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First on CNN: Trump's impeachment defense team leaves less than two weeks before trial while he was in the wh, there were at least a couple people who, if for no other reason than self preservation, would point out that trump's impulses towards self immolation were ill-advised. those people clear did not go to florida with donald. if steve bannon is the voice of reason, you may have a problem. ... rudy, meet your newest problem: win defamation regarding an issue o' arguable public interest is not ez, but rudy is providing casebook examples which don't happen in rl 'cause nobody is so reckless. as noted in a previous post, dominion doesn't genuine want rudy, but am suspecting the lincoln project lawyers are hopeful rudy doesn't retract and apologize by february 3. HA! Good Fun!

Dodger Stadium’s COVID-19 vaccination site shut down after protesters gather at entrance so, a group o' antivaxxers and alt-right crackpots who weren't satisfied with refusing to volunteer for a covid-19 vaccine is now active trying to prevent other people from receiving their scheduled vaccines. so it goes. HA! Good Fun!

hmmm we reflected on the appropriateness o' posting in this thread, but the woman in the video called 'em "cute," so who is Gromnir to quibble. HA! Good Fun!

you have a gift for understatement. as to the godzilla v. kong movie, am admitted intrigued although we should be a bit embarrassed by the admission. am not a kaiju movie fan, but perhaps that is 'cause am a kong fan even if not at the peter jackson level o' fandom. unlike most kaiju, kong is an actual character and he weren't just a fat stagehand in a rubber suit neither. the stop-action animation for kong set the bar for decades. is actual little in common 'tween kong and godzilla from a storytelling pov and is no good reason to wanna force 'em into the same film, other than the crazy-arsed impulse which has folks arguing 'bout which would win in a fight, a polar bear or a tiger. nevertheless, as already stated, am intrigued. ... don't like the bond-with-a-child aspect... at all. that were gamera's shtick. HA! Good Fun!

and with this bit, brian williams is tentative out o' the doghouse. did not see that coming. HA! Good Fun!

yes. no. is a request for an exemption. HA! Good Fun!

am hopeful trump enjoys a lifetime tenure in his new office. HA! Good Fun!

possibly. there is much misunderstanding 'bout tort damages but is perfect understandable as is not the kinda subject taught in any schools other than law or a few university polisci classes, and rare does a media outlet explain... or have time to explain. am sympathizing a bit as am not certain how many times we has functional reposted how punitive damages work even though same obsidian boardies express consternation every time a massive punitive damage award gets reported. there is some legitimacy in the recognition that when it comes to the massive damage cases, the lawyers always get paid. for example, even if is a class action wherein each party receives $1, the lawyers may makes tens o' millions. feels unfair. however, once you frame issue as the money-grubbing lawyers are getting rich at the expense o'___________, the possibility for meaningful discussion drops precipitous. as we noted earlier with taxes, americans has a sense o' fairness which may not be realistic and any attempt to explain or reason runs up against what persons know should be the law. HA! Good Fun!

have mentioned previous, but am expecting where this genuine becomes paradigm altering is after dominion succeeds with their defamation suits and then go after publishers o' rudy such as fox, aon and newsmax. the $1.3 billion is a number dominion is aware rudy would never be able to pay, so go after publishers then becomes an option IF they succeed in showing defamation and IF they prove fox/aon/newsmax knew or shoulda' known that rudy's claims were false. the reputation o' canadians as nice and polite may take a hit from this, but we says, Go team Dominion. the lawyers for Dominion (americans) is also in kinda slam dunk mode regarding defamation as you can see from our previous links if you have the unlikely patience to read through their factual basis offerings. the lawyers is joking (as much as is possible in a lawsuit) and having fun with this. but again, the BILLION numbers is existing precise 'cause is no way rudy would ever be able to pay. get the publishers for the big money and if successful, the entire industry changes. is no way oan or newsmax can pay either and that kinda money would make even rupert murdoch wince. is a long way to go, but as ridiculous as it current appears as the mypillow guy and rudy is being sued for billions, there is genuine potential for these lawsuits to be altering the way in which cable news does business. HA! Good Fun!

we didn't mention tomatoes. sacramento valley tomatoes is as good as it gets. absolute ideal conditions. Covid-19 Contracted by Scores of National Guard Members in Washington also, am knowing we linked the off the rails articles from axios, but here is the final installment for those who missed it: Episode 8: The siege But then President-elect Biden materialized on the TV to address the nation. The room fell silent. Sen. Tom Carper, who represented Biden's home state of Delaware and had served alongside Biden in the Senate for eight years, filmed the speech on his iPhone. "At this hour, our democracy is under unprecedented assault," Biden said in a somber voice. "Unlike anything we’ve seen in modern times. An assault on the citadel of liberty." Biden urged Trump to step out on national television immediately and call for an end to the riot. At the end of his speech, the room erupted in bipartisan applause. Moments later, CNN aired a recorded video message from Trump, speaking from the Rose Garden. "I know your pain, I know you're hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us, a landslide election," the president opened provocatively, before meekly telling his supporters they had to "go home." But he ended defiantly, jaw up, telling his followers who brought mob rule to the Capitol, "We love you. You're very special." The president had done the minimum — less, really — and he had kept the mob on his hook. Senate staff inside the room were steaming. "That was pathetic," one said angrily. The president couldn't even be bothered to make a live speech, and then essentially he had closed with a validation of the mob. Within hours, major social media platforms had removed the president's video and suspended Trump's accounts, warning of the risks of further incitement. ... and so it goes. HA! Good Fun!

right down the road from Gromnir https://www.davisranchproduce.com/index.html prices and minimum actual decreased this year. for six months (edit: 'pon reflection, were more like 4.5 months) almost all our vegetables were hand picked by Gromnir, but not grown as while am ok with food preparation, am otherwise only able to turn plant life into fertilizer. we still have many bags filled with frozen corn. is fantastic when the watermelons, honeydew and cantaloupe become available. last year we were even given access to some o' the trellis vegetables such as snow peas, though those were a smidge more expensive. am suspecting more places such as this exist and people just don't know about 'em or think it's too much effort. HA! Good Fun!

is a legit question as to whether trump sooper spreader events or bombs dropped by US forces killed more people during the previous year. also, am believing joan jett is still touring. HA! Good Fun!

am pretty certain your pov is actually the norm. some o' this might be due to averages and how outrageous were the increases for staple foods at the start o' the pandemic--couldn't buy beans or rice at reasonable prices until perhaps late may in some places. we tend to live in the moment, and currently prices don't look outrageous to us save in specific avoidable examples, but if we average in first four months o' the pandemic... our personal bill would still be lower just 'cause our shopping habits were kinda unique, but even Gromnir saw how wacky were prices in spring and summer. have read multiple news stories which show grocery bills has increased on average particular for city dwellers who is less likely to have access to large supermarkets where costs is defrayed more easily than corner markets. this effect is s'posed exacerbated by people being less likely to bargain shop during the pandemic. over the past few months, more people have A store which is geographic close compared to past when people would look for best prices in town and then alter their lists accordingly. and again, even the posters in this place observe that meat is tending to be more expensive and for some people such is a large percentage of the bill. am suspecting you are the norm as 'posed to the exception. perhaps many obsidian posters who responded live in the burbs instead o' city? dunno. we would be wary o' extrapolating a national norm from a sample size o' less than a dozen. as to growing of plants, we have a legendary capacity to visit ruin and corruption 'pon the vegetable world. if ferns knew fear they would quail at the mere mention o' our name. if succulents had sphincters, they would pucker in our presence. am suspecting the dozen mighty redwoods which grow in our yard would laugh at our powers o' death and destruction, but all other members o' the plant world are just victims, potential victims, awaiting our reaper's touch. am not particularly good with plants... and such wasn't just a way to get out o' a few chores as a kid growing up on a ranch/farm. probably. HA! Good Fun!

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our food bill has actual deceased somewhat but only 'cause we now shop at a supermarket regularly. previous to the pandemic, we rare put foot inside a costco or safeway or raleys. over the past year have noticed processed meat is more expensive, but we don't personal buy much o' such. apples is ordinarily dirt cheap this time o' year and in our neck o' the woods. ain't the case current. we need pick whichever variety is on sale if we wanna avoid $3.97 per pound. is curious which fruits and vegetables has increased in price. did a double-take a day ago when we saw honeydew on sale at $5.19 each. lettuce has stayed constant and avocadoes is extreme inexpensive. dunno. HA! Good Fun!

“Fight for Trump”: Video Evidence of Incitement at the Capitol "From a legal point of view, the key question any criminal exposure the former president may have turns on his state of mind. In the video, we see many of his followers, who believe they are acting on his orders. But the question a jury would have to decide is what was in Trump’s mind that morning on the Ellipse (and in his previous tweets/statements), not just how people reacted. For instance, in order to prove someone committed the crime of soliciting violence in violation of 18 USC § 373, the government has to establish that the defendant acted, “with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against property or against the person of another in violation of the laws of the United States.” In the video, we hear Trump tell the crowd to act “peacefully.” I would expect his lawyers to focus on that. But, he also says “we fight, we fight like hell. If you don’t you’re not going to have a country anymore.” So when we talk about proof in court, prosecutors will have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended the “fight” part, not the “peaceful” part. Trump’s prior awareness that his followers take him literally and act on his words, as well as his “delight” as opposed to horror when he learned the Capitol was being overrun and failure to do anything to tamp down on the insurrection, suggest prosecutors may have fertile ground to seek evidence in here." as usual, english definition o' words may be misleading when considering application of law. ordinarily we infer intent from actions 'cause rare does a defendant blurt out their state o' mind bore and/or during the commission of a crime. if the defendant bludgeons another person to death by repeated striking the victim's head with a cast iron frying pan, is gonna be relative simple to infer intent. one may assume the defendant knew that cast iron pans may be deadly when used as a weapon to strike another human being's head. repeated blows undermines possibility o' any kinda accident as explanation for the killing, no? am predicting the trump defense is gonna be... odd. ordinarily there is no advantage in attempting to convince a finder o' fact that a defendant is impulsive, reckless and indulges in behavior which is flirting with the line 'tween criminal and legal. the reckless buffoons' gambit is not popular with the defense bar. with a cop dead, trying to convince a fact finder that trump has so frequent exhorted crowds to engage in potential illegal behavior would be risky. *understatement* the thing is, there is just such an overabundance o' trump saying terrible things which arguable coulda' been deemed incitement if his followers had acted on such exhortations. by the same token, trump were no doubt aware that more than one o' his loyalists ingested bleach after trump suggested internal use o' disinfectant could be a possible remedy for covid-19 sufferers. pretend as if trump didn't know that at least a few o' his loyalists would act badly following his speech will be made more difficult if every stoopid trump statement which led to stoopid trump followers taking literal gets repeated in court. criminal omissions is not mentioned often in the trump context. even if you think trump did not incite the crowd, there is an argument that his failure to do anything once the attacks on the Capitol occurred made trump criminal liable. am thinking is tough to argue trump had no duty to quell violence once it began. the numerous phone calls made by Congressmen from both sides o' the aisle imploring trump to do something suggests those Congressmen believed trump had a duty to take action. the timeline o' trump inactivity is stark. however, am thinking pursuing criminal omission against a former President is exact the kinda precedent the doj would wanna avoid. Presidents make mistakes all the time and we rare second guess the chief executive by means o' criminal prosecution. 'course rare is there such a stark example o' failure to act. weren't just that a President made a bad choice but that for literal hours trump did nothing meaningful while the US Capitol were occupied by a mob with more than a few individuals threatening bloody murder. is a singular event in living memory, but perhaps not so singular if a historian were to go through the rather voluminous annals o' presidential malfeasance. is a valid legal argument for criminal omission if this were a law school exam question and the student were going through issue spotting efforts. nevertheless, am questioning the wisdom o' such an exercise in rl. am suspecting many xPresidents would potential be subject to criminal omission, and the only way we see this working practical w/o causing a truly horrible precedent is if the current administration were o' the same party as the xPresident being indicted. an omission so egregious even his/her own party seeks criminal punishment? maybe. maybe. as an aside, is good to recall the long list o' individuals who has graced $20 US currency over the years. jackson as the face o' the $20 only happened in the 1920s during a dark period o' us history when nativism were disturbing in vogue. our personal choice for the $20, based on those candidates from the unofficial 2015 poll, is wilma mankiller. we know next to nothing about ms. mankiller, but tell us that ain't a kewl name you would wanna see on US legal tender. 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we got two EIP cards in the mail yesterday. am not eligible for stimulus so am curious if these is scam cards or perhaps an error as they appear legit. the toll free customer service telephone number looks authentic based on our intensive 30-second internet search. am knowing we should call immediate and straighten out the snafu, but somehow even the thought o' informing the government that they sent us money we don't deserve makes us feel a bit dirty and decided unamerican. HA! Good Fun!

Sen. Tom Cotton Bragged He Was an ‘Army Ranger.’ He Was Not “My experience as a U.S. Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan and my experience in business will put me in very good condition,” Cotton said in a 2012 interview with the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record. And in another interview, Cotton claimed that he “became an infantry officer and an Army Ranger.” But the Army’s own website makes clear the distinction between joining the 75th Ranger Regiment and taking the U.S. Army Ranger Course. “People often confuse the 75th Ranger Regiment with the U.S. Army Ranger Course,” the regiment’s public affairs office wrote. But to join the Ranger regiment, members of the Army have to pass the “Ranger Assessment Selection Program [RASP] 1, 2, or both.” Cotton did not. HA! Good Fun!

the lawyer for gondor sought a tro effective against the biden presidency and it is one o' the more curious requests for judicial relief we have ever seen. is not long and is worth a read: After considering Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining Order against Defendants, ex parte, due to the risk of immediate and irreparable harm, to be caused to Plaintiffs by the members of the illegitimate 117th “Congress” and the 46th “President,” Joseph P. Biden,1 whom said illegitimate Congress did unlawfully confirm to the office, who unlawfully hold the mantles of office, to temporarily restrain the effects of their illegal acts (including the barrage of executive orders, which severely threaten economic stability) and to restore the status quo ante, on the pleadings, declarations, expert reports, and other documentary evidence in support thereof, the Court FINDS as follows: ... keep in mind, is a request and not the court granting. https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txwd.1120287/gov.uscourts.txwd.1120287.6.9_1.pdf highlights include: --"All Senators who were not subject to the 2020 Election shall remain in office, except for current Senators who participated in the legislative process and/or the vote that led to the enactment of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, including any amendments thereto, shall also be temporarily barred from holding public office (the “Complicit Senators”) because they likely knew or reasonably should have known of the harm being perpetrated on the American electorate, yet failed to take any action to stop it;" --all "complicit" Congressmen will be escorted from Capitol and barred from grounds --court will appoint stewards to effective continue the business o' the executive. stewards will be chosen from the previous administration's cabinet as it existed in august of 2020. why august? "August 1, 2021 is a date before the 2020 election campaigns for Congress and the President began. Oftentimes, there are seismic shifts in government bureaucracies and policy just prior to an election as government officials tend to shift policy and personnel positions in anticipation of who may come to power in the wake of an election." --All persons who acted in a legislative manner in the 107th Congress and had expressed knowledge of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, and as amended in 2005 and 2008, including but not limited to Mike Pence, all named Defendants in this lawsuit, and any member of staff thereof shall be barred from holding any position in government or administration of government pending the preliminary injunction hearing; (original act passed 92-2 in senate) aside, the 114th Congress pretty much resubmitted and expanded hava, nvra and uocava, provisions. am not certain why the senators o' the 114th Congress avoid complicit label. --placing the use o' air force one and the nuclear football under the control o' the stewards. again, the stewards is the unelected cabinet members o' the trump admin as of august 2020. HA! Good Fun! ps a bit different from the gondor lawyer, https://clarelocke.com/ is representing Dominion regarding their defamation case v. rudy, and they are having fun with it while public eviscerating "america's mayor." https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/dominion-voting-systems-defamation-lawsuit-against-lawyer-rudy-giuliani/91600fbd-9526-46ef-b951-b6f9b89950fc/?itid=lk_inline_manual_32 as ludicrous as it sounds given the case involves rudy hawking pills and protection from cyberthieves on his laughable podcasts, this controversy has the potential to be paradigm shifting. fox and oan and news max is on the hook. as we has mentioned elsewhere, those organizations is liable as publishers o' rudy's alleged defamation. dominion is consciously demanding $1.3 BILLION from rudy, but is likely they will use judgement to get their money from fox and others. might very well be bigger than ny times v. sullivan, particular from a practical impact pov.

go for it. if we state a fact about what is the law 'bout sending federal troops to portland and am wrong, disprove. state an opinion 'bout what is the cause o' disproportionate cop violence and is gonna be amusing to watch you try and disprove, but go for it. just a couple videos posted related to summer protests, and one o' which is asking for restraint in condemning cops. nevertheless, you find interesting that Gromnir commented 'bout more videos as 'posed to posting 'em? ok. now what? say, "interesting" isn't particular insightful. no surprise. any insights? perhaps you find interesting? maybe you don't. once again am posting w/o editorializing. is "interesting" to see which posters respond to our videos and how they respond. interesting. HA! Good Fun! ps will be interesting to see what happens on january 31

the transparent putin apologists has already outed themselves with predictable whataboutism, so... but please remember that protesting is adult business. adult. the kids and sensitive folks should get parental approval before viewing the following: serious though, we post a couple russia protest twitter submissions and the folks with impulse control issues and transparent motives respond pretty much on schedule and according to type. HA! Good Fun!

@Boeroer conspiracy theory thrives in the absence o' evidence. conspiracy theory nutters demand that you prove impossibility and see no problem with such reasoning. sure, explain how an unpowered microchip small enough to be injected via a vaccine syringe is gonna have any practical use for the Legion of Evil should be needing proof from those promoting the conspiracy theory, but the tinfoil hat brigade will inevitably turn on you and demand you disprove the possibility o' tech advances or magic or whatnot. is not possible to convince these folks. New CDC director said Biden administration is struggling with lack of vaccine data “One of the biggest problems right now is I can't tell you how much vaccine we have, and if I can't tell it to you then I can't tell it to the governors and I can't tell it to the state health officials," Dr. Rochelle Walensky told "Fox News Sunday." we would like to say this news is a surprise. HA! Good Fun!

interesting how? state your concern. btw, we posted plenty o' videos from the summer protests in the US. the guy in buffalo, and christopher david is a couple examples. https://meduza.io/feature/2021/01/24/kak-prohodili-protestnye-aktsii-23-yanvarya-samye-pokazatelnye-video HA! Good Fun!

Russian girl's tips to pro-Navalny protesters on how to pretend to be confused American tourists when cops show up - 9GAG edit: audio on different browsers is a bit... curious. HA! Good Fun!