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  1. NPR is pRoPAganDa!!11!!111!
  2. Affirmed in all other respects, though. Told y'all that monetary part was likely excessive. On appeal, it seems that the monetary award is characterized as "disgorgement," which means coughing up all ill-gotten gains, that is, all of the loan proceeds that were tainted by fraud. I didn't catch that that was the nature of the remedy at the trial level. It is unclear to me whether the disgorgement can be recalculated on retrial or not. Its nature is usually "equitable," meaning entirely in the judge's discretion and not subject to a burden of proof, so that would seem to tend to mean that the judge is free to halve it or quarter it or otherwise reduce it.
  3. Forgot about that cooze. She's not very articulate. He really did bring along every sycophant and suck up.
  4. In yet another facet of our fucked-up immigration policy, first time unlawful or improper entry into the United States is indeed a crime, albeit a misdemeanor. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325 Second and subsequent unlawful entries are a minor felony. You are correct that the process of removing or deporting unlawful entrants is a civil matter, but it can also result in criminal charges. Historically, though, we have not criminally charged first-time or even second-time unlawful entrants. Only chronic re-enterers get charged criminally. No, a financial consultant that does a lot of expert witness work.
  5. Christians, about 100%. "Christians," about 0%.
  6. That appears to be a quilt on the way depicting child coal miners on the way to or from the mine? Dafuq?
  7. If you're not going to hyphenate passive-aggressive, it has to be "passively aggressively," and I'm not sure the hyphen saves you in any event.
  8. A forward-facing garage at the back of the lot is ideal. At the front of the house, not so much.
  9. I'm not lifey-sciency enough to evaluate hardly anything the FDA does from the science standpoint. I do sabe some of the exclusivity provisions and how it interfaces with the USPTO, but that's about it, other than some general knowledge of bureaucracy in technical areas.
  10. No, I don't think so. CHIPs was a bipartisan effort, yes. But it did not involve taking an equity stake in any company in return for grants. Trump and Lutnick are doing this unilaterally, without Congressional or Democrat consent.
  11. Yeah, one way or another, these plaintiffs/complainants have all been "taken off the board."
  12. I think the standard for sustaining a prosecution in the face of such a motion is low, but you never know. I had a feeling this was all based on informant testimony and the testimony would lack credibility.
  13. The whole Dem trans thing boils down to several things, none of which constitute attention whoring by LGBTQ, IMHO. bathroom bills sports legislation/Title XI issues regarding LGBTQ anti-trans medical legislation All three are almost 100% performative by the GOP. I say almost 100% because there is very slight room for disagreement on the sports and medical thing, but it's mostly "icky queers."
  14. Also, wtf is the point? Making returns for the US? They claim they're not going to exercise voting rights. But that's enough stock to move the market on sale/"purchase." I suspect that it's just performative in that Trump sincerely wishes he'd done the CHIPS Act and that his trade/manufacturing policy was that coherent. The only thing that can be criticized is that it's a "government giveaway," and this mitigates that to some extent.
  15. I didn't assume either way. I said "likely as not." As we know or should know, when a complaining witness refuses to testify to the grand jury or at trial, because they lied initially or some other reason (bought off), prosecutors have to no-bill. Beard out front should have told ya.
  16. That hasn't really been established. Likely as not, she was bought off. On the other hand, it appears to be a case of "wrong hole." Consent is consent and is mandatory, but this is about as close a case as you can get.
  17. Elaborating, I think there are those that are fundamentalist Christians first, and that dictates their politics. Then there are those that are political first and that dictates adoption of modern, American "Christian" values, which may or may not coincide with being a fundamentalist Christian. The difference may ultimately be subtle, and vanishing as a practical matter. But I think the first type are drawn to the BJUs and Liberties and other similarly overtly fundamentalist Christian schools, including Baylor (but we all know intimately how hypocritical Baylor is in that regard). The second type, and some pretty secular but highly political types are going to be drawn to this joint.
  18. Nike just seems to bring the UO wacked-out aesthetic to half or more of everything they do these days. One might call it urban or street wear. Old. Also, I note that a lot of their "OG" type models seem to be very poorly executed in bad synthetics. I've seen some dunk-type shoes in stores and on kids feet that just look like vinyl dogshit.
  19. Putting Trump aside for the moment. Stirring up crime fear among a non-involved populace and subsequent governmental over-reaction is one of the oldest political stunts in the book. The governmental overreaction almost always involves terrible and expensive policy that sacrifices civil rights and does little or nothing for public safety. Think satanic panic, Biden crime bill, Miami and cocaine, the examples are endless. People are getting suckered in the worst possible way.
  20. Some of them may be adherents to or knowledgeable of the Thiel/Andreesen unorthodoxy. The place did host Yarvin at a debate.
  21. I was really more adding on than trying to contradict. Seems like the Bob Joneses and Liberties of the world are quite a bit different and would appeal to different parents. Like, BJU parents probably wouldn't send their spawn to a den of iniquity like Austin, no matter what the school was like. But, I think it's highly likely that high-religiosity secondary schools are the only place you'd find kids and parents that desire this kind of environment..
  22. Yeah, no, it's not. The CHIPS Act provided grants, but the strings did not include giving up equity. That's a whole new thing from Mr. Transaction.
  23. Seems like it's going to be a bit more secular than that. If anything, seems like it's going to come out dominionist/common good catholic.
  24. Was quite unfamiliar. The literature list seems pretty reasonable, but hard to evaluate everything. Still, in this day and age, I distrust those that advertise their Christianity.
  25. Jesus freak from Boerne. https://www.genevaschooltx.org/corban-fikes/
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