The fate of California’s Prop 8 will be announced at 10 a.m. Pacific, and immediately posted on the state Supreme Court website. Riots are scheduled for 10:01.

California Supreme Court to rule Tuesday on gay marriage [LAT]

Update: Prop 8 upheld. 18,000 marriages still valid. Here’s the decision (PDF), presuming the server doesn’t crash again.

SanFranLefty reports from the scene…

9:41 a.m. Pacific: Big crowd of Mormons and nervous gheys.

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GOP Mistakenly Releases Sotomayor Talking Points to the Press.

Well that didn’t take long:

Redstate: Conservatives rejoice. Of all the picks Obama could have picked, he picked the most intellectually shallow.

Powerline: Che Guevera in Robes?

Wendy Long (Judidicial Confirmation Network): On September 11, America saw firsthand the vital role of America’s firefighters in protecting our citizens.  They put their lives on the line for her and the other citizens of New York and the nation.  But Judge Sotomayor would sacrifice their claims to fair treatment in employment promotions to racial preferences and quotas.  The Supreme Court is now reviewing that decision.

Finally, some fresh air on the torture issue:

“I think it’s important to also know that this is the law, this isn’t a policy.”

Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, laying out clearly the Obama Administration’s plans to prosecute the architects of the Bush torture program, which violates international treaties and federal—

Hold on. He’s actually shooting down the Obama Administration’s plans to continue indefinite detentions without appeal to habeas—

Oops, we’re sorry. He’s really talking about Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Never mind.

Mullen: Military to comply if gay ban law changes [AP/TPM]

Image: 21st Century Filth

Today I left the island of Manhattan for the first time since October 2008. I went to a Bar Mitzvah in Riverdale.

Am I turning into Woody Allen?

“The citizen-soldiers who fought for the Confederacy personified the best qualities of America. The preservation of liberty and freedom was the motivating factor in the South’s decision to fight the Second American Revolution. The tenacity with which Confederate soldiers fought underscored their belief in the rights guaranteed by the Constitution. These attributes are the underpinning of our democratic society and represent the foundation on which this nation was built.”

–from the homepage of the Sons of Confederate Veterans

Sons of Confederate Veterans [Wikipedia]

Flag controversy may derail Homestead Veterans Day parade [South Florida Times]

Flag Feud: Confederate Veteran’s group upset over parade exclusion [Ironton Tribune]

Will President Obama Send a Wreath to Confederate Memorial at Arlington? [ABC]

Image: Dead Federal soldiers on Battlefield – Gettysburg, PA, July 1863 [CivilWarPhotos.net]

Shoot.  This day has gone from bad to worse.  First, the Blackhawks (ah, Sport) lay an egg against the Red Wings this afternoon.  Now: apparently, North Korea just did a nuclear test.

Oh, to be a fly on the wall when Rahm Emanuel got the news.  The motherfucker-per-minute gauge must be redlining.

UPDATE: USGS survey says… Magnitude 4.7 temblor in northeastern North Korea — fairly close to Sea of Japan — at about 2055 EDT tonight.  Which, for those of us with experience with West Coast earthquakes, is hardly worth writing home about.  But still — this looks like it is for real.  Per AP/MSNBC: State Department knows nothing yet.

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