The Hall of Fire

She could be a very interesting witness, indeed.

Also lovely!

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It's a good question, that I don't really have a good answer to. Depending on the specific laws in the jurisdiction where it took place, I would think that a good argument could be made that you were legally justified. Whether it succeeded is another question. And as is so often the case when it com...

Actually they are early in the morning, but well past sunrise.

I'm good with it.

Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison today. https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/derek-chauvin-sentencing/h_d79ed2f75f8f02c3bbef5d7f4de58e06 As we all know, Derek Chauvin, a police officer, was convicted of murdering George Floyd on the street (with the assistance of three other office...

A few photos from our walk today down by the ocean. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240331/2f326c91dc336de338da09f43831ac37.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240331/4b062066ea5afb53996ab722f081bb95.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240331/3ce31368c2b01295d540b565c47678d9.jpg https://upl...

1. It probably wasn't. Note the dipping of bread, which is not eaten at Passover. However, most years Easter falls on a. Sunday during the Passover week. But, Easter always falls around the equinox, while Passover is always in the month of Nissan. This year is a leap year by Jewish calendar, meanin...

The 22nd amendment only limits the number of elected terms and vacancy filling terms, not the number of terms obtained by other means. That raises an interesting point. Could he in theory run technically as the VP and have the nominal candidate for president resign so that he could become president?

1. Since the Last Supper was actually a Passover Seder, why does Easter not coincide with Passover?

2. Among the administration's that used the non-discrimination language was the Trump administration.

I was a little tetchy too (I see that you managed to respond to one of my posts before I edited it to remove some of the tetchiness). I do think that the division between morality and legality is an important. Certainly there is an overlap, but I also think that there is a big danger to trying to ha...

N.E. Brigand wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:18 am But when the cops ask me which way the killer went, should I talk to them or not?.

It depends on the circumstances. In most cases, I would say that it would be morally right for you to tell them which the killer went. In at least some cases, it would be wrong to legally require you to tell them.

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Lovely red shouldered hawk!

There's a difference between something being "wrong" and something being "illegal". A government that could ban someone from voluntarily agreeing not to do something would the kind of authoritarian government that Donald Trump would like to create.

No that is not news. And the key word is "voluntarily". It would not stop him from being forced to testify pursuant to a subpoena. Why would that be illegal. Should he not have the choice to voluntarily do what he chooses to do?

Should we start a much too early 2028 thread?

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