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Can you imagine how much power it takes to recharge one of those? Bring down a whole town. I hope it works well and was worth the extra money. mspart

So The Hill and Politico, the sources I cited are not believable? NYT calls it a Trial going on now as well. Everyone is. That's all it is known by. So yes, I try to research but when everyone says it, tough to find someone who doesn't when you have no reason to go searching. mspart

Never liked Michigan. Bo Schem.... embodied them for me. Was too good to play UW in the Rose Bowl and lost. Was too good to play BYU in the 1984 Holiday Bowl and lost. Each of those he gave tiresome diatribes of how great Michigan was and they were just too good to have to actually play low lifes like UW (Washington) and BYU. What rude schlubs. Well, Karma coming 40 years later. mspart

Tempting!! mspart

Not good if insinuations are true. That's for sure. I'm sure we will be hearing more about this. mspart

That does make me go hmmmmmm. mspart

They are not hiding behind civilians which is a war crime. They are letting civilian leave in scheduled times every day now, something Hamas did not afford all of the civilians they butchered. You are just on the wrong side of history here. Hamas leaders have said they want perpetual war and perpetual martyrs. They do not want to shield the Gaza civilians, they want them as martyrs. Now that's a cause you can get behind. mspart

Heroin and opium were things people were hooked to way before the oxy's came out. I'm not minimizing the impact the corps have had, just that they did not begin the issue. mspart

Beating Ionel to it - mmmmmmmmmm!! Very nice. Where can I get some? mspart

Agreed. Tough to take Burroughs out of the mix. But Snyder is also in the same running with not so many golds. I think other than Taz, he would have won Gold. Where did Taz come from anyway? Wow. mspart

In the picture, it is heading away from us. The fact that you did not discern that is a tribute to the anti wake design. Now notice it is not an anti woke design, just an anti-wake design. mspart

You should do it. However, on the San Juan Islands run, you have to reserve a spot at the ferry website. You don't pay on the website but it guarantees you get on that ferry. But, if the ferry is not running, then you wait until it does. San Juan ferries are not very reliable that way. I have not been to Orcas, we always head to Lopez. I've been to San Juan also, but never Orcas. I had friends in Jr High saying Orcas was the best. Everyone says so. But we know someone with a cabin on Lopez on the Mud Bay so that's where we head. mspart

Yeah that guy is an idiot. I have to say. mspart

Biden is senseless and Trump can still put together a sentence and not trail off with - whateverrrrrrrrrrrrrr. But I agree with Vak's statement above. Neither should be candidates. mspart

Did you know the WA state ferries are designed to make little to no wake? These carry hundreds of cars and people, big boats!! mspart

Gee, that's what is happening in D run big cities today. Obviously MAGA is against that. mspart

Trump is at least mentally lucid. You cannot say that about Biden. mspart

You mean IDF is assisting the evacuation. Say it ain't so. Those devils wouldn't do that would they UB? Save Gazan's lives? No it just can't be. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-772068 https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/middleeast/gaza-civilian-casualty-criticism-grows-israel/index.html https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-of-gazans-waving-white-flags-head-south-along-idf-evacuation-route/ https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-11-08-23/h_92f3d64ede6bc0c84af9c0cf2822f7c9 Well it looks like that is what they are doing. Who does this in war? No one but Israel. They don't want to kill indiscriminately like the Palestinians do. They are showing that by this move to help civilians get out of the area that will soon be under attack. If Palestinians would give up their weapons there would be peace. If the Israelis would give up their weapons, they would be annihilated. Golda mspart

To be honest, I had not read anywhere where Trump was already tried in front of a judge. If that is the case, then my argument is moot of course. I thought the judge made the determination before the trial, which is what all the new agencies are calling the current event. You have to admit, if this is the trial, the judge would have been wildly out of bounds which is what I thought was happening. Again, I have only heard of one trial, the one going on now. I was not aware there was a bench trial to establish guilt and then a penalty trial. I have never heard of a penalty trial. Civil trials usually end with the penalty. Criminal trials will sometimes have a penalty phase or hearing after the main trial. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4299301-new-york-fraud-trial-ivanka-trump-testify/ Ivanka Trump takes the stand in New York fraud trial targeting family business: Live updates This is from today's TheHill.com. This says the fraud trial. That's what I was going on. Perhaps the news media has it wrong as well. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/trump-civil-trial-new-york-00119297 Trump goes to trial in New York before a judge who just ruled he’s a fraud Again, Politico says similar. They don't say penalty phase of the trial, just the fraud trial. So if what you folks are saying is true, then I was wrong, and apologize. But in looking on Google, I'm not finding anything about a prior trial, just that the judge made the decision. I welcome any links that can be provided to allow me to understand this more. mspart mspart

Does anyone think it is weird that the judge passed judgement on Trump before the trial even started? He essentially took away his business licences in NY. An appellate court reinstated them until they can hear the case. That is weird to me. Here is some more weird: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4296283-trump-chaotic-testimony-new-york-fraud-trial/ ... Before the trial even began last month, Engoron found Trump, the Trump Organization and other defendants, including some of his adult children, liable for fraud. Engoron ruled that James had proved the crux of her case that claims the Trumps falsely inflated and deflated the value of the business’ assets to receive lower taxes and better insurance coverage. ... As Trump answered questions about his 40 Wall Street property, he snidely remarked that the property’s valuation at $550 million was a “very low number” and that “all you have to do is look at a picture of the building” to know that. After that remark, Engoron admonished Kise again to take control of his client. “I would think, respectfully — of all witnesses — your honor would want to hear everything this witness has to say,” Kise said. “No, I do not want to hear everything this witness has to say,” Engoron angrily replied while Trump shook his head and smiled. “I am not here and these people are not here to hear what he has to say; we are here to hear him answer questions,” Engoron continued. “It’s very simple. Is this an accurate number? It’s very simple.” Unprompted, the former president replied: “This is a very unfair trial — very, very — and I hope the public is watching.” ... Trump calls judge, NY AG ‘frauds’ Perhaps the most heated moment of Trump’s testimony occurred when the former president launched a rant raging against the judge and New York attorney general, calling them “frauds” and “political hacks.” “It’s a disgrace that a case like this is going on; all you have to do is read the legal scholars — the papers — and you’ll know,” Trump said, raising his voice. “This is a political witch hunt.” Wallace, the state lawyer, had been questioning Trump about whether the former president believed his properties were undervalued on his statements of financial condition and attempted to veer the questioning back in that direction, but Trump ignored him and continued the rant. “Even yesterday, she’s out there saying ‘fraud, fraud.’ The fraud is her,” Trump said, referring to James. “He called me a fraud and he didn’t know anything about me,” Trump said of Engoron. What judge says the court doesn't want to hear what the witness says? I have never heard of that. As I see it, Trump answered questions with additional pertinent information that the judge apparently did not want to hear. Well the judge did call him a fraud before the trial so why would he want to hear him. Get it over with so they can get the judgement brought down that has been predetermined. This case will be appealed for sure, it has been horribly mishandled by the judge. The judge is interrupting rather than one of the attorneys taking exception to the testimony. Trump will lose this case because the judge already has it out for him as determined by his pre trial censure of his case by finding him liable for fraud - before the case was even litigated. Who does that? Yes, the judge is not impartial by any means. But I guess he thinks he is immune because everyone must be on his side. This is not how American jurisprudence is conducted. I have never heard of such a thing. If it can be done to Trump, it can be done to any of us. This is wrong. I'd like to hear how this is not wrong by someone that knows that judicial process. mspart

It seems that 3pt does not appreciate hard work and what it can do to open doors. Not surprising viewing the other things he has written. I've seen this play out. I have 5 boys. One is a hard worker, has various businesses he owns and is successful and makes a lot of money. Yes, he got some breaks. But it was his hard work and do not take NO for an answer that made him successful. He tries to get his brothers to take such entrepreneurial risks but they are unwilling to put in such effort. So they are not as successful as he is. All are very smart, but he is really the only one that takes action. They all started similarly. I have to say, I am not near as bold as he is, so the other 4 take more after me. I'm not sure where the one son got his drive at but that is the difference. He makes more than me. Now to be fair, I have another son that got a college degree and got a job at a place. He quit and got a better job and more pay but not like the one son. But he's doing ok. Another has an associates college degree, but has a pretty good job doing maintenance on equipment. But there is no upward mobility there so he will soon hit a ceiling but it is good for now for him. He is under 30. The other two are younger and basically retail workers, min wage type jobs. Their outlook is not as good. They have no future education (academic or trade) goals so they are essentially stuck at HS diploma level type jobs, unless they take after the one brother. It is the drive to succeed that makes the difference. What I view as risk, my one son views as opportunity. If he spends 40k to make 80k, that is money well spent and he makes the difference and then the whole thing the next year. I don't think that way. I think, where would I get the 40k, and then how do I get the work to get the 80k? He is a wonder for sure. For instance, he decided he was gonna do snow plowing. The truck and rig cost right around 40k. He figured he could easily make 120k and had contracts already lined up. He has been doing that for a few years. Part of that is spreading salt when it goes under freezing. He makes a lot of money for little actual work, even here in Seattle area. He and his wife have two other businesses that bring in enough money to live very well on. mspart

Cool stories. Bruce is underrated entirely. mspart

There is quite good parity until the top 3 weights. Those guys are monsters. mspart

I count that as a win anyway. It is well known the US has a ginormous appetite for opioids. mspart

Well, the poll, however it was done, got Axelrod shook up as well as many others. Maybe he doesn't care about methods as well. I'm confident that's the case. mspart