TwiceHorn

Although MIRV and ICBM are often somewhat synonymous, aren't we really talking about a MIRV missile, regardless of range? Like all war/conflict threads, and the conflicts themselves, this one has worn me out. I support Ukraine's right to self-determination and deplore the piece of dick that is Vladimir Putin and increasingly the people of Russia, but I can't devote any bandwidth to this anymore. I hope Ukraine can emerge somewhat intact with Western support without the US, but hope in one hand, shit in the other.

Unfortunately, while the justice system is mostly fact-based and thus a place where Trump doesn't usually fare well, it is quite slow and always has been. The reasons for that have been discussed. The January 6 case was always fraught with the immunity question, which in all likelihood, even without a kangaroo SCOTUS, would have required appeal, remand for further proceedings and another appeal. And, of all the cases, it is the most charged with "weaponization," see the hundreds of convictions of 1/6 rioters, to this day dismissed as political. The one case I think where Trump might have suffered by a jury trial was the Mar-A-Lago documents case. But no one can really say that indictment there was delayed or sandbagged. Without substantial immunity questions, it might, maybe have been tried before the election had it been assigned to a Chutkan or Middlebrooks-type judge and not Aileen Cannon. But the base still steadfastly refuses to acknowledge any difference between that case and the classified documents "cases" against Biden and Pence.

Incidentally, I don't really give a fuck about Merrick Garland. I just think the criticism isn't quite reality-based. Yes, the criminal cases could have been commenced earlier. No, it wouldn't have made any difference.

Where is there a trailer park near Lovers Lane?

I read lawfare blog often, because it's a good site. I don't read Wheeler because it's not. For Garland to have imperiled democracy, the outcome would have to have been different. It wouldn't have been. People accuse me of some kind of naivete, while maintaining that non-final convictions would have somehow convinced Trump voters that he's unfit rather than the victim of political persecution. The irony there is rich.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-situation--in-defense-of-merrick-garland

One of the more amusing things is M-Tex Oil HQ seems to be in Continental Plaza/777 Main in FW, where I spent several years at the beginning of my career. Building's getting a bit long in the tooth, but I guess the Bass buildings at 201 Main hit a little close to home.

In more "on the job" cases, I believe City of Dallas provides attorneys and some coverage through Texas Municipal League. Maybe that's changed or TML has declined coverage given the recent spate of cop foolishness in Dallas and elsewhere in the state.

Are medicare supplements a better deal? My parents' "corporate" health insurance converted to a Medicare Supplement or Advantage, not sure which. that avoided all gaps in Medicare coverage and further reduced their liability for medical costs, reducing the Medicare contribution by 75% or more. It was a good deal, whatever it was.

Definitely better than prison, for both the mentally ill and likely other inmates, as well. I think the definition of not guilty by reason of insanity definition should be expanded such that floridly mental ill can avoid prison for even heinous crimes, with a similar sentence to a mental health facility, maybe lifetime commitment with a possibility of parole. I think it should also permit more minor criminals to avoid prison sentences and convictions in a somewhat similar manner (drug, mental health, and veteran's courts do this, but I think it should be a regular feature of the CJ system).

Didn't see him strap on a bit, either, so I guess he's not a tool pusher. Yet.

Getting rid of the cat, or reducing its prominence, is going to be one of the worst branding decisions in history. I suppose they think it will distance them from their historical unreliability.

Yeah, because civil servants do all the work, these guys may not actually need to be effective. But, run out the civil servants and maybe they do. It's gonna be a shitshow.

Lord knows there's plenty of Park Dietz to testify for the state that no one is incompetent or insane enough to mitigate their crime.

One of the best parts about the Hegseth saga is that he's out there rapin while divorce is being finalized because of his affair with baby mama/wife 3 who is about to give birth. Hegseth's peter had quite the August in 2017.

Also about as plain an antitrust violation as you could come up with. Dickbrain.

Apart from the value judgment in "lunacy," this right here. Part of education is exposure to a wide variety of good and bad ideas. Most ideas are mixtures of good and bad. If you're so dead set against "librul ideas" teach your kids critical thinking.

Maybe not precisely, but I don't think there's ever been money like oil money. And probably never will be again.

He ain't a landman.

Yeah, probably. It's not as dense as Tinker, Tailor, but there's probably some subtle stuff you may have missed. There's a valid point about serpenthead, but Redmayne's character is a product of their union (loveless marriage between a disengaged father and narcissist mother) and thus a sniveling runt. It's not a perfect film, by any stretch, but the origin story of the OSS/CIA is fascinating and undermined material, imo. I find it somewhat fascinating that an Ivy-light Catholic like Donovan sought to populate the OSS and CIA with Ivy League Epsicopacy.

That's not practicing gratitude.

It's been alluded to, by G650 especially, but we Americans are a bunch of fucking ingrates that have no idea how good we have it. And practicing gratitude is probably a good way for us to cope with this shit.

Debbie Dingell, Age 71.

Pretty sure net neutrality has been a dead letter for quite some time, because there has not been a non-R majority on the FCC since the Pai days. The horrors have not come to pass apparently because the ISPs can't figure out which media play to back.

Former heroin addict. Sex junkie (cheater). General purpose health, vaccine, and pharma kook. Never met a conspiracy theory he didn't like. Whale juice. Don't even have to get to the bear cub. He is, apparently, quite serious about most of his pet subjects. Nevertheless, he is not a serious person.