Missed Opportunity...
Via Cosmic Variance and the BBC, we learn that noted legal scholar Florentino Floro has lost his appeal and is now officially removed from the Filipino bench. I note this partially because it's fun to laugh at the idea of a judge consulting three mystic dwarves to help him perform psychic healings during downtime in the courtroom. It's also amusing that the BBC felt that they needed to add the word "imaginary" to the phrase "mystic dwarves", just to make things clear. However, I think the real victim in this case might the intelligent design folks. An en banc hearing with Floro, Armand, Luis and Angel could have given them the legal victory that they've been denied so far here in the States.