David L

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  Oliver's testimony took over the pre-cable TV of the day. I seem to remember 2 to 4 days wal to wall coverage. Everyone knew what he said. This was Iran Contra. Where Poindexter fell on his sword for the Pres....
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  Please, Oliver North got out of being tried by his lawyers claiming he "couldn't get a fair jury". Sorry. You missed that one. He got tried. He WAS convicted. He was sentenced. A bit leniently but sentenced none the less....
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  Isn't that illegal? I don't think so. These were asylum seekers / illegal immigrants who I think got asked something like: "Do you want to go to xxxx? There are jobs there for you." So it was sort of done...
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  Isn't that illegal? I don't think so. These were asylum seekers / illegal immigrants who I think got asked something like: "Do you want to go to xxxx? There are jobs there for you." So it was sort of done...
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  IANAL There is a legal principle in the US, and I'm guessing elsewhere, that forever isn't allowed as a legal thing in contract documents. So if you want to come close, in the US, you write a clause like this...
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  And on a somewhat bizarrely related note, for grins and giggles do an internet search on this phrase: Shall continue in effect until twenty one (21) years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles...
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  Yes. More and more likely as all the other situations now don't have to be "first to ..." From another comment. and goddess help us if T(he)rump escapes justice yet again... If this indictment IS for "falsifying business records" the...
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  I suspect that anybody who hasn't already formed an opinion about his guilt is too ignorant to serve competently. I keep up with the news way more than most. And I feel I could find him not guilty if...
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  but these days it seems much harder for a potentially promising concept to make it past the obstacle of the mistimed football match, or indeed to even get as far as trying to in the first place without something silly...
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  year round magnet We're about the 15th largest district in the US. Which is odd considering we're about the 30th to 40th sized metro area. Desegregation caused the merger in smaller times and now geography makes it hard to break...
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  I agree with most everything you say. Whole heartedly. But how do you get rid of the those teachers doing nothing except paying attention to the kids who almost don't need a teacher. My son, when in the 2nd grade,...
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  As for the olds, if you watch the evening news, Jeopardy, or Wheel of Fortune, you'll see wall-to-wall ads for diseases of aging, cancer meds, senior living, even cremation and "are you going to heaven?" Cruises, Viagra and all the...
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  is rooted in how our education system teaches kids to relate to books A bit of a broad brush. My kids, 30 & 34, are big readers. One voracious. They had good teachers, mediocre teachers, and great teachers. And parents...
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  Yeah, though it's easier to write than to speak - I speak more haltingly and forget words, and the one mistake I make is mixing up ... My daughter knows German. Likely as good or better than 99% of the...
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  as regards OS updates, it seems to be part of a general pattern, vendors say one thing (promises of forever love 'n respect) but do something else (indifference 'n casual cruelties) I'm a bit lost with this statement. Can you...
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  Young people not getting "Dr. Strangelove" But if they don't watch it they miss. George C Scott arms out pretending to be a B52 on final approach to everyone in the war room. Slim Pickens riding the bomb And Darth...
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  but fired the principal for not sending out an email about the issue so parents could opt out. Sort of. What I read was that it was an admin mistake that the email did not go out. And she...
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  though I wouldn't have thought it was worth their while for the number required and the source for the claim was unsubstantiated. I could see them going to someone like GoPro and saying "We'll give you 4x (or 10x) per...
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  but dear little Adolf's own writings go on & ON about being christian That narrows it down to about 5 major paths and a few 1000 minor ones. It's not quite like saying someone has red or black hair. And...
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  that was full of their parents. that was NOT full of their parents....
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  while it had a following it was very much aimed at trailing-edge Boomers and Gen-X readers. Who were ageing, and if you base your career on an ageing audience then by and by your audience will shrink. The same problem...
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  The cameras were mainly for engineering analysis, spectacular images for public consumption were a beneficial side effect. Ah, nope. Maybe early one but there were enough smart people at the top of NASA and in Washington who knew the ways...
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  The ones to you? That's too easy....
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  It's worth going through this rather eye-opening list if you're not familiar with all of them. And with LIDAR they are finding more and more in South America. Mostly surrounded by cities all overgrown by the jungle. I wonder if...
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  Classic Movies I literally discovered this afternoon that my cable TV package now includes TCM (Turner Classic Movies). Which in the US is nothing but commercial free movies from the 30s into the 70s with a few newer ones tossed...
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  I remember watching Murphy Brown when it was on the air and liking it; I haven't looked at it this decade. When Hulu first came out (I think it was Hulu) 15 or so years ago it was full of...
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  Have you seen "Memento"? "Godfather I" or "II"? "Licorice Pizza"? "No Time to Die"? Any James Bond movie, really. Or, for that matter, "Heat" or "Casino" or "Goodfellas" or "Everything Everywhere All At Once"? "Casablanca" is a shining example of...
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  The story doesn't "flow" as well as most modern one. And the editing is somewhat "choppy". Which compared to TV or nothing else was fine in the day. I'm a fan of old movies. But you can really see the...
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  “That’s rare – very, very rare,” he said, attributing the long path to widespread atmospheric instability." Not saying they are wrong but I'd want to read the TL;DR version. Says he who grew up hiding from Tornadoes occasionally in the...
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  Have actually also seen The Maltese Falcon, The Africa Queen, Moby Dick, To Kill a Mockingbird... Not aimed at paws but to the general comments. Background I have two kids. B&G. 33 and 30. And they have partners. Make good...