Here’s the latest from the Orange Trial, where our criminal ex-president has been, uh, meditating quite a bit with his eyes closed.
Lawfare Legal Fellow and Courts Correspondent Anna Bower was inside the courthouse this morning as Michael Cohen’s cross-examination continues and shares more on former President Trump’s reaction.
I gotta wonder how a jury reads something like this. It’s just odd behavior, and one not likely to make me feel sympathy for a guy.
My Beatles? The.
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-20T17:32:17.683Z
re: #1 Unabogie
I gotta wonder how a jury reads something like this. It’s just odd behavior, and one not likely to make me feel sympathy for a guy.
I imagine it’s up to the individuals on the jury, but if I was on that jury, it’s a guy who cares so little about the process or the evidence being presented against him that he can’t be bothered to stay focused and attentive.
re: #3 Nerdy Fish
Or he thinks he’s got the appellate process bought and paid for that he’s not sweating any of this.
Whether that is actually the case is going to be tested here in short order.
re: #3 Nerdy Fish
I imagine it’s up to the individuals on the jury, but if I was on that jury, it’s a guy who cares so little about the process or the evidence being presented against him that he can’t be bothered to stay focused and attentive.
There’s got to be at least one juror who’s just seeing him as an old man being put through the wringer and is actually feeling bad for that motherfucker.
That’s the shit I worry about with this trial. That, and if there are any undercover MAGAts on the jury.
re: #5 Mattand
There’s got to be at least one juror who’s just seeing him as an old man being put through the wringer and is actually feeling bad for that motherfucker.
That’s the shit I worry about with this trial. That, and if there are any undercover MAGAts on the jury.
If that were the case, I’d think they would feel assuaged by the cavalcade of GOP fanbois clapping for him every time he farts in the courtroom. It’s hard to feel sorry for a guy running for President who has the support of his party having to sit in the same dingy courtroom you are while you serve on a jury.
re: #3 Nerdy Fish
I imagine it’s up to the individuals on the jury, but if I was on that jury, it’s a guy who cares so little about the process or the evidence being presented against him that he can’t be bothered to stay focused and attentive.
More that he is a senior citizen not in particularly good shape who does not have the energy or ability to stay awake. Or maybe it’s just that if he cannot pay attention to anyone else— that he must be holding the stage and cannot focus on anyone else.
Edited to correct mistake..
re: #3 Nerdy Fish
I imagine it’s up to the individuals on the jury, but if I was on that jury, it’s a guy who cares so little about the process or the evidence being presented against him that he can’t be bothered to stay focused and attentive.
Its a guy who thinks the whole process -including the jury -is beneath him.
re: #7 Hecuba’s daughter
More that he is a senior citizen not in particularly good shape who does not have the energy or ability to stay awake. Or maybe it’s just that if he cannot pay attention to anyone else— that he must be holding the stage and cannot focus on anyone else.
The latter, I think: he seem to wake up quickly enough when he’s outside the courthouse spouting off his bilious rants for the cameras.
Unfortunately, I don’t think the jury gets to see that.
re: #7 Hecuba’s daughter
Or, he’s such a night owl who can’t stay awake in the daytime because he’s too busy ranting and raving on Xt to care.
that and Melania figures it keeps him away from her.
Amal Clooney has been named among the experts who advised the International Criminal Court on seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.The ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, confirmed to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Monday that the court is seeking warrants on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity surrounding the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
Stormy Monday was a song every garage and upcoming band played during jam sessions, and I’ve heard upwards of 500 renditions of this tune over time, but BB’s still the very best.
re: #11 Shropshire Slasher
Good. She’s highly qualified.
My wife and I were continuing our gardening streak this morning, planting horseradish root.
We’re about to get trampled by thunderstorms dropping south from South Dakota.
re: #176 lawhawk
We have some roundabouts in NJ and plenty of jughandles, and I always use signal for any lane change, because that’s how my dad taught me - always signal your intentions, even if no one else is on the road, because there might be someone else on the road that you don’t see (like in blind spots). It’s served me well, and I was taught roundabouts have the right of way, and that vehicles entering the roundabout have to yield to traffic already in the roundabout. My sense is they work better at lower speeds than higher speeds, and that single lane roundabouts are easier to figure that multilane ones.
Wyoming is planting roundabouts all over the place.
The state is cheap though, so the centre islands are really tiny. In Cheyenne where they have multi-lane and five or six streets coming into a roundabout, they are downright dangerous. (More pedestrians and bicyclists are killed in them now than when they had traffic lights.) Except for Interstate 25 (where you can’t avoid roundabouts on the ramps), I plan routes through the city to explicitly avoid their roundabouts.
The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has warned of “apocalyptic” consequences due to aid shortages in Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive in the southern city of Rafah has blocked desperately needed food.
“If fuel runs out, aid doesn’t get to the people where they need it. That famine, which we have talked about for so long, and which is looming, will not be looming any more. It will be present,” the UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told AFP on the sidelines of meetings with Qatari officials in Doha.
“And I think our worry, as citizens of the international community, is that the consequence is going to be really, really hard. Hard, difficult, and apocalyptic.”
Griffith said 50 trucks of aid a day could reach the hardest-hit people north of Gaza through the reopened Erez crossing on the northern frontier. However, he added, the battles near the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings in Gaza’s south meant the vital routes were effectively blocked.
“So aid getting in through land routes to the south and for Rafah, and the people dislodged by Rafah is almost nil,” Griffiths added. “And we all said that very clearly, that a Rafah operation is a disaster in humanitarian terms, a disaster for the people already displaced to Rafah. This is now their fourth or fifth displacement,” he said.
With key land crossings closed, some relief supplies began flowing in this week via a temporary floating pier constructed by the US. Griffiths said the maritime operation was beginning to bring in truckloads of aid, but he cautioned: “It’s not a replacement for the land routes.”
Cheeto isn’t asleep. He’s meditating; communing with his sacred mushroom.
Prosecutors have more evidence on the timeline of events, and have an exhibit to prove it via CSPAN, but needed a witness to be able to discuss/corroborate - Trump’s team won an initial objection, but after recess and sidebar, prosecutors are getting it in via Cohen.
And Musk finally killed the twitter url - swapping it for x.
Roundabouts: Note that people like the mayor in Indiana and the State of Wyoming argue that roundabouts save money (then they make tax cuts).
Highway engineering is supposed to be about safety and efficient traffic flow, not saving money.
They are quite willing to sacrifice bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorcyclists (and other cars) to “save money.”
re: #22 Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines
Cheeto isn’t asleep. He’s meditating; communing with his sacred mushroom.
Dan Froomkin (presswatchers.org)
@froomkin.bsky.social
Jurors shouldn’t hold it against a defendant if they choose not to testify, but when a bloviator like Trump is afraid to take the stand, the verdict from the court of opinion should be blistering. That includes the media.
Sure…go ahead and nominate a guy who evaded justice for years!
Trump says he’d consider Texas AG Paxton for US attorney general
Not surprised at all…
re: #9 Jay C
The latter, I think: he seem to wake up quickly enough when he’s outside the courthouse spouting off his bilious rants for the cameras.
Unfortunately, I don’t think the jury gets to see that.
THIS. It’s not a lack of energy. He’s just bored as fuck by this trial and gives no shits about it.
re: #7 Hecuba’s daughter
More that he is a senior citizen not in particularly good shape who does not have the energy or ability to stay awake. Or maybe it’s just that
ifhe cannot pay attention to anyone else— that he must be holding the stage and cannot focus on anyone else.Edited to correct mistake..
This is a fellow who insisted that all his Presidential briefings consist of no more than one page with up to ten bullet points
re: #29 Eclectic Cyborg
THIS. It’s not a lack of energy. He’s just bored as fuck by this trial and gives no shits about it.
And as a juror, if I’m reading that kind of mentality, I’m pissed. Only a few kinds of law/civil service geeks actually like jury duty. I’m spending hours away from my regular job, from my family, I have to sequester my social media and news intake, and with this dunderhead, there’s a possibility of death threats. And he’s sitting there blowing this off because he can’t be arsed to care.
re: #26 Lancelot Link Returns!
That is a disturbing image.
Trump will bitch and moan about how he was silenced, and that he can’t tell his side of the story. It’s what he does, and his spokeidiot Habba spews this nonsense, that the base believes, but doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, or how courts work.
If you’re the defendant, you have the right to testify in court on your behalf. Some do. Some wont, because they can only implicate themselves further.
Trump’s in the latter group.
We know what really happened. His lawyers know that putting him on the stand is an absolute disaster (both in this case, and potentially exposing him to additional charges, including perjury, witness tampering, etc.), so they wont call him. Rather, expect they’ll rest and go to closing arguments.
re: #26 Lancelot Link Returns!
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So, I haven’t checked in with LGF this afternoon. Let’s what’s up—
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING CHRIST!!! MY EYES!!! THERE IS NO GOD!!!!
Rudy Giuliani apparently complained that his Arizona indictment papers weren’t served “stylishly”. I don’t know about you, but this makes it sound like it was stylish and classy. Give this process server a raise.
There’s a video out there of the guests singing “Happy Birthday,” and one of the process servers is standing in the group behind Rudy. And he’s singing.
— Jay Murdock (@jaymurdock.bsky.social) 2024-05-20T01:35:53.659Z
Regarding traffic circles/roundabouts:
As a long time NJ resident, I do not miss them in the slightest. As with much of the roadways in this state, they were a good idea when car ownership and the population were much lower.
That said, NJ traffic circles were great at 2AM. You could get home much faster because there were no traffic lights to slow you down.
re: #35 Nerdy Fish
Rudy Giuliani apparently complained that his Arizona indictment papers weren’t served “stylishly”. I don’t know about you, but this makes it sound like it was stylish and classy. Give this process server a raise.
My one experience as a server was on the guy’s birthday, with a wrapped box of nothin’.
Roundabouts have no place in a civilized society.
re: #37 wrenchwench
My one experience as a server was on the guy’s birthday, with a wrapped box of nothin’.
I just can’t even imagine what had to be going through that process server’s head, singing Happy Birthday to the guy, and then handing over the packet of papers: “Mr. Giuliani, you have been served.” It just doesn’t get any more perfect than that.
Timberwolves player Anthony Edwards tells Charles Barkley to “bring ya ass” to Minnesota. Typing “bringyaass.com” in the address bar now redirects you exploreminnesota.com thanks to the MN Tourism board.
(Doesn’t seem to work directly from here)
Trying to figure out why my iMac hangs after a while, especially after napping… and I am wondering if the external boot Mojave is causing me problems.
I want to keep Mojave because that is the last version of OSX on which Photoshop CS6 will run. Adobe’s Creative Cloud strikes me as exploitive.
Looking at the spindump from the last hang, seems like Mac disk software caused the problem.
I suspect the warning I get from Mojave upon boot, that it can’t read a certain disk because it uses a format that Mojave can’t read, is part of the problem.
We have a great roundabout near us that has won all sorts of awards.
It is at a major intersection in the wine district that always backed up at rush hour. And with several shopping centers that got backed up as people tried to turn left into backed up traffic.
No longer. It is well marked on which lanes do what and traffic moves really well now. It is two laned on one side and one lane on the other. SO it does not really have much of a merging problem or a tendency to get trapped.
The cool thing here are the 2 extra circles, one to the south east and one to the west. These allow people in the shopping centers to turn right then loop the smaller circle instead of turning left. In short, you can always turn right and get to any direction you want.
The city liked it so much that it has added a handful more around the city.
re: #33 lawhawk
Trump will bitch and moan about how he was silenced, and that he can’t tell his side of the story. It’s what he does, and his spokeidiot Habba spews this nonsense, that the base believes, but doesn’t hold up to scrutiny, or how courts work.
If you’re the defendant, you have the right to testify in court on your behalf. Some do. Some wont, because they can only implicate themselves further.
Trump’s in the latter group.
We know what really happened. His lawyers know that putting him on the stand is an absolute disaster (both in this case, and potentially exposing him to additional charges, including perjury, witness tampering, etc.), so they wont call him. Rather, expect they’ll rest and go to closing arguments.
Welp. That basically kills the one credible line of inquiry Trump’s legal team had to poke holes in Michael Cohen’s story. https://t.co/GEUBjD9YkV
— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) May 20, 2024
One of the big problems with trying to keep a digital asset working for multiple decades is that the corporations (such as Apple and Adobe) do not want you to do that.
They want you to buy new things every couple of years, or at least pay them a monthly rental.
For my purposes I doubt I need anything more in my life than the original OSX port of the Next Step version of the multi-user version of UNIX.
I hear there are still a great many Windows 10 users who are going to be hung out on the line when Microsoft deep sixes it in the near future.
The talking heads blather these days about “sustainability” but never seem to mention that the global economy of interlinked multinational corporations is a framework for civilization that cannot be sustained on this planet.
re: #35 Nerdy Fish
Sigh. And yet again, the Internet takes away my fun.
I feel obligated to report, lest this fact make its way onto any prominent podcast, that I doubt very much that the man in the video was actually the process server, because Giuliani and AZ authorities agree that he was served outside (also that guy is pretty vocal and involved in the festivities)
re: #46 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Or, you know, you can watch the Doctor Who show Boom that just aired, and see a critique of the entire market economy/vulture capitalism venture.
Let’s just say that it wasn’t subtle digs.
re: #35 Nerdy Fish
Rudy Giuliani apparently complained that his Arizona indictment papers weren’t served “stylishly”. I don’t know about you, but this makes it sound like it was stylish and classy. Give this process server a raise.
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Rudy can suck eggs
‘Stylishly’ is not a thing
The operative word is served
re: #1 Unabogie
I gotta wonder how a jury reads something like this. It’s just odd behavior, and one not likely to make me feel sympathy for a guy.
Could be that part of his strategy is to feign indifference hoping that the jury thinks it’s beneath him to do such a thing and he’s giving no thought to the trial,
Or…they got to a juror and one of his new attorneys will shortly be submitting a grossed up bill for legal services for Trump to pay.
re: #49 Dangerman
when it comes to process serving and avoiding being found, stylish isn’t a word that should be used in the process. What should be used is that Guiliani, a former prosecutor, who proclaims innocence, made it a mission to not be found when he’s under indictment.
re: #51 piratedan
when it comes to process serving and avoiding being found, stylish isn’t a word that should be used in the process. What should be used is that Guiliani, a former prosecutor, who proclaims innocence, made it a mission to not be found when he’s under indictment.
I think it’s Rudy’s self-importance coming to the fore. He wants the service of process to be about him - dignified, quiet, respecting his status as the Hero of 9/11 and (former) Lawyer to the Savior of America. He doesn’t get that service of process is about the service, and however the process server can get it done, that’s how it gets done.
re: #52 Nerdy Fish
He knows. He’s just trying to distract from the fact that he’s facing another indictment on criminal charges stemming from his role in 1/6.
He’s fooked. The service was proper. That’s all the court cares about.
re: #26 Lancelot Link Returns!
JESUS TIGHTROPE-WALKING CHRIST! PUT THAT THING BEHIND A WARNING!
re: #25 Randall Gross
Hootie think it time for this again
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Not bad but I prefer the Buffalo Springfield 1966 version. This cover also lacks the context under which the original was released. The song is very much a product of the times in which it was written and it was not just a song but, rather, an anthem to those protesting the war in Vietnam.
re: #49 Dangerman
Rudy can suck eggs
‘Stylishly’ is not a thing
The operative word is served
I’d say properly served. You can have improper service. That’s not the case here, as he was serviced by the process server and handed the papers directly.
re: #53 lawhawk
He knows. He’s just trying to distract from the fact that he’s facing another indictment on criminal charges stemming from his role in 1/6.
He’s fooked. The service was proper. That’s all the court cares about.
That’s fair enough. He is a lawyer. However much he bloviates in public, in whatever’s left of that alcoholic brain of his, something must realize that he was timely and properly served, and that he had better start making plans for a trip to Phoenix.
re: #35 Nerdy Fish
Rudy Giuliani apparently complained that his Arizona indictment papers weren’t served “stylishly”. I don’t know about you, but this makes it sound like it was stylish and classy. Give this process server a raise.
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He’s just pissed that the process server played the game better than he did and caught him.
re: #14 Randall Gross
Stormy Monday was a song every garage and upcoming band played during jam sessions, and I’ve heard upwards of 500 renditions of this tune over time, but BB’s still the very best.
Here’s one of my few tweets:
(BB did not play Stormy Monday, which I have heard performed so many times - good and bad - mego)
idiOm @ @idiOm
BB King performing at his club in.
Nashville. He may be 84, but still plays like the national treasure he is.
He has no desire to retire.
10:29 PM • 9/28/09 From Earth
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
Effective tax rates before and after the Trump tax law:
Verizon
Before: 21%
After: 8%Walmart
Before: 31%
After: 17%AT&T
Before: 13%
After: 3%Walt Disney
Before: 26%
After: 8%FedEx
Before: 18%
After: 1%This is what a corporate giveaway looks like.
Hostile little witness you chose Blanche
re: #43 silverdolphin
We have a great roundabout near us that has won all sorts of awards.
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The cool thing here are the 2 extra circles, one to the south east and one to the west. These allow people in the shopping centers to turn right then loop the smaller circle instead of turning left. In short, you can always turn right and get to any direction you want.The city liked it so much that it has added a handful more around the city.
2 wrongs don’t make a right, but 3 rights make a left.
re: #63 jaunte
Robert Costello could use a contempt citation.
Trump’s team fucked up. They spent three days trying to get Cohen to break, and their own witness lasts a half hour.
re: #56 lawhawk
I’d say properly served. You can have improper service. That’s not the case here, as he was serviced by the process server and handed the papers directly.
Hey I’m just playing at being a lawyer. //
I’ll just point out that this is yet another case where Trump swore up and down that he would take the stand and testify, and he ain’t gonna.
re: #67 Charles Johnson
I’ll just point out that this is yet another case where Trump swore up and down that he would take the stand and testify, and he ain’t gonna.
Maybe he said testify but he meant debate
Nah….
re: #67 Charles Johnson
Justice Alito turned the flag upside down. Donald Trump turned the Bible upside down. MAGA turned the Capitol upside down. The Roberts Court turned the Constitution upside down. Let’s set America right side up in November.
— Jamie Raskin (@jamie_raskin) May 20, 2024
re: #70 Dangerman
That is perfect. Thanks Jamie. :)
re: #65 darthstar
while I understand that Michael Cohen is a long way from being a “good guy”, he’s also a guy who has been proper fooked by his old employer; in that his former living is no longer available to him and he can only find payment by being a reliable observer of things in the past. Rather limited in outlook and no guarantees of future recidivism, yet in the parlance, he’s a stand up guy. Owning what he did, remorseful about it to a degree (i.e. that he got caught and it cost him just about everything) but happy to be pragmatic about what he was responsible for and under whose direction.
He’s a terrible witness for the defense because he has no fucks left to give and they can’t threaten him any further because he’s already been run over by the judicial bus.
JoJo knows
Trump was never going to testify.
He’s a chickenshit who will blabber on and on about who or what or why “prevented him from doing it” because it wasn’t that he “didn’t want to” blah blah.
And it’s all bullshit.
He won’t because he’d get destroyed.
And he damn well knows it.— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) May 20, 2024
re: #71 PhillyPretzel ✅
That is perfect. Thanks Jamie. :)
Something in me was revolted by the expression “right side up”
re: #76 Dangerman
Another great example of how an organized crime boss uses his underlings as a buffer.
Tfg himself wanted him
Reid: So the fact that Costello would conduct himself in a trial like this potentially jeopardize a case like this… it validates the concerns that have been expressed by members of Trump’s defense team pic.twitter.com/GTBxEXMmY2
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 20, 2024
re: #75 Vicious Babushka
I see where you are coming from but I can understand Jamie using that phrase.
Oh sweet JC and the apostles!
I’ve been following the courtroom antics at Talking Points Memo today with Goldfarter’s defense team presenting their case and they started with Screwdy G’s attorney and it’s beyond fucked up.
I’ve sat on plenty of cases and if I was in the jury box in New York I’d be having a WTF moment at the absolute incompetency of Goldfarter’s consul…
re: #81 Joe Bacon ✅
Oh sweet JC and the apostles!
I’ve been following the courtroom antics at Talking Points Memo today with Goldfarter’s defense team presenting their case and they started with Screwdy G’s attorney and it’s beyond fucked up.
I’ve sat on plenty of cases and if I was in the jury box in New York I’d be having a WTF moment at the absolute incompetency of Goldfarter’s consul…
Working title for the first movie about this trial is “How to lose a jury in 30 minutes or less.”
re: #17 Shropshire Slasher
Question for those who know.
Did they use detcord to set off the chimney? I noticed in one set of images a dust trail going from the boiler house to the chimney.
This is my surprised face.
I don’t know who is still out there trying to hide from this fact, but Trump courting the former head of Hells Angels is a pretty clear signal that we’re headed for more violence this election.
NYT:
Chuck Zito, who was a former leader of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, was among the crowd of Donald Trump’s supporters at his hush-money trial in Manhattan on Monday. He was joined by several other allies who have been charged with crimes.
In the surprise of the century, the Defense has confirmed that they will call no more witnesses, so Trump won’t be testifying despite stating he would.
First Abbott makes a mockery of justice in Texas, and now Costello does it New York.
— Edwin Mix (@EdMix13) May 20, 2024
My Kennedys? Dead.
— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2024-05-20T21:09:19.000Z
People sledding headfirst into a self-destructive hell of their own making will insist on having company along for the ride. Beware their brash bold lies because inside they are desperately shredding anything that truly matters with an evil glee and if your heart gets in the way they care not.
— Randall Gross (@randallgross.bsky.social) 2024-05-20T21:04:37.885Z
Sounds like Trump’s goon Robert Costello may have really sunk the defense today.
re: #95 Charles Johnson
Sounds like Trump’s goon Robert Costello may have really sunk the defense today.
The defense was drowning, so they threw themselves an anchor.
Ka-boom! “Are you staring me down right now?”😂
Say what you will about the Trump hush money trial, it’s been a Masters course in Tristate Dirtbags
re: #91 darthstar
IMHO, losing money (probably for the tax writeoff) is/has been the main “business plan” for Trump Media all along.
And Donald is unlikely to care: he’s got his payoff set up regardless….
If Trump is found guilty does he get thrown in jail right away?
re: #101 Charles Johnson
If Trump is found guilty does he get thrown in jail right away?
It’s not like he vandalized a parking meter.
re: #101 Charles Johnson
If Trump is found guilty does he get thrown in jail right away?
He’ll spend the next two years appealing whatever… and the judge will let him stay out of the slammer until the final appeal is resolved.
re: #95 Charles Johnson
Hope so.
re: #17 Shropshire Slasher
DEMOLITION | Gadsden Steam Plant Boiler House and Chimney
This chimney falls in the British way at 07:30:
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
He’ll spend the next two years appealing whatever… and the judge will let him stay out of the slammer until the final appeal is resolved.
If he croaks before the appeals run out, he wins.
re: #107 Decatur Deb
If he croaks before the appeals run out, he wins.
We all win.
Who doesn’t like a win-win situation?
So today Microsoft made their big announcement, with partners, to stave off the continuing erosion of their Windows monopoly:
AI will save the day, I guess.
Of course AI is the central theme of Apple’s upcoming WWDC next month.
Apple has, supposedly, been in talks with OpenAI, who themselves get lots of funding by Microsoft.
re: #101 Charles Johnson
If Trump is found guilty does he get thrown in jail right away?
This isn’t the kind of case where the defendant gets cuffed and led out by the bailiff…but that could happen in Georgia.
BTW, SCOTUS has to give their immunity decision in the next two weeks or so.
re: #88 Teukka
Beau mentioned the US reaction hadn’t been released at the time of the video. It has since been released.
Outrageous! How dare you? The Court has made its decision now let’s see them enforce it.
If I was an American I’d vote for Biden because the alternative is far worse. But Biden making it so I have to hold my nose.
Given how many people seem to complain about Windows 11, I’m wondering if Microsoft sticking with “CoPilot” as the brand for their fancy smart-y interface is a good thing.
If only the US will allow Huawei to compete in this country then there’d be some real pressure on both Microsoft and Apple to not do the preserve-our-ground-at-all-costs strategy.
And I suspect that the masses of PCs out there which are used only to run some retail terminal or user-accounts (such as at your local doctor’s office) really need anything else as far as software.
What is needed is lower operating costs by reducing energy demand, and longevity.
I still have not found a need for the desktop Spotlight, Apple’s text prompt on the desktop, or even LaunchPad, which they introduced years ago as a desktop selector for apps. It’s easier to just open the Applications folder.
re: #95 Charles Johnson
Sounds like Trump’s goon Robert Costello may have really sunk the defense today.
Charles if I was in that jury box I would have to pick my jaw up off the floor in utter shock of what I was seeing…and that only happened once in a case before that they showed a video that made me sick. Even 30 years later the thought still makes me sick…
re: #111 darthstar
BTW, SCOTUS has to give their immunity decision in the next two weeks or so.
I thought they had until the end of June.
re: #104 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
He’ll spend the next two years appealing whatever… and the judge will let him stay out of the slammer until the final appeal is resolved.
I don’t think defendants typically get to sit out for the appeals, do they? I know trump isn’t exactly typical, but if I were the judge, I’d weigh defendant’s complete lack of remorse and potential damage he could do from his giant pulpit and I’d remand him into custody.
re: #118 TarHellion
Wow. Nice chunk of change.
re: #118 TarHellion
Ah Lady Luck did shine on you! 🥳
Captain Underpants gets pissed at Norm Eisen…
Alan Dershowitz, a prominent lawyer and cable news legal analyst known for representing O.J. Simpson during his murder trial and Donald Trump during his first impeachment proceedings, got into a courtroom tiff with his counterpart at CNN, Norm Eisen, during Trump’s New York City trial on Monday, according to NBC News, which witnessed the tense exchange. The two have been rivals for years—Eisen also worked for House Democrats during Trump’s first impeachment. NBC News reported that Dershowitz could be heard telling Eisen that he did not show up at the courthouse for political reasons—though security quickly shut down the exchange and asked Dershowitz, a Fox News regular, to return to his seat, which just so happened to be in a section reserved for friends and family of the former president. The prosecution rested its case on Monday after hearing testimony from Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen.
re: #117 steve_davis
I don’t think defendants typically get to sit out for the appeals, do they? I know trump isn’t exactly typical, but if I were the judge, I’d weigh defendant’s complete lack of remorse and potential damage he could do from his giant pulpit and I’d remand him into custody.
IANAL but non-violent crime, wealthy defendant, and other rich people did not personally lose millions of dollars directly as a consequence of his action — no way he will be spending time in prison before appeals are exhausted.
re: #118 TarHellion
MrsTarH and I were able to get away for a couple of days while my brother looked after Dad. We celebrated our 14th anniversary and took in the George Clinton show. Dude will be 83 in July. Also had a bit of luck:
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Sa-weet!
Today, I was watching a YouTube video on the Lehto’s Law channel (Steve Lehto is a lawyer in Michigan) where he reported on a story out of a casino (it was in the US) somewhere. He didn’t mention the name. Apparently, a 72 year old woman thought she’d won a $1.3M jackpot at a slot machine, only to be told that there was a fault in the machine and that she didn’t actually win. No further explanation was provided. Further, the attendant then asked that she leave the casino! She says that the machine was behaving normally and that there was no indication that it was broken.
As you might expect, a lawsuit has been filed.
re: #118 TarHellion
MrsTarH and I were able to get away for a couple of days while my brother looked after Dad. We celebrated our 14th anniversary and took in the George Clinton show. Dude will be 83 in July. Also had a bit of luck:
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Very nice. I hope I’m as lucky when I go to Sphere and Loathing in Las Vegas this Friday to see Dead & Co.
re: #106 BeenHereAwhile
This chimney falls in the British way at 07:30:
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Ahh, Fred Dibnah… he was a character, to say the least.
re: #95 Charles Johnson
Sounds like Trump’s goon Robert Costello may have really sunk the defense today.
Good.
re: #128 TedStriker
Ahh, Fred Dibnah… he was a character, to say the least.
Can you even imagine something like that happening here in the US? Some bloke is hired to bring down a brick chimney with a huge fire at its base while people in town gather 100 feet or so away to watch with some small boys helping by throwing lumber and rubber tires onto the bonfire. No cops, no OSHA, no EPA, no sirens (he did blow a tin whistle, however), no perimeters keeping people a half mile or more away. Probably didn’t even have insurance.
re: #101 Charles Johnson
If Trump is found guilty does he get thrown in jail right away?
No. First there will be a sentencing hearing. And since it’s Trump, I expect that he will be allowed to remain free until he has exhausted his appeals.
National Weather Service radio just popped off with Severe Thunderstorm Watch #270.
re: #117 steve_davis
I don’t think defendants typically get to sit out for the appeals, do they? I know trump isn’t exactly typical, but if I were the judge, I’d weigh defendant’s complete lack of remorse and potential damage he could do from his giant pulpit and I’d remand him into custody.
I would love to see Judge Merchan have the guts to give Trump a surrender date after he is sentenced. I just don’t expect it, and if he did, I bet an appellate court would stay the sentence pending appeal.
re: #131 sizzzzlerz
Can you even imagine something like that happening here in the US? Some bloke is hired to bring down a brick chimney with a huge fire at its base while people in town gather 100 feet or so away to watch with some small boys helping by throwing lumber and rubber tires onto the bonfire. No cops, no OSHA, no EPA, no sirens (he did blow a tin whistle, however), no perimeters keeping people a half mile or more away. Probably didn’t even have insurance.
Cops were there doing crowd control in that clip.
As for the rest, it was the late 70s/early 80s in Britain… it was wild and quite endearing that, when the chimney was down, all of those kids just mobbed Dibnah like he was a rock star, because, to many of them, he was.
Paul Pelosi’s attacker is getting a new sentencing hearing because the judge forgot to give him a chance to speak at his original sentencing hearing. It’s unlikely to make a significant difference in the thirty year sentence he got.
re: #136 No Malarkey!
Trump will give him a speaking spot at the convention in July, beamed in from his prison cell.
re: #127 Belafon
Taken at a gas pump. Look at the worn off numbers:
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What am I missing about the numbers?
re: #138 Ming5000
What am I missing about the numbers?
It is an ATM. The worn numbers represent the most-used digits for a PIN: The numbers are 1, 5, 7, 9, 0 (three corners, centre, and zero)
re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It is an ATM. The worn numbers represent the most-used digits for a PIN: The numbers are 1, 5, 7, 9, 0 (three corners, centre, and zero)
Ah! Got it
The first reviews are in…
Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ Shocks Cannes, Receives Nearly Eight-Minute Standing Ovation
“There is no nice metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism,” director Ali Abbasi said when asked why he wanted to make the film about the former president’s rise to power in 1980s America. “I think it’s time to make movies relevant. It’s time to make movies political again.”
re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It is an ATM. The worn numbers represent the most-used digits for a PIN: The numbers are 1, 5, 7, 9, 0 (three corners, centre, and zero)
Yep, and if I were guessing pin numbers, I could really increase my odds with this info.
Truth Social Posts $328 Million Loss For First Quarter https://t.co/LIitrwfPaf pic.twitter.com/oSSvtiiOxm
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) May 20, 2024
re: #143 Joe Bacon ✅
The first reviews are in…
Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ Shocks Cannes, Receives Nearly Eight-Minute Standing Ovation
“There is no nice metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism,” director Ali Abbasi said when asked why he wanted to make the film about the former president’s rise to power in 1980s America. “I think it’s time to make movies relevant. It’s time to make movies political again.”
Definitely want to see that. Trump will be threatening lawsuits to keep it from being distributed.
finished a lap quilt for my mom
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re: #148 Backwoods Sleuth
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Her willingness to exploit her clout to take completely inappropriate roles that rightfully should have gone to minority actors makes her one of the funniest people this could have happened to. Like, it sucks and is another symptom of us humans losing faith in ourselves, but a mimetic machine marketing itself with Her stolen distinctiveness in particular is low key poetic:
Now I’m no tech visionary, but if I asked a very famous actress to provide the voice for my product and she turned me down, I would not simply use her voice anyway
(Statement from Scarlett Johansson on OpenAI’s “Sky”)
— Cooper Lund (@cooperlund.bsky.social) 2024-05-20T22:23:44.650Z
re: #92 Charles Johnson
Vacation in Cambodia!
re: #140 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
It is an ATM. The worn numbers represent the most-used digits for a PIN: The numbers are 1, 5, 7, 9, 0 (three corners, centre, and zero)
Belafon, in #127, says this was taken at a gas pump., not an ATM, so the usage indicated by the number wear may be somewhat different, depending on the functions this keypad actuates.
Though in general, I imagine you are correct.
re: #143 Joe Bacon ✅
The first reviews are in…
Donald Trump Movie ‘The Apprentice’ Shocks Cannes, Receives Nearly Eight-Minute Standing Ovation
“There is no nice metaphorical way to deal with the rising wave of fascism,” director Ali Abbasi said when asked why he wanted to make the film about the former president’s rise to power in 1980s America. “I think it’s time to make movies relevant. It’s time to make movies political again.”
By Monday night, The Apprentice still didn’t have a U.S. distributor in place, although it sold earlier in the Cannes festival to StudioCanal for the U.K. and Ireland, where it will be released theatrically later this year.
Part of me hopes that a US distribution deal is being worked on, but the cynical part of me thinks the major US studios and streaming services are trying to avoid The Apprentice like the plague, because they’re being chickenshits trying to avoid raising Hair Furor’s ire in case he gets elected again.
re: #148 Backwoods Sleuth
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