I mean, if this is what you believe, you can still invest in bonds in a 401k or brokerage account. Even if I believed this about stocks crashing, I still wouldn’t put any $ in an annuity.

Also, predicting the stock market and making huge decisions based on that tends to not go well.

You know who probably lobbies for this hot, unconstitutional garbage behind closed doors? Not the religious right.

Lawyers.

HB71 should be called The Shithole State Louisiana Attorney Employment Act, because this is going to need a ton of lawyers.

Lawyers to sue about its unconstitutionality.

Lawyers to defend its constitutionality.

Lawyers that represent Islam, Pastafarianism, Hinduism, etc. that want all aboard this state-promotion-of-religion train.

Similar, yeah. More modern construction and side-by-side seating instead of tandem. But otherwise, similar size and weight.

I was just thinking “rules for thee…” the other day when I almost got sideswiped by a F-250 with a big no-step-on-snek sticker on the tailgate. Was just sitting still in the middle lane at a light and this guy nearly hits me zipping by in the right turn lane. He, of course, doesn’t stop on red and just immediately turns right.

Couldn’t care less that his 10,000 lbs, lifted, moron dozor was sticking a foot and a half out of his lane.

Anywhoo, I know that’s a stupid, odd story. But that’s just an example of how these assholes live their lives. Everything, even the smallest and most common sense rules, like staying in your lane, are for suckers, not them.

I dig the shorter stages. Fresher legs and potentially more people who think they have a chance near the end. Stage 15 looks like a must watch.

Good to know; first time I’ve come across this website.

Ha, why was this downvoted? Sketchy website “reports” proprietary Chinese research firm’s accomplishment by rehashing the firm’s press release about an unbelievable claim with no other evidence. This got more red flags than the beach before a hurricane.

At best, this is something they actually did approximate in some kind of lab setting that might be years and years away from being some kind of marketable product.

The (translated) press release even has a stench all on its own:

It is expected to fundamentally solve the battery life and safety anxiety of traditional lithium-ion batteries.

Tampering with a juror in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.

Class A misdemeanors carry penalties of up to 364 days in jail

N=1 case study from a radically biased individual or multiple rigorous studies by people who understand public health. I just don’t know what to believe!

What the hell is “natural drinking water?” That’s not a thing.

If you mean water from a spring or creek, that’s “spring water.” If by “natural” you mean untreated, unfiltered, untested, it might be okay but can also kill you depending on bacteria levels, parasites, or other pollutants or contaminates.

Don’t drink random water out of the ground.

As a total lay person, I have no clue what the technical definition of jury tampering is. I looked up NY law:

S 215.25 Tampering with a juror in the first degree. A person is guilty of tampering with a juror in the first degree when, with intent to influence the outcome of an action or proceeding, he communicates with a juror in such action or proceeding, except as authorized by law.

I guess “communicates with” is the key part. He’s shouting publicly at any potential juror and doing so prior to the jury being selected. So I’d guess not in this case?

Instead, they’ll admit that securing a proper $175M bond is just too difficult for Trump. So how about $17.5M, due in another 15 days.

This is a Humanities 101 freshmen essay thrown together 15 minutes before the due date by an edgy racist teenager.

Grade F, didn’t understand the assignment.

How do I get my 5 minutes back from reading that?

This person, Rep. Matt Maddock, should never be allowed to speak in public again for being such an idiot. If he does attempt to speak, he should be mocked relentlessly until he shuts his mouth hole. Nothing he says should be taken seriously again. Because he’s an idiot. Rep. Matt Maddock, the idiot.

While I’m dreaming, I’d like a pony too.

What gag order? If it’s not enforced, and won’t be enforced, it’s just a meaningless piece of paper.

In case anybody is curious about the payload:

Like most NRO missions, details of the payload are classified; however, information that has been made public leaves little doubt that it is an electronic signals intelligence (ELINT) satellite bound for geostationary orbit. From this high perch, the satellite will intercept radio signals from terrestrial sources and relay them back to the NRO for analysis.

The NRO’s geostationary ELINT satellites are part of a series known as Orion, which began with the deployment of the USA-8 spacecraft from the Space Shuttle Discovery during 1985’s STS-51C mission. The first two satellites were launched aboard the Space Shuttle, the next three by Titan IV rockets, with the Delta IV Heavy having been used since 2009. The NROL-70 mission will be the 17th Delta IV launch for the NRO — 12 of which have used the Delta IV Heavy — and the seventh time an Orion satellite has launched aboard a Delta IV.

So what? It’s not a gag order. Gag orders are enforced when violated. This won’t be enforced. So it’s not a gag order. It only looks like one.

Right before they lower it, in 10 days time, to $50M which will be due in an extra 30 days.

He has to pay $175M in 10 days. For now. That could get extended. Or reduced. Or both. No reason to assume he’ll be held to that now. All evidence points to it being reduced or extended again.

5 days ago I was downvoted for saying this would happen. Yet here we are.

Expect this judgement to get appealed and tossed completely. They can’t do it all in one go as that’s too obvious. Doing a slow roll. Randomly extending the deadline and slashing the bond amount is just the first step. Expect more. Each time easing up even more on Trump.