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tokensane

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Married, software dev, geek, science fiction fan, Linux user. searchable.

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Teri_Kanefield, to random
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I read the jury instructions.

With the disclaimer that this is absolutely not a prediction of what the jury will do, not much in the jury instructions change what I had to say here:

https://terikanefield.com/wheres-the-beef-trumps-manhattan-criminal-case-and-some-mind-bending-legal-puzzles/

I wrote about predicate crimes for predicate crimes.

The predicate crime for falsification of business records is
NEW YORK ELECTION LAW § 17-152 PREDICATE.

The jury gets three possible predicate crimes for 17-152.

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tokensane,
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@Teri_Kanefield
Could rape be a 4th possible predicate? What happened between Daniels and Trump in that hotel room didn't sound consensual. AIUI the jury don't need to believe that the predicate is proved to have happened, they just need to believe that the accused wanted to conceal it. OTOH that wasn't mentioned by the prosecution, so I don't know if the jury can consider it.

RVLara23, to random
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Texas Republicans have announced their new platform and in it is a resolution to deny any majority vote winner from taking office unless they also win a majority of State Counties.

This, of course, is an impossibility for any Democrat and they know it. Say nothing that some of the counties in Texas literally have less than 100 people in them.

How do you ensure changing state demographics are never a worry? Change the rules & eliminate a true Democracy.

Dark times, people. Dark times.

tokensane,
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@RVLara23

Sounds like this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_and_pocket_boroughs

taatm, to Ukraine
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People misunderstand the military. Estonia could build the most formidable trench line against Russia and it would never get used. People would say it was an expensive boondoggle even if Russia marched on Latvia. The truth is, the most successful militaries are the ones you don’t have to use because the enemy is afraid.

People also misunderstand negotiation. They think you do it when you’re desperate. You negotiate when you hold all the cards. You negotiate in the coastal hotel when it’s your battle ship in the harbour with its guns pointed at their room.

Regardless of which method of peace you want to find, and if you are scared of nuclear war or not, there is only one way forward. We need to arm Ukraine to the teeth and take the gloves off.

See Anders Puck Nielsen.
https://youtu.be/OZ-R1WVGwQg

tokensane,
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@taatm Indeed. Had Churchill bowed to pressure to negotiate with Hitler after the Battle of France, the history of the 20th century would have been far darker.

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Kyle Griffin:

AG rejects the claim that Biden tried to assassinate him during the Mar-a-Lago raid:

"That allegation is false and it is extremely dangerous. The document that is being referred to in the allegation is a Justice Department standard policy limiting the use of force. As the FBI advises, it is part of a standard operations plan for searches and in fact it was even used in the consensual search of President Biden's home."

tokensane,
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@GottaLaff
So what if Biden did try to assassinate Trump. Biden is president, so he has total immunity, doesn't he? [end sarcasm].

LoganFive, to random
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“Can you send me some possible good days to die?”
-Klingon Planner

tokensane,
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@LoganFive
"Today is always a good day for one of those homicidal manics to die!" - Quark.

AnthonyFStevens, to random
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

IT'S ON!

4th July - Lest we forget

Austerity, Brexit, Covid Lockdown Parties, PPE Scandal, Raw Sewage in UK Waterways & Coastal Areas, Economic Crash, Record Inflation, Record Interest Rates, Cost of Living Crisis, Pensions Decimated, Mortgage Rises, NHS in Crisis, Schools Crumbling, Housing Crisis, Scandals, Cover ups.

Enough is Enough! It's time for change.

Vote 🌹 ❎️ 🗳

tokensane,
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@AnthonyFStevens Things can only get wetter!

lbflyawayhome, to random
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Ladybird cover stories, 1962-3
The Junior Science series

Artist: Harry Wingfield

tokensane,
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@lbflyawayhome I think I had all 4. Not quite sure about the flight one, but definitely the other three.

tokensane, to random
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Right-wing Tory MP discovers that the NHS can't afford his care.

> ... his hands were originally provided by the NHS, but he has since gone outside the NHS for new hands, likening the original prosthetic hands he was given to "something out of medieval times".

Perhaps if the NHS were properly funded he wouldn't have had to do that. And others, who can't afford spiffy new hands, might be able to get them too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-69037424

GryphonSK, to random
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vs

tokensane,
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@GryphonSK

Daojoan, to random
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Social Darwinism twists the biological theory of natural selection into a blunt club to batter the less fortunate.

It ignores the complex environmental, social, and economic factors that shape outcomes in the modern world.

Most of all, it absolves us of any responsibility to help our fellow humans.

It’s the philosophy that drove the financial crisis. The same philosophy that drove the NSDAP.

https://joanwestenberg.com/blog/the-brain-rot-of-social-darwinism

tokensane,
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@Daojoan
See also "The Day the Universe Changed" episode 8 by James Burke, which covers the history of Darwin's theory and its subsequent abuse. https://archive.org/details/the-day-the-universe-changed-s01e08-the-way-we-are

tokensane,
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@elpolacodesplegado @Daojoan
"The rich man at his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them high or lowly, and ordered their estate".

Used to be the 2nd verse of the hymn "All Things Bright And Beautiful".

laprice, to scifi
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#scifi #betterworld Job Requirement.
Journey level bioreactor cultivator.
Responsibilities include sewage, sanitation, water cycle, on call for contamination and containment incidents.

Prior experience with municipal scale infrastructure installations is helpful but not required for the right candidate. Familiarity with engineeered biological soil cultures and bioactive remediation to graduate level is a requirement.
Reports to Habitation Duty Officer.
#solarpunk

tokensane,
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@laprice The UK could do with a few of those today.

tokensane, to random
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GottaLaff, to Canada
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Ugh, totally wasted open house. Lookee-loo City. I'm so glad this was our last one before we leave. The rest will be after, and the house will be vacant.

Sigh.

So, with that, I'll perk myself up (and hopefully you) with another dopey #CountdownToCanada gif.

I can't believe it'll be a week from tomorrow!

Have a good evening, everyone!
#Canada 🇨🇦

video/mp4

tokensane,
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@GottaLaff
> Apparently people are buying houses with pools.

If I had a pool, I'd definitely use it to buy a house. 😉

Just keep hanging in there.

tokensane, to random
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Latest underworld role: the Data Mule.

Ms Chapman, 49, allegedly ran a "laptop farm" from her home, where she would log into laptops issued by the companies so that it appeared the North Korean workers from other countries were physically in the US.

BBC News - US woman accused of stealing identities to give North Koreans jobs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-69024813

driftini, to random
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lmaooooo https://vxtwitter.com/yifever/status/1790941768617439339

tokensane,
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@driftini Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo - Andy Finkel.

GottaLaff, to animals
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Some-bodee got his pre-Big Moving Day haircut today!

tokensane,
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@GottaLaff Well, no point in shipping all that hair.

tokensane, to random
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Facts are a good antidote to moral panic.

BBC News - Internet use linked to higher wellbeing, global study suggests - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89z2v0pjl3o

paninid, to random
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Blunders that lead to #violence per #MahatmaGandhi

tokensane,
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@publictorsten @paninid

The Wikipedia article has the full history, including a link to a newspaper clipping about the sermon (ref 3).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Social_Sins

tokensane, to random
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Had to turn off alerts on my tablet last night to get some sleep.

tokensane, (edited ) to random
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I live on the south coast of the UK. Drove out to a reasonably dark spot with a good view of the north. There were several cars already there. In between headlights I managed to get some decent pics:

tokensane, to random
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told a meeting of oil company executives that if they gave him a billion $ he would repeal all of Biden's environmental laws.

How is this not solicitation of a bribe? https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bribery says that this is a crime even if no bribe is paid. Normally campaign contributions aren't bribes because there is no explicit quid quo pro (whatever tacit ones might exist). But this one was a straighforward offer said out loud and recorded.

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tokensane,
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@sandlapper37 Sadly it seems they just decide that their circumstances make them a special case. https://www.thedailybeast.comthe-women-who-leave-anti-abortion-picket-lines-to-get-abortions

“All of us who do abortions see patients quite regularly who tell us, ‘I’m not pro-choice, but I just can’t continue this pregnancy,’” said [a Dr.] “We’ve even seen people coming into the clinic off the protester lines to get their abortion, then return to protesting outside the clinic.”

SoftwareTheron, to random

Solar panels question:
How resilient are they in the face of a Carrington Event?

tokensane,
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@SoftwareTheron Broadly, not an issue. Geomagnetic storms induce DC currents in very long cables, which is a problem for AC circuits. The Carrington event induced voltages were ~4v/km, so a single solar panel won't have a problem. A very large station might have a few volts in the cables running across it, but even then I can't see it being an issue in a system designed for variable DC votages anyway.

CausesEffects, to animals

tokensane,
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@CausesEffects The clue is in the name!

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