Has anyone watched the new reality program Siberia? I've never seen a reality show where they show a contestant getting killed in the opening episode. Then again, maybe it's one of the illusions of the show. [Added: Thanks to those who emailed me to let me know it's a fake reality show. The "contestants" are actors playing reality show contestants and it's scripted. I think I'd rather watch a bad reality show than a good fake one. The whole point is that even though we know the show casts them by personality type and creates the drama with pre-planned story arcs, how the contestants deal with it and each other is still up to them. On the other hand, I loved the soap opera parody Mary Hartman years ago, so maybe I'll watch a few more episodes of Siberia.]

EPIC has filed a petition with the Supreme Court to stop the NSA warrantless electronic surveillance program by vacating this Order of the FISA court. Among the questions presented in the Petition is whether the FISA court exceeded its authority :

when it ordered Verizon to disclose records to the National Security Agency for all telephone communications “wholly within the United States, including local telephone calls.”

A federal judge in D.C. has ruled she is without authority to stop the force-feeding at Guantanamo due to Congress, but in her ruling, invites Obama to step up and do so.

Here's an open thread, all topics (except Zimmerman) welcome.

I've been so immersed in covering the George Zimmerman trial, I forgot to put up an open thread for other topics yesterday. Only one more week to go, and then I'll be back to regular blogging on other topics.

This is an open thread for all topics except Zimmerman. Please put Zimmerman comments in one of the threads on the trial threads.

I'm off to the mountains for a jail visit.

Here's an open thread, all Non-Zimmerman topics welcome.

For those following world and national events today, as opposed to the George Zimmerman trial, or who just want to talk about life in general, here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

For those of you not interested in the George Zimmerman trial, here's an open thread for all other topics.

June went really fast. The Fourth of July is around the corner. I'm quite a bit behind at everything, due to my fascination with all things related to the George Zimmerman case.

For other news, you are on your own today. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

I am still focused on the George Zimmerman trial.

Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

Obviously, I'm mostly following the George Zimmerman trial this week, which along with work, leaves little time for anything else.

I'll be offline most of the day. Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

Here's an open thread to discuss Supreme Court rulings and whatever else you find of interest today.

There's lots of news I haven't gotten to this week.

It looks like the court didn't issue its Frye ruling today on expert voice/speech testimony in the George Zimmerman trial. Opening arguments are Monday. How do you effectively prepare and deliver opening statements without knowing whether there will be expert testimony on the issue of who was crying out for help in the background of a 911 call?

The defense filed a motion this afternoon following up on this morning's hearing on statements George Zimmerman made at the scene that it says are res gestae and not covered by the court's order excluding self-serving hearsay. The motion is here.

Enough law for the week. This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

I have been glued to the George Zimmerman jury selection for the past 10 hours and have to take a break from the computer.

Our "recent comments" section has now been fixed thanks to our webmaster Colin. The site crashed altogether around 2 am, and even though it is 2 hours later where he is, he got my text and immediately started fixing the problems that caused it, so the site was restored by morning. (Something got corrupted and had to be rebuilt on both TalkLeft and the Forums.) Major thanks to Colin.

Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.

It's hard to find time to work, follow the Zimmerman trial, and read the news and blog on other topics. Since I have to choose, I'm giving up on "blogging on other topics" for the day.

Here's an open thread, all topics welcome.