Need a break from post-election angst? Worrying about the Iran war which we were assured would be over in two weeks? Can't sleep because the world's superpower can't manufacture replacement missiles in less than two years while a third-rate oppressive theocracy can apparently refresh its arsenal within weeks while being bombed? Going over the figures of Mexico paying for the wall and not finding any payments? Got a Judge who sets you for trial the day after you return from vacation and thinks they are doing you a favor? Searching in vain for one defense-positive opinion from the Eleventh Circuit? Stressing over who to pick as your QB in fantasy football and wondering whether the Bears QB was a one-year wonder?
Fear not. We have just the answer for you.
Play this game- Clues by Sam. Find the criminals and find the innocent people through an ingenious use of word clues where there is no drone-prosecutor mindlessly intoning victim wants max while the Desantis drone smiles and calls balls and strikes.
After we do the failing NY Times puzzles of Wordle, Spelling Bee, Connections (which we are not the biggest fan of), the Mini (which we are), Strands (our latest obsession), and the two gems in the Washington Post- Keyword and Wridges, we head over to Clues by Sam and do what we do best- find the innocent people.
Enjoy.
We also usually get to 18 words, (we've yet to get a perfect score, but have come all so close, ugh) Zanagrams, and Uncrossy.
Those are more bullet train/airplane ride games when we take a break from reading what Gen Z calls K Bros (Brothers Karamazov)
43 comments:
another communist took over the blog?
Da comrade. What gave us away?
https://abovethelaw.com/2026/08/federal-judge-calls-arab-head-covering-a-terror-scarf-as-part-of-persistent-anti-muslim-rhetoric/
Woah. Seems like the fed blog should be reporting on this?
Yooo, whats up with the liberal women supporting Lindsay Clancy after she murdered her three children. What a truly sick and vile group they've morphed into.
Time for Altman to go. I am a true-blue, American-born, Irish Catholic white dude, not a terrorist or Muslim, and have a keffiyeh, purchased online 15 years ago from Brigade Quartermasters, Providence, Rhode Island, a supplier of military-style equipment for our troops and civilians. They still sell them for $10.95,
"The classic Shemagh or Keffiyeh has been worn for centuries by people of the deserts who needed everyday protection from blowing sand and glaring, burning sun light. Made of soft 100% cotton, these headwraps are ideal for keeping sun, wind, and sand out of eyes and face."
https://brigadeqm.com/shemagh-traditional-desert-headdress
It is sad that this is not being discussed in our South Florida legal community.
SAO is back to ethical lawyering.
Rump, no thoughts on a fed judges hate speech? What would you do if you had a Muslim client in front of him.
You all are wrong.
Judge Roy Altman is the most brilliant jurist I know. I have served on the bench and realize that Judge Altman is way above the rest in his ability to thoroughly understand the law, make timely and proper rulings and is beyond articulate in explaining his thought process.
Thank goodness that he ethically explains Israel’s right to survive based upon legal principles.
I truly believe that Judge Altman with his kind temperament and his high intellect will one day run for the U.S. Senate and ultimately run for U.S. President.
And he will go down as the best politician in history as a true inspirational statesman.
question: is the judge calls balls and strikes comment sarcasm, or an actual suggestion that Judges should be more than a referee?
you sure nailed one thing: he’s a politician. And if you ask him, he will definitely tell you he’s the most brilliant jurist. He’s also born in Venezuela. So thankfully we won’t ever have to deal with him as President. Something tells me you haven’t served on the bench.
Rumpole - what say you on Judge Altman?
Altman should move to Israel. I'm sick of his bullshit.
Great comment but if you believe this part, “and ultimately run for U.S. President” try reading the Constitution. Something you should have done if you “served on the bench.”
But Judge Altman can get elected President in Israel and be a great world leader.
How can a Muslim party or lawyer get a fair shake in his courtroom.
What makes you say "liberal women"? Have you polled those who think she may have been psychotic at the time of the killings to determine their views on other issues?
Must be hard to get dates if you think "liberal women" are "a truly sick and vile group." I imagine most of the women you practice law with qualify as "liberal".
You sound damaged. Get help.
Imagine if a Muslim judge had said a similar thing about yarmulkes, calling them genocide hats or something. Immediate impeachment. The prejudice is part of the package with Altman. He is revered by the Jewish Lawyers Association, not a good look for them, nor is this extreme minority position in America of blind pro-Israel apologia likely to have any political future which is what Altman really wants.
This is outrageous. Read the whole article. He should be impeached.
altman is great. we all know that if u say anything positive about israel and negative about Palestine ( like they are mostly terror sympathizers and elected Hamas to run their terrortory ) the woke mob goes a against you. i hope altman keeps speaking the truth and ruffling your feathers. im not a jew but i stand with them. and no - its not a genocide. they attacked killed 1200 innocent people and they run Gaza and hide behind their civilians. that’s war.
The other one left too.
The truth that all Palestinians are terrorists? That’s what saying terror scarves means. Yeah, I don’t think that, nor do most people thankfully. Let AIPAC pay to advertise Israel to me I don’t need a U.S. judge to do it in his chambers.
Judge Altman is more than fair to Muslims appearing in his court. In court, it is justice for all. He knows the distinction between the Muslim religion and a Jihadi Islamist.
Take a look at Jewish doctors in Israel. They provide the same standard of care to Arabs as they do for Jewish patients.
Judge Altman is a brilliant jurist. He only speaks about how the law itself proves that Israel is legally correct in its actions on Zionism, self defense and as an independent sovereign state.
There are anti Israel extremists appearing all over America and the world.
It is growing and it is dangerous. It is not only an existential danger to Israel - but also to Jews all over.
Antisemitism has existed from the beginning of time. I struggle trying to understand the REASON for Antisemitism?
But I always conclude that to give a REASON for antisemitism would be to legitimize it.
Hence, there is NO REASON for Antisemitism.
Your thought’s Rumpole? And our intelligent blog readers?
Altman is not a "brilliant jurist." I can think of several other federal judges in Miami I would rather be in front of who are just as talented and possess a lot less ego. But he is a great politician and a tremendous advocate for Israel.
spot the fuck on.
How would you know if Judge Altman is fair to Muslims appearing in his court? Are you in there day in and day out surveilling his behavior to Muslim litigants? Do you review all the pleadings and his orders? What a bizarre and telling comment. I'm Jewish. I wear 'terrorist scarves,' as a symbol of solidarity with the scores of thousands of innocent Gazan civilians who have been slaughtered by Israel. They were not human shields. They were men, women and children trying and failing to survive. While there is no reason for being antisemitic, there is a reason for being anti-Israel. It is Netanyahu who conflates being anti-Israel with being anti-semitic. It was Israel's way of silencing international critics of its appalling policies. This illogic has been baked into our politics as well. People in this country are finally waking up to this. About time.
I think he’s very smart and very fair. Can’t beat that combo. I reserve brilliant for the Meek Robinettes of the world. Few and far between.
Preach
pretty self-evidently he doesn't "only speak about how the law itself proves Israel is legally correct in its action" and "know the distinction between the Muslim religion and a Jihadi Islamist" since he publicly labelled keffiyehs, something that is part of Palestinian identity and worn by all Palestinians, as "terror scarves". Also the Above the Law article says he was recently repeating for a public audience the lie that 40 babies were beheaded by Hamas on 10/7, tough to argue he is simply applying the law to the facts when he is fabricating the facts, and surely knows he is as he's not dumb. Sounds like the exact same kind of racist and false pro-Israel propaganda we've been hearing that, in combination with Israel's actions on ground, has earned Israel its lowest US support ever, except here it is coming from a US Judge paid by US taxpayers and delivered from his chambers.
9:06am -you are wrong. You are falling for the fake liberal news. Do you also think Mayor Mamdani is a smart man with good policies? Do you think he is an Antisemite? Or is he only Anti Israel?
Hey 9:06am
The Jews that vote for a democratic socialist are absolutely self hating Jews. They are actively assisting in an oncoming increased hatred of people of the Jewish faith and more violent homicides - and potentially another genocide of the world's oldest religion.
Do you 9:06am in wearing your Palestinian terrorist scarf also fully support Hamas and Hezbollah?
I acknowledge your constitutional right to say or wear anything you want - but I think that you should examine your born religion Judaism and strongly consider converting to Muslim and graduating into a jihadi Islamist?
PS. If you feel so strong, why don’t you travel to Gaza and volunteer to help the Hamas government take care of these victims of Israeli “genocide”?
The go to Gaza talking point is funny. We can’t. Israel forbids it. Israel controls the borders. We can go visit Israeli detention like Gaza flotilla people did, we cannot go visit or volunteer in Gaza. Even giving money is risky as it could be deemed supporting terrorists. Westerners and Americans can and do go to West Bank and document and witness tremendous settler violence there tho.
What’s worse? A federal judge who’s an advocate for Israel. Or a county court judge who is a member of a designated terrorist organisation?
Judge Altman is a member of a domestic terror organization: The Florida Bar.
1:37 - When it's a non-Jew who criticizes Israel, you say she's an anti-semite. When it's a Jew who criticizes Israel, you say she's a self-hating Jew. These are ad feminam attacks - a fallacious way of shutting down discussion.
Thanks for Clues by Sam recommendation. Fun game.
Better the FL Bar than CAIR
The End of the American Middle East, Foreign Affairs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/end-american-middle-east-iran-marc-lynch
"Israel’s destruction of Gaza and the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran "together have dealt a death blow to the American Middle East," writes Marc Lynch in a new essay in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs. Just as the 1956 Suez crisis "did not immediately end the British and French empires" in the region, the full effects of today’s conflicts will "take time to materialize." But the old U.S.-led order is already "giving way to something new.""
"The United States still has a chance to change the policies that have produced disaster, Lynch argues. If Washington is willing to stop supporting autocrats, shielding its allies from accountability, and containing its enemies with military might, it might be able to "engage with the region in a healthier way" and encourage the stability it "has claimed to want all along.""
@10:05 On Novembers 4, 1995, Yigal Amir, an Israeli law student, shot and killed Yitzhak Rabin, the prime minister of Israel. Please tell me about the violent Arabs in CAIR.
They are terrorist scarves. The milky white numnuts wearing these terror scarves, apologising for being white, support hamas. They’re electing candidates that have ties to literal terrorists. Qatar, the Muslim brotherhood have “donated” $12 Billion to US universities, The CCP $2.3 Billion and another $12 Billion just in tuition for Chinese nationals and these antisemites are obsessed with AIPAC while our kids are being brainwashed by radical Islam and the Chinese communist party. Useful Idiots
What difference does it make if they were beheaded or set on fire? They killed infants, pregnant women, children set people on fire, violently raped women. Sone died from those sexual assaults. The assaults by hamas were atrocious. You sound like a terror supporter.
Why don’t you read his book or speak with some of the other non Jewish federal judges who traveled to Israel with judge Altman multiple times to examine the facts and evidence. I doubt seriously that you would spew any of that nonsense to his face.
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