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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:22 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1043
- Views: 108218
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, explains how she can support President Biden in the 2024 election in spite of strong differences with Biden on policy, notably as regards the U.S. support for Israel during the war with Hamas. She says that Donald Trump "seeks to dismantle Am...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
Apparently, a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse shortly after jury selection ended. It would be premature to say what his motivation was. Reportedly, he was still alive when he was taken away in an ambulance. CNN was airing live outside as it happened. The two-minute video at this link...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
This made me laugh out loud. ... Needless to say, writing that the defendant "actually is the devil" is in fact good cause to dismiss a juror. There's a pretty good play (and film) whose protagonist argues to the contrary: William Roper: "So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:31 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: War between Hamas and Israel
- Replies: 346
- Views: 43362
Re: War between Hamas and Israel
ABC reports that Israel has struck a military supply depot in Iran near the city of Isfahan.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:23 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2001
- Views: 281247
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
If President Biden's Uncle Bosey was eaten, it was likelier to have been by sharks than by cannibals, although the latter possibility can't be completely ruled out.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:49 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
- Replies: 1043
- Views: 108218
Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Kerry Kennedy, a human rights activist who is the younger sister of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., today endorsed President Biden's reelection.
In this, she was joined by another 14 members of the Kennedy family.
In this, she was joined by another 14 members of the Kennedy family.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:58 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Roe v Wade has been overturned. How do you feel about that?
- Replies: 1312
- Views: 394029
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Chaos in Congress
- Replies: 611
- Views: 78134
Re: Chaos in Congress
Republican Congressman Jake LaTurner of Kansas, aged 36 and currently in his second term, announced today that he will not run for reelection this year.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Chaos in Congress
- Replies: 611
- Views: 78134
Re: Chaos in Congress
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
Reporters often seem to lack a sense of balance and common sense. Agreed. Just because they have the First Amendment right to report on what potential jurors say about themselves in open court doesn't mean they should do so. Although in some cases , it may be that the dissemination of information a...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
And reporters are not happy about that: "anything said in open court is fair game." In which case, maybe Judge Merchan should close the court during jury selection? If a deranged Trump supporter identifies and murders a juror using facts supplied by a reporter, can the victim's family sue ...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
I see that Judge Merchan today asked the press to, essentially, stop doxing jurors.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
She also said that friends and family have asked if she's a juror in this case and she's afraid her identify will become public. Which goes to a point I made on Tuesday.Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 2:47 pm Well, we are going backwards. One of the jurors decided that she can't be fair and impartial after all and has been dismissed.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:14 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1007
- Views: 112338
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Agreed. Delay of any sort just plays into Vladimir Putin's hands. Speaking of which, one of Greene's amendments calls for the U.S. to withdraw from NATO.Voronwë the Faithful wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:49 pm Which I thought was just as much a waste of time as Greene's amendments.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
For whatever it's worth (and I have no idea), here's a New York Times profile of Melania Trump as regards this trial.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:39 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
- Replies: 2001
- Views: 281247
Re: The challenges ahead (Biden's America)
The first time I heard of Pete Buttigieg was when someone shared this April 2019 video in which he announced that he was exploring a presidential run. What resonated for me was the lines, "There's no such thing as 'again' in the real world" and "We can't look for greatness in the past...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:58 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
- Replies: 4044
- Views: 538368
Re: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
And the Dept. of Justice is still charging people for their actions on January 6th. In this case, there's a quasi-celebrity connection, because the defendant, Tyler Campanella, is the stepson of a matchmaker named Siggy Flicker, who was in the "cast" of two reality TV shows, Why Am I Stil...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:42 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
- Replies: 173
- Views: 29482
Re: Trump Indicted by Manhattan District Attorney
Earlier Donald Trump today posted about how he was surprised that he can only strike a limited number of potential jurors. But obviously if defendants could strike an unlimited number of jurors, their trials would never get past jury selection!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
- Replies: 4044
- Views: 538368
Re: 2020 Election: Predictions, Results and Reactions
And the Dept. of Justice is still charging people for their actions on January 6th. In this case, there's a quasi-celebrity connection, because the defendant, Tyler Campanella, is the stepson of a matchmaker named Siggy Flicker, who was in the "cast" of two reality TV shows, Why Am I Still...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:50 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
- Replies: 1007
- Views: 112338
Re: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
The U.S. House of Representatives is finally going to vote on an aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Speaker Johnson says the vote will be Saturday evening. It must then be passed by the U.S. Senate before President Biden, who today issued a statement of support for the bill, can sign it in...