07.554-06:00Theodore Roosevelt died suddenly, just after his 6...Theodore Roosevelt died suddenly, just after his 60th birthday. There are other people who die in their sleep, or at least don't get out of bed. This was case where you had both but the person wasn't home in his own bed. <br /><br />You really do have to suspect the medicine, if he took a new one, or a doctor missing a life-threatening problem. You also have to suspect that the lodge owner is covering up possible neglect on his part, although he couldn't be held legally liable. Otherwise, it's Professor Plum, in the dining room, with a "sleeping" pill.Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2168720952340776862016-02-16T12:01:48.340-06:002016-02-16T12:01:48.340-06:00More news:
1. Scalia had visited a doctor both on...More news:<br /><br />1. Scalia had visited a doctor both on Wednesday and on Thursday.<br /><br />2. He had shoulder pain or a shoulder injury, and the doctor took an MRI.<br /><br />3. The doctor said that he didn't consider him a candidate for surgery because of his weakened heart condition. (the surgery also probably would be stupid in principle.)<br /><br />??? Did the doctor alter any of his prescriptions?<br /><br />??? Was this actually the beginning of a heart attack, or an aneurysm burst? Was the shoulder pain diagnosed correctly? If the doctor says "injury" it probably only means it started suddenly, with some motion he undertook.<br /><br />4. He had a planned trip to a hunting lodge in an isolated area in West Texas. It is by invitation only really. There were about 35 other people there, mostly locals. It costs $500 a day.<br /><br />5. One of his sons (probably not the priest) was originally scheduled to be there with him, but didn't go, for some reason that didn't make it into the newspapers. <br /><br />6. Justice Scalia arrived at the hunting lodge on Friday afternoon. <br /><br />7. He did not go on the scheduled hunting trip that afternoon.<br /><br />??? With shoulder pain would he even have been able to?<br /><br />8. He did show up for dinner.<br /><br />9. He retired early to go to bed at about 9 pm (10pm eastern time) <br /><br />10. According to "officials" he said he was feeling tired. <br /><br />11. The owner said he was feeling fine.<br /><br />12. He did not show up for breakfast Saturday morning.<br /><br />13. At 1 pm the owner checked in on him. He says he was stone cold. (which would explain not calling for an ambulance or any medical assistance.)<br /><br />14. The owner says a pillow was over his head. It is not known whether it was usual for Justice Scalia to sleep this way. It is common for some people to do so.<br /><br />16. Also his hands were over his chest. (which would mean he was facing up)<br /><br />17. And that his clothings and the bedsheets were unruffled.<br /><br />18. The owner, a man named John Poindexter (not <i> that </i> John Poindexter) is a Democrat. This hints darkly at possible connections. <br /><br /><br />Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-278711526242942332016-02-16T08:22:43.729-06:002016-02-16T08:22:43.729-06:00
Blogger Fabi said...
I heard that there was a se...<br /><br />Blogger Fabi said...<br />I heard that there was a second pillow.<br /><br />On a grassy knoll like area outside his bedroom window.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10724529781429879992016-02-16T01:29:37.322-06:002016-02-16T01:29:37.322-06:00Why doesn't someone just ask his wife if he sl...Why doesn't someone just ask his wife if he slept with a pillow over his head?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06947936725876515045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18399016986428313502016-02-15T22:19:16.017-06:002016-02-15T22:19:16.017-06:00I think not!I think not!Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69128563940555671392016-02-15T22:13:06.522-06:002016-02-15T22:13:06.522-06:00As for the pillow, my father used to sleep with a ...As for the pillow, my father used to sleep with a pillow over his head. It's a way to block the light. <br />-----------------<br /><br />Ah, but did they find a stack of Playboy's next to Scalia's dead body?Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25073236983342799312016-02-15T17:31:48.068-06:002016-02-15T17:31:48.068-06:00I heard that there was a second pillow.I heard that there was a second pillow.Fabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991749875348408368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61994032131985728102016-02-15T16:33:25.942-06:002016-02-15T16:33:25.942-06:00 bbkingfish said...
Then again maybe he just like... bbkingfish said...<br /><br />Then again maybe he just liked to eat. You know dying in your sleep at the height of your intellectual powers beats the shit out of dying ina bed in some nursing home and not even knowing your own name. Covered in bed sores and your own shit.<br />Thers a lot to be said if you can make it to eighty on your own steam and them start packing away the t-bones and eclaires.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4862870623592809062016-02-15T15:29:51.103-06:002016-02-15T15:29:51.103-06:00The lefties will alter this slightly. It will be a...The lefties will alter this slightly. It will be a white pillow case with eye, nose and mouth slits.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75666965158161014932016-02-15T15:14:38.338-06:002016-02-15T15:14:38.338-06:00Another obvious possible factor which no one has m...Another obvious possible factor which no one has mentioned:<br /><br />In his more recent photographs, Scalia appeared to have ballooned to somewhere just south of 400 pounds. He was always a portly fellow (as am I), but he had grown to elephantine proportions over the past ten years, apparently.<br /><br />He must have been disappointed when W. passed him over for Chief Justice. Did he suffer from a long-term depression as a result? A depression so dark that, as a symptom, he simply threw himself into wanton overindulgence, with death occurring after a decade of unrestrained gluttony? <br /><br />Obviously, I don't know. But it seems possible. He never was known as a man of moderation, after all.<br /><br />bbkingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837055667750129209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55285038306991872342016-02-15T14:52:01.155-06:002016-02-15T14:52:01.155-06:00Sammy Finkelman said...2) But he was not known to ...Sammy Finkelman said...<i>2) But he was not known to be sick at all.</i><br /><br />Bzzzt (as reported in the press): His doctor told the judge that he was recently ill. I'm sure his doctor told him to lay off the booze and tobacco, but humans are frail.<br />Etiennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02463542962653770911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1794074758306820882016-02-15T14:46:01.875-06:002016-02-15T14:46:01.875-06:00To TheRanter,
Without seeing what happened with J...To TheRanter,<br /><br />Without seeing what happened with Justice Scalia, your thoughts about a massive insulin injection can't be totally allayed, but the symptoms of insulin OD on a large scale include confusion, unconsciousness and seizure none of which was reported by the others who were there. According to the witnesses, Justice Scalia reported he was not feeling well and he died in his sleep. Had there been a seizure, there would have been signs, most likely. <br />mikeyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213298861892317555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44687726620424907432016-02-15T14:45:42.015-06:002016-02-15T14:45:42.015-06:00Humperdink said...
How many lunatic lefties wish...Humperdink said...<br /><br /><i> How many lunatic lefties wished Scalia would expire before November 2016? </i><br /><br />For that, they'd have to assume that a Republican would win the Presidential election, and that the Democrats would not regain control of the Senate - and the class of 2010 is heavily Republican. And it's very late in a presidential term.<br /><br />So, I'd look for a specific case being decided this term. I'd also, of course, look to see if anyone was around who could have done something. I'd also want to know, were there any (possibly overlooked) signs of a problem. And how frequently does something like this happen?Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25123781972488472442016-02-15T14:36:19.268-06:002016-02-15T14:36:19.268-06:00If any human being had anything to do with him dyi...If any human being had anything to do with him dying, it would not likely be because of general considerations, because this does not look like a propitious time for someone who wanted to see him replaced, but because of case that was being decided this term. <br /><br />Evenwel v. Abbott would be the likely one, except that Scalia, if anything, would vote to reverse the Court of Appeals, so it would have to be someone on the winning side, which was no change in reapportionment rules. <br /><br />The case could have enormmous political consequences. Does anyone know how that was going?<br /><br />http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/what-happens-to-this-terms-close-cases/<br /><br /><i> Other significant cases in which the Court may now be equally divided include Evenwel v. Abbott (on the meaning of the “one person, one vote” guarantee), the cases challenging the accommodation for religious organizations under the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, and the challenge to the Obama administration’s immigration policy. </i><br /><br />Yes, but does anyone know which way it was going to go? Or did anyone think they knew?<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/supreme_court_dispatches/2015/12/evenwel_v_abbott_the_supreme_court_hears_arguments_in_a_voter_apportionment.single.html<br /><br /><b> Evenwel is ably represented this morning by William Consovoy, and it’s clear that—with the exception of an <i> oddly silent Antonin Scalia </i> —the justices will likely break along the usual partisan lines. </b> <br /><br />Well, there could still be fear of how Scalia would decide.<br /><br />It was argued December 8, 2015.<br /><br />http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/evenwel-v-abbott/<br /><br />Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86738422669279747872016-02-15T14:32:01.230-06:002016-02-15T14:32:01.230-06:00Another possibility, of course, is poison, or a ba...Another possibility, of course, is poison, or a bad prescription, but I repeat myself.Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34434092884574958442016-02-15T14:31:23.082-06:002016-02-15T14:31:23.082-06:00It's not just Drudge - it's the New York P...It's not just Drudge - it's the New York Post headline. <br /><br />So some people actually sleep that way, with their head under the pillow, rather than over it.<br /><br />I would more likely suspect an aneurysm, rather than a myocardial infarction. <br /><br />The only thing we know if that:<br /><br />1) He was 79 years old.<br /><br />2) But he was not known to be sick at all. <br /><br />3) His family wasn't there with him - but that was usual for Justice Scalia.<br /><br />4) He may have said he wasn't feeling well, and in any case he went to bed early at 9 pm, saying it had been a long day and week. Is this a danger sign?<br /><br />5) He didn't show up for breakfast, and when he didn't come out for lunch, they went into the room where he was sleeping.<br /><br />6) And then they gave him Last Rites. (apparently in the Catholic Church they can do that after somebody is dead, as long as it is not official or something)<br /><br />Sammy Finkelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05105012664741556033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66256873591760468782016-02-15T14:30:23.240-06:002016-02-15T14:30:23.240-06:00Mikeyes: "We don't know if Justice Scalia...Mikeyes: "We don't know if Justice Scalia had any medical problems. He and a number of the other Justices do have one predictive factor, old age, and there are at least two others who have other known factors that can shorten life span: juvenile diabetes and cancer."<br /><br />I know you are talking about Sotomayor/Juvenile Diabetes, but reminds me, as the parent of a Type 1/Juv Diabetes child, when I first read about Justice Scalia and no autopsy, I had to wonder if someone murdered him by injecting him with a giant bolus of fast acting insulin. No way to know now. <br /><br />As far as the "pillow over his head" it is getting out of hand. If you look at the picture of the room after he was removed, the pillow, in that picture, if that is where he was on the bed, is literally over/above where his head would have been. (Assuming that picture was not staged.)<br />Theranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18342208792687802770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49001071678054024322016-02-15T14:25:29.966-06:002016-02-15T14:25:29.966-06:00what a load of crap! Chicago gangsters would never...what a load of crap! Chicago gangsters would never assassinate anyone!Real Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457301904108193495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50907255738836042952016-02-15T14:15:28.165-06:002016-02-15T14:15:28.165-06:00The things you learn -
From an interview with New...The things you learn -<br /><br />From an <a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/antonin-scalia-2013-10/index6.html" rel="nofollow">interview with New York Magazine</a> -<br /><br /><b>While your opinions are delectable to read, I’m wondering: Do you ever regret their tone? Specifically, that your tone might have cost you a majority?</b><br /> <br />Scalia: <i>No. It never cost me a majority. And you ought to be reluctant to think that any justice of the Supreme Court would make a case come out the other way just to spite Scalia. Nobody would do that. You’re dealing with significant national issues. You’re dealing with real litigants—no. My tone is sometimes sharp. But I think sharpness is sometimes needed to demonstrate how much of a departure I believe the thing is. Especially in my dissents. Who do you think I write my dissents for?</i> <br /> <br /><b>Law students.</b><br />Scalia: <i>Exactly. And they will read dissents that are breezy and have some thrust to them. That’s who I write for.</i><br /><br />People always thought of Scalia as a law professor. <br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28301126242958712822016-02-15T14:04:02.909-06:002016-02-15T14:04:02.909-06:00Darrell - the Catechism allows for an autopsy &quo...Darrell - the Catechism <i>allows</i> for an autopsy "for legal inquests or scientific research" if the body is "treated with respect and charity" (CCC 2300-01). But in the greater Catholic tradition (of which the Scalia family is firmed placed) they are disfavored precisely for reasons of respecting the body. Certainly I would not want a loved one to be cut open, have all his internal organs removed and dissected, then to be disposed of or put in bags and then put back into the body cavity, together with some cotton packing, like you are a stuffed animal, and then roughly stitched back together.<br /><br />It is that same Catholic identity, which went to the essence of who Antonin Scalia is and was, that would preclude him ever engaging in the mortal sin of suicide.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07575021285669012791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78702009976462733232016-02-15T14:03:30.372-06:002016-02-15T14:03:30.372-06:00"Go right ahead. Let someone you trust do it ..."Go right ahead. Let someone you trust do it to you--use a timer so they don't go more than minute if you don't say anything."<br /><br /><br />No. You didn't suggest testing your theory on me, first.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44923466202281383282016-02-15T13:54:51.519-06:002016-02-15T13:54:51.519-06:00Three (3) ways Scalia could have been killed. Dall...Three (3) ways Scalia could have been killed. Dallas Observer, linked via Instapundit. <br /><br />http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/3-ways-scalia-could-have-been-killed-8031773Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91910129255810977802016-02-15T13:51:29.993-06:002016-02-15T13:51:29.993-06:00My favorite part of this sort of anti-conspiracy t...My favorite part of this sort of anti-conspiracy talk is that <i>The Pelican Brief</i> was seen as a perfectly reasonable conspiracy theory because it had a <b>BIG BUSINESS</b> as the antagonist. And the plucky proto-Brockovich as the protagonist.<br /><br />But the Left just cannot help but laugh at the ridiculous idea that another Leftist would kill a Supreme Court Justice to further its own political agenda. That idea must be ridiculed.<br /><br />Our side good. Their side bad.<br /><br />Four legs good. Two legs bad.<br /><br />Am I right?Birkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205292523499913507noreply@blogger.com