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dunno. unions were created so folks could just do their job and not need worry 'bout getting fired or passed over for promotions. unfortunate, there is more than a few jobs where working your forty don't... work. @Hurlshot no doubt is able to share experience 'bout teachers and how ordinary it is for them to work considerable number o' hours past end o' the school day. sure, once a teacher gets tenure is maybe too difficult to be fired, but many/most teachers spend considerable hours doing their job beyond the minimum requirements if for no other reason than 'cause is always kids and classes which is needing more help. ... consider for a moment a young person who is starting a new business. she paints houses. gets paid to paint houses. as a person new to the field o' residential exterior painting, she is creating a business and she is selling her services to those who need their properties to be painted. chances are for the first couple years, until she develops a clientele and acquires a positive reputation, she needs underbid competitors and perhaps even take the occasional loss on a job or two (or three) to grow her business. the painter is working more hours than competitors and making less money than her work is actual worth, and her actions is not only reasonable but likely necessary if she wants to break into a market where there is already more than a few established house painters vying for jobs. young person working at a bank or as a peace officer or as a dental hygienist is not different than the painter. sure, it seems different but with almost any job you is first and foremost selling yourself, and chances are if you wanna separate self from the competition (your fellow employees) you need work harder and better than your competition. yeah, particular for jobs where is a surplus o' labor, bosses, absent well-established and powerful unions, may engage in nightmarish levels o' exploitation o' labor. am not blind to the injustice o' the capitalist v. worker dynamic. however, 'cause am old and retired and grumpy, we can't help but think some o' the younger generation has been warped by participation-trophy silliness and forgotten how genghis khan's attribution is just as applicable today: so, suck it up buttercup and get back to work, 'cause if you don't wanna work eighty hours and go above and beyond, then chances are somebody else will do so and when is time to hand out promotions or decided who is being let go during lean times, what reasonable boss wouldn't choose the overachiever? am kinda kidding... somewhat. a little. 'course shady is in a field where businesses is falling all over themselves trying to keep qualified people, so am suspecting he gots considerable leverage even if he does bare minimum required. young painters, or lawyers, is facing considerable competition from their peers and if they don't set themselves apart from the herd at the start o' their career, the handful o' plum positions may be forever out o' reach. not fair? who ever promised it were gonna be fair? if somebody did make such a promise to you, they were liars or fools... or both. HA! Good Fun!

we made boogaloo wonderland sandwiches we got a recipe which approximates a decent version o' the sauce. atk also has a recipe which is probable more accurate than what Gromnir does. our knock-off has near same ingredients as atk with a bit more vinegar and we replace the brown sugar with dark molasses. am reducing the molasses volume 'cause while is maybe less authentic, we prefer the sauce to be more smokey and less sweet. we use also abandon the chili powder and replace with ancho chile powder. regardless, is more fun to say, "boogaloo wonderland," than to say "sloppy joes with cheese"... minus the green bell pepper but with more onions. admission: we prefer jalapeño in our sloppy joes instead o' green bell pepper, and if we weren't making the boogaloo wonderland for somebody who had never previous tasted, we woulda' added jalapeño. HA! Good Fun!

rocky balboa (2006) were far superior to rocky v. in the case o' maverick, you had different writers and a different director, so if you like the new writers and director, that might be cause for optimism. that being said, recognizing that there is indeed a few sequels which is noteworthy superior and/or different than the preceding film, the odds suggest it is best to expect mediocrity or worse from a sequel to a mediocre film. HA! Good Fun!

'tween having to take the 5th +400 times in the ny civil case deposition, and weisselberg's plea + agreement to testify, the trump organization as a whole is in serious jeopardy. even w/o weisselberg's agreeing to testify, the plea woulda' been devastating for the trump org. why weisselberg is holding the line insofar as his refusal to cooperate against trump personal remains a mystery, but this news is most certain not gonna be greeted with cheers by donald and the trump klan, even if it does represent trump having avoided the worst-case-scenario. HA! Good Fun! ps biggest question we have is why the feds ain't investigating the tax fraud. the weisselberg plea is an obvious admission o' wrongdoing insofar as fed taxes as well as state, so where is the feds?

am moderate curious. burton + elfman always gets a looksee from Gromnir. some persons were bothered by gwendoline christie playing lucifer in sandman 'cause she is a woman or too old or whatever, but we simple didn't see her as hitting the mark. maybe she redeems herself with wednesday? gomez (or nameless adams patriarch in the new yorker) has typical been the star o' the adams family regardless o' the media, but such won't be the case for wednesday and that is okie dokie. tim burton's lydia deitz/kim boggs/ursula van helsing/victoria everglot/katrina van tassel are the ordinary burton waifs o' the past and this iteration o' wednesday is more inspired by alice kingsleig or even one o' his eva green or helena bonham carter characters. am hoping this tim burton vehicle is offering more than a christina ricci wednesday with a bit more mayhem. is tough for a caricature to grow in a tv show or film and wednesday could extreme ez become caricature, which is no surprise give her origins and previous appearances. am expecting wednesday to look and sound great, but that don't mean it will be worth watching. will watch at least a few episodes regardless. HA! Good Fun!

the counter-arguments inevitably includes the costs the state must now absorb. again, as have stated a few times, this is not a win position for republicans, and like it or not overturn o' abortion protections is the result o' the earnest held religious beliefs o' evangelicals (primarily catholic women during the early years) who has been advocating in an organized manner for a repeal of roe since 1973. the one possible monetary benefit for states is with roe overturned, they ain't needing pay the legal fees for planned parenthood and other organizations when their just-for-show lawsuits inevitably failed. texas were averaging something near $2 million a year in legal fees for the other guys (planned parenthood and individual doctors) 'cause state and local politicians would challenge abortion constitutionality and inevitably fail. there has been a skeevy politician monetary argument which has been linked to abortion rights for decades, though is opposite o' what lexx imagines. has been suggested the reason why neither democrats or republicans genuine wanted overturn o' roe in spite o' all the soap box speechifying is 'cause both parties were doing lucrative fund raising 'cause o' pro-life and pro-choice. roe, a wonky plurality, were on life support since 1973 but there has never been Congressional legislation to address, and one cynical explanation for torpid response from Congress is that doing so would be killing a golden goose. HA! Good Fun!

we did sunny side up eggs (wife demurred but the husband and daughter partook) and even found fresh sage in the local market, so we added fried sage leaves. the eggs, while served in a manner not common to most japanese kitchens, weren't deemed particular exotic so we didn't mention. am highly recommending fried sage leaves for this meal btw. is a minor thing, but is one o' those additions which not only is adding welcome color, thus enhancing presentation, but is surprising tasty... perhaps even unexpected. didn't come up with the sage idea on our own btw; is how a michelin breakfast place we visit often does it, so we stole the idea and make no apologies. @majestic biscuits and gravy does indeed appear unappealing, particular if you have never seen similar. is a whole lotta not-americans who would never choose to eat biscuits and gravy based on a picture o' the meal. am gonna note the family's daughter enjoyed her meal with visible and uncharacteristic gusto. she is probable graduating from college 'bout now and makes us wonder if she makes biscuits and gravy based on the recipe we left behind or if she perhaps used a search engine to replicate. while improbable, we like to imagine the oddball japanese girl grossing out her friends with the infrequent plate o' biscuits and gravy. HA! Good Fun!

is always good to keep in mind "exotic" is relative. in the past we visited japan every year or so. had an acquaintance and to pay 'em back for repeated hospitality, and per their request, we cooked his family a quintessential american meal they were unlikely to see on the menu at denny's or similar "western" family restaurants. we made 'em biscuits and gravy. make breakfast sausage with ingredients available in japanese stores weren't too difficult. "biscuits" cause consternation 'cause what american calls biscuits is an outlier, but make homemade biscuits is easy and quick and the dairy we use for the biscuits am also using for the gravy... which is perhaps the real mind blower for japanese and most other asians. dairy-based gravy? ... their eleven-year-old daughter loved the meal, but... biscuits and gravy were perhaps too exotic for the ordinary japanese palate. HA! Good Fun!

is what happens when you got earnest people who want justice for wrongs and they is so angry they don't care 'bout due process. speaking o' nogoodniks and due process... Lindsey Graham must testify in Atlanta 2020 election probe, judge rules baby steps update: Stephen Vladeck on the FBI's Search of Trump's Home is an excellent layman-friendly rundown o' the relevant issues and if you avoid the phone call answers, won't require much o' your time to indulge a listen. ten minutes. HA! Good Fun!

initially we used our grandparents record player for the couple albums we were gifted, but then in 1980 we got an early 60s 8-track player and THREE tapes, one o' which were a k-tel release: the rock album. as for oingo boingo, they were frequent visitors o' santa barbara during the 80s and 90s. caught a few o' their county bowl shows. possible our favorite outdoor venue. danny elfman is now recognized as a film score composer linked frequent with tim burton, but is ez to forget what incredible vocal range and control he had as the front man for oingo boingo... f1-c6. not complete unfair to mention him along with freddie mercury. an "older" (edit: not that it matters, but "older" is the wrong word, or at least misleading. were one o' the last songs elfman wrote before oingo boingo were final disbanding and is more like their 1978 stuff than most o' their later releases) oingo boingo tune channeling early performance art influences. by this point elfman no longer had the range he did when a bit younger, but still impressive. HA! Good Fun!

we find alligator meat palatable and even delicious when prepared by somebody who knows what they is doing (not Gromnir,) though am thinking there is an over reliance on serving gator deep fried here in the US. as such the tin o' crocodile pâté don't particular scare us. alligator liver were a unique culinary experience for us, one which we never wish to repeat... evar. HA! Good Fun!

if it makes you feel better (unlikely) is a poor kept secret o' the defense bar that a significant % o' those anonymous tips which lead to capture o' criminals is calls from attorneys and they is either giving up their own client or using info from their client to point the cops in the direction o' some other bad guy o' whom the police were unaware. we personal couldn't do family law; was where we drew the line. could not bring our self to be part of a legal action which would intentional/accidental burn down a family. had done criminal brief and then we moved on to con law where our typical client were religious "extremists," followed close by white supremacists and gangs. perhaps curious, the only identifiable group o' clients we ever regretted representing were strip club owners, 'cause is one o' those unfortunate facts that a majority o' strippers were victims o' abuse as children and once they become strippers they is seeing abnormal levels o' domestic violence, drug use, mental illness, etc. point is, we had loathsome clients, and is not as if we could complete compartmentalize which is why we wouldn't do family... and why admitted after the fact we suffered some significant remorse 'bout representing strip club owners and strippers. never had to defend a rapist, but am suspecting that woulda' been difficult for us. am not unsympathetic to a point o' too much to bear. 'course we got the loons who somehow see all politicians as inherent broken and or want 'em all locked up yesterday, regardless o' due process or proof. you are willing to question your beliefs, which puts you significant ahead o' the curve. HA! Good Fun!

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cup don't bother us but am gonna admit am personal a little grossed out by the nail clippers adjacent to food. am hopeful keyrock doesn't attend to his nails while eating. HA! Good Fun!

gonna need be more specific. is part o' the problem. we see general grievance that trump is bad and that heads should roll. ok, for what exact? after more than six years bartimaeus, not a lawyer, is no doubt quite aware trump were not gonna be prosecuted while President. if that hasn't sunk in by now am not sure how to help. that were the point o' the mueller kerfuffle, yes? mueller couldn't say trump were possible subject obstruction of justice charges because he could not be prosecuted until after he were no longer President, and it were deemed manifest unfair to formal accuse trump o' obstruction w/o giving him the chance to defend in court. so mueller says he couldn't rule out the possibility o' obstruction... which is effective accusing trump o' obstruction as he didn't rule out as he did with the conspiracy (and not collusion) charge. and yeah, impeachment doesn't work the way it is designed, but you know the solution: change the Constitution. so what we are really talking 'bout is two years, and not six. has been less than two full years since trump has been President and functional immune to prosecution. in that time he has been facing constant legal battles. serious, what do you want from the folks in georgia, ny and washington dc exact? you want 'em to punish bad people? well that ain't their job. is best you are disabused o' that notion sooner or later. we keep trying to explain how law and right ain't same and it is water off the duck's back. need be a violation o' law for prosecutors to act and there must also be a chance o' a successful prosecution for those officers o' the court to move forward with charges. so name the crimes and the villains and the evidence prosecutors is ignoring that ordinary folks would suffer incarceration in the same situation. bad men telling lies and being corrupt ain't enough. sorry, but it just ain't. and why exact shouldn't trump get same process benefits as any other nogoodnik? lexx stated he don't care. no different than "lock her up"? you feel same? everybody wants the bad guys to get their comeuppance and we wonder why the system makes it so ez to elude justice... right up until we are the ones being false accused o' a crime and then we are mighty grateful we get a lawyer no matter what and that we can stay quiet during a police interrogation and that cops need probable cause to get warrants. the rage at them is all too often misplaced and misguided. better make sure you understand that you could be one o' them due to mistaken identity or accident or a multitude o' situations unanticipated. HA! Good Fun!

am suspecting one o' the more unsatisfying aspects o' this unfolding story is that most o' us want to know what were the intelligence trump had in his possession before the feds retrieved. unfortunate, given the nature o' such info, a relative small number o' people other than those in trump orbit will know what the state secrets s'posed at risk. funny aside... HA! Good Fun!

how is ironic exact? another alanis fail? again, so not same at this point as there haven't been any charges. kinda a major hurdle, no? unless you know more and aren't telling. intent to harm US or provide to a foreign power is elements. at this point it appears almost certain trump had highly sensitive documents in his possession, but prove beyond a reasonable doubt he intended harm to US or has provided to a foreign power? am predicting is gonna be all kinds o' bad analogizing o' trump to sterling, manning, snowden or assange w/o sufficient fact to back. HA! Good Fun! ps keep in mind a whole lotta time passed before the US chose to indict assange and based on records, the main reason they finally did so way after initial investigations were due to possible elapsing o' the statute o' limitations. am guessing you could say is ironic 'cause tangential the trump administration were involved in extradition efforts and now trump himself is being investigated... which is kinda remote and attenuated, particular as trump during his campaign were quite complimentary o' wikileaks. whatever.

so much for conspiracy theory being a right-wing disease, eh? is like last week never happened. not only did the fbi execute a search warrant at trump's home, but trump took the 5th more than 400 times in a deposition related to a ny civil case. so merrick garland does what we ain't never seen previous, with the search o' a former President's home and making public the warrant and receipt, but trump, obvious believing the impossibility o' his own invulnerability to criminal prosecution (HA!), functional sacrificed his civil case the result o' which means trump co assets is highly likely gonna be dissolved. nevertheless, is predictable parroting the shtick 'bout powerful men being 'bove the law 'cause the system is rigged or somesuch. getting trump for the documents is not gonna be ez, although our recent twitter link regarding concealment gives hope. to criminalize under the espionage act you gotta show intent to harm the US or benefit a foreign power. so unless you can indeed show trump sold documents to the saudis, it is gonna be a tough slog getting a conviction. however, knowing concealment o' such documents may also be criminalized and am suspecting the lawyer affidavit insisting that all documents marked as classified were surrendered pursuant to the recent subpoena could suffice, but again we are getting into technicalities o' law as well as considerable equivocation. edit: freebie nyt link trump is corrupt. trump is a liar. trump is a security threat. the problem is none o' those things is necessarily illegal. our legal system makes it difficult to prosecute a defendant who has the best legal representation money can buy, 'cause the system is literal designed with the foundational proposition that it is better for ten guilty persons to go free rather than have one innocent suffer. the problem for poor people facing prosecution is that State has working for 'em 'mong the best lawyers and investigators as well as unlimited resources and while those officers o' the law is s'posed looking for truth, all to often their goal is to have good case closure rates. poor people is stuck with overworked public defenders or the best defense they may afford. in 2020, tax fraud looked to be the most obvious criminal threat trump were facing, but so far it looks like weisselberg is willing to go to prison for trump even if the trump organization is also hit. again, trump don't take the 5th +400 times in a civil case if he believes as does kp, believes is near impossible for him to see the inside o' a prison. if the goal were to prove trump is smarter than you... HA! Good Fun! ps public defenders is typical among the most accomplished criminal lawyers you is likely to ever meet. don't fall for the tv and movie bs. the problem is public defenders do not have time or resources to match the feds or state prosecutors. work competent for five years in just about any public defender office and chances are high you are gonna see private firms falling all over themselves trying to hire you for impressive six figure starting money and huge signing bonuses... and is not surprising when the pd turns down such offers 'cause so many is true believers. pps is gonna be howls o' indignation and rage if trump ain't prosecuted for crimes identified in the recent mar-a-lago search warrant, but am personal cheering merrick garland for taking political heat and no doubt setting himself up to face republican ire after the november elections just to get the highly sensitive documents away from trump. going back and forth with subpoenas and additional requests and judge orders were the likely manner o' document retrieval, but garland stepped up and chose right over expedient. its a serious win and people is unjust ignoring the significance o' what garland already accomplished by authorizing the search and retrieval.

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so, in spite o' a couple response, you were just keeding, or something similar? why so serious? excuse us while we suffer yet another a groundhog day moment... again. am also not worried 'bout trump or you. am a bit disappointed by individuals indignant concerning trump's flagrant offenses regarding rule o' law who clear have no knowledge o' rule o' law nor any real respect for law, but am not worried. same as it ever was. HA! Good Fun!

see, this part is honest. you want trump in "jail," but you don't genuine care 'bout rule o' law and due process as long as the bad guys (the folks you think is bad) get their comeuppance. while President, trump showed utter contempt for the rule o' law, which is precise why is so important that if he is investigated, tried and convicted that he is afforded every legal process. do unto trump as he did unto blm protesters and border crossing detainees? he deserves such treatment, right? and what about barr? any doj lawyer who didn't stop barr and trump? how 'bout tucker carlson and fox news anchors? what about manchin and sinema? if it ain't the law and due process deciding who goes to prison, but is in fact lexx's notions o' justice, then... *snort* HA! Good Fun!

look bruh, trump has only been out of office for a couple years and it were legal impossible to prosecute while he were in office, so what exact are you expecting? criminal investigations save for stuff such as murder with multiple witnesses take a long time. back in 2020 we observed: and nobody pretended impeachment didn't happen. the problem is impeach is an inherent political process and somehow swaying members o' the President's party to convict following impeachment is historical improbable. the system is inherent busted 'cause it never envisioned a populist chief executive. people complain 'bout the electoral college, but the President in the Constitution is envisioned as some kinda wise man as selected by each state's wisest citizens, citizens with no personal stake in who is selected President save for their desire to see the best possible candidate elected to office. is so not s'posed to be democratic and populist, so impeachment and conviction makes more sense for the President as envisioned in 1787 than the reality we got in 2022... but to fix you need change the Constitution, bruh. sheesh. HA! Good Fun!

so, gonna embrace the "lock her up," refrain but with a 2022 spin? let the rule of law and due process be damned, right? after all, they don't care 'bout rule of law and due process. maybe, perhaps, we should have formal charges followed by a court trial before locking up "trump and all his other cult goons"? *sigh* trump arguable did illegal over and over while President, but the ordinary process for dealing with a rogue chief executive is impeachment, and we saw how well that worked... twice. violations o' espionage act and confidential records statutes is highly technical and short o' proof o' intent to reveal US secrets to foreign powers, the typical punishment is loss o' job and the like. prison would be swell and all but a bunch o' the goons already had their day in court and were convicted, only to be pardoned or have their sentences commuted. in our opinion, the best avenue for criminalizing trump remains the fulton county, georgia efforts, even with all the hoopla o' the past week. nevertheless, that case faces the near impossible hurdle o' finding a jury o' twelve americans you could count on to convict. is likely at least a couple trump jurors is gonna be republicans and fox viewers. prove beyond a reasonable doubt to people who is gonna need extra convincing? we keep mentioning how prison and proof of law breaking should be a secondary concern. somehow right v. wrong is ignored while pundits focus on the minutiae o' federal code sections. that said... HA! Good Fun!

... typical weird Gromnir observation: one o' the most vile things we have ever eaten is alligator liver. am suspecting all the wet fetid rot o' the swamp is collected in the alligator's liver during its lifetime. imagine the worst smelling roadkill you has ever encountered and then add a weird swamp stank to it and you got a notion o' the taste o' alligator liver. alligator and crocodile is not same, but you would need pay us to again eat alligator liver and we would avoid crocodile liver until assured they is very different by a signed affidavit from multiple michelin chefs... and at least one priest. however, our understanding is crocodile paté is not crocodile liver but rather crocodile meat turned into a spreadable paste with oil and herbs... mentions parsley on the tin, no? HA! Good Fun!