Gromnir

was busy for easter so kinda forgot to get back to this. apologies. am having mentioned more than once how is a mistake to confuse questions o' right v. wrong with legal v. illegal, or even ethical v. unethical. there is no ethical code for the behaviour o' Justices. we might indulge in a reasonable extrapolation exercise and conclude that obvious what applies to all other fed judges should apply to Justices, but what should be is far different than what is, eh? Justices is different than other members o' the judiciary 'cause not only is there no higher legal authority than the Court in the US, there is also no pool o' Justices who might step in for a Justice who otherwise should recuse self from a case. there is mechanical obstacles for imposing standards on Justices beyond the Constitutional hurdles. while Congress could impose term limits as well as increase or decrease the number o' Justices 'pon the Court, setting standards for Justice behaviour is likely outside the scope o' Article 1 powers. legal there was an ambiguity regarding reporting gifts to Justices and such ambiguities ordinary is decided in favour o' the individual subject to the law as 'posed to the author o' such a law. has been recent clarification that clarence should report all his trips and freebie travel expenses, but such is not gonna apply to past reporting questions. am not personal having knowledge o' all clarence gifts and his reporting activities, but it is possible that thomas' seeming self-serving non-reporting o' gifts were legal until recent. the thing is, early in the Court career o' clarence, he took heat from the media 'cause there were stories 'bout his acceptance o' gift/grift. clarence responded by seeking legal advice and instead o' changing his practice o' accepting questionable gifts, his solution were to stop reporting gifts as 'posed to stopping the acceptance o' gifts. the change justice thomas' undertook reveals awareness on his part that accepting gifts were impolitic at best as well as his conscious effort to avoid future scrutiny. non reporting by thomas o' gifts received may have been legal, but is a far different query than deciding if thomas acted appropriate as a Justice. am also gonna observe how aoc acceptance o' her freebie met gala invitation and and failure to report gift bag goodies bothered us. regardless, am thinking there is gonna be people who try and argue what were the legal and ethical requirements for thomas while trying to ignore the more pertinent issue o' what were the right thing for thomas to do. HA! Good Fun!

posted 'cause o' the bizarre box score, but mainly 'cause am thinking we need a trash pandas jersey and/or hat. HA! Good Fun!

Rebekah Jones' Viral Claims About Her Son's Arrest By 'Fascist' DeSantis Don't Match Available Evidence no surprise we got lack o' consistency regarding facts, so smart thing to do is wait 'til at least after the may 3 court day before picking a side, eh? whether is an autistic kid being arrested in florida, a shooting in wisconsin or a war thousands o' miles away, when facts is uncertain it is best to withhold accusations o' malfeasance until the picture become clearer. is nothing wrong with making guesses or coming up with a prediction, but if you are gonna accuse others o' wrongdoing, is best to wait until you got some kinda reliable facts before doing so. am not sure why people feel the need to be the first to accuse as 'posed to waiting 'til is meaningful support for an accusation. litmus test. HA! Good Fun!

we had a small handful o' guests for easter and we did the bit where you poach eggs in the shell, which doesn't make 'em taste better but it allowed us to be all dramatic when serving something kinda basic. had the poached eggs served multiple ways depending on diner preference. had three soups: chilled cucumber, pazole rojo, and a yellow split pea as well as crusty fresh bread. soups were all made ahead o' time. thank goodness. honest, we chose the soups more for the color than any. we were going for bright. edit: we also had two salads. am not a fan o' leafy green salads save for caesar salad. there were no caesar salad and one 'o the salads were a kale thing, and am not a fan o' kale. almost forgot the salads as they were brought by guests. were not bad salads, but they were salads. lamb breast stew, which ain't particular traditional but it were something we could make the day before as stew is almost always superior the next day. we didn't make any kinda a desert 'cause one guest told us she were bringing apple tarte tatin. were magnificent. our favorite part o' the meal. relative low effort for Gromnir and the only thing he had to make on easter were the eggs and a couple sauces. ... no hardboiled eggs, but if we did do hardboiled, we woulda made deviled eggs. am having no idea where our piping bag is. am recalling looking for it a couple months previous and came up empty. is not so much the bag as the absent tips/nibs/whatever which is problematic as am knowing we could use a ziploc in a pinch. no kids this easter. no kids made easter less festive. HA! Good Fun!

the past eight months o' Gromnir table-top role-play/wargaming has been... difficult. however, last summer we were running a coyote and crow campaign. am realizing how cliché it were for us to be doing coyote and crow, but in our defense, we were asked to do c&c and we expressed serious concerns before final acquiescing. the coyote and crow rulez is ez 'nuff to learn but not particular inspired or unique. even so, the campaign were going better than we had anticipated but it stagnated 'cause we had to take a break for personal reasons and nobody else wanted to gm. however, am having recent been asked if am willing to restart. "maybe," has been our answer but am trending towards a more optimistic, "hopefully." HA! Good Fun!

Jordan subpoenas former senior prosecutor in Manhattan DA’s office in connection to probe of Trump case ... "Pomerantz resigned from the Manhattan DA’s office in 2022 and said in his resignation letter that former President was “guilty of numerous felony violations” in connection to his annual financial statements. He resigned one day after Bragg informed him that he wasn’t prepared to move forward with criminal charges at that point." why on earth would the gop wanna subpoena pomerantz o' all people? is inevitable the attorney who rage-quit will be asked why he raged quit, yes? trump is current protected from public scrutiny o' charges the manhattan da no doubt looked into but did not decide to pursue. is not as if pomerantz quit 'cause he thought trump were getting the fuzzy end o' the lollipop, so am failing to see the upside for republicans which ain't far outweighed by the likelihood pomerantz is asked to discuss the full extent o' trump's dirty laundry and to have his response regarding a possible litany o' horribles entered into the Congressional record... maybe even see such answers made public. HA! Good Fun!

roast chicken is in our regular rotation and consistent makes a once-every-two-week appearance. am going the spatch**** + broiler route for even crispiness o' skin on our chicken and we ordinary make gravy 'cause am less a fan o' chicken breasts and the gravy makes more 'em more appetizing. with removed backbone, neck and giblets, am making gravy while am cooking the chicken, so is not particular time consuming. the only arguable unhealthy ingredient in the gravy is 2T o' butter for the roux and considering is enough gravy for the entire bird, am not feeling guilty. frequent am steaming broccoli and other vegetables, but cauliflower is almost always receiving a roasted with garlic approach. we do make extravagant meals for friends and family, but our roast chicken is consistent a top ten request... though our baked mac & cheese has a firm hold on the number one spot. speaking o' simple and tasty, we made spaghetti all'assassina for dinner. is one o' those recipes we has seen everywhere this last year or so but that don't make it less delicious. HA! Good Fun!

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insofar as shadowcaster, am suspicious owlcat has finally fixed shadow spells as the dcs are often wrong and elemental damage is counted strange... and sr is also implemented different than one would expect if pathfinder is the basis. however, the profane and untyped intelligence boosts is making shadowcaster worthy o' consideration. the ghost rider sounds kewl, and that may be enough, but it sacrifices the cavalier charge abilities which multiply damage and expand crit range, so is functional a decrease in power. were-touched looks weaker than manticore or fey-form, but that don't make it bad as those two is kinda silly op at the moment. shifters is strong and the were archetype seems like a solid addition to the shifter list o' archetypes. tortured crusader would be okie dokie if the game had more non evil foes. lack o' a mount hurts. lack o' mark of justice means we likely want another paladin in the party in addition to the tortured crusader. dark lurker and reanimator look kinda meh, but might be thematic interesting enough to try. regardless, @ShadySands should be happy as these archetypes all have a gothic kinda theme, no? suggests the next dlc might involve vampires, werewolves and similar fare. HA! Good Fun!

have only been to atlanta once and such were way back when we were a junior in high school. were a summer trip. ick. however, we were told that april and october were the best months to visit as they were least rainy and the high temps were averaging in the 70s fahrenheit. @Amentep would obvious be a better resource, but our extreme limited knowledge suggests you is going to atlanta at an ideal time at least insofar as weather is concerned. US air travel, particular post 9/11, is a chore. am s'posing doing air travel with youngish kids is even more o' a challenge, but you seem like the kinda person who knows enough to plan ahead and prepare for possible obstacles, so am doubting the trip(s) result in more than a relative brief bit o' unpleasantness and who knows, maybe something dramatic does happen and then you got a family anecdote which will last decades. HA! Good Fun!

complete missed the point. "I would hazard to say that it is more likely this is an act of reprisal than a 13 year old being a genuine threat." and this is why you fail. you leap to a conclusion w/o meaningful support. keep in mind, am not doubting the arrest, however... nothing save rebekah jones tweet is provided as evidence that the the meme posted gets a person arrested in florida. even from ms. jones tweets it sounds as if there were an internet dialogue including more than an insular meme posting which resulted in the arrest. and again, even if it turns out that ms. jones were correct and the meme were the reason her son were arrested, you had no support for your posted observation save for your belief that the arrest were the result o' political motivated vengeance. litmus fail... again. edit: helpful links https://www.huffpost.com/entry/6-year-old-fingers-shape-of-gun-suspended_n_6813864 https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/cops-charge-7-year-old-for-bringing-toy-gun-to-class/2103430/ http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/18/new.york.doodle.arrest/index.html these stories should not be new as they had previous been referenced on this board. states and schools in many states has asinine zero-tolerance policies particularly in the context o' school violence... and given the recent events in tennessee... regardless, am waiting for kp to share with us his support for his meme on snapchat observation other than the rebekah jones tweets, support which he no doubt had knowledge o' previous to making his post but convenient didn't share. HA! Good Fun!

have never bothered to check out youtube save as the result o' a search... what we mean is, am never having intentional gone to https://www.youtube.com/. the algorithm says we is interested in pbs, legal stuff, quantum mechanics, fluid dynamics, cooking, pc strategy games, msnbc, chopin, noam chomsky, led zepplin, cinematography and ... is also a video entitled, jesper goes down on dima the stableman which am so not interested in viewing... though am admitting if it were pbs we might reflexive click. edit: am admitted kinda baffled by so much msnbc (we view msnbc vids even less frequent than fox.) and has been literal at least a couple years since our most recent noam chomsky search. HA! Good Fun!

as most here is aware, am not a fan o' desantis, but am also thinking this kinda viral "news" is a litmus test for 21st century stoopid. embrace the narrative o' a freaking tweet from a mom whose son has been arrested w/o any support to corroborate? maybe not the most objective source, eh? if you cannot wait for more reliable info before picking a side or reaching a conclusion, then you are part o' the problem even if you believe you are fighting against the bad guys. the folks following desantis' war on woke also believe they is fighting the bad guys and somehow such gives their unCosntitutional and anti-liberty efforts legitimacy. even if the story ends up being complete true, not waiting for meaningful corroboration and a more in-depth explanation than a mom defense means you are no more discerning than the qanon troglodytes waiting for jfk jr to rise from the dead. if you believe a story 'cause the narrative supports a conclusion you already hold firm as 'posed to relying on meaningful reflection o' facts and coupled with a healthy dose o' cynicism, then you are failing an ez test. litmus test fail. HA! Good Fun!

am suspecting an impeachment by wi republicans would have a similar impact as did the overturn o' roe. democrats vote less reliable than does republicans, but if they is motivated by anger or fear, they will show up at the polls in their multitudes. an impeachment would make the democrats even more active in the next election. impeachment sure ain't gonna win over the independents who is always pivotal in close elections. at the moment the gop is complete dedicated to the politics o' grievance which am s'posing is meant to keep trump and his base happy. 'course indulging trumpism is a devil's bargain and it may be the bill is already coming due. the gop needs such stoopid as the war on wokeism and qanon nonsense to retain the trump base, but by indulging the base/trump, they galvanize democrats and distance themselves from independents. 'course is equal true democrats typical fail at crafting a message which simultaneous resonates with their voters and appeals to independents. our prediction for wisconsin is we see the equivalent o' a south park slap fight. HA! Good Fun!

Pence won’t appeal ruling that compels his grand jury testimony on Jan. 6 cnn free version HA! Good Fun!

have personal been waiting to play beyond early act 2 as we hoped to see a few bugs addressed in a patch. new patch better than nothing HA! Good Fun!

Dan Kelly calls Wisconsin Supreme Court winner Janet Protasiewicz a 'serial liar' as he lashes out in his concession speech the ten point margin o' victory is the important part. wisconsin Courts has been noteworthy aggressive in their efforts to turn back the calendrer on voting rights and free speech protections. appropriate for @Guard Dog this is yet another election conservatives lost almost entirely 'cause o' the SCOTUS overturning o' roe as protasiewicz ran her campaign laser focused on characterizing the choice 'tween her and kelly as a referendum on abortion rights. and apologies if gd and his wi girlfriend is no longer a thing. HA! Good Fun!

bill clinton's popularity shot up after he lied under oath about his lewinsky relationship. after perjuring himself, clinton became more popular with democrats? is also good to recall how unpopular trump were when he won in 2016. is only 'cause trump were running against even less popular hillary that he eked out an electoral college victory. somehow four years o' impotence, impeachments and brazen unconstitutional behaviour resulted in 45's enshrinement as the cult leader o' the gop? am no longer shocked by how political bad guys doing bad things become more popular at least in the short term. am also gonna suggest IF the feds decide to charge trump for the mar-a-lago documents, that is the case which looks most solid at the moment. (clarification: keep in mind am basing such an opinion on public known info available to everybody else. we don't know what evidence franni willis has and am not certain o' wapo and nytimes info regarding the fed's documents or jan6. cases. no special knowledge and new info could complete change our opinion, so take with a healthy grain o' salt.) am knowing conservative media has been doing the svengali bit regarding the possible espionage act charges in play which might be applicable to trump, but please keep in mind we has now seen fed judges pierce the attorney-client privilege veil for this case and is no way that happens unless is already compelling evidence not only o' wrongdoing by trump but by his attorneys. initially we were suspicious o' the suggestion the feds were trying to prosecute trump for his theft o' documents. is only extreme rare cases when somebody is prosecuted for such and those prosecutions always involve intent to share such documents with foreign powers or something equal sinister. we noted specific in our earliest posts on the matter that it were possible the feds ultimate and overriding goal were to get the documents back and once that happened they would consider it a victory and that might be the end o' the issue. what has become increasing apparent since the mar-a-lago story first broke is the clear and unrepentant obstructive efforts trump indulged to prevent the return o' government documents. court docs suggest the government is unconvinced all relevant documents has been returned even after their subpeona search and subsequent trump team searches. mar-a-lago docs is so not like the discovery that pence or biden had classified documents in their possession, 'cause those two individuals cooperated fully with the feds in retrieving doc and is no evidence they lied 'bout such material. trump is not being targeted 'cause he had government documents in his possession but rather 'cause once he were aware he had such documents, he were bold in his efforts to obstruct and he went to extreme lengths to maintain his possession o' documents which he had no right to keep. georgia also looks like a strong case, but... trump is gonna face a jury in the possible fed cases as well as georgia and to say am suspicious o' juries is an understatement. feel free to discuss the law and facts o' a case, but keep in mind juries as often as not is deciding based on factors you is unaware. jurors may not like a prosecutor or judge. too much eye contact or not enough eye contact from the defendant? a key prosecution witness looked "shifty?" the feds ordinarily don't go to trial unless is a slam dunk. state and local prosecutors is elected and they often need show results if they wanna get reelected. is gonna be circumstances wherein state prosecutors go to trial with less airtight cases. the georgia case sounds strong and is multiple recorded phone calls o' trump pressuring state officials. multiple smoking guns. even so, is a better than fair chance at least one juror won't wanna convict trump and they will possible tie selves in knots trying to find an excuse for trump. the feds appear to have video o' trump rifling through boxes containing classified govt documents after he received the subpeona to return such documents and the piercing o' attorney-client privilege suggests there is compelling evidence trump specific told his attorney to do something illegal. serious? in georgia, am assuming the defense for trump is gonna be that the x-prez believed the 2020 election were illegitimate and that it were his duty to try and convince georgia officials to do the right thing to uphold the law. is ridiculous and maybe not even relevant, but at least 1/3 o' the country already believes such hokum, so the chances one georgia juror is willing to refuse to believe what their own eyes and ears tells 'em is hardly beyond reason. repeat for emphasis: gonna suggest the media is in fact underreporting the significance o' the piercing o' attorney-client privilege to have trump lawyer(s) testify. such news is huge. HA! Good Fun!

more lamplighters Dev Diary 4#: Infiltration into Turn-Based Combat HA! Good Fun!

two in a row... and equal unlikely, a superhero flick am looking forward to, albeit with reservations. first were fantastic. in our top three o' sooperhero movies. we were quite skeptical o' the first miles morales movie before seeing it. glad we were wrong. our initial thoughts is a spiderverse sequel is understandable from an economics pov but am seeing as all too likely to diminish the story. nevertheless, am looking froward to #2 in spite o' some reservations. HA! Good Fun!

it isn't the fuel which ignites. is the gaseous fumes from the fuel which is burning. an aircraft traveling at ~300kmh wherein the fuel is not contained in tanks but rather open to the great blue sky is gonna be a challenge to set alight and result in any meaningful damage regardless. the fuel dump itself were kinda silly as am assuming the drone is built to fly through heavy rains which is gonna be more immediate impactful than would the largely aerosolized fuel dump. HA! Good Fun!

made beans and greens https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1021902-braised-white-beans-and-greens-with-parmesan we don't much follow the 'bove recipe but our version is a close approximation and is one o' the few ways am willing to eat kale. am making 'bout 1/2 what is called for in the nytimes version and even so am only using 1/2 C o' chicken stock as posed to 2C and am adding 2x as much red pepper flakes. added 4 cloves garlic, but that were 'cause one o' the cloves were just a wee little thing. ordinarily we skip the fennel and use more onion. today was "ordinarily." broccoli rabe or escarole is gonna be our go to greens, but we also like kale for this concoction, so we used one fair sized bunch o' kale. no mozzarella in our version but we do use a decent amount o' parmesan. obvious if you want more healthy you are gonna reduce cheese. we chose not to reduce the cheese. the times for cooking in the linked recipe is wrong for us. it always takes more than four to six for the kale begin getting wilty and our single can o' cannellini beans (again, am doing 'bout 1/2 the recipe) demands at least the eight minutes to be reaching proper tenderness. admitted, to begin having the kale become wilted we cook covered medium-low as 'posed to uncovered medium. to finish am adding a healthy drizzle o' olive oil and fresh grated parmesan . no lemon juice, though that would bring brightness to the dish. am not a vegetarian by any means, but we do enjoy beans and greens. HA! Good Fun!

am looking forward to an owen wilson film. am looking forward to an owen wilson film? a signs o' the apocalypse moment. HA! Good Fun!

@Gorth we viewed the newish jacques pépin video we linked in the youtube algorithm thread and it occurred to us we did not recognize the brand o' olive oil he uses. is noteworthy monsieur pépin, while not hard up for cash, is rare splurging on exotic and overpriced ingredients when doing his home cooking. he uses mccormick spices, mazzola corn oil, and generic grocery store brand beans. unpretentious. am mentioning 'cause we didn't immediate recognize the brand o' extra virgin olive oil he uses. https://cobramestate.com.au/ or https://www.cobramestate.com/ not sooper expensive regardless if is ca or australia. we tagged gorth for this 'cause is likely he is gonna have ez access to cobram australia olive oil. we didn't start using costco for anything but gasoline until the pandemic, but am admitted a limited convert to the warehouse grocery culture and one item we do not hesitate to purchase is the kirkland brand 2l italian extra virgin olive oil. in spite o' the low cost am having no qualms 'bout the quality. even so, am gonna at least try cobram the next time we run low on olive oil. HA! Good Fun!

0 subscriptions... evar. we do current check out atk regular. has been at least a year since jacques pépin posted anything at his site or pbs/kqed, so am not checking him with any frequency. (edit: literal checked jacques pépin moments ago and noticed a new video at kqed... six days past and first new in over a year. gonna note how from mr. pépin we learned a couple decades past to cut along the bone o' chicken thighs to get more even cooking... is something he does in the linked vid. so obvious in retrospect but for years we never thought to do so. however, we will observe how particular for a guy in his 80s he should be more careful handling raw chicken.) other than cooking, most o' the stuff we follow is kinda technical legal or science. is a few history channels we do peek at and a couple is even entertaining. the atun-shei is kinda a hoot, so maybe once a month we look. even so, 0 subscriptions and am feeling no handicap in finding info. HA! Good Fun!