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washparkhorn

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  1. Our fathers and grandfathers turned Yankee Polish jokes from WWII into aggy jokes in Texas.
  2. The conversation would certainly be different. But it is an unproveable counter-factual. Any hippy on LSD would tell you the future is unknowable. Marketing fail.
  3. Bill Hicks? Truth is a defense (kidding, sort of). Actual malice (proven by clear and convincing evidence) is the Supreme Court standard. That's tough to prove. States vary. Below was not defamatory according to Chief Justice Rehnquist, if you are looking for a measuring stick on actual malice. Fallwell and Flynt (the publisher who published the parody ad) hated each other. No actual malice was found by the US Supreme Court: On another civil law tort issue, has anyone sued the City for its police department allowing these factions to engage in armed combat, complete with armed medics? Does the city have a duty to prevent armed clashes between factions?
  4. Do you have any material (economic, marketing or other) supporting that? I have no reason to doubt it at this point. I would like to know how this stat is measured - and poach their data sources. Thanks in advance.
  5. The first thing we gotta do is kill all the marketers.
  6. Fifth Circus responds: "Antifa Communism!!!!"
  7. They fail to recognize the greatness that springs from unbridled enthusiasm.
  8. Wasn't a factor at the time in Kenosha (not today either). https://www.kenosha.org/images/finance/2020Adopted.pdf https://www.kenosha.org/images/finance/2021-Proposed.pdf ______________________________________________________________________________ The police fucked up letting the shooter and his armed friend move towards the conflict (giving the shooter and his armed friend water and warning them about the dangers of advancing into the conflict). Dumb and negligent, at the least.
  9. Verne?
  10. The volatility is certainly a problem. I assume the volatility is due to the ongoing price discovery. Fed/Treas/FDIC regulation is key to crypto's next step at this crux. Sounds like liquidity requirements, at a minimum, are on the horizon. This type of regulation actually helps crypto grow in value. The market is changing (and is demanding more accountability from crypto). https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-crypto-regulation-pulled-off-the-rebranding-of-the-century-2021-10-26 After the 2018 ICO boom in all of its fraud-rich glory, the phrase “Wild West” was thrown around hundreds of articles about cryptocurrencies. It’s a catchy metaphor crypto opponents leverage to play up the lawlessness angle, painting a picture of bandits waiting behind every corner and not a single sheriff in sight. Fans interpret the phrase differently, dreaming of a new frontier where modern pioneers can build the infrastructure of the future. But the market has changed quite a bit since 2018. As more and more institutional money floods into the crypto ecosystem, the big players are getting their skin and cash in the game. And money has a tendency to change people’s minds. For a crypto sector that has grown into an entire industry, regulation and compliance have evolved from boogeyman to key selling point. The reason for that is quite simple: The first question a crypto company hears when approaching a prospective partner among major financial institutions is about its AML. The first hurdle the relationship hits is always in the institution’s Risk and Compliance department. So now, suddenly, every crypto startup claims (and I am not commenting on whether it’s true or not) to be regulation-ready, AML compliant, and a good citizen seeking to play by the book. They better be, given the amount of scrutiny they are or will be in for from both the regulators and prospective partners, even before the first meetings—even their Twitter feeds and Facebook posts may be studied under a microscope. The best thing they can do is make sure they can quickly present solid evidence proving their business processes and practices are indeed thorough and legitimate. TLDR: The wild west days are over, which bolsters the value of crypto. That may piss off those who traffic in weapons, narcotics, blackmail, humans, . . ., but fuck 'em. This isn't 2018 anymore. Success will come from regulation, ironically.
  11. New handle for GR Horn?
  12. The roster is a who's who of snowflakes with bad takes. It's the Isle of misfit snowflakes. They insist on people paying attention to their nonsense.
  13. The very best. Some of us honkies have an irritating nasal quality to their voice that produces a gooseish honk when they speak. There are cures . . . Simplest is to project your voice to the back of your teeth, rather than directing the flow out your cavernous nasal cavities (voice placement). A lot of the work to correct a nasal voice involves releasing tongue tension. There is a "technique" that helps women, especially, with tongue-tension release.
  14. We Scots rule the world. When you mix that with gypsy, well . . . you are gonna have problems.
  15. Sometimes the objections that come out of left field are difficult to anticipate. In well-run courtrooms, these evidentiary issues are cleaned-up, prior to trial. But you are correct, good attorneys anticipate all possible attacks on the use of an exhibit and prepare accordingly. Rinse and repeat for all potential exhibits. I don't get the sense this prosecutor spent the requisite time on exhibits/evidentiary issues.
  16. I blame the mormons for that design trend. Here is Mormon "La Quinta Inn" styling:
  17. Haters gonna hate. Skaters gonna skate.
  18. we grow or die. I am a permabull. The alternative is unthinkable.
  19. Demo-tang! ~W
  20. beautiful. The objection to leading a witness on cross is the chef's kiss.
  21. Guys who abuse their testosterone gel are gonna get it banned.
  22. I bet he had one of these at one time or another . . .
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