I would have to say, this bit of Tomfoolery by Joe Biden struck me as nothing more than a bit of light-hearted screwing around at a campaign event. It isn't like he bit off part of his wife's hand and ate it. Why has this become so controversial? Do the FOX News pundits suspect Biden of being a closet gynophagic fetishist? I'm not seeing the big deal here (although I do find the meme with the shark song to be somewhat amusing).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/elections-2020/buttigieg-campaign-advisor-defends-biden-amid-outcry-over-viral-photo-of-him-biting-wifes-finger/ar-BBXDxXo
December 2, 2019
Donkey Girl and Trump, Mixing it Up Again
Today, in major non-news, Donkey Girl announced that she was "done being quiet," after which, Trump bagged on her some more, for the extra point. It is difficult to know who to root for here. Donkey Girl (who looks a decade older now, and is not displaying her choppers as in days of Yore) points out that what she did was not a crime. Yes, she showed incredibly poor judgment and an absence of professionalism, and managed to get caught having an extramarital affair with that loser Peter Strzok, but none of that was a crime. Of course, there is no way of knowing what would have been revealed had thousands of the couple's heady exchanges not been rubbed out by Donkey Girl and her Peter, but (as the linked article points out) those deletions did not violate the agency's retention policies, and, she and her Peter were not under investigation at the time. So, maybe they were hiding a Deep State conspiracy, or maybe they were just trying to keep their affair under wraps. None of us will ever know, but, as far as we know, none of what Donkey Girl did was a crime. So, there is that. Although, I hope someday, when I find myself at the Pearly Gates, I will be able to muster something better than "none of what I did was a crime." Public relations-wise, that just isn't the most impressive rejoinder.
On the other side of the braying match is Trump, who doesn't seem to realize he is not making himself look any better by continuing to beat up this pathetic, wretched has-been, who has lost her reputation, her youth, her government job, and her Peter. Can't he find some school children to slap around? He has way too much club for this pinata. It's like spending an hour berating a street vendor for not getting the mustard and onions right on his hotdog. In short, it is not Peer, and it is way past time for Trump to let this go.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-mocks-fbis-lisa-page-again-citing-debunked-text-message-conspiracy/ar-BBXFd18
On the other side of the braying match is Trump, who doesn't seem to realize he is not making himself look any better by continuing to beat up this pathetic, wretched has-been, who has lost her reputation, her youth, her government job, and her Peter. Can't he find some school children to slap around? He has way too much club for this pinata. It's like spending an hour berating a street vendor for not getting the mustard and onions right on his hotdog. In short, it is not Peer, and it is way past time for Trump to let this go.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-mocks-fbis-lisa-page-again-citing-debunked-text-message-conspiracy/ar-BBXFd18
November 30, 2019
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Hilarious story in the New York Times about a "mysterious man" who showed up claiming to have a library of sex videos and financial records from Jeffrey Epstein's alleged "blackmail empire." With this story, he thoroughly conned David Boies and John Stanley Pottinger, baiting them into character-revealing conversations about how they could use these incriminating materials to shake down wealthy men. Boies, who had already lost a considerable portion of his wokieness points for his role in the Harvey Weinstein/Rose McGowan debacle, now looks to be on the precipice of forfeiting the remainder. Will ABA now be forced to revoke the "prestigious ABA Medal" (its "highest award") which it bestowed upon Boies in 2011? Time will tell, but it certainly appears as of the present moment that the morons on the ABA Board of Governors were as taken in by Boies as was Boies by the mysterious "Kessler."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-and-a-lucrative-hot-list/ar-BBXxX5f
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-and-a-lucrative-hot-list/ar-BBXxX5f
November 27, 2019
Happy Tanks Gibbon
I want to wish all of the members of the Commentariat a very happy Tanks Gibbon. I hope that none of you have to travel during the upcoming snowpocalypse and I hope that your relatives annoy the fuck out of you during dinner.
November 26, 2019
Feral Hog Attack Makes the National Press
When first I saw the headlines, I assumed this all happened in Chicago or somewhere like that, in consequence of some hapless woman carrying pies where she ought not have. But no, it was actually in Texas, and likely just came of a lady being unaware these ponderous porkers were nearby.
For those who don't know, regular old, domestic, barnyard hogs are plenty mean enough, and you don't send anyone near them who isn't fairly spry. When they go feral, and get onto traveling in packs, they are basically the wild boars of Merrye Olde. If they're in the area, folks need to watch out. In this case, this lady, a mere 59 years of age, had just stepped out of a house where she was caring for the elderly residents, and the hogs pulled her down and ripped her apart before she could make the short distance to her car. It can happen just that fast.
Hogs are smarter than you might think, and where there is a structure they can't penetrate, they will set up and lay in wait, preparing to take their shot when any vulnerable person or pet leaves that secure environment, whether in transit to a means of conveyance or (often) a secondary structure such as a corn crib or outhouse. I can recall countless times in my youth when folks asking after some local person missing for a period of time would be told by a knowledgeable neighbor, "He went to shit and the hogs ate him." Personally, whenever I had to go to the outhouse, particularly at night, I would spend a good five minutes at the window first, scoping out everything within fifty yards of that two-holer, just to make sure there wasn't some old, feral hog or hogs out there, fixing to pull me down for an easy dinner. Even when I would go out, I would take the old 1917 Colt Army Model with me, just in case. Big as they might be, a round or two from that .45 could pretty well be counted on to stun a hog or at least slow it down enough for me to get a good chance at outrunning it.
Sadly, it appears the lady in the story who got caught by the hogs wasn't packing, or at least wasn't packing anything with enough muzzle velocity and round mass. Your candy-ass little 270s or .38 Lady Smiths are not what you want to have along when you are trying to stand off one or more feral hogs. You need something with some outright, come-to-Jesus stopping power. The same is true if you're going to go out actively hunting the beasts (or "piggin'" as we say), and I hope some folks will go out after the herd that did this. They shouldn't be hard to run down, on account of they leave deep, obvious tracks. A half-dozen folks with .303 or .306 long arms should be able to get the job done, and if they are quick about it, the whole town can have pork roast for Thanksgiving.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/26/feral-hogs-kill-woman-texas/
For those who don't know, regular old, domestic, barnyard hogs are plenty mean enough, and you don't send anyone near them who isn't fairly spry. When they go feral, and get onto traveling in packs, they are basically the wild boars of Merrye Olde. If they're in the area, folks need to watch out. In this case, this lady, a mere 59 years of age, had just stepped out of a house where she was caring for the elderly residents, and the hogs pulled her down and ripped her apart before she could make the short distance to her car. It can happen just that fast.
Hogs are smarter than you might think, and where there is a structure they can't penetrate, they will set up and lay in wait, preparing to take their shot when any vulnerable person or pet leaves that secure environment, whether in transit to a means of conveyance or (often) a secondary structure such as a corn crib or outhouse. I can recall countless times in my youth when folks asking after some local person missing for a period of time would be told by a knowledgeable neighbor, "He went to shit and the hogs ate him." Personally, whenever I had to go to the outhouse, particularly at night, I would spend a good five minutes at the window first, scoping out everything within fifty yards of that two-holer, just to make sure there wasn't some old, feral hog or hogs out there, fixing to pull me down for an easy dinner. Even when I would go out, I would take the old 1917 Colt Army Model with me, just in case. Big as they might be, a round or two from that .45 could pretty well be counted on to stun a hog or at least slow it down enough for me to get a good chance at outrunning it.
Sadly, it appears the lady in the story who got caught by the hogs wasn't packing, or at least wasn't packing anything with enough muzzle velocity and round mass. Your candy-ass little 270s or .38 Lady Smiths are not what you want to have along when you are trying to stand off one or more feral hogs. You need something with some outright, come-to-Jesus stopping power. The same is true if you're going to go out actively hunting the beasts (or "piggin'" as we say), and I hope some folks will go out after the herd that did this. They shouldn't be hard to run down, on account of they leave deep, obvious tracks. A half-dozen folks with .303 or .306 long arms should be able to get the job done, and if they are quick about it, the whole town can have pork roast for Thanksgiving.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/26/feral-hogs-kill-woman-texas/
November 23, 2019
Have you ever lost a case to a pro se litigant?
Just one in four civil defendants has a lawyer, down from nearly all of them in 1992, according to a 2015 study, its most recent, by the National Center for State Courts.
Some are saying that pro se litigation is the new normal.
The pro se litigant, the bane of every litigation attorney's existence.
I have never gone up against a pro se litigant, but I have opposed plenty of lawyers who were basically operating on a pro se level, particularly in the Ok, Boomer "olden days".
But how about you? Have you ever suffered the ultimate humiliation for any lawyer, losing to a pro se?
What other pro se horror stories do you have?
Secondarily, I have long advocated that outside of small claims court a plaintiff should be required to appear through a licensed attorney. What say you?
November 20, 2019
What's in a (law school) name?
Here in Dallas, we're witnessing a fascinating experiment: take a really shitty law school, give it a more respectable name and see what happens.
Texas A&M University had been trying to open or acquire a law school for years. Back in 1998 they tried to buy the South Texas College of Law, but the Texas Higher Education killed the deal. In 2013 they inked a deal to acquire the Texas Wesleyan School of Law. For those of you who are not familiar with Texas law schools, Texas Wesleyan was arguably the worst law school in Texas and easily the second worst. The school was rank not published, and a low RNP at that. It was an absolutely terrible law school with a horrible reputation. Texas Wesleyan became the Texas A&M University School of Law in 2015. In the last five years, the change in raking for Texas A&M law has been huuuuge!
2015--Rank Not Published.
2016--149
2017--111
2018--92
2019--80
This rise in rank illustrates how ridiculous the US News rankings are. Nothing at this law school changed except the name. What a joke.
Texas A&M University had been trying to open or acquire a law school for years. Back in 1998 they tried to buy the South Texas College of Law, but the Texas Higher Education killed the deal. In 2013 they inked a deal to acquire the Texas Wesleyan School of Law. For those of you who are not familiar with Texas law schools, Texas Wesleyan was arguably the worst law school in Texas and easily the second worst. The school was rank not published, and a low RNP at that. It was an absolutely terrible law school with a horrible reputation. Texas Wesleyan became the Texas A&M University School of Law in 2015. In the last five years, the change in raking for Texas A&M law has been huuuuge!
2015--Rank Not Published.
2016--149
2017--111
2018--92
2019--80
This rise in rank illustrates how ridiculous the US News rankings are. Nothing at this law school changed except the name. What a joke.
November 14, 2019
The Matrix Has Become Self Aware
Excuse me while I check... the news
https://nypost.com/2019/11/14/chinese-internet-users-flock-to-pornhub-to-slam-hong-kong-protesters/amp/
https://nypost.com/2019/11/14/chinese-internet-users-flock-to-pornhub-to-slam-hong-kong-protesters/amp/
November 13, 2019
Faking Ivy Credentials Frowned Upon
Even if you are an attractive woman. So is photoshopping a Time cover apparently.
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/12/trump-official-mina-chang-fake-time-magazine-nbc
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/12/trump-official-mina-chang-fake-time-magazine-nbc
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