Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The San Jose Mercury News tells the story of one Gopalan Nair, a Fremont blogger who has found himself in a Singaporean jail. Gopalan accused a judge of "prostituting herself" to the will of authorities there. Apparently "insulting a public servant in a judicial proceeding" can land you up to two years in prison on the strict island nation.

In light of this, I'll keep to myself my two cents about Monday's Supreme Court decision to consider U.S. Navy arguments for why it's ok to harm whales and other marine life by testing powerful sonar off California's southern coast. And I guess if, on the same day, they refuse to hear cases against Bush administration attempts to circumvent environmental protections in the building of a U.S.-Mexican border fence, I won't be using the word 'prostitute' to describe what the Supreme Court is doing to California's environment.

In lighter news, Governor Schwarzenegger will not be attending today's 47th annual Captial prayer breakfast. Recent polling data suggests Californians are less likely than the rest of the nation to hold religion to be "very important." Instead, the governor will be meeting with GOP presidential nominee John McCain in Santa Barbara. "We're saddened that he is unable to make it, and we'll be praying for him," said Assemblyman Rick Keene.

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