I'm no fan of Sotomayor and I like Thomas, and have defended him many times, but this attempt to defend him by attacking Sotomayor is pathetic and weak. She got "Transportation, Lodging and Meals." These weren't private yacht cruises or expensive vacations; it was more of exactly the same things she disclosed on her original FDR. She spoke and participated in moot courts at various universities. They're exactly the kind of law related things you'd expect a Supreme Court Justice to participate in.
You remain a bad faith poster who will try anything to defend what you perceive to be your side - and it doesn't matter how weak, misguided or false your defense is.