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  2. As I am nearing retirement age I cannot get behind a recession, let alone a depression. Nope.
  3. That’s hard to believe, but probably for the better. I’m pro death penalty, but I wasn’t trying to make this into a discussion about it. That would be a disservice to the victim’s families and let this moron DA off the hook.
  4. Should be showing jaws soon as well for a weekend. Those tickets might go quick.
  5. Las Palapas founder was murdered. https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/las-palapas-owner-edward-ron-acosta-kill-nephew-20408718.php https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/las-palapas-edward-ron-acosta-san-antonio-20403184.php
  6. Don't you have a Messican last name? He might get sent back to wherever he flies in from.
  7. I am in the minority, but I think a terrible recession or depression is the only thing that will make many people realize that we are all in this together. You have a huge part of the country thinking that the only reason you are poor and down and out is because you are lazy and stupid. Our bubble of domestic prosperity supports this lie in many peoples minds. When they lose their job and their homeless and hungry and their family breaks up, those idiots then realize that bad things can happen that have nothing to do with your work ethic or education or devotion to God. I don’t think you can reach these people unless things go really really south. When people are standing in the same bread line and hoping to get a new deal type job so they can feed their family -we may get a reset to a time when most of America realized we needed a living wage, healthcare, unions, and to unite against the monied class and the politicians supporting them who make it difficult for us to have a decent life.
  8. Concur. Killed one when it came out.
  9. no, but he's got the monkey smashing keys schtick down
  10. if I had not spent an entire career with clients sometimes telling me things that I told them that never happened, I would be more open minded. The reality is that whether people have lives ruined because of a serious injury or their loved one is a victim of a crime, the people receiving the communication are always in a very enhanced emotional state. They are dealing with lots of problems while trying to deal with a system that is not easy to understand. And people generally want black-and-white answers to questions. The justice system is the last place to find a black-and-white answer. So if you give them a long nuanced, how this is going to go, what generally happens is they focus on/only hear a couple key points - which usually involves them hearing that you agree with the points that they like. It is human nature. But I can tell you that when you get a result that is not exactly what the client wants, the knee-jerk reaction is often to blame the lawyers for not telling them this would happen, or for allowing this to happen because….. I have had clients tell me that I never told them about things I told them about. I often recorded initial interviews (with their permission), and several times I later played back the recording which totally refuted their claim. I seldom got an apology, just a less angry client. And sometimes the lawyers do a shitty job of communication, and sometimes lawyers forget things, and sometimes lawyers lie and break a promise. Far more often it is a breakdown of communication caused by the clients not being lawyers and having to understand complex things while they are vulnerable and emotional. Add to that the fact that an appellate decision or new legislation can make everything you had told the client earlier totally or partially incorrect. TL;DR While, you might be entirely correct, that is not the assumption that my decades of experience tells me is the most likely reality here. And yeah, it can also be a mix of bad communicating lawyer and poorly comprehending client or victim family.
  11. Started watching this week for my first watch. I'm on S1E8 so far and hooked.
  12. sort of tinfoil hat theory: that was an intentional fire. A few western states have implemented new fireworks bans/restrictions. I think someone got stuck with a fuckload of fireworks that they couldn't sell.
  13. jake isn't dead !!!
  14. Welcome to the program, Kosi! Thank you for choosing us.
  15. ^^^And stupid advice from TikTok.
  16. Some Americans have real representation. Unfortunately, I don't but it gives me frequent opportunities to reach out.
  17. It kinda sucks because he could be quite good and still fall well short of the hype at this point. I’m assuming he’s not actually going to be a world-beating Heisman type QB, because those come along very rarely. I’d be pretty psyched if he’s just not a downgrade from Ewers.
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