Boy would Cleisthenes be pissed off.

I am back from my vacation paddling down the Yangtze in search of the Baiji to ask it whether or not the long nose is a curse handed down for lying about the source of its rather pale skin.  Sadly, there are only a couple dozen left and I was unable to commune with one.

Lot's has been going on since I departed!

Perhaps most interesting is the fact that democracy's birthplace has now seen the final demise of democracy. First, the Greeks come to a bailout deal with the EU that requires significant cuts to social expenditures and increases in taxes, next, the Greek prime minister announces his intention to allow the people of Greece to vote on whether or not they want to accept the agreement. The EU countries, stock markets, banks and China all go berserk. Finally, the vote by the people is tabled, the prime minister is out, and the Greeks are now having the deal shoved down their throats.

If anybody ever questioned who runs the world, you now have the answer - the bankers.

The following is a great video by a rapping Tennessee lawyer (HT ATL), you HAVE to freeze the thing at 2:19 to fall in love with this guy who apparently loves to make out with clients(?) paralegals(?) co-counsel(?):




Do you think Judge Moreno will let me shoot my video in his courtroom? Maybe I could borrow a couple of his and Martinez's clerks for extras?