Traveling for work, going home from Charleston and my laptop decided I didn’t know my PIN, so I am doing this from my phone.
My wife and I had a great week down there, I even managed to go to the gym and went running on Folly Beach.
I say running, but I’m pretty sure younger me could walk faster than that.
Hope you all have a great weekend, back to normal schedule next week.
I shuffle.
I ‘tan’ a lap around the garden to the playground and beat my 7 year old. I don’t think I’ll do that again
Ran.
Damn autocorrect.
Did the 7 year old do something to deserve the beating?
low morale?
He threatened my fragile gimp ego by thinking he was faster than I was due to my disabilities.
He had to be crushed.
Object lesson for the orphans?
Did you hear the lamentations of his women?
He’s so damn pretty he will have all the women he wants. Kid will probably be 6’2”-3”.
Still a little guy though.
All right then, I’m going to ask opinions on a legal issue. This is a fictional scenario that came up in books I’ve written but not addressed in the text.
Person A is declared dead in the 1930s and his will divides the remainder his estate evenly among his three children. (After the specific listed bequeaths)
In 2015 personal property that clearly belonged to Person A is found in a mine that had been sold several times.
Is that property –
A: treated as abandoned and belonging to the company that owns the mine.
B: divided in thirds with the each third distributed to the heirs of the original three children.
In-universe some of said personal property has seven-figure resale values, which makes a difference in the amount of interest people will have in it.
I’m not a lawyer, but my guess is anything in that mine becomes property of the new owner upon sale of the mine.
The government will confiscate it. They’re still doing this for gold that was buried in the 1930s and found later.
Fun fact: “fiscal” and “confiscate” come from the Latin word for box/chest. Thus, “confiscate” means to take something away and put it in a box.
It’s not gold, it’s books.
Doesn’t matter. If it has value, they will take it if they can.
The British have a whole pile of loot they built a museum around.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor#Surrender_to_Queen_Victoria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone#From_French_to_British_possession
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After the surrender, a dispute arose over the fate of the French archaeological and scientific discoveries in Egypt, including the artefacts, biological specimens, notes, plans, and drawings collected by the members of the commission. Menou refused to hand them over, claiming that they belonged to the institute. British General John Hely-Hutchinson refused to end the siege until Menou gave in.
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And it wasn’t an option presented.
It should be an option since it’s the most realistic outcome. I thought verisimilitude was your thing.
But you do you booboo.
It’s not realistic.
Lets take a look at your three examples – A category of material legislatively stolen explicitly, and two examples of spoils of war.
Lets look at this situation – A civil provperty dispute of a sort that is downright routine by the standards of the courts and which happen for larger values without confications swooping in.
You gave a “how do you do fellow anti-governmenters” answer rather than examine the question.
My point is regardless of the circumstances, the government will seize valuable property whenever it can. See also asset forfeiture. Thus, it is the most realistic outcome.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/society-culture-and-history/history/archaeologists-just-confirmed-the-largest-treasure-discovery-of-all-time-and-it-s-starting-a-war-of-equal-size/ar-AA1J3CR1
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In June 2025, archaeologists confirmed that the wreck is, indeed, the San José galleon and that it’s a treasure discovery like no other. In fact, it’s officially the largest sunken treasure ever found, with an estimated value of up to $20 billion. While this is exciting news in the archaeology world, it has also triggered diplomatic tensions between several countries over who owns the fortune.
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If the government fights tooth and nail to take sunken treasure they didn’t even find themselves, what do you think would happen to other similarly valuable property?
Again you choose examples which don’t reflect the facts involved in the case.
The only examples I can find involving books:
https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/fbi-seizes-rare-books-presumed-stolen-nypl
https://www.justice.gov/archive/usao/nys/pressreleases/July13/NLSRepatriation.php
Preet Bharara rears his ugly head in the second link. In both cases, the only time the government has returned valuable books to its rightful owner is when the owner is itself or a friendly government.
Those cases cited appear to involve stolen property, rather than the question of “which of these two identifably plausible candidates is the real owner?”
A. Unless the will mentioned those items specifically they are abandoned. I would think it would be on the executor of the will to make sure that that property was distributed to the heirs, which are now likely long dead. Any fault would be placed on the executor. He’s likely dead too.
Were those items specifically listed as being owned at the time of death and thus listed either as a bequeath or as part of the general estate?
If neither of those two actions happened, I would say they fall into the hands of those who purchased the mine, as I am willing to bet that when one purchases something like that there will be a contract that states that unless something is removed at the time of purchase, or by some specified date, that it is the property of the new land owner.
I think this is correct.
There are also statute of limitations issues, although I don’t exactly what those might be with respect to something like this. I think it’s unlikely that any claim to that property wouldn’t have expired, though.
Depending on how the mine was purchased, it’s pretty likely that the purchase documents included all fixtures (which wouldn’t include books) and personal property located at the mine (which would include books). A mine isn’t raw land – it has equipment and stuff as well, which transfer to the buyer.
So why is it that centuries-old treasures are suddenly the property of the descendants of the original owners when someone else discovers them?
More often descendants of the savages who conquered and replaced the original owners.
Couple of other nuances/angles:
Sale documents usually include a representation or covenant that the seller has title to all the property being transferred. Assuming the seller of the mine didn’t know about the books, this representation might not have been accurate, but I think it would only mean the buyer would have a claim against the seller for the value of the books (if the buyer wasn’t allowed to keep them).
The 90 year time lapse is also potentially important. For one thing, that means the original heirs are dead, and their property would have passed to their heirs, and very likely this happened again, so you have at least one intervening set of wills or intestate estates before you get to anyone who even could make a claim. What did those say? Sorting out which of the grandchildren or great-grandchildren might have a claim would be a rats nest (which might serve your dramatic purposes).
I also think the 90 year time lapse likely locks down the abandoned property issue and whatever statutes of limitations might be in play. If you want to sharpen the conflict so the heirs have a viable claim, shorten that lapse to maybe a few years. Even if the books were specifically listed in the will, over 90 years they would likely be deemed abandoned if not taken possession of.
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Definately something to think about.
When looking at “who sold the mine” I believe the first relevant sale would have been by a company owned either wholly or significantly by Person A (based on what does appear in text of Shadowrealm), which was too big to not have been disposed of in the initial will.
But that company might not have had title to personal property Person A had brought into the mine for his non-corporate work.
You said declared dead, is the book in question found on his body? I think that might add weight to an argument that it remained estate property rather than going with the mine.
His body still has not been found. He was working on a dimensional gateway machine and is ‘missing, presumed dead’ The book was found in his quarters near the machine.
“His body still has not been found.” Yeah. That happens kinda a lot, sadly. “He was working on a dimensional gateway machine and is ‘missing, presumed dead.’”
*Races to fetch inter-dimensional gloves, firmly straps on; powerful, omnipotent aura radiates out*
They’re fucking sparkly for a reason, cupcakes. Let’s rock.
In that case, the government will also confiscate the machine at move it to a secret military base.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3h7xz558EY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRnadHP5JOo
Both vintage and SFW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsfcUZBMSSg 🎶
Depends on the state. Each one is different.
We used to visit in-laws in SC, and I have been to Folly Beach. That is a really nice area of the country.
Yes – but too many people figured it out so traffic can be awful over those bridges.
Get Marvel on the phone
Workers at a site in South Carolina that once made key parts for nuclear bombs in the U.S. have found a radioactive wasp nest but officials said there is no danger to anyone.
Employees who routinely check radiation levels at the Savannah River Site near Aiken found a wasp nest on July 3 on a post near tanks where liquid nuclear waste is stored, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy.
The nest had a radiation level 10 times what is allowed by federal regulations, officials said.
The workers sprayed the nest with insect killer, removed it and disposed of it as radioactive waste. No wasps were found, officials said.
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The watchdog group Savannah River Site Watch said the report was at best incomplete since it doesn’t detail where the contamination came from, how the wasps might have encountered it and the possibility there could be another radioactive nest if there is a leak somewhere.
Knowing the type of wasp nest could also be critical — some wasps make nest out of dirt and others use different material which could pinpoint where the contamination came from, Tom Clements, executive director of the group, wrote in a text message.
“I’m as mad as a hornet that SRS didn’t explain where the radioactive waste came from or if there is some kind of leak from the waste tanks that the public should be aware of,” Clements said.
Giant radioactive wasps with neutron bomb death ray eyes.
10 times what is allowed by federal regulations
I wouldn’t have guess that wasps were subject to federal regulations like that.
Ants, wasps, Hymenoptera.
Close enough.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HbrHPZmi1yE
“No wasps were found, officials said.”
Oh shit.
Yeah, they say that like it’s good news.
A nonstory. There’s been radioactive wildlife coming and going at will out there almost since the place opened.
I’ll just leave this here. I saw a similar radiation poster in the x-ray room of my local dental office.
https://platedlizard.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-first-thing-that-should-be-taught.html
10x fed limit? Probably the same as a bunch of bananas.
My wife and I had a great week down there, I even managed to go to the gym and went running on Folly Beach.
Excellent!
I am sure there will be a post about this:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/confusion-and-anger-in-switzerland-hit-by-highest-tariffs-in-europe/ar-AA1JJuk1?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=4ee63f88cf7343d1a25ca0ae5c1b1ebd&ei=22
Not today, though; Swiss’ masters are celebrating a national holiday.
Perhaps he’s punishing them for being arrogant snots.
Buy a Swatch before the price goes up!
We should all be very careful not to pun today. This news probably means reduced raclette rations in the servitor quarters, and that means much narrowing of gazes.
I have found a US source for my raclette needs.
https://leelanaucheese.com/
I found myself in a position to practice stoicism as I endured the required overnight preparation for a …certain somewhat invasive medical exam. It’s over, all’s well, and I don’t have to go through that again for seven years! 😃👍 ::dives into solid food for the first time since Wednesday::
Glad everything went well.
It’s over, all’s well,
Good to hear.
Am I the only one thinking GT was fishing for a “that end’s well…” ?
Dammit! Now I wish I HAD been! 😄
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I still have to plan my second one, after that first failed attempt. Two days of prep this time.
I am SO sorry you have to go through that again! 😟 I hope you’re able to prep with something that doesn’t taste so vile. (I just learned – too late for me – that there are tablets available if you’re a good candidate for that method, though you have to take 12 of them and drink a LOT of fluids.)
My first prep was over the counter pills and Miralax mixed with Gatorade. I couldn’t stand the Gatorade, too sweet in that quantity, so I mixed it with water later. I don’t know what this next one will involve.
I will say, the procedure itself was great, they knocked me out for an hour and it was the best rest I’d had in months.
The wife is in the middle of scheduling her first, so I get to tease her about it now.
TOK, Pater Dean is the same way. Doesn’t mind the, umm, procedure at all.
“…they knocked me out for an hour and it was the best rest I’d had in months.”
Oooh! Did you get medical grade fentanyl treatment? That’s what they did to my for my between-femur -and-pelvis injections, the glory of “conscious sedation.” There ain’t nothing ‘conscious’ about it. You fucking go OUT. No dimming of the light. Just *poof* And then awake and 95% normal 30min later.
That shit: works, is a fascinating experience, and I’ve got *zero* clue what the high is or supposed to be like when folk take it or it spikes another drug.
It was that “twilight” stuff so supposedly you are awake-ish but have no memory of anything that happened. To me, I was just OUT.
I’m guessing it was the fentanyl treatment. That’s exactly what happened to me. There was a smoke alarm above me, as I was gowned-up in the operating room. I made a conscious effort to pay attention and count down from 100. (Really useful technique for lots of shit, actually. Really is.)
No idea how far down I was able to count. I’m guessin’ my brain turned Off at 92 or something. No twilight at all. A very simple On/Off. No flicker. And then, yeah, you’re only out for like 15-20min. My crew just waited in the lobby. Way shorter than someone giving you a ride from the dentist.
The first time, I wasn’t allowed to drive myself home. It coulda required a higher dose? Cuz I was certainly a bit goofy the rest of that day. (Perhaps mostly sleepy?) The second one, I was totally fine driving myself home. Nothing ‘off,’ other than the mild feeling of where that needle went.
I am glad it has passed.
Oh, no. Jobs report is weak.
If those lost jobs were in government, I call it a win.
Charleston is nice, but I hate the summer humidity there. Reminds of a certain island few miles south of there…
I suppose I could be stoic about it, but my sweat glands refuse.
I visited years ago during summer. It was comfortable along the waterfront but as soon as the coastal breeze was blocked it was oppressive.
I liked Charleston when we visited, I think in March. I remember thinking “the summers have to be brutal”.
He probably would have lowered rates by now if you know who hadn’t made such a pissing contest out of it
President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting short-term interest rates.
Posting on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Powell “stubborn.” The Fed chair has been subjected to vicious verbal attacks by the Republican president over several months.
The Fed has the responsibility of stabilizing prices and maximizing employment. Powell has held its benchmark rate for overnight loans constant this year, saying that Fed officials needed to see what impact Trump’s massive tariffs had on inflation.
If Powell doesn’t “substantially” lower rates, Trump posted, “THE BOARD SHOULD ASSUME CONTROL, AND DO WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS HAS TO BE DONE!”
Whatever.
I remain unconvinced, to say the least, that rates need to come down. The two arguments that I see the most are:
(1) It will save the government billions in interest payments. This strikes me as akin to arguing that we should subsidize heroin so junkies don’t have to steal to feed their habits.
(2) It will make housing more affordable. No, high rates actually depress housing prices. Cut rates, and at a minimum prices won’t go down, but will probably go up.
I can see trying to chisel rates down when your remit is to lower the debt, and interest payments being lower would help that. It is, in my eyes at least, like refinancing your debt to manage it better. Yes, lower interest would make housing more affordable, but building more would do that also.
Somehow I missed the announcement that Dune 3 is coming out next year.
I am disapointed in you
Not as disappointed as my parents are, I am sure.
Is it a Sequel to Emperor?
It’s at least (apparently) somewhat based on Dune Messiah.
One of my favorite gaming memories comes from that game.
It wasn’t even one of the scripted battles. It was one of the “take territory” skirmishes on the world map, a small province meant a small map, with a C-shaped play area, a single line of impassable (to ground units) highlands separating the resource zones, so the ground forces had to take a walk along the perimeter desert. The setup was so perfectly balanced it fell into a grinding war of attrition with both sides churning out production constantly to maintain a stalemate in the open desert (the repeated worm attacks did nothing to change the balance). Eventually my air assets were able to put enough pressure on his carryalls that his economy dipped and production slowed, pushing the slog closer to his base, briefly slowing again when the static base defenses got involved. In the end, I did win.
In a normal skirmish, unit losses passing 100 is a bloodbath – low to mid double digits is more common. This skirmish had a lost unit counter over 1,000.
I only played Dune II.
Only the Harkonen forces would bother shooting the sandworms, and you could scout by placing down pavement.
I don’t remember if there was sand you couldn’t pave in Emperor. I didn’t play Dune II. I did play as Harkonnen, and generally scouted by Recon in Force. If they could destroy my scouting army, I knew I’d found their main force.
Thinking about it, I’m now sure that the lowest level of ground (where spice blooms might be found) was unpavable, because squeezing buildings onto plateaus was a significant element of base design rather than sprawling anti-worm pavement.
No, you could only pave rock, but payment was basically free letting you scout out the land mass immediately, then drop a rocket turret on the extremities to kill worms and/or lock down the AI opponent.
I don’t think you could just drop anywhere in Emperor, “Within X of an existing structure” sort of limitation. More like the various C&C titles they’d put out between the two.
Stupid internet joke
“What are your dogs’ names?”
Me: “Calvin and Klein.”
“Isn’t that a brand of underwear?”
Me: “Exactly, they’re boxers.”
Re: this morning’s rattlesnake:
He was on the porch. Using the sledge or a shovel to kill him would probably have damaged the porch. Same with the snakeslayer .410 derringer. I’m not man enough to grab them with bare hands or go at them with a pocket knife, and I can’t keep the snake grabber clamped down and do much of anything else.
I could have moved him off the porch and dropped him somewhere that I could kill him, but then I have a seriously pissed off rattlesnake while I change out to whatever my weapon of choice might be, and I prefer to kill them before they get seriously pissed off. Plus, drop them in the raw desert, which is what I have around my house, and they are gone, baby, gone.
In thinking about it, I think I can modify and mount a pair of utility shears to my snake grabber, so I can just cut their heads from a safe distance. This one I walked down the road and threw into the wash. It was good toss – I heard him thump onto the rocks, although the ideal toss would have left him stuck to a saguaro.
Throw a cold blanket on them to stun them. It’s what snake handlers do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lihb0hFEK3U
You could also gradually build an immunity to venom by injecting yourself with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xdyjmEy9Iw
Religious nutters, and snake handlers in particular, do a lot of things that I won’t risk my hide doing, though.
The point of this exercise is to not get injected with venom, so I’ll pass on the second suggestion as well.
Pole pruner, like this
https://www.amazon.com/Jameson-JA-34DP-PKG-Mouth-Pruner-Adapter/dp/B078TMZR3W/ref=sxin_16_pa_sp_search_thematic_sspa?content-id=amzn1.sym.3afbfb03-37f9-433d-812b-5618f5fce9ff%3Aamzn1.sym.3afbfb03-37f9-433d-812b-5618f5fce9ff&cv_ct_cx=tree+limb+cutter+on+a+pole&keywords=tree+limb+cutter+on+a+pole&pd_rd_i=B078TMZR3W&pd_rd_r=16609c71-a38b-4715-aa8d-12d1e1d73812&pd_rd_w=wu872&pd_rd_wg=uFMM5&pf_rd_p=3afbfb03-37f9-433d-812b-5618f5fce9ff&pf_rd_r=NTG46MVKN2EHH33MMKYN&qid=1754071777&sbo=RZvfv%2F%2FHxDF%2BO5021pAnSA%3D%3D&sr=1-2-6024b2a3-78e4-4fed-8fed-e1613be3bcce-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9zZWFyY2hfdGhlbWF0aWM&psc=1
Interesting. The hook design might work well, but might be a little unwieldy for managing a snake. I’ll have to give those a look at the hardware store. The nice thing about the grabber is that its easy to slide the bottom jaw under the snake without alarming it.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Addresses Operations Following Loss of Federal Funding
Sad Elmo Fine Art
What happens to the money that’s made selling Sesame Street merchandise? When I was a kid they had toys, that’s gone on for decades. They still have toys, furniture, bedding, books, anything you can think of with Sesame Street branding. That has to be enough to save PBS right?
Speculation – It would go to whatever affiliate (NY I think, but possibly Boston) created the thing and was partially funded by the CPB. That’s the price that afiiliates generally agree to in order to get the funding or grant.
Didn’t they sell Sesame Street to HBO?
To be more specific there is revenue share between the two entities. Now that one of the entities is defunct the rev share disappears.
“Despite the extraordinary efforts of millions of Americans who called, wrote, and petitioned Congress to preserve federal funding for CPB…”
Those millions of people can all pay for it then. Get out of my wallet.
That’s the outfit that has been pretending to be independent of the government (Democratic party) for those same decades?
Yeah, bye.
I remain unconvinced, to say the least, that rates need to come down. The two arguments that I see the most are:
(1) It will save the government billions in interest payments. This strikes me as akin to arguing that we should subsidize heroin so junkies don’t have to steal to feed their habits.
(2) It will make housing more affordable. No, high rates actually depress housing prices. Cut rates, and at a minimum prices won’t go down, but will probably go up.
I agree. Rates were too low for much too long. The economic distortions from that are a long way from being unraveled. For instance, there should be a meaningful return on savings.
Fuck you!
Common allergy medication’s risks outweigh its usefulness, experts say
Second generation antihistamines don’t work particularly well for me. This is my emergency medication when the nasal steroids aren’t enough.
Diphenhydramine is a great drug if you’re aware that it’ll knock you for a loop and act accordingly. What retard is unaware at this point? The safety at all costs jerkoffs have been running amok lately.
My worry is Team Red will use this as an excuse because somebody is getting “high” on being looped out on it. We can’t have people get high now!
That concern troll can fuck right off.
Speaking of nasal inhalers: Anyone else, especially others with epilepsy, have experience with (chef-kissingly named) Nayzalim? (midazolam) It’s for emergency use when an ‘aura’ starts.
No idea if that shit ‘works,’ but DAMN it gets your attention. It’s got the power of wasabi, so imagine snorting that like Steve-O, but it isn’t that horseradish-spicy at all. But an *intense* sensation in your nose, not painful, hot or anything I can really describe, but it’s powerful enough to BECOME Your Moment, strong enough to take your mind off anything else, barring abject physical pain.
It’s the oddest-feeling medication I’ve ever been prescribed. (Non-prescribed? Uh. Those are different feelings! With none of their bullshit “Suggested” dosage. Pikers.)
Yes, lower interest would make housing more affordable, but building more would do that also.
Nobody who really matters has the slightest desire to see housing prices go down.
Well that’s not exactly either great assembly, design or both.
Leatherman Recalls Charge Plus Multi-Tools Due to Laceration Hazard
Exposed blade
😨😱
Why is the car leaking oil and pulling so hard to the right now?
Surprisingly not an Altima.
The best part is, the line started moving just after they did . . . that.
Victims
For hundreds of civil servants, today marks the end of their work at the U.S. Department of Education, though most haven’t been allowed to work since March when they were placed on leave and later laid off. These employees performed a wide range of jobs, from safeguarding students’ civil rights to helping borrowers navigate a bewildering federal student loan system.
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In all, including workers who have elected to leave, the department will employ roughly half the staff it had when Trump took office. The department did not respond to multiple requests to confirm precisely how many employees are leaving and how many will remain.
To mark their departure, half a dozen department workers spoke with NPR, eager to tell their side of this story about the work they did and why they think it matters.
*dabs tear*
The Education Department sends billions of dollars to states to help pay for public education.
Magical billions of dollars that were just there for the sending!
I’ve been let go from jobs before and it blows but also know that I’m not guaranteed a job for life. And they work for an entity that has been a net negative for students in the US and produces nothing of value.
For Tonio
Like Ted Striker, I too was in the military and the Peace Corps in Africa, though I did not introduce basketball to the Malombo tribe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQ_lWEtMb4
Still working on the drinking problem…
Somehow, I don’t think this guy is giving us the whole story. Neph?
Good thing we have all those new Democrat mayors that we haven’t had in prior years.
I too, am traveling.
*Waves to Suthen
I just passed through Louisiana. Stopped at the Mississippi border to eat at a local brewery.
We’re all gonna die
The Trump administration is attempting to revoke a landmark rule that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars, power plants and other sources under the authority of the Clean Air Act. For over a decade, what is known as the “endangerment finding” has been one of the most important legal underpinnings in the federal effort to combat climate change. Since it was instituted, says David Doniger of the Natural Resources Defense Council, “we’ve made a lot of progress” in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “But now [EPA Administrator Lee] Zeldin is attempting, against the science, to revoke the determination that this stuff is dangerous.” This comes as communities across the United States deal with the effects of increasingly frequent and intense natural disasters, from floods to heat waves to major storms. “What we’re seeing play out, these extreme weather events, are a demonstration that carbon emissions do pose a danger to our health — in fact, to the health of the planet,” says climate scientist Michael Mann.
Meanwhile, the actual global effect of relaxing our rules will be effectively nil. But that won’t shut them up.
We need a finding that leftism is a toxic pollutant causing grievous harm to public health.
Makes ed-slug from next county over apologizes over mean comment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-705NsTvoY
Different spanks for different ranks: it’s what’s for dinner.
We need a finding that leftism is a toxic pollutant causing grievous harm to public health.
It’s definitely a lot of hot air.
visual aid
Algore the monotone donkey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q1wYR7nLA0
Here is a fun one for you UnCivil:
5 children inherit property. One of them, the only daughter dies. She had one daughter, and only child, herself. A complete succession is done. That daughter marries a man that has a son from a previous marriage. She and the husband have one daughter together. When she dies her daughter only does a partial succession, it is never finalized. Part of the unfinished succession contains a disclaimer from the son from a previous marriage that he is not part of the succession. That daughter then dies unmarried but with the surviving daughter is now the sole heir from her great-grandmother.
Unbeknownst to anyone the son of the man who was the son from another marriage does not know he is not part of any inheritance…that his father was not a decendant and had signed a disclaimer, or smelled an opportunity and sells ‘his’ portion to a con man.
An oil well is producing on the property and that con man has been collecting royalty checks for some years.
See if you can spot how many things are wrong there, I dare ya’.
It is kind of a trick question. There are a few things you might miss unless you are familiar specifically with Louisiana law.
As it turns out this one might have to be sorted out in court as I can find no similar cases….surprisingly.
I strongly suspect a new (male) coworker made a pass at me, and I’m certain he did it in a rather interesting way. (Young 20s with matching beard, white, chubby. Not my type.)
He comes up, I don’t even know his name, and he energetically says, “Hey! Ya know I gotta, gotta ask ya this! I know it’s weird, but I gotta! Has anyone ever told you you look like a movie star?” <–I truthfully say it has happened a few times. I forget who I 'look like,' mostly cuz I didn't know them. Still very convinced, he says he doesn't remember the name of the dude. "OH! It's that dude, he's in Mission Impossible and…" My turn, and I'm quizzically dumbfounded. "Ya mean Tom Cruise?" "YEAH!"
OK. I'm not sure how a Westerner cannot *not* know of that person. He's kinda a big deal. So that plays into my understanding of his play. My primary friends in high school and early college were in the gay circle. I'm quite cartoonish and can see how folk would the impression I swing that way, and I've gotten passes before. Been a while, but my Gaydar remains honed.
I disagreed but joked back that I'm probably (a bit) taller than Cruise. Got a chuckle and fun was had by us both before I moved on.
*shrug* The world is fun.
By far my favorite sighting today was of a slim Mennonite(?), 20-something. She was strikingly cute, in a very plain-ish way. (Simple.) I had a bit of a jokey mental moment with the hormone pulse, that I couldn't imagine two Hoosiers who've (likely) had more different lives and experiences. Just thought that contrast would be beautiful to share in the real world.
(No way I could cut that out. I'm English, babe. Through-and-through. But I'd like my bedsheets to smell like you, and don't worry about that shirt. It's not stealing if I 'loan' it to ya. (It's ok if I never see it again.) *smooch*)