softlynow

OK, sure. (Caveat: I have no clue why the evidence below was relevant, because I was not inovolved in the litigation, just present in the courtroom at the time) This involves a Pro se litigant in a trial in which she is fighting to retain certain rights to parent her biological child. The opposing attorney had a witness on the stand to, among other things, lay the predicate for and describe the contents of a photograph. The appropriate testimony is given to admit the photograph, and, over a non-sensical non-legal objection, it is entered. Fine. Then counsel asks the witness to describe the contents of the photograph. She begins: Witness: "It depicts the Respondent fisting another woman" Respondent: "Objection your honor, [turning to witness] how can you say I was fisting her when my fingers were only halfway in?" Judge: "M'am. I have asked you time after time to address the Court and not the witness when you make an objection. Now, do you have a legal objection? Respondent: "She can't just sit there and lie like that! It's not fisting if your whole fist doesn't go in the vagina!" Judge: "OK. There having been no legal objection made, your objection is overruled."

Every time a thread gets bogged down like this I am reminded of a real gem of a thread in which bodybuilders argue about the number of days in a week. The link (bodybuilding.com)

What's confusing about it? TBH, from the sidelines, the only 2 confusing things are how you don't understand his point and why I bothered reading all of these posts.

Seriously folks. Do not feed the troll. If you find you have the urge to respond just remember that you're treating him like the media treats the GQP - as simply a side that needs coverage, and the individuals who have a legitmate viewpoint that needs addressing. Stop treating him as an equal. Please.

I'm confused. This place is for the good people?

I've met NA (AM). If it's a bit, he is fucking committed.

Or even if it was just some of them.

I guess I should take "Internship - Office of Senator Robert Menendez" off my resume now.

You may have questions, but I think that video explains the travesty that is the Houston Texans quite nicely. On top of all the terrible visuals, the audio editing on that thing is shitty. I would say it is beyond embarrasing that a professional team is associated with that, but Houston hasn't had a professional football team since 1996.

Ours was good and terrible. But this …

I don't know about that. The game was played in mid-October and I watched at home. What I do remember is a friend who did go and sat even with the back of the south endzone and that Dawson's kick was practically vertical at the end because of how hard the wind was blowing that day.

Not top 5 or even 10, but not mentioned above, and one I'll always remember as a senior headed to UT the following year (Dawson's kick to win at 2:46:46):

What was the question?

This one?

Lol. The post above yours. You know how we often complain that our various failed football coaches don’t effectively self-scout and shore up weaknesses? This is kinda like that.

Does everyone not see that y’all are making BC’s point for him? Dems have varied opinions on lots of things, and are ready to compromise on a lot. But the base won’t let their electeds do that on GC.

Where I practice every one of those cases already has a court-appointed attorney for every parent and an ad litem attorney for the child(ren). This may be a way to help poorer counties get attorneys on the appointment wheels who are actually somewhat competent to be on that wheel. I've witnessed opening statements in a CPS trial where a parent's attorney couldn't remember his client's name, did not know he was actually emplolyed, and whose grasp of the facts of the case seemed to stop with the general understanding that children tend to have parents. The changes for Sept. 1 seem simply be "Miranda for CPS," (which isn't a substantive change, just a notice/procedure change) and the requirement to report your name when calling in to CPS (which I think was correctly stated above as more to help keep CPS out of high-conflict, non-abuse/neglect custody matters). Which is to say that I don't see huge changes here. Y'all need to remember that the crazies that run this state still see CPS as an enemy because of CPS playing it straight in the Younger case (case worker testifying that the child ID'd as a girl, tesifying that the child was afraid of the father). Even though Abbott turned around and tried to weaponize CPS against families who listen to their children and follow the advice of medical professionals, the whackjobs do not see CPS as an agency that needs funding. In 2021 the legislature made it slightly harder to remove children from their parents. That bill was a mixed bag, and part of it was getting rid of marijuana as an almost instant neglect finding, part was because the foster system is overloaded and the last thing people want to do is spend money on things that matter, but the train was driven by CPS getting put in the crosshairs by the Texas GOPs brain-dead base. Phelan, I do believe, is trying to hold back the nutters from gutting CPS completely (unless you're kid is trans and you're acting appropriately).

You just realized you’re not on Medicare?

If you insist. I think y'all could convey that by simply replying to his posts with the following:

There is enough talent to win 10 games and the conference. However, there are two huge causes for concern, IMHO: whether Sark is capable of putting it together enough to win that many, and whether the conference will allow us to win close games. I fully expect to be disappointed one way or another.

Unfortunately I'm tied to heavily to this state to consider moving, but NC would be my first choice, vith Virginia a very close second. I just to have to hope that we can survive this Christofascist moment, and Texas government becomes simply mildly disappointing again.

Oddly? This is the internet. It has become predictably obsessive.

The warning signs that he was a piece of shit showed up all the way back on hornfans. His annual praising of Alabama celebrating a traitor to the Unites States being an obvious one.

Too light a punishment.