After four days of using polypropylene currency:
I don’t like it. It doesn’t fold. It only bends. It’s slippery like a register receipt. It slides out of your pocket onto the floor.
I donโt want to be a Luddite. I thought I would โฆ
Former Miami federal criminal defense lawyer, Mexicana Airlines cargo station rep and oh yeah, Saudi Arabia.
Plastic Money
Horizontal Space in Ulysses
If you need blank horizontal space in Ulysses, try using a UTF-8 space character.
Ulysses does not strip blank space where that blank space is a UTF-8 character, like U+2004 (three em space). While this symbol cannot be generated in โฆ
New Treasurer for George Santos
Santos' best bet now is to appoint a Portuguese-speaking treasurer living in a small town in Brazil. FEC inquiries would have to be translated; int’l mail would be lost or not delivered, and there is no requirement that a campaign treasurer โฆ
Killer Cops
If the Memphis killer cops had been white, the country would be in flames.
A Perfect Day for an Exorcism
In order to expel evil from her home after the attempt on her husbandโs life, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hosted an exorcism.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/nancy-pelosi-priest-exorcism-husband/
The Nature of the Law
Monterey Park Motive
A bitter, lonely old man with access to an assault weapon decided to share the pain of loneliness and rejection with the regulars at the dance studio where he had gone for companionship.
The $750,000 Santos Mystery Solved
Drumroll please:
the mystery of the Santos $750,000 campaign contribution solved.
The $750,000 Santos Mystery Solved
Drumroll please:
the mystery of the Santos $750,000 campaign contribution solved.
santos #campaignfinance #santos
Lawyers: How to Differentiate
Lawyers fail to monetize their networks. This often has value. Instead, lawyers pretend that it doesn’t exist or is inaccessible, even as the Internet has proven over and over that networks have value. The network itself is proof of that value, โฆ
Lawyers: How to Differentiate
Lawyers fail to monetize their networks. This often has value. Instead, lawyers pretend that it doesn’t exist or is inaccessible, even as the Internet has proven over and over that networks have value. The network is proof of that value, but if โฆ
Give Santos a Break
OK, he lied. Heโs not Jewish, his grandparents had nothing to do with the Holocaust, he didnโt work at Goldman Sachs or even graduate from college.
So what? Letโs judge him on his performance rather than on whom he once claimed to be. Obviously, this โฆ
George Santos: American
Really, what is more American than the grift?
George Santos โembellishedโ his resumรฉ, not worrying about the fact that identity politics trumps even outright lies. Santos claims to be Jewish, biracial, and finding one box unchecked, gay. He is โฆ
Give Santos a Break
OK, he lied. Heโs not Jewish, his grandparents had nothing to do with the Holocaust, he didnโt work at Goldman Sachs or even graduate from college.
So what? Letโs judge him on his performance rather than on whom he once claimed to be. Obviously, this โฆ
Caliโs New Evidentiary Rule
No longer can rap lyrics be held against their author in a criminal trial, a new California law tells us.
Many would assert that rap glorifies the thug lifestyle, though arguments will ensue as to whether that lifestyle is merely a fashion statement โฆ
Horizontal Space in Ulysses
If you need blank horizontal space in Ulysses, try using a UTF-8 space character.
Ulysses does not strip blank space where that blank space is a UTF-8 character, like U+2004 (three em space). While this symbol cannot be generated in โฆ
Dobbs Leak Investigation Update
Militarized Police
If anyone doubts how militarized US law enforcement has become, look at these badged, armed idiots showing the results of their posse’s patrol.
Dark Forces
Apparently, this is still needed since the conspiracy theorists have suggested that dark forces have secretly united to co-sign Samuel Bankman-Fried’s symbolic bond.
There was no requirement that the personal surety bond–remember, not โฆ
Schooling for Seniors
While previously I focused on Southern Illinois Universityโs โReturning Scholar Programโ and its $70/semester cost, the trend of seniors returning to school is picking up.
Hereโs an orientation session for senior โscholarsโ in Galway: โฆ
Stackexchange Editor Problem
How to Find a Lawyer Overseas
Need a lawyer overseas? How do you find one?
It really depends on the country and the type of case. For BigLaw, see if a national firm has a presence in a foreign country.
For criminal cases, use the NACDL directory. The Big 4 are repeating history โฆ
The Santos Protocol
A New Way to Find a Job
Todayโs job hunt should start with careful invention following the example of Congressman George Santos (R.NY) and the preparation of a resumรฉ that need not align with fact.
In this post-truth, Santos Protocol, Inventing Anna โฆ
The Santos Protocol
A New Way to Find a Job
Todayโs job hunt should start with careful invention following the example of Congressman George Santos (R.NY) and the preparation of a resumรฉ that need not carefully align with facts.
In this post-truth, Santos Protocol, โฆ
How an Apostrophe Almost Landed Me in Jail
John Delorean
I feel for those whose surnames include a ‘de, di, laโ, an ‘al-’, ‘el’, ‘ben’ or ‘ibn.’ Or ‘vonโ. And of course, anyone who has the misfortune to have an apostrophe in their โฆ