TwiceHorn

God, this guy is a flaming asshole. And a Hopkins-trained physician.

Well, one thing that is fairly certain in criminology is that people age out of criminal behavior. Around 50 is about where all but the most recidivist criminals seem to behave themselves pretty well after release. Given that they were young at the time of the crime (still mal- or unformed brains), and under pressure/mitigating circumstances, I'm gonna bet we don't have much or any future trouble from los hermanos.

The Fletcher class was at least fast as shit, design speed 38 kt, and pretty maneuverable with 5x5"/38 and a bunch of Bofors and Oerlikon, which were actually pretty good for fucking up crew. DEs were barely combat vessels.

Quite amazing because the Fletcher class DD and Butler class DE were both designed and launched after it had become clear that ship to ship surface warfare was not really going to be a thing. And both were generally crewed with younger officers and men that were less likely to be trained intensely in ship to ship warfare. ETA Evans was pretty long in the tooth to be a CDR and skipper of a DD, so that probably meant he had a leg up on ship to ship combat, as opposed to ASW, escort and AA/radar picket duty work that was their more normal work.

Well, there is some truth in that the FBI changed their reporting software and larger cities have been slow to adapt to it. This was in the 2020-2021 timeframe. So, FBI had stats based on data in the new system from approximately 60-70% of reporting jurisdictions and then revised to take into account those without the new form of data.

Does subscribed get many more features on Word than free? I've been curious about that for a while.

I came to my views about sentencing long before Amber Guyger wasted Botham Jean.

My thoughts on it apply regardless of the color of the defendant, or their occupation, for the most part. If we have to start with a white cop to get all the cop-loving racists to rethink sentencing, then so be it.

Ha, thanks. I have no urge to hit you. But same. Except I don't drink. Topo or club soda with lime.

Well said. I have thought this, but been unable to articulate it concisely.

They had it on an expedited basis, with Trump's brief due in September. Trump moved to extend that a month, and Smith did not oppose. Appellee's brief due October 25, 2025. Government's reply due 21 days later. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68955302/united-states-v-donald-trump/ I'd imagine they have oral argument in December and a ruling by January. Educated guesses only. EDIT TO ADD: I said it was expedited because the appeal was noticed on July 8, and the briefing schedule putting the government's brief due August 27 is pretty fucking swift. HOWEVER, the briefing dates stem from ordering and receiving the record from the trial court, as you probably know. On July 24, the government certified that all documents were on file. Because this is an appeal of a discrete order, I guess there isn't much record on appeal and the transcript of the hearing is mostly irrelevant because it was non-evidentiary. So maybe just going fairly fast on that alone.

Well my thoughts apply with equal or more force there. We have normalized excessive sentencing.

They said the laptop was authentic, in the sense that it was Hunter Biden's. They have never confirmed the authenticity of all of its contents. There was evidence that the contents had been tampered with, in the sense of accessed and potentially altered by someone other than Hunter Biden. Some of the emails from Hunter that could be authenticated were used against him in his criminal trial to indicate things like he was still seeking drugs and considered himself an addict in the timeframe in which he purchased his gun. These were authenticated by comparing them to the email accounts of those he sent the emails to or received them from. There was no evidence implicating Joe that was ever authenticated or even placed in any kind of context, particularly a context of criminality involving Joe. As far as facts, that link provides the letter itself. I didn't intend to post the article. I am largely sticking to the facts. I'm not sure if you can tell the difference between facts and opinion.

I don't disagree that Texas doesn't invest enough in education. But, that doesn't have much to do with the difficulty in securing admission to the University of Texas these days.

Maybe, just maybe, our sentencing laws are a little draconian so that 5-10 is enough

Cooze.

That's about as solid and comprehensive a summary as I have seen.

None of that was affected by DEI. That's affirmative action, and it was banned, which is why there's a top X% rule. And, your bit about Native American status is probably wrong, again because affirmative action in college admissions is banned and has been at UT for longer than most of the rest of the country. Although you admit you don't understand the admission decision, you haven't stated what you think DEI is and you clearly do not understand it. Nursing is one of the smallest undergraduate schools at UT, topped only, I believe, by Architecture. Architecture has always been extremely competitive, before the 5% rule, due to its size and prestige. I imagine the same applies to Nursing.

Yes, let's talk some more about Hunter's laptop. Gym Jordan and his pal Jimmy Cumface wasted millions of dollars in taxpayer money trying to show that the Hunter Biden laptop somehow implicated Joe in some "Biden crime family." Abject failure. All they wound up proving is that Hunter is a drug addict, has poor judgment, and a big dick. We knew all but the last part.

I'm not sure what he meant to say in that weird-ass ramble, but one of the biggest mistakes media made was freaking out over and mischaracterizing the small stuff in the early going. It fed into the fake news mantra. And then they overreacted the other way in normalizing even the truly crazy-ass shit.

Do you understand how political parties and primaries work? The Democratic party can do whatever the fuck it wants, including just appointing a nominee. Democrats don't mind, they're happy about it. Why do you care what Democrats do if you aren't going to vote for one? You are clearly informed only by right-wing media and pundits.

Well, according to bozo, and this sounds pretty rational, in highly competitive industries like groceries, they are in a fairly constant price war and eventually that will cause prices to return to "normal."

DEI is not affirmative action and affirmative action has been around since the 1960s and is going away. DEI is an attempt to include, at school, at work, wherever, those who have historically been excluded. And, the 51 officials didn't say conclusively that it was fake, they said it had all the earmarks of being fake. No one knew whether it was fake or not until fairly recently, except maybe Hunter. And, y'know, there's nothing actually incriminating of Joe anywhere on the laptop. Never been proven. Read it for yourself. And go look at my post on tariffs. You don't need an economist to figure that out. When all the cheap shit at Walmart goes up 20%, your cost of living went up 20%, or more.

Welp. Motherfuck.