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TwiceHorn

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  1. So Dallas got it's first in-town new trail in like 20 years. Just south of Tension GC in a large wooded spot right off the existing paved trail network. Creekside Trail. Huge disappointment. Less than a mile of actual trail and green and poor drainage apparently. There are green, blue and black "skills areas" that seem to be mostly jump/drop lines. I haven't visited so maybe that's kinda cool, but I am disappoint.
  2. Good point. I was thinking in terms of her using this procedure to boost an attempt to dismiss the indictment on these counts. If she just flat fucks the jury instructions and that results in an acquittal, we will all be holding our dicks.
  3. Plenty of corporate drones give zero fucks, too. Like none of yall ever seen Office Space.
  4. Actually not many if any.
  5. Except it wasn't that movement responsible for the closing of state hospitals, and the shift to "community care," which was due in large part to Medicaid and well underway by 1970. Reagan did some to lower/end federal spending on mental health, but by then it was on "community" care, not institutions.
  6. The reason I think Cannon is galactically stupid is not limited to the fact that she is bungling the law so badly. If she wants to throw the case for Trump, this is among the most unwieldy, obvious, and obviously appealable and reversible ways to do it. And if that is her plan, she apparently is too stupid to realize it. All this will do is delay the case. There are subtler, more discretionary, and unappealable ways to do that. She hasn't fucked this thing up yet, but if she persists on her current course, she's going to get another public spanking from the 11th Circuit.
  7. After mostly getting its ass handed to it by Masimo over patented blood oxygen and pulse sensors incorporated into the Apple Watch, Apple is now trying legislatively to alter the jurisdiction of the International Trade Commission to institute patent infringement investigations over technologies imported by domestic entities, such as Apple Watches. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/technology/apple-patents-lobbying.html and elsewhere. Historically, the ITC has provided an alternative venue for patent infringement claims against foreign importers of patented technologies. Monetary damages are unavailable, but the proceeding is extremely rapid, concluding within 24 months, and may result in an exclusion order, which prevents importation of the infringing devices. Now that almost everything is manufactured outside the US and imported, the ITC has "jurisdictional relevance" (RIP Tom) in more patent infringement cases than ever before, and where the defendant is a domestic entity like Apple. In a lot of ways, I do think the ITC 337 proceeding may be abused, but somehow I find it distasteful that Apple is doing this. Apple is far from the only domestic entity whose ox has been gored by this feature of the law, but is the only one whinging about it.
  8. Also, I listened to the oral argument in the Sidney Powell appeal. The bar did not seem particularly convincing on the issue of a trial court having to dig around the record to find the evidence, meaning all the evidence the bar mislabeled and bungled, so that's bad. On the other hand, on the Georgia federal complaint and its attachments, which I believe were clearly of record, the bar had the upper hand on that providing sufficient evidence of lack of candor with the Georgia court that I think they may have won the day. Highly speculative on my part. Decision should be imminent.
  9. Bit of a sidenote here, but I was looking at Texas' supersedeas bond requirements, which I haven't looked at in years, but Texas does limit the bond amount to half of the defendant's net worth. So, at least some places, "ability to pay" does come into it at this stage of proceedings. Proving one's net worth would be a bitch, though, and highly embarrassing most likely.
  10. Someone called it high "self-regard." In the context of addiction, I can attest personally and observationally that it is a real and negative, damaging trait or behavior. I have often called it inward-dwelling. AA and related 12-step programs focus on service to others as a way to break out of it and find one's rightful place in the world, which oddly seems to bring peace.
  11. Point of order, the destruction of the mental health system, which mostly occurred at the state level, was well underway long before Reagan. And it is as much the fault of civil libertarians, ie libruls, as fiscal conservatives. He gets a bad rap on that.
  12. I guess groomers don't really exist then and we have no need to push "family" and Judeo-Christian ethics.
  13. Yeah the trial judge gave them an opportunity to develop it into a real conflict of interest and they pretty much failed. Not much for a court of appeals to deal with.
  14. I did see that in the NY statutes. It sounds super-nasty, in that once a "restraining order" is served on a bank, they can release no funds to the account owner until the judgment creditor files a satisfaction of (the entire) judgment, or voluntarily releases it. Quite a bit nastier than Texas' garnishment, which only works as to the account balance as of the time it hits, plus anything subsequently deposited. That could be a major ouchie for orange man.
  15. I dunno. At one time, long ago, I was pretty up on judgment collection in Texas and federal courts. Not so much anymore, particularly in NY, and state entities often have things available that private parties don't. And, although I am responding to you, I am explicating things you probably already know for the benefit of the thread.
  16. Guess it depends on the "seizure" mechanism. Traditional "execution" involves sending a sheriff or other such officer to a property to be executed upon. S/he confirms ownership by a defendant/judgment debtor and then commences a "Sheriff's sale" of the property. That would seem to be territorially limited by the jurisdiction of the officer. I have tried plowing through the NY statutes to see what they have got, but it is a bit of a slog. Normally, I would think you would have to domesticate the judgment in Florida and use Florida's procedures to seize/sell the property. It is true that James CAN seize Mar a Lago, but I don't think it will be particularly easy and maybe not a priority.
  17. Is there any insight on when or whether the State of Mississippi is going to get off its ass and charge and try these shitbags?
  18. So, we have had our simplisafe installed, up and running for about a week now. The main interest was cameras and at first they seemed a little wonky. Digging deeper, simplisafes doorbell and indoor cameras seem to be rock solid, but their outdoor cameras apparently are a non-native design that has had some problems. Connectivity, interference, low range, etc. That said, after some initial hiccups, they seem to be working fine. The other sensors also, but they are simpler and less finicky. We have full monitoring for now at the mentioned 30/mo,but will probably change that to just video recording for 10/mo. Satisfied. I think.
  19. One thing that drives this is that certain manufacturers tend to be on the leading edge of tech while others plod along rarely slowly changing anything.
  20. It would not until such time as the highest court of the state enters judgment on a federal constitutional ground. There's no shadow docket for cases coming out of the state courts until certiorari is granted.
  21. In theory, the bond can be posted at any time during the pendency of the appeal. The normal framework is that you file it within 30 days of the signing of the judgment appealed from,because that is when the appeal itself is due. That date also coincides with the 30 days from judgment the plaintiff must wait before attempting attempting to execute on the judgment. So in the super ordinary case, 30 days after signing the judgment, 3 things become known: 1. Whether there will be an appeal at all; 2. Whether there will be an appeal bond; and 3. Following from the first two, when or whether execution can commence. Nothing I saw in the NY rules said the bond (undertaking is their word) must be posted at any particular time during the appeal, but certainly as a practical matter before any serious collection efforts start. In this particular case, collection apparently could start on 3/25, so Trump needed a decision before or as soon thereafter as possible.
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