What should the local cop have done that he didn't? What did he do that he should not have done? Other than arranging back-up rather than acting solo, which probably would have delayed things to the point that any action would have been irrelevant. Once that decision was made, what were his reasonable options?
Most post-Kennedy assassination attempts seem to have been the work of whack jobs without a coherent political motivation, or at least not one on the standard spectrum. It's too early to say whether that's true here, but on the odds it's the way to bet.
In my 50-plus years of voting I can't think of a seriously competitive presidential primary in which my preferred candidate won. There were one or two where I didn't have a strong preference, but that's about it. That the party doesn't pick my preferred guy or gal has long ceased to bother me.
I have thought since the 70s (cover that square) that there was too little reporting and too much bloviating on TV news channels. But bloviating is, or at least was, cheap, and reporting is expensive.
There are people who don't want to do the standard work of BigLaw corporate firms for their normal clients. German arms manufacturers, American tobacco companies, hedge funds, whatever. If they don't want to do that work, they shouldn't, at least not until they've banked enough BigLaw bucks to make a dent on their loans.
The best shot for Harris is if Biden has a medical setback and leaves not just the campaign, but the office, making her the incumbent, able to pick up the existing organization and money.
Indeed. Under a different German regime, they would be just the sort of foreign corporate clients that a firm like S&C or any of its peers would represent.
A figurative use of "literally," I suspect. S&C certainly represented various German companies during the Nazi era, doing for them what it would do for U.S. Steel or British Petroleum, but a quick search hasn't come up with anything it did for Hitler or the German government generally.
there could be any number of reasons why the President decided to administratively overrule an FDA decision to ban Ozempic, so it’s up to the prosecution to show that he did it because Novo Nordisk gave him a sack of cash rather than just saying “well why else would he do something like that, hmmmm?”
Well, yes. That's been the law for centuries -- proof beyond a reasonable doubt and all that.
Congratulations on your grasp of the obvious.
When a hooker is prosecuted for solicitation it's no defense that the prospective client didn't go for it. And it's no defense that the hooker merely asked, rather than ordered, the prospective client to pay her for sex.
Until the inauguration, Joe Biden (or some other Democrat) will still be President. If and when Trump becomes President, things will change. Until then, not.
Em, I've been too busy to do a deep dive into the decision, but after a quick review I asked myself where in the Constitution the majority found a basis for their free-wheeling policy argument. I notice you didn't cite them citing anything. Did you not see anything either?
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What should the local cop have done that he didn't? What did he do that he should not have done? Other than arranging back-up rather than acting solo, which probably would have delayed things to the point that any action would have been irrelevant. Once that decision was made, what were his reasonable options?
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Most post-Kennedy assassination attempts seem to have been the work of whack jobs without a coherent political motivation, or at least not one on the standard spectrum. It's too early to say whether that's true here, but on the odds it's the way to bet.
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They found the gun, and it was, indeed, a .223/5.56.
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You need to get out more, and listen more.
On “Tipping Over”
I'm not planning to. Though curiosity may get the better of me if David won't elaborate.
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(One of the strangest tips I ever got was when a woman placed a piece of exotic jerky into my pocket, but that’s another story.)
Which I hope we'll hear soon. Otherwise, some diseased imaginations, like mine, will fill in the blanks.
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And Al Gore is younger than either Biden or Trump.
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In my 50-plus years of voting I can't think of a seriously competitive presidential primary in which my preferred candidate won. There were one or two where I didn't have a strong preference, but that's about it. That the party doesn't pick my preferred guy or gal has long ceased to bother me.
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I have thought since the 70s (cover that square) that there was too little reporting and too much bloviating on TV news channels. But bloviating is, or at least was, cheap, and reporting is expensive.
On “Open Mic for the week of 7/8/2024”
There are people who don't want to do the standard work of BigLaw corporate firms for their normal clients. German arms manufacturers, American tobacco companies, hedge funds, whatever. If they don't want to do that work, they shouldn't, at least not until they've banked enough BigLaw bucks to make a dent on their loans.
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She might yet win:
https://www.aol.com/news/kamala-harris-pulls-ahead-joe-152835091.html
On the other hand, Al Gore is younger than either Biden or Trump.
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The best shot for Harris is if Biden has a medical setback and leaves not just the campaign, but the office, making her the incumbent, able to pick up the existing organization and money.
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Indeed. Under a different German regime, they would be just the sort of foreign corporate clients that a firm like S&C or any of its peers would represent.
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A figurative use of "literally," I suspect. S&C certainly represented various German companies during the Nazi era, doing for them what it would do for U.S. Steel or British Petroleum, but a quick search hasn't come up with anything it did for Hitler or the German government generally.
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How things change. Time was when these firms wouldn't hire Jews.
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As a government lawyer myself, I constantly struggle with trying to get clear, punchy language past supervisors who want it stilted.
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Stilted, sad to say, is par for the course whatever agenda the political appointees may have.
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Ever since Pinky cut his hall monitoring way back? You're welcome.
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10/10, but question 6 involves some hairsplitting to pick the better answer.
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there could be any number of reasons why the President decided to administratively overrule an FDA decision to ban Ozempic, so it’s up to the prosecution to show that he did it because Novo Nordisk gave him a sack of cash rather than just saying “well why else would he do something like that, hmmmm?”
Well, yes. That's been the law for centuries -- proof beyond a reasonable doubt and all that.
Congratulations on your grasp of the obvious.
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When a hooker is prosecuted for solicitation it's no defense that the prospective client didn't go for it. And it's no defense that the hooker merely asked, rather than ordered, the prospective client to pay her for sex.
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You keep saying that. Repetition doesn't make it true.
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Until the inauguration, Joe Biden (or some other Democrat) will still be President. If and when Trump becomes President, things will change. Until then, not.
On “A Semi-Short Explainer of Presidential Immunity Decision”
No. Not for solicitation.
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Em, I've been too busy to do a deep dive into the decision, but after a quick review I asked myself where in the Constitution the majority found a basis for their free-wheeling policy argument. I notice you didn't cite them citing anything. Did you not see anything either?
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