Posted on 08/21/2017 1:30:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A federal judge in Florida ruled a trial couldn't be postponed just because one of the key witnesses — a federal agent — had travel plans to see the solar eclipse.
In a droll, three-page ruling issued Friday, Judge Steven Merryday denied the motion filed by an assistant U.S. attorney.
Recalling popular dialogue from the TV classic Star Trek, the judge wrote that the prosecutor "boldy moves (where no AUSA has moved before)."
"The solar eclipse is no longer mysterious, supernatural, foreboding or ominous," wrote Merryday. "An eclipse is just another astral event, precisely predictable since the day the Babylonians discovered the governing formula."
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcmiami.com ...
Only a liberal would think they are entitled to have the rest of the world schedule around their priorities.... IMO.
Ooops. Brain dead mom already asked.
I watched Scott Kelly on CBS today. He has never seen an eclipse.
It was funny to see him kind of bitch about not being able to see it when he was looking forward to it.... because he was getting paid by CBS to talk about it.
Whaaa, the world didn’t stop just for him.
Clearly we pay for another federal snowflake.
Hard to imagine this isn’t one of the guys who will be investigating Russian collusion...
that’ll learn ya !!!
I remember the eclipse in ‘79 and there was nowhere near the hype, hoop-la and mass ‘amazement’ associated with that celestial event compared to today’s. Back then, people found it to be interesting but nothing to get so emotional about.
“In a droll, three-page ruling issued Friday, Judge Steven Merryday denied the motion...”
Three page ruling? Whatever happened to just saying “No.”?
It is a shadow. How exciting can that really be?
I’ll try to explain it to you. One minute the sun is shining so bright that you can’t look at it, although things are getting darker, like someone is turning down the lights. And then, suddenly it is night time. Not the middle of the night, but night nonetheless with stars out and everything. And where the sun was is a white glow surrounding a pure black disc. It is quite impressive. I really enjoyed it.
Just like everything else he reports on that he never saw himself.
-PJ
Ditto on that.
GingisK: If one is well inside the path of totality, like I was a few hours ago, and the atmosphere is reasonably clear, it is QUITE an experience.
All: This Asst. U.S. Attorney could well have had a few thousand dollars, much of it non-refundable, tied up in his trip. Accomodations’ cost in locations along the path of totality were nearly off the charts. So... I kinda don’t blame him for trying...
Plus there are no guarantees for any of us that we'll be around seven years from now at the next cross-continental total eclipse.
Another total solar eclipse is happening in 7 years on 2024, they can catch then.
In the U.S.?
I’ve not seen one before today.
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