As expected, I. Lewis Scooter Libby is appealing his sentence in the DC federal District Court.

The notice of appeal, filed today, is concise -- just the vital statistics, name, address, brief summary of the sentence, and the bare statement:

"I, the above named appellant, hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the above-stated judgment."

Signed, etc.

Two new attorneys, appeals experts in effect, were added to the Libby defense team just last week.
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Now the point of all those feeble cable jokes comes home, which is more than you can say for the cable co.

Having finally broke down, I signed up for Comcast's "basic" cable package -- no special deals, since I wdn't dream of letting them touch either my phone or my internet service. They haven't even gotten here yet, and things are already as bad as a huge co. that acts like an inept tiny and hapless co. can make them.

I. Comcast is horrible, part 1: When I signed up for the cable package, I was told by the ...   more »