[Vision2020] Justice Scalia Flips the Finger in Church

[Carl Westberg]

I've seen Tony Soprano do it a lot.                                          
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
          Carl Westberg Jr.


>From: "Ron Force" <rforce at moscow.com>
>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Justice Scalia Flips the Finger in Church
>Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:59:45 -0800
>
>Clarified:
>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1154AP_Scalia_Gesture.html
>
>...The Boston Herald reported Monday that the justice made "an obscene
>gesture under his chin" - which prompted some online reports that Scalia 
>had
>used his middle finger.
>
>Untrue.
>
>"It was a hand off the chin gesture that was meant to be dismissive,"
>Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
>
>Scalia, 70, is Italian and known for wisecracks in and out of court.
>
>The sign he used in Boston is frequently used by Italians to express
>displeasure with someone - from mild to deep irritation. It is done by
>cupping the hand under the chin and flicking the fingers like a backward
>wave...
>
>**********************************************
>Ron Force          Moscow ID USA
>rforce at moscow.com
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>
> >From United Press International at:
>
>http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060327-100356-7854r
>
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>Justice Scalia flips the finger in church
>
>BOSTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia 
>startled
>reporters in Boston just minutes after attending a mass, by flipping a
>middle finger to his critics.
>
>A Boston Herald reporter asked the 70-year-old conservative Roman Catholic
>if he faces much questioning over impartiality when it comes to issues
>separating church and state.
>
>"You know what I say to those people?" Scalia replied, making the obscene
>gesture and explaining "That's Sicilian."
>
>The 20-year veteran of the high court was caught making the gesture by a
>photographer with The Pilot, the Archdiocese of Boston's newspaper.
>
>"Don't publish that," Scalia told the photographer, the Herald said.
>
>He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of
>the Holy Cross, and afterward was the keynote speaker at the Catholic
>Lawyers' Guild luncheon
>
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>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
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