Thorns & roses.THORN ... * To federal judge ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR Anna Diggs Taylor (born Anna Katherine Johnston, 1932, Washington, D.C.) is a United States District Court judge in Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from Barnard College in 1954 and Yale Law School in 1957, and worked in the Office of Solicitor for the United States Department of , a Carter era appointee APPOINTEE. A person who is appointed or selected for a particular purpose; as the appointee under a power, is the person who is to receive the benefit of the trust or power. , for preening "there are no hereditary Kings in America," in her 44-page decision to strike down NSA's warrantless wiretaps as unconstitutional, apparently oblivious of the surveillance-driven roll-up of the terrorist plot in the UK to blow up US-bound airliners. ROSE ... * "If IVANKA wasn't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her," remarked The Donald about the attractive daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump Ivana Trump (born Ivana Marie Zelníčková IPA: [ˈɪvana ˈmarɪjɛ ˈzɛlɲi:tʃkova:] . To which the 24-year-old who works for the family firm replied, "If he wasn't my father I would spray him with mace Mace, chemical spray Mace, chemical spray device used by police in riot control. Mace is ordinary tear gas (chloroacetophenone, or CN) in a volatile solvent contained in a spray can. It causes severe lacrimation and temporary blindness. ." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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