Gromnir

"All the evidence supports my position." four people you spoke to and your personal experience is all the evidence? ... ps the internet does not make it difficult to find actual examples, although one need assume there is far more false fails as 'posed to false-fails which produce litigation and media coverage. literal can't sue the fed govt for a false fail drug test resulting in no employment. in most cases there is few options for the victim o' false fails. however, the stories which get attention and are actionable are mothers o' newborns who get labeled drug users and are separated from their child and then need prove they aren't drug users... which is not so easy. prove a negative? regardless, is not difficult for a person with working brain cells to find such stories via their favorite search engine.

"NOBODY. Not you, not anyone else, can give me even a single example?" "nobody" is misleading. were in fact four. you only bothered to ask four, at which point you had arrived at your conclusion? relying on four people (not four studies by reputable scientific authorities getting peer review, but four randos you know,) lead you to the conclusion that the basis o' the dod warnings is highly improbable. dude. thanks. typical going this far on a silly message board produces serious diminishing returns, but in this case, the juice were worth the squeeze. is even better 'cause you still don't recognize a problem with your position. HA! Good Fun!

four? so in reality, the number o' untrustworthy personal and anecdotal accounts is reduced from thousands to... four? and you honest think four is a large enough sample size to judge credibility o'... just about anything? for chrissakes, four ain't nowhere near enough to come up with coin toss probabilities. ...

am doubting poppy seed test fails is something 'bout which key asks everybody he has met. *insert eye roll* is so not an ordinary subject o' conversation for Gromnir, but we can't speak to key. that said, particular about such stuff as failed drug tests, people is not always honest or knowledgeable enough to answer accurate. so, when many reputable scientific sources, as well as the dod which does more drug tests than just about anybody, warns that poppy seed ingestion can lead to false positives, the smart thing to do is ignore the dod, mayo clinic and numerous universities until you personal meet somebody who has failed a test 'cause o' poppy seeds. 'cause the dod is inherently trustworthy, (fill in the blank.) don't need to come up with a reason why the dod and all those namby pamby science jerks would lie about poppy seeds, 'cause for key, absence o' personal anecdotal evidence is evidence of absence o' a problem... which is so arse backwards it beggars the imagination. venn diagram o' flat earthers and people who refuse to believe poppy seeds may lead to false positive drug test results. venn diagram of flat earthers and __________. am no longer shocked that americans fall for conspiracy. HA! Good Fun! edit: dod does more drug tests... not just that dod does more drug(s)... which is likely also true, but nevertheless...

have already explained the flaw o' requiring a personal example be provided. we cannot give an example o' a person we know who has died from cancer due to exposure to toxic waste, so is not real, yes? is innumerable unfortunates we has no personal experience regarding-- thank goodness. converse, even if we met a person who claimed they had suffered cancer due to toxic waste exposure, we would not immediate take their word that such were the cause. however, if a bunch o' medical experts agreed and dod admitted that exposure o' servicemen and their families at camp lejeune led to suffering a host o' ailments, chances are we would believe such were the case, even though we personal have never met anybody who became ill at camp lejeune. duh. aside unless key is active military, the army wouldn't have jurisdiction or authority to break down his door save for exigent circumstances. being a conspiracy theorists who likes to bake is so not exigent circumstances in 2023. your pictured makowiec looks rather nice, so am doubtful the army sees it or you as an immediate threat so dire to national security that they could explain their trespass and am even more baffled by why gitmo would be the site o' your incarceration. we thought you were a US citizen. you still on vacation? a non american citizen arrested not on american soil maybe goes to gitmo. for the nonce we will assume key is a non citizen... or just talking out his keister. HA! Good Fun!

same fail and is representative o' your earlier dod error. you aren't rebutting the astrophysicist but instead substitute your distaste for the speaker without offering any kinda meaningful alternative argument to mr. tyson. and not recognizing the problem with being convinced by your personal anecdotal experience is why some people drive while intoxicated and no doubt explains your evolution regarding masks during covid. is flawed. most o' the folks we know who has failed drug tests had known drug issues, so even if they had claimed poppy seeds were at fault is unlikely we woulda' believed 'em... and folks such as Gromnir who were warned 'bout poppy seeds beforehand did exercised diligence and avoided such ingredients for the time required. the possible victims o' the poppy seed problem we would likely meet is thus exceeding limited. would hardly be shocking we know zero. also, and this should not come as a shock, even if somebody told us they failed a drug test due to poppy seeds, there is a good chance we would not take their word on the matter even if we trusted 'em personal. 'cause people not only lie, but they get confused and misread all the time. example: we took a friend to an oncologist to get the results o' a biopsy. she was as clear-headed, well educated and rational person as you are ever likely to meet. somewhat surprised, she asked that we sit in with her as the doctor gave her the results, just for emotional support. made us uncomfortable to do so, but she were a friend and curiously she didn't want a family member with her in case the news were bad. am not sure what she heard as the doctor explained how many lymph nodes showed signs o' cancer and that she were stage iv, but Gromnir was with her as she asked relevant and meaningful questions o' the surgeon and seemed aware o' her situation. when our friend walked out o' the office she exhaled audible and said she were relived to get good news, which stopped us dead in our tracks. Gromnir told our friend she should immediate go back into the office and tell the doctor what she had just said to us. people can see and hear what they expect or want to hear in spite o' reality. regardless, given how we understand the pitfalls o' anecdotal and eye witness evidence, why would we believe anecdotal as 'posed to rigorous lab testing by multiple sources with numerous controls to exclude all those secondary and tertiary issues which makes anecdotal so suspect? you keep making the same fail over and over. is less and less a surprise as to why you fall victim to conspiracy. HA! Good Fun!

we did read your post. assuming the dod would lie about poppy seed impact 'cause o' your feelings is not logical or reasonable. you mention military propaganda as axiomatic w/o tying propaganda to the specific issue in question: poppy seed impact on drug tests. keyrock being convinced the dod lies does not in anyway make it more convincing that the dod would lie about poppy seed impact on drug tests. and in the ridiculous amount o' time spent responding to Gromnir, no doubt key coulda/shoulda checked to see if nih, mayo and numerous university studies weighed in on the subject 'stead o' defending the otherwise indefensible. but they are all in on the fix too, yes? is how conspiracy works, yes? sadly personal anecdotal experience trumping science and experts is not just a key problem. so it goes. aside, curious, our earlier comment that poppy seeds results in false positives for opioids appears to be only partial true. fentanyl, methadone, hydromorphone, and oxymorphone, as examples, is opioids but apparent the wrong kinda opioids for urinalysis detection confusion. extreme small quantities o' poppy seeds can result in false positives for codeine morphine and heroin as well as other opioids not previous mentioned, but is a whole slew o' factors involved in the resulting false positive results including but not limited to baking techniques and poppy seed country of origin. am mentioning 'cause is info key coulda' learned but chose not to. am having had this discussion too many times, personal anecdotal experience while not complete worthless, is the most suspect category o' evidence. go to ~13:00 eyewitness testimony and personal anecdotal is the least reliable evidence available. is how we get the overlap o' flat earthers and anti-maskers, right? HA! Good Fun!

assuming dod is wrong 'bout drug test impacts 'cause o' your feelings is less than compelling. seeing as how dod runs one o' the largest drug testing programs on the planet, at the very least they got experience as well as considerable resources... and no obvious reason to mislead prospective test takers. am not seeing any potential for a conspiracy theory regarding dod pushing a poppy seed myth, but am admitting our imagination is much more limited than a few boardies. HA! Good Fun!

growing up in the dakotas and doing ranch hand/cowboy work for much o' our youth and even some college, meant we heard lots o' country music... and bob seger. wish we were kidding about bob seger. got sick o' bob seger 'cause o' cowboy fascination with his work. the wild mustang roundup work we did for blm was hard, but needing hear bob seger +10 hours a day was excruciating. anyways, while am most assured not thinking o' our self as a country fan, our indoctrination resulted in us developing appreciation for a few artists such as linda ronstadt, lyle lovett and emmylou harris. ms. harris' hot band included such luminaries as ricky skaggs, dolly parton and albert lee, who looked like he should be part o' queen or the who more than a country band... does the guitar solo from the following chuck berry cover. edit: additional albert lee ownage one from lyle lovett at the white house HA! Good Fun!

according to the department of defense, the reality is opposite o' keyrock assumption. the tests is so sensitive that an absurd small amount o' poppy seeds has the potential for resulting in a positive for codeine/morphine/opioids. HA! Good Fun!

years past we wondered if the poppy seed stuff were more urban myth than reality, but at one point we were contemplating going the jag route with our career, and at the time we were warned verbal and by written notice via a memo from the under secretary of defense that we should refrain from any poppy seed consumption before our anticipated urinalysis. at the very least, the US department of defense took poppy seed impact 'pon drug test results with impressive seriousness. HA! Good Fun!

biden is an ez target and he deserves more than a little ridicule concerning his cognitive fitness particular when necessary predicting the deleterious impact o' another four years in a high stress job. but... Joe Rogan knocks Biden over Trump’s claim of airports during Revolutionary War | The Hill clip if rogan pivoted and said, "see, neither one o' these clowns deserves to be President," we might chuckle at the deflection, but we would nevertheless agree. instead, rogan makes himself an example o' the exact harm he is accusing the media o' perpetrating.... doesn't even recognize the self-owning irony. btw, scotus not taking up the Presidential immunity question at this time makes sense in part 'cause 'cause there is no novel question o' law-- nixon and clinton cases has already answered all immediate relevant issues regarding the scope o' Presidential immunity. nothing to see. however, if the Court grants cert after the dc appellate near inevitable decides in favour o' special counsel smith, then am gonna wonder if the fix is indeed in. HA! Good Fun!

relevant to our most recent post explaining punitive damages: cliff's notes explanation-- trump bragging about how much he is worth in testimony during the ny fraud case did not go unnoticed by the attorney for e jean carrol who is going to be asking for punitive damages in an upcoming second defamation case in which trump is already legal determined to be liable and the only thing being considered by the court is damages. as we mentioned above, the magnitude o' punitive damages awards is dependent on the wealth o' the defendant as 'posed to the scope o' the harm suffered by the plaintiff. the more trump proclaims he is sooper wealthy, the greater should be the resulting punitive damages award. another aside, rudy declaring bankruptcy is not gonna impact the recent $148 million defamation judgement. as a general rule, intentional torts cannot be discharged by bankruptcy. the divide between intentional v. negligent behavior is sometimes difficult to discern, but in the rudy scenario there is no legal grey area-- punitive damages is only awarded in the case o' intentional/knowing wrongdoing. bankruptcy for rudy is only gonna be able to shield his assets from other creditors whom we assume is multitudinous. HA! Good Fun!

wotr release were much the same as you describe. sure, for wotr there were innumerable mechanics errors, many o' which persist to this day, but the genuine game killing bugs were almost non-existent for those acts which were part o' the beta. late game content was predictably a crap shoot at release for wotr, but we were happy surprised at how quick owlcat addressed the game ending bugs from those later acts. am gonna wait for one more big patch before starting. am certain many mechanics errors will exist for months and maybe even years, but everything am hearing suggests rogue trader is following a stability trajectory similar to wotr. HA! Good Fun!

we didn't retire at fifty 'cause o' the huge pile o' money we made as a fist amendment lawyer. for anybody who asks us 'bout becoming an attorney, we always says that if you are getting into law for the money, then you are making a mistake. is far easier ways to make dough in the US. other than the true believers, we has met extreme few attorneys who is happy with their choice o' profession. aside, am not sure how the $148 mil stands. half o' that is punitive damages, and punitive damages is possible not what you imagine. magnitude o' the wrong does not increase punitive damages. wealth o' the defendant is what is important when calculating punitive. even in jurisdictions where there is no limits on punitive damages, the jury is s'posed determining a number which will convince the defendant to not repeat the bad behavior which resulted in the reward. example: your neighbor prunes your tree in your yard 'cause the foliage is blocking his view... and is not the firstest time he has pruned your trees. cops, court and hoa has all warned your neighbor about trespassing on your property to prune your tree, but he keeps repeating the bad behavior. punitive damages would be appropriate in such a case and would be calculated to bring about a change in the defendant's behavior. if your neighbor is a multi-billionaire, chances are a monetary chastisement would need be greater to alter behavior than if the defendant is a school teacher with three kids who is underwater on his home's mortgage. is not magnitude o' the wrong which is important in calculating punitives but rather the depth o' defendant pockets. makes sense, no? rudy refused to provide documentation about his wealth, so the jury used their imaginations to come up with a meaningful number for punitive damages. rudy keeps doing the same bad behavior (defamation/libel) which got him in trouble in the first place, so am understanding why a jury would choose a big number-- shock and awe might be needed to force rudy to stop doin bad. even so, am doubting the punitive number holds. understatement: we would be surprised to discover rudy has +$70 million squirreled away. compensatory damages o' +$70 million also feels a bit much. how much money would it take to make the plaintiffs whole? compensatory damages is NOT about punishing a defendant. doug, the world's most unpleasant bastard, pushes pauline, a retired septuagenarian who donates her free time and what little disposable income she has to the local shelter for victims o' domestic abuse, down a flight o' stairs. doug meant for pauline to be severe injured, but miraculously, pauline only suffered a sprained pinky finger. compensatory damages awarded to pauline should make her whole. so, how much? whatever were her hospital costs? is not gonna be a big number. pain and suffering is a real thing, and there is no hard and fast rules to determine how much additional compensatory money is required to make a plaintiff whole when considering pain. no amount of money could ever make the pain and anguish of the plaintiffs disappear is a bad argument to make when seeking compensatory damages. am not sure how the jury decided on a number, but +$70 million for compensatory damages, even with a fuzzy pain and suffering calculation, feels disproportionate. again, compensatory damages is not meant to make rudy suffer for the wrong he did but is calculated to make the plaintiffs whole. is being able to afford a winter home in aspen gonna make the plaintiffs whole? and again, for compensatory it don't matter if rudy is bad or rich. imagine all the facts o' the case is the same, but the defendant is some crackpot conspiracy theory junkie living in his mom's basement along with her eleven cats. basement dweller's income is whatever he makes part-time at the local seven-eleven. basement dweller's blog posts about the plaintiffs just happened to go viral and got similar coverage as did rudy's nonsense. would a jury have awarded +$70 million in compensatory damages if basement dweller was the defendant? if not, why not? excuse our typical lack o' brevity. HA! Good Fun!

expecting meaningful orthopedic and/or neurological advice from a car sales person? 'cause sometimes the mistake is so obvious you don't even notice. unsurprising, car sales persons is trying to sell you a car-- their skill set is in sales. chances are you wouldn't depend on car salesperson for tax advice. wouldn't rely on the car sales person for insights 'bout whether to buy i-bonds this year. considering lasik surgery? well then, the car sales person is you obvious lighthouse guiding you thorough the storm o' concerns. aside, we hated our bmw x-5, but that thing were disproportionate heavy for its size, which we were told by a not salesperson contributed to the smooth ride we enjoyed, and the driver seat were so comfortable it bordered on the vulgar. when we finally got rid o' the bmw, we felt a sigh o' relief, but we do miss the comfort. given the number o' people with back problems in the US, am suspecting is any number o' reputable publications and sites which offer car advice focused on back issues. car salesperson. HA! Good Fun!

am half expecting you to destroy board souls by sharing how you made a guanciale and pickled herring sandwich with extra mayo, or that the bolognese turned out ok once you added a sufficient amount o' ketchup. HA! Good Fun!

in case is not clear, "sibley" is rudy's lawyer. and this is where we are today with some significant % o' the population having voluntarily smashed through the looking glass where they is inhabiting a fantasy world where whatever they dislike is explained by cartoony dark forces. those who voluntary abandon reason and rational, often for transparent mercenary motivations, when called to account by voters, neighbors or even the legal system is somehow deserving forgiveness 'cause whatever wrong they did were 'cause they is true believers in the fantasy they created for themselves. and no, we did not expect such easy flat earther segue material so soon after our most recent post. HA! Good Fun!

any moderate republican candidate could beat biden w/o a sweat. the problem for haley and anybody else is that no republican will win w/o approval from the trump base-- republicans made a proverbial deal with the devil when they embraced trump. 'course it didn't start with trump. for years the gop was advancing the big tent metaphor while sarah palin, rush limbaugh and steve bannon were simultaneous appealing to the not-so-fringe elements o' the gop. working class white voters, many o' whom voted for obama, were facing decades long economic hardship and simultaneous they were being told they were benefiting from white privilege. in retrospect is not surprising marginalized and disaffected white voters chose to glomp onto an elmer gantry figure such as trump. those voters were looking for a savior from evil as 'posed to a President. elements o' the gop identified a group o' voters who needed a push to radicalize 'em, and that is exact what they did. gop big tent went in the dumpster and instead we see a platform o' outrage and grievance. republicans know they can't win without the radicalized base they took into the fold. is only a few years past, but seeming improbable, key is now full on supporting a candidate who promotes dozens o' demonstrable wrong conspiracy theories about covid, masks, the cia, and tainted water supplies turning your kids trans. doesn't matter how much proof there is o' guys such as trump and rfk jr being wrong 'bout covid deaths or cancer causing windmills, 'cause while the corrupt government and fake news media attempts to distract you with every little detail those guys get wrong, those complicit institutional supporters are ignoring the bigger and important truth that guard dog's They are indeed out to get you and is only individuals not part o' the establishment who have any chance whatsoever o' fixing the corrupt system... or some other nonsense. being angry isn't a crime and in 2023 there is more than a little justification for working class whites to be angry, yes? being told that systematic problems which has existed for a long time can't be fixed simple and easy ain't a winning strategy for getting the angry vote. political version o' flat earthers is no longer fringe, and is not limited to the right (if you want, we can post video from a recent oakland city council meeting where the lefty kooks were calling for oakland to condemn israel [serious] and many such individuals were insisting october 7 were a israeli false flag operation as justification for their outrage,) am not personal understanding why anybody would listen to trump, rfk jr trump and other sources o' endemic misinformation, but for some inexplicable reason, the anti-authority nutters seem to need just a little push from a recognizable authority figure to full embrace their anger and crazy. ironic. haley could easily beat biden... just so long as she has trump base support. it might be a smart movie for trump if he bargained support o' haley in exchange for a prospective pardon, but am barely able to imagine trump doing smart. also, pardons wouldn't get trump out o' his georgia or civil problems. HA! Good Fun!

Trump says he’s not testifying in his civil fraud trial Monday *gasp* <-- feigned surprise can either read the link, or instead just appreciate werner herzog's best evar filmed scene. aside, one reason the court gave for maintaining the gag order in trump's fed jan 6 case is 'cause the appelate judges observed the trial were assured gonna be complete before the election, so there were no need to delay actions until after the election. converse, judge aileen canon is delaying the most straightforward and simple procedural matters in the mar-a-lago docs case. HA! Good Fun!

no doubt many people is playing rogue trader, but we just finished lord of nothing, so regardless o' fact few may care at the moment, am offering insights. am curious disappointed in spite o' fact am thinking the newish dlc was excellent if predictable buggy. examples o' a few annoying bugs: being mounted when a cutscene starts means your character is somewhere improbable when cutscene ends; we noticed sendri had a missing feat only after a subsequent level-up; our martyr paladin had no auras; shaken debuff from greater shadow demon proximity was permanent; etc. the thing is, we expected bugs, so no disappointment, but there were a few frustrating bug moments. more than just a few. ... if lord of nothing were part o' wotr, it would represent much o' the best content o' the game. one portion o' the dlc had mask of the betrayer nostalgia and a nifty mechanic. lon also benefited from a few o' the more interesting written characters in any owlcat offering. tough choices is always easiest to make at the end o' a title 'cause is no bifurcation o' storyline after the finale, but while owlcat broke no new ground, they made the end choices feel meaningful even w/o knowing how such choices impact the main campaign. were a few kewl encounters/fights and quests. but lon were not through the ashes 2. most o' the clever gameplay and mechanics from through the ashes were abandoned in lon. we were back to per kill xp and degenerative gameplay. no tough lon decision as to whether to use rope or tools or perhaps save such limited resources for later. no lon chances to exploit geography to win fights or to have different groups o' antagonists fight each other. etc. through the ashes were refreshing particular as owlcat is ordinarily so color-by-numbers with their encounter design. perhaps is noteworthy owlcat literal abandoned color for lon. oh, and regardless, we thought lord of nothing content were good (and often excellent), but we were disappointed 'cause we didn't get more through the ashes novel content. HA! Good Fun!

speaker johnson explaining why the the january 6 tapes has not yet been released. ... uhmm... HA! Good Fun!

ignorance is never an excuse. even so, out o' all the founding fathers, am thinking washington might be least responsible for his acceptance o' slavery, 'cause he were a rube. is one o' those things not covered often in the myth surrounding the heroes o' the revolution, but washington were probable the least educated o' the founders. some grammar school and the books he read and observed as important to him were 'bout etiquette. 18th century versions o' miss manners advice. serious. don't let southerners fool you, slavery, amongst educated men o' europe and the americas, were recognized as evil and ultimately self destructive even in 1776. yankee abolitionists were some o' the most vocal advocates o' revolution and they were the ones howling indignation at the eventual 3/5ths compromise. the founders knew slavery were wrong, but too many o' the rich and landed men who were part o' the revolution and then contributed to the Constitution depended on slavery... although is doubtful they could envision just how much more slavery would become ingrained in american economic fortunes over the next fifty years. the benign and educated southerner thought slavery as an american institution would die natural sooner as 'posed to later, but they didn't have the courage to step forward and kill the beast themselves. no excuse for thomas jefferson and others. but washington? still not a good excuse, but serious, history books do not often dwell on the disdain many o' the founders felt for the bumpkin putting on airs who would become our first President. regardless, washington weren't dumb, so he don't deserve excuses, but he were pretty darn ignorant even for a man o' his time... at least relative to the other founders. maybe that makes a difference? maybe not. am not judging but am filling in one o' those unfortunate blanks in the american myth. ... converse, the notion women deserved equal rights and were at least as mental capable as men were an extreme fringe notion even amongst the educated men who authored the Constitution in 1787. the wollstonencraft movement were seen as somewhere between laughable and dangerous by the educated founders. jeopardy worthy, mary wollstonecraft whose name became synonymous with early english/american feminism, were the mother o' mary shelly, the author o' frankenstein. HA! Good Fun!

is arguments the US deserves to be considered as oligarchy, but you always gotta be wary o' sources. US as oligarchy is particular popular amongst the conspiracy minded-- the idea the illuminati, a cabal o' powerful corporations, billionaires and government entities is behind your troubles is appealing in its simplicity. The ‘black’ hole in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s housing conspiracy theory dude is nuttier than squirrel p00p, but you see once again his conspiracy driven outlook. for many conspiracy folks, covid were fake and driven by pharma and government self-interest. likewise, the housing shortage is similar caused by a shadowy corporate entity with an ominous name, and government interests is aware o' the problem but ignore 'cause they is complicit... and facts be damned, right? is the narrative and not facts which is important. it all fits, yes? am ok with considering the US for inclusion as an oligarch, but you gotta be suspicious when such claims come from conspiracy folks, 'cause is part o' their cracked mindset. most americans were raised in schools which taught that our republic with a representative democracy relying on checks and balances were the solution. we got a whole mythology built up around certain famous political figures and we construct great monuments in their honor. try and explain how liberty and democracy is creating opposing tensions does not compute no matter how much we explain. the laws created by the democratic process place limits on citizen actions. don't smoke in restaurants. don't drive your car w/o a seat belt. dumping toxic waste on your own land is verboten. etc. athenian democracy were a mess and not just 'cause women couldn't vote... and their reliance on slavery. every choice o' the athenian body politic became a popularity contest. demagogues and petty self interest had a way o' undermining best intentions. the US solution to the democracy problem were to make government inefficient and to limit its powers-- three separate branches, a divided legislature, a bill of rights which is a list o' stuff off limits to The People and the democratic process, etc. the founders baked gridlock into the US system purposeful and yet we all act surprised by how incompetent and inefficient it is at times. unfortunate, 'cause we is raised and taught the religion o' democracy from a young age... US representative democracy is a good thing, but it ain't deserving the myth, and explanations for why people is hungry, homeless, out of work and a hundred other misfortunes is not depending on the cabal o' powerful people, companies and government forces. US as oligarchy is a valid academic question, but beware conspiracy and whataboutism. @Bartimaeus am thinking trump is a problem for many folks, even sooper smart people. perhaps is smart folks who is most baffled by trump. when trump first became President, many were unconcerned 'cause the US system doesn't give the President the power to do everything trump claimed he were gonna do. lotta hot air. trump went ahead and did anyways. after four years, people kept using same arguments. january 6 happens and we got people on this board and elsewhere suggesting the real problem were tds, 'cause is no way trump coulda' remained in power even if he delayed the electoral count. foolishness. similar, smarty people seem incapable o' realizing that a violation o' law or morality does not exist which would move his base from their idolatry. trump has spent the last few years telling his people that the reason he is being prosecuted is 'cause they are coming after your freedoms and trump is standing in their way. to the trump base and most republicans, if 45 is convicted it will prove just how right trump were. facts don't matter. smarty people such as tribe can't seem to process the fact that a large % o' americans has been radicalized or simply divorced from reality for too long. tribe lives in a logical and rational world o' newtonian physics where effects follow causes. 2023 US is so not tribe's world. HA! Good Fun!

today were arguable the single worst day trump has had in regards to his numerous court cases. first: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1216541738/appeals-court-trump-immunity-jan-6-riot-lawsuits Former President Donald Trump is not immune from being sued over the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, clearing the way for lawsuits filed against him in connection with the deadly riot. judge luttig thoughts on the matter: not only did the judge find the appeals court decision persuasive but he did not see any reason why SCOTUS would grant cert if trump appealed. judge luttig, btw, before he started to criticize trump, were arguable one o' the top three most respected living textualists (conservatives.) am gonna suggest the guy who were most instrumental in getting clarence thomas nominated by bush were luttig. nobody has ever confused luttig with liberals. also, for those not understanding how the arcane US judicial system operates, appeals court decisions create binding precedent for lower district courts, so were no surprise when... second: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1216696071/donald-trump-election-interference-immunity-claims-rejected-tanya-chutkan Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his election interference case in Washington, a federal judge ruled Friday, knocking down the Republican's bid to derail the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision amounts to a sharp rejection to challenges the Trump defense team had raised to the four-count indictment in advance of a trial expected to center on the Republican's multi-pronged efforts to undo the election won by Democrat Joe Biden. larry is the preeminent con law scholar-- he literally wrote the book on the subject. that said, mr. tribe clear don't like trump, trump policies and the maga credo in general, so he might be indulging a smidge o' wishful thinking. luttig and tribe? two elder statesman o' the law who on paper appear to be natural adversaries agree trump had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. take it for what it's worth. HA! Good Fun!