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Russians watching TV…

i’m wondering about the local Houston weather channels and what they are telling the public right now. Please update. My buddy lived in Houston, but his wife passed away, so he moved to Florida and remarried. I was with him last weekend in Florida and he was talking about finally getting around to selling his place in Houston. LOL. there may be some home equity changes in his near future.

Oh, really? what about the sharks in Lake Titty-caca, hmmm?

You’ve been PM-ing Helobious, haven’t you?

Speaking of enshittening, let me talk about healthcare for a second. For 30 years I have had what they call Sampter’s Triad - where otherwise healthy 30-year-olds suddenly develop horrible adult asthma, get sinus polyp growth and also develop an allergy to aspirin that causes anaphylaxis if any aspirin product is taken. My sinuses are horrible, and I can’t sleep, resulting in breathing through my mouth, which makes my asthma worse. Granted, people like Michael J. Fox want to trade with me, but it still sucks on a day-to-day basis. They have now developed immunological treatments for my conditions, and there is a monthly shot that will literally clear my polyps, ease my asthma, and generally improve my quality of life. It only cost $3850 a month. A few years ago while I was still on my employers insurance, Blue Cross said I had to have several hospitalizations within a time period before they would give me the drug. If I wasn’t literally dying, then I could tough it out. Now I am on Medicare and a supplement - and it turns out I only have to pay $955 a month. I got my first shot, a week ago and already my sinuses are very much cleared and I have not had to use my inhaler. I feel much better. Because I get $3000 a month for Social Security I use that to pay for all things medical. Plus, I am working, which gives me the liberty to do that. Now imagine all the people in the country who have my exact same condition and cannot afford a grand a month for a shot. I don’t know how people making less than six figures get through some of this crap. it’s total bullshit for healthcare to cost that much.

Levi saying that those north of the Texas-Mexico borderline need to still watch their corn holes. A slight track north obviously means a landfall further north - but more importantly that more northern track allows additional time over water for Beryl to strengthen in a very warm gulf. IOW, Intensity considerations are just as important as where it actually hits if it creeps north. And, as always, just as important to those meteorologic considerations is the way the public reacts to news that something might be coming their way. It is always good to get gas and food and other emergency supplies now in case “the end is near” lemming reaction starts to happen in a day or so.

Live Hurricane Hunter footage of Beryl meeting wind shear event

Just try find your favorite Nancy cartoon on the Internet youngster!!

I think that you need to reassess the positive value of a drawer full of really cheap “boom motherfucker” T-shirts.

None of that is accurate. Except maybe the part about where you don’t know shit. That is pretty spot on. And it is not throwing shade to comment on your legal analysis. Saying ‘nothing will happen to Trump’ is not really in-depth legal analysis. It’s just you repeating the same thing over and over again. For example, I think you were one of the posters proclaiming that no jury will ever convict Trump in the last trial. You will ignore the fact that Trump was in fact convicted, and pivot to point out that he’s not in jail - so you and your goalpost moving brethren can celebrate your perspicacity. Enjoy. I bolded your quote to give you an opportunity to repost old law dog posts where we said anything remotely like what you posted - Since you won’t be be able to find one, let me give you a good response: ”I’m not gonna look that up. Everyone knows you said it.” You’re welcome. Edit: on a re-read, I see that your issue Is also with Twitter legal experts who say ‘lightning bolt’…’trump’s going down ‘ blah blah blah. if I understand you, there might be a Twitter post saying Trump will lose his immunity argument in the DC circuit court. You say, “nothing will happen to him”, and one of us says that the tweet is absolutely right, there is no precedent for immunity and the DC circuit will affirm the trial court. The DC circuit court rules exactly like we said. Then the corrupt Scotus grants the writ and issues an unprecedented shit- tastic horrible decision helping Trump. You say, “See….we told you!” I can see your problem. It’s reading comprehension.

Great post. It’s just too bad you can’t quote to any specific examples to back you up. But your sweeping generalities about the literally dozens of issues we’ve talked about in this thread are very helpful to everybody.

I do agree that more people rely on Fudge Nuggets than Andrew Weissmann for legal matters involving the Department of Justice and the Supreme Court.

Your stupid take should be put in CR so we can comment on it there. Feel free to delete everything after your first sentence. Or leave it there. On the list of who might be a mod, I am the last person on it.

FWIW

I was referring to “hearing” in the sense that both parties put forth a position to a court on an issue. Whether oral argument took place or not was superfluous.

So you advocate ruling on things without a hearing. Interesting take. Very efficient though, I’ll admit.

If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun, if you want to smell Hell - Jine the Cavalry!

Looks like Lola Valentina’s and Mango Cafe goin’ be blowed away….

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT2+shtml/030247.shtml They don’t know how strong it will be or where it’s going, but other than that…..nailed it!

Bad advice. You should’ve told them that with a simple razor blade and some black pen ink you can inscribe your Social Security number on your arm so they can identify your body after the storm. Amateurs.

I am honestly not trying to be snarky here, but absent some form of Minority Report pre-cog mutants telling us in advance what the proper ruling is, who in your system of litigation determines what is clear or unclear? The way we do that in our system is to have a hearing and the judge rules. My very serious question is how does your system deal with the procedural aspect of one side wanting to bring up an issue that the other side thinks is stupid? Who/how is it determined in advance what issues a party can bring up in your legal system? Because that seems to be your main complaint, and the one thing you blame all the lawyers about the most. I will hang up and listen to your solution.

i’m gonna go out on a limb here and say they will argue the immunity issue that the Supreme Court told them to argue. I am sitting here working on an opposition to a motion to strike jury and one of my cases. The reason that defendant wants to do that is because this particular venue is a very, very well-known plaintiff friendly place. The kind of place you want your tractor trailer accident to be when a jury hears it. I think the D’s argument will lose for several reasons, the least of which being in a joint pretrial conference the defendant agreed that we should have a jury trial. But like making sausage, the legislature has crafted a really crappy worded civil procedure article on how to demand and keep a jury that has some wiggle room to support the motion they filed. If Captainant was reading about this case in the news he would be appalled that a defendant could file a motion that wasn’t 100% clear you would win, and would be incensed that a defense attorney is trying to do something to help her client that is not a 100% slam dunk. And he would be wrong, as there is a chance the defendant will win the motion, slim tho that may be. And, as it makes sense not to have a jury trial when it is improper, and it also makes sense not to have a judge trial when the plaintiff should have a right to a jury, one side will probably take a writ after the trial court decides which one of us the court thinks is correct. I have researched the heck out of this and there is no on-point case in this factual scenario. This will also make Captainant’s head explode, as he does not want defendants to file things he does not like that seemed like a waste of time to him, and he does not like the court system to take time on writs and appeals when he wants an immediate answer - one that goes the way he wants it to go I very much enjoy Captainant as a poster generally, but when it comes to all things legal, he becomes the world’s greatest Legal Karen - demanding to see the Manager of Court delays and Appeals. I do not think the bullshit immunity defense will work here. I do not think the bullshit motion to strike my jury will work here. But parties have an absolute right to file the pleadings they want to gain any advantage they want so long as it is not sanctionable. If that means you have an unfriendly judge who is nearing retirement - and by filing some speculative/creative but non-frivolous motions you can succeed in delaying proceedings until a better judge for your client takes the bench, it is literally malpractice not to do that. Trump’s lawyers do not owe duty to captainant to roll over and say, “please convict Trump”. That is another way of saying that Trump’s lawyers can do the same thing that the lawyers in my case are doing, so long as the motion is not totally specious and frivolous. The mere fact that this legal issue in trumps case has never before been litigated makes it very difficult to prevent them from making the argument, thereby requiring courts to take time to consider it. I have no answer for your unhappiness with this reality.