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Today is Asteroid Day
I’m appreciating the editorial slant of The Sentinel more and more …. today’s editorial board offering is clear:
Yep.
Redefine, dedefine, better than a strawman, scary and easy to get people mad and motivated.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/opinion/critical-race-theory.html
They have to . . .
. . . It’s the (Sharia) law.
I'm satisfied with that opinion.
The old incontinent fat guy who used to live in the White House says that Herschel Walker, a Texan and dumbass ex-jock, will be running for the U.S. Senate seat in Georgia next year. That's long been SOP for the cavalcade of booger-eating clowns collectively known as RepublicQans: "They mobilized and got out the black vote in GA last time? Well, let's recruit one of our own
darkiesblack folk to run. Which one? What does it matter? How about that one, the ex-jock with name recognition?"He will be an interesting candidate, if he runs.
Mental health issues he discussed in detail in his book would seem disqualifying for many candidates. Perhaps in the party of Trump it helps.
In other delightful news, America's most beloved serial rapist is a free man courtesy of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Cosby stinks. But as a matter of law, I find the court's reasoning to be responsible.
This decision is a muddle.
* Trial judge did not believe an agreement was binding if there was no record of it.
* On appeal, there was agreement among judges that DAs could not bind their successors on prosecution but might be able to block use of particular testimony.
* "Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Wednesday [in a 4-3 decision] that District Attorney Kevin Steele, who made the decision to arrest Cosby, was obligated to stand by his predecessor’s promise not to charge Cosby, though there was no evidence that agreement was ever put in writing." They not only kicked the decision, they blocked any other prosecution for the crime.
The near-complete lack of deference to a trial judge's detailed, supported-by-the-record findings following evidentiary hearings in the habeas corpus proceeding was more than a little surprising.
Six of the seven justices agreed that the former DA, trumpanzee piece of shit Bruce Castor, induced Cosby to testify in a civil case using a promise not to prosecute his serial rapist ass criminally, only to have a subsequent DA use statements made in the civil case as part of a criminal prosecution. Only one justice accorded appropriate (IMO) weight to the trial court's findings of fact.
Two of the six justices referenced above parted company with the majority on the remedy. Instead of cutting the serial rapist piece of shit loose, as four justices voted to do, those two justices would have ordered a retrial without any of the tainted evidence.
Of course, the important thing to keep in mind is that Bill Cosby is a serial rapist piece of shit. On that point there is no room for debate or discussion.
But that wasn't the only crime he was accused of. Can't the D.A. come back with charges on the others?
I believe that was the only one the Statute of Limitations still allowed. It looks like the slimy bastard might walk.
Yesterday's ruling only has preclusive effect as to the Andrea Constand case. However, as Duke correctly notes, it's possible (if not likely) that limitations periods on prosecutions for Cosby's other rapes have expired.
It looks like Gloria Allred may have a couple of clients with viable civil claims. If so, here's hoping they sue the shit out him and take every last shred of non-exempt property he has. Here's hoping people yell "rapist" and spit on the motherfucker if he's ever stupid enough to show his face in public.
I just sent Val Demings $50 via ACT Blue. She is running against Sen. Marco Rubio, a world-class Trump ass-kisser.
In good news, Rummy finally died. The world is a slightly better place because of that.
I flipped him off several times as the TEEVEE guys ran through their B roll of images, figuring that sorry excuse for a human being will be rapidly forgotten and tossed into the dustbin of history, so I won't get many more chances.
The "Stephen Miller" of the Bush administration deserves no accolades.
Marching off into that great unknown unknown . . .
I do not understand how or why any free market supporting Republican is worried about any public expense for the collapsed Florida building. Building inspections are just another way to meddle in the free market.
People were free to buy somewhere else. Everyone knows Florida made climate change and global warming illegal back in 2015. Buyers in that building were free to have insurance or not.
I still almost cannot believe Florida found $100mm in public funding to manage Piney Point. Almost. Why did they need any public funding at all? Free market solutions were available. And as the sea level continues to rise, despite Florida law, these kinds of expenses will just continue.
IIM…Don't you mean, "..as Joe Biden makes the sea level rise" …?