unclevlad

By the same token, I also agree with LL that this should *not* become the norm in American jurisprudence. But like everything with Trump, this situation is unprecedented, and I believe warrants the move. I should put up the Gildor line to Frodo for my sig here... Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say No and Yes.

And a change of venue wouldn't help unless it was to another planet.

You can publish the name of an arrested person, and the crimes of which he is accused. You can publish the name of a person suspected of involvement in a crime too. Even that is routine, when the subject can't be found and when publishing the name doesn't compromise an active investigation. What is one of the key pretrial activities? Jury selection. One key element there is to reduce the risk of of potential undue influence. Can you *imagine* the difficulty in finding an impartial jury if Trump were to face seditious conspiracy charges? 😆 😈 😬

Ugh. We'll do multiple bad numbers. Today: world deaths passed the 2,000,000 mark. Tomorrow: US deaths will pass the 400,000 mark, and cases will pass the 24,000,000 mark. EASILY in both cases unless tomorrow is wildly idiosyncratic by comparison to the last few days, and the last few non-holiday-hangover Fridays.

Been there, done that. I usually blame inadequate caffeination.

The counter to that? "I say potato, you say po-tah-toh." Your statement is correct based on the facts you accept. Others will say they're patriots fighting a corrupt system, and thus it is oppression. Their 'facts' are completely otherwise. A difference here, and why this is not an enemies list, is that the names being added to the list are, as far as I know, connected to an act of violent insurrection threatening the legitimate officers of state. The forceful attempts to breach the barriers is more than sufficient to lead a reasonable person to assume that they might assault said officers. So this isn't about anything they said, this is about something they have done. It's more comparable to, say, the FBI most wanted lists than to a McCarthy era (or for that matter, Nixon era) enemies list.

I hear ya but...this is the age of disinformation, too. Would you put it past those arrested to claim they've been arrested on spurious charges? Well, they'll call anything spurious, but charges far above and beyond anything they've actually been charged with. Also, once an arraignment is made, that information is public. At least; I think it's true for an arrest. The arraignment, tho, for sure. One can argue that ok, but one doesn't see the government doing this in an organized manner...but I'll go back to the disinformation issue, as well as press interest. I don't think it can be argued that the press could do this...so figure there are news organizations asking for it. Now combine that with disinformation...... The problem is that core American liberties have been abused with malicious intent. I concede the risk but I think we need to come to some new balance as well. CAN we? Dubious to say the least.

But the confederate flag was a political symbol from the get-go, given that it was the common symbol of the confederate government. Your argument would hold up better had the swastika not been the centerpiece of the Nazi flag, and used more as a personal symbol...say, as an alternative to the stylized SS tabs.

This debate is not new. https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/topics/freedom-of-speech-2/personal-public-expression-overview/fighting-words/ But it's rather nuanced: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fighting_words Your example of a parade with swastikas is flirting on the border, IIRC. Some such have been turned down for permits, others have I believe received them. It'll also have to be decided by the courts whether more clearly violent expressions in social media *outside* the event in question, becomes a factor. Also, the standards against which these decisions are made, are not fixed. The social climate should be a factor. Our culture takes umbrage now for much less insult, and reacts more strongly. So what constitutes "tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace" is also dynamic. Individual reaction versus mob reaction is another factor.

CNN did an interview with a Democratic congressman from California because he took an insane amount of harassment from *several* Trump supporters. The brief version is here: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/11/rep-lou-correa-dulles-airport-harassment-orig-jm.cnn The longer version showed while the congressman was talking to Don Lemon had multiple voices and much more stridency. And Tricksta, this was Delta's response; the passenger wasn't put onto the national, TSA No-Fly list. Just Delta's. Here's the question on whether this is an overrreaction: imagine this happened on the plane. Moving to a physical assault would be an escalation, to be sure...but how much of one? I'm just saying punches, of course. What is the risk it would spread, so it was no longer one person on each side? This absolutely affects the safe and proper operation of the plane, so even if you think it's a *small* risk...it's far too much to accept.

Thus proving the Daniel Webster corollary to Newton's Law: for every example, there is an equal and opposite counterexample.

Yeah but Cinderella could take Donald. Walt hadda just be jealous for other reasons.....

You are. We all know you're actually Daffy.

The most amusing comment I'm hearing from the ESPN folks is "I feel sorry for Steve Nash."

Well...it happened. Nets are betting the decade on this, if I understand the trade details right. And yeah, I hope it totally blows up in their faces. In part because if it works, the league structure is at extreme risk, as it feels like it'll cement the players' overweening power.

If it ever happened. Questions are cropping up whether Kyrie wants to play, or at the very least, whether it's his priority. Another issue with Harden to the Nets, UNLESS it was for Kyrie...interesting thought there, trade problem children...Kyrie, Durant, and Harden apparently all have player options for the 22-23 season.

And now, there's a big question if Harden is really trying. Postgame interview tonight was "yeah, we're a bad team." Dismissively, and pretty clearly not trying to do anything to fix it. His last 5 games, counting tonight, have been lame. One was a win but Orlando apparently forgot to play. Tonight was the 3rd time in 5 games he didn't even reach 20 points...and that's going to tank his already-low trade value. Meanwhile, what the heck is up with Kyrie? Sounds like he's gotta lotta splainin to do. Lucy....

What about Castle Alamos?

6E1 447 to be specific. I do not believe it's in Champions Complete, or at least the index isn't pointing me to a spot that has it.

Reminds me of my all-time favorite commercial ice cream...the original Dreyer's Slow Churned. It wasn't on the market long in that form; they switched to one of the ultimate culinary abominations...."light ice cream." Nope, this was heavy, dense, rich, and smooth. Dreyer's also messed up their peppermint ice cream, I think, but this might be the vagaries of memory. The first year I tried it, it was strong and, sure, on the sweet side but not overpowering. Couldn't find it for a few years...OR, there were some cartons I bought that were horribly freezer-burned and you know that's an utter disaster for ice cream. But last time I got a carton in good shape, it was far, far too sweet. As I say, memory can lie.... Haagen Dazs Five Coffee was also rather good. Those days are long gone tho now...

Oh gooood gosh this looks heavenly!!!!! Wonder what the white is...pastry creme or white choc. As Matt said, who cares if it kills ya...

So, forget the 25th Amendment. Pence sent a letter to Pelosi declining to start the action, and criticizing Pelosi for the resolution requesting that he invoke it. I can see his point about the latter; the House has its own mechanism, and that is impeachment. So I suspect we'll have the impeachment pass tomorrow. The question will be, how many Republicans vote in favor. Does anyone who voted to sustain the objections to sitting the electors, reverse their position now? That might be the absolutely worst move, tho, to flip at this stage.

I don't see Pence pardoning Trump even if he has the chance. And for him to have that power, he'd have to accede to a 25th Amendment invocation, then have it agreed to. That seems unlikely. Alternately, of course, Trump could resign, but I daresay we all think pigs will fly first.

A nice review of what the First Amendment applies to...and what it doesn't: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/12/politics/first-amendment-explainer-2021-trnd/index.html

Mmm. I'd missed that. Well...not surprising to me. This is the headline from The Athletic: After what he did? Yeah, I can see it. Probably wasn't a full prevent, but it was softer, for sure, and that is asking for trouble. BUT, by the same token, the Steelers had shown they couldn't be consistent, and that they'd allow too much. Maybe it's 20-20 hindsight but the Steelers got gouged on defense too often. One point about Ben's contract: yeah, he'll cost $41M if he's on the roster but he's gonna cost $22M regardless. The big kicker is if he's on the roster on the 3rd day of the new league year, which means early April. $15M roster bonus kicks in. But can they cut him? Not that easy to do. Indy could release Peyton because of doubt after the neck injury, but when to part from an aging superstar is always tough. And all the points Old Man made...had the script been flipped and the Browns had the disastrous first quarter, it probably would've been understood. But the Steelers laid a massive egg, and it went along with a whole nestful they laid for several weeks. So there's problems there.