The Long Arm of Rupert Murdoch

Yesterday, Justice Jacqueline Silbermann denied the permit for the 8/29 Central Park rally in Central Park. According to news reports: Silberman said that United for Peace and Justice "is guilty of inexcusable and inequitable delay."



Here's what Judge Silbermann was doing in June 1999:

June 28, 1999

"NEWS Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has married Wendi Deng on a yacht in New York harbour some two weeks after his divorce was finalised. The Friday evening private ceremony was conducted by New York State Supreme Court Judge Jacqueline Silberman and attended by 80 guests, including Mr Murdoch's four children."

(via Jeff Fox)