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  1. 5 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    Yeah, I would think in a "normal" trial with a low profile defendant who doesn't have access to a mob...it would be a mistrial and chalked up to some insane lone wolf looking for attention.  But in this case, Trump is literally stirring up his minions to act out.  Hard to prove, but the fingerprints are already there in his posts and press conferences.  Maybe that's a separate legal issue on its own, but I guess---what is the threshold for "You did this to disrupt the case, so we're seating an alternate juror and moving ahead?"  I would imagine it's a whole other ball of motions, filings, and contentions?  

    The invited error doctrine (I'm paraphrasing): you don't have a legal basis to complain of error for which you are responsible.  If they can tie back any prejudice toward Trump as being caused by Trump in the first place, he doesn't have a legal basis for that argument.

     

    The mob always was smart enough not to overtly intimidate jurors.  They'd find out who they were, go up to them during their day to day life outside of court, and try to reason with them to see it the defendant's way.  That juror would be afraid for his own, Mrs. Juror's and little Timmy's safety, and would hang the jury during deliberations rather than squeal about it.

    But Trump's "mob" isn't The Mob, so when he or one of his minions tries to intimidate people, it tends to be in a loud, blundering way, and they get caught and it gets linked to some blather on Trump's Truth social.  Wash.  Rinse.  Repeat.

     

    Plus, Trump's fixers are kind of busy testifying against him at the moment.

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  2. 44 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

    I have had power supplies not deliver enough milliamps to run certain pedals before.

    +1 on Cioks. Those are good units.

    You can run analog pedals off a One-Spot daisy chain all day long.  But digital pedals are thirsty and picky.  

  3. 2 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    Serious question regarding New York State criminal proceedings.  If a juror or court staffer is physically harmed on behalf of the defendant for purposes of intimidation, does the trial halt, get a new jury seated, or what happens?  These people are easier to wind up than I thought possible.  

    I assume the defense would move for a mistrial, arguing that Trump tried to intimidate a juror, got caught, and now the rest of the jury likely will hold that against him.  The argument for the prosecution would be something like, "You don't get a mistrial for something you created (invited error).  They stick an alternate in the slot and move on.  That's my best guess for a Wednesday.

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  4. Just now, WhatTheBuck said:

    They upped the ante for Dead & Co. 

    Yeah.  They have been preparing for this for over a year, and it showed.  One of my long-time concert buddies basically said he felt no compulsion to ever see another band perform there.  But I quickly responded that I would buy tickets to see David Byrne there in a heartbeat.

  5. Also, when this first was announced, I remember thinking, like most people probably, that this would become an annual event of short runs at the Sphere for Phish.  Same owner as MSG and obviously, they have they relationship.  But after seeing it first hand, I'm guessing the amount of work that goes into this to make these performances unique is, suffice it to say, a ridiculous feat.  They surely will play there again, but I'd be surprised if it's with any sort of regularity.

  6. There was, in fact, no Reba at the Sphere, and that seems like it should be a crime. 

     

    I was at the two Shoreline shows before the first Hiatus.  After the funerary feel after that last show, there was no way I wanted to go see the last show at Coventry, which turns out to have been a good decision.  Big Cypress took a lot out of me physically and, today, if I'm going to camp and see more than one show, it's going to need to be at the Gorge.

     

    I'll have to dig up my first stub.  It was Austin Music Hall (10/16/1995).  Wish I could have seen both shows, but it was TX/OU weekend. 

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  7. Divided Sky was the first of the few excerpts I watched. Awesome visuals. I thought the performance was a little clunky to start. I begrudgingly got into it toward the end. I’ve seen better but it took me back because it really is a great song. I even found myself chuckling at Trey’s pregnant pause that used to tire me out by how he seemed to keep milking it longer and longer every time.
    Have I heard a better version of the song?  Probably.  Can it fairly be compared to hearing/seeing this performance?  Nah.  I got choked up a couple of times.  And yes, the stoppage time has gotten silly over the years.
     
    The first set struck me as a "this is what the Sphere can do" tutorial at first.  They started small and played things with tighter jam sections or mostly composed tunes like Divided Sky.  By the time they got to Character Zero to end the first set, they were starting to cook.  The second set dug in and didn't feel like it ever let go.  The visuals were more intense and complete in coverage.  If you watched the stage, you got the feeling that the entire venue was moving, tilting, and shifting.  And the floor was definitely moving with all the people dancing.  It was no polite show where everyone sat in his/her seats.  The audience seemed to me like any other show. 
     
    Divided sky was really the only landscape we got if you don't count the "sky full of stars" we got for 2001/ASZ.
     
    I haven't been to a show since 2016, and, as usual, there were a few tunes I didn't recognize.  But most of the songs hit hard, and I felt like we got a really solid show.  I intentionally avoided spoilers before we went so I wouldn't know what songs to expect or, more importantly, what I'd missed.
     
    The people I went with and I were talking about how ridiculous it would seem to us in the 90s if someone had told us we would see something like this 30 years later. 

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  8. Checking in. I just got back from Vegas. I was Section 105 for night 4 and that was the coolest shit I ever have seen. This was my 19th show over 29 years. And while it's not really fair to compare it to anything I've seen before from them, I'm so glad I went.

    The second set was an absolute ripper.  They way they set up the stereo field in that unforgiving space was miraculous. 

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  9. 2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    That CNN reporter is better than a whole lot of radio play-by-play announcers.

    That shit was the closest thing I'll see to the Hindenburg Disaster reporting in my lifetime.

     

    "Burning flesh and accelerant . . . ."

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  10. 6 minutes ago, Red Five said:

    It’s a tough time for Dotard, but at least he has his wife and five children by his side.

    Oh wait none of them have spent one second there.

     

    Couldn't have seen that coming from this bastion of empathy.

     

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    3 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

    They are busy planning Baron's graduation party.  

    Or relishing living in a house free of Trump's McFarts.

  11. Just now, TwiceHorn said:

    Short sales apply downward pressure on the price of an over-valued stock. Just plain sales of a stock do, but less so. 

    Yes, the stock market/financial markets are a big load of bullshit, but short selling has been around for a long time and is regarded as a "price discovery mechanism." That is, it helps the market figure out the best or right price for a stock. 

    It keeps people betting no matter how the "market is doing."  It's like free drinks in a casino.

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  12. 6 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

    He literally threw a fit when the driver refused to take him to the Capitol. He tried to seize the wheel. He knew his presence would be decisive. When he drives up, the tear gas stops.

     

    If he succeeds in being driven to the Capitol, he takes one look at that fracas and stays in the car and asks to be driven to a safe location.  I stand by my previous what if statement.  He is not a courageous enough person to go in with his "troops."  But throwing a tantrum is right in line with his personality.

     

    This assumption on my part makes him no less responsible for it all.  But the man is a coward in my estimation.  He purportedly wouldn't even fire people (outside of a game show).  He always got others to do it.

     

    As to the game of What If, there are no winners.  To quote Joshua, "The best move is not to play."

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