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  1. me so horny
  2. I laughed my ass off at that movie. Baby Spice: "Is my skirt too short" The other 3 "no, nah, I don't think so". Baby Spice pulls skirt higher
  3. Necro bump John Eastman’s “Legal Defense Fund” remains well shy of its $1.5 million goal, even as he loses another round in the fight to retain his California law license. “Due to the serious nature and extent of Eastman’s misconduct and the weight of aggravating circumstances … we recommend that Eastman be disbarred,” concluded a three-judge panel of the State Bar Court of California Review Department on June 13. “Disbarment is necessary to protect the public, the courts and the legal profession…. Ouch. It’s a bit out-of-body that, even as Jan. 6, 2021 enjoys a major makeover — and people who violently assaulted police officers are pardoned — California pushes forward with this almost quaint attempt at accountability. A litany of withering charges were filed by the California Bar against Eastman, Chapman University’s former law dean, including moral turpitude, dishonesty and/or corruption, willful misconduct and/or gross negligence, for trying to reverse the legitimate results of an election and essentially yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. After a contentious bar trial that stretched for months in 2023, a California State Bar judge ruled that Eastman betrayed the fundamental oaths he swore to uphold as a licensed attorney by knowingly spreading untruths about the 2020 election to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, and thus should lose his law license. File: John Eastman (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) Eastman’s lawyers filed an 85-page “tour de force” appeal in September, demanding that the State Bar Review Department reject that conclusion. “The stupefying result” ravaged Eastman’s First Amendment rights to speech and to petition the government, violated due process and wreaked of bias and partisanship, they argued. “In sum, this prosecution should never have taken place. It is, rather, a manifestation of George Orwell’s dystopic depiction of authoritarianism – statements by the Government, no matter how demonstrably false or suspect, must be accepted as truth.” The Bar Review judges strongly disagreed. Eastman is, indeed, culpable for 10 of the 11 counts he was charged with, they said the opinion issued Friday. In a democracy, nothing can be more fundamental than the orderly transfer of power after a fair and unimpeded electoral process as established by law, they said. When an attorney — sworn to uphold the laws and constitutions of both the state and nation — “attempts to actively undermine the results of an election to the most powerful office in the United States with the goal of delaying or invalidating the lawful installation of his client’s electoral opponent,” disbarment is the only option, the opinion said. “We recommend that John Charles Eastman, State Bar Number 193726, be disbarred from the practice of law in California and that Eastman’s name be stricken from the roll of attorneys,” they said. Eastman was expecting as much, and will ask the state Supreme Court to review the review — and reverse it. “Dr. Eastman is disappointed in the Review Court’s opinion, and believes that its analysis and conclusions are not substantiated by the truth, the record or the law,” said a statement from his attorney, Randall A. Miller. “It has been established, through decades of United States Supreme Court precedent, that lawyers enjoy broad First Amendment protections, especially when engaged on behalf of a client, with duties of utmost and undivided loyalty and zealous advocacy. The Review Court’s decision is at stark odds with those principles. “The decision is an unconstitutional abuse of power against lawyers and the legal system, diminishes the profession’s revered independence, and will chill attorneys from representing clients in unpopular or controversial matters, especially those that are inimical to the government. Dr. Eastman will seek further review of the Review Court’s decision in the California Supreme Court and, if necessary, beyond, and is highly confident of his ultimate vindication.” The State Bar is equally confident it will prevail. “Attorneys have a fundamental obligation to be truthful and uphold the rule of law,” said a statement from Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona. “John Eastman violated this obligation when, at the behest of his client, now-President Donald Trump, he engaged in a calculated campaign to falsely undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election, which then-candidate Donald Trump lost. In so doing, Mr. Eastman lied to courts, Vice President Michael Pence, and the American people. As the Review Department’s Opinion holds, for this conduct disbarment is both appropriate and necessary. This opinion serves as a powerful and timely reminder that whoever they are and whoever they represent, attorneys must remain true to the ethical rules that govern their conduct and respect the rule of law.” Still engaged In the meantime, Eastman can’t practice law in California. But he has been weighing in on some of the most contentious legal issues of our times. Eastman was “very happy” when Trump announced he would end birthright citizenship on his first day back in office, Eastman recently told the New York Times. He penned a friend-of-the-court brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, urging it to hold that the 14th Amendment “does not confer automatic citizenship on the children of temporary sojourners or those present in the United States illegally.” He also attended the Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s executive order in May, and wrote an article critiquing the justices titled “Supreme Confusion” for “The American Mind.” “One of the evident purposes of those engaging in the lawfare attacks against me has been to attempt to sideline me from my long-standing efforts to advocate in the courts for the principles of the American founding and the original meaning of the Constitution,” Eastman wrote on his GiveSendGo fundraising page. “(T)hey are not succeeding.” FILE – Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump confront police as they storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump said during a debate with President Joe Biden last week that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol involved a “relatively small” group of people who were “in many cases ushered in by the police.” (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Eastman has also faced state charges related to the 2020 election in Georgia and Arizona, though it’s unclear if, or how, they will proceed. Legal bills would exceed $3 million, he said last year, and has set his latest fundraising goal at $1.5 million (it started out at $200,000 back in 2022). In September, Eastman’s Legal Defense Fund had donations just shy of $900,000. Today, some nine months later, it has just a bit more than $930,000. But if past is prologue, decisions such as Friday’s tend to boost fundraising as soon as word gets out. “God Bless, John,” wrote “Katie,” who donated $50 to Eastman’s cause on Saturday. “Stay strong!”
  4. I talked to a woman of dating age and asked her what it was like. She said guys are expecting anal on the 3rd date these days.
  5. In Delray, if you want a sit-down meal, Deck 84 is pretty solid. It's on the intercoastal.
  6. So, I've posted elsewhere that we occasionally go to the Elk's lodge. On Tuesdays, the main lodge is closed but the patio bar and kitchen are open. The kitchen just serves one item on Tuesdays so it's "Philly cheesesteak night" or "Bacon Burger night" or whatever. They always have a band playing on those nights. So, we go there and the band is playing. Guitar, bass, drums, and keys. They do Creedence songs, a few Beatles, etc. After a while, this older blonde comes and joins them. She's a solid singer, and show no signs of stage fright at all. She's long in the tooth but it's obvious that she's experienced. Anyway, the band takes a break. The woman is near us looking at her phone. She puts her phone down and the GF (she's a chatty one) says hello to the woman and compliments her voice. The woman tells the GF that she's been singing for decades, blah blah blah and then reveals that not only was she an "Ike-ette" but she was married to Ike Turner. Turner lived near here (in San Marcos CA) when he died (of a cocaine overdose and numerous health problems). Then, the woman gets wacky and starts saying crazy shit about Ike being murdered, etc. Fortunately, the band starts back up so the conversation ends. GF says to me "do you believe that she was really married to him?" as I'm googling her. GF is still talking "she must have been his second wife after Tina"...as I learn that she was wife #13 of 14.
  7. holy fuck, I went to the my pillow website. "My Pillow in in Jury Trial Now. This will be one of the most important trials in the history of the USA'" CLICK HERE TO DONATE
  8. I don't know him, but we have a mutual friend (since childhood for the two of them) and I've heard nothing to the contrary. Kimmel is a big NFL fan and has a dozen or more friends over to his house every sunday, and Jimmy does all the cooking for everybody. BTW, my friend is an electrician, not a hollywood guy. He was the electrician that was on that Carolla reality construction show.
  9. today is the only day where everybody's golf cart flies the same loofah.
  10. hopefully it's some pussy NRA asshole that shot himself in the cock.
  11. here it is: LAPD and LA Sheriffs tried to prevent two large protests from joining together in downtown and both departments ended up hitting EACH OTHER with impact munitions from across the same interesection.
  12. chef's fucking kiss https://bsky.app/profile/chadloder.bsky.social/post/3lrmazo2wbc2v Ah fuck. Imbed not allowed. Click y'all
  13. the late great Christopher Hitchens once wrote that when you look at a proper Englishman's mouth, it should look as though you just opened a can of mixed nuts.
  14. smaller engine = better on fuel? I've never heard of a trucker wanting less power, but my old man started with a 335 Cummins.
  15. what's the sticker on something like that? And, would you spec it out similar to sparkle, or would you go in a different direction?
  16. His daughter just won the NCAA shot put title, and she looks more like dad than she looks like her brother. In fact, she looks exactly like dad that 4.3 was terrific all the great Asian chicken joints around you and you're eating Popeyes? And KM hasn't been the same since Dreamgirls closed.
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