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OUCH

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

A couple of us are saying "ouch" today.First Rumpole, utterly beaten on Sunday, picked both games incorrect, after picking both Saturday playoff games correctly. Not only did this hurt, but we didn't see it coming, it was totally unexpected, and we'd probably make the same bets again. Sunday was just "one of those days." Ouch. There is now only one sensible and reasonable thing to do: double the bets for next week to make up for our loses. And Judge Spencer EIg is also saying "ouch" as he was spanked by the Third DCA for his bond antics. The decision is here: SPANKEDAs near as we can figure, Judge Eig set a bond, then wanted to modify the bond at a later hearing sua sponte (Latin for "the judge is acting crazy again.") and then when the public defender objected and said s/he would appeal, the Judge then took the defendant into custody and re-set the bond at one million dollars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on January 14, 2008 (boomark / email).