122 responses to “Sandbox – 9jan15”

1. 

   Gregory

   15 January 2015

   A lot of chunks in this sandbox.
   I see Lamphier’s defense fund is getting some press from the usual suspects. Checks are to be made directly payable to his attorney, Stephen Munkelt, who is probably the local I’d want representing me if I had such a problem.
   I completely agree Lamphier deserves a fair trial but I won’t be writing a check to his attorney.

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   Michael R. Kesti

   15 January 2015

   I had two problems with Margaret Joehnck’s announcement that was posted on the FUE’s blog. Well, three, if you count that the FUE initially misspelled Joehnck’s name.
   First is that Joehnck’s announcement cites the public and the press for denying Lamphier’s presumption of innocence, referencing the relevant amendments to the Constitution. This is an issue because it is the court that is required to presume innocence and the public and press enjoy the right to free speech concerning the matter.
   Second is the matter of making donation checks payable to an attorney rather than to, for example, a bank account opened for the purpose. The latter would add a layer of accountability that is disturbingly absent in the former.

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   Gregory

   15 January 2015

   Were I called to be a juror, I could give Lamphier the presumption of innocence. The state should always be forced to prove their criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt and even the sleaziest of the sleazy deserve an honest day in court, and anyone who thinks him undeserving of his rights should tell the court they can’t be fair and to excuse them from being empaneled.
   I came close to being the one holdout on a criminal jury (a DUI case) because they really hadn’t quite made my standard of reasonable doubt (to be unconvinced one would have to grok Algebra and I was apparently the only one), but the direction by the judge that one can take a lie by the accused as evidence of guilt gave me an out.
   For all you folks who care, don’t talk to the police. Don’t tell a cop you ain’t been drinking when you’re pulled over right after the bars close and you’ve been unable to keep between the lines on the highway. Just shut up, you have a right to remain silent from the 5th Amendment, not from your Carmen Miranda warning. You won’t be read the Miranda warning until you’ve given them more of a probable cause, even if they already know it was a fair bust. You’re probably not going to weasel out, all you can do is make it worse.
   The police detective/3L law student’s chat starts at 27:20. Well worth watching the whole thing.
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
   Good cops try not to send innocent people to jail. Most cops are good cops. If you are innocent, shut up. If you are guilty, flap your lips, please.
   Regarding Lamphier, I can’t say his actions after the fact were convincingly those of someone who is completely innocent, and I have the right to that opinion. If a juror, I’d put that aside while being honest to the court during jury selection.

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   Walt

   15 January 2015

   Yes,, he should have his day in court,, and yes, innocent until proven guilty.
   Now if only Liberals felt the same way about accused Conservatives.

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5. 

   Bill Tozer

   15 January 2015

   Boy, Brother Ben…er….the Reverend Al is fuming mad. I remember going thru this in the late 70’s/early 80’s in Follywood, the Land of Make Believe. They would grab the janitor, tell him to throw down mop, and make him the boom man (sound dude that holds the telescoping pile mic) after The Reverend Jesse James Jackson shook down every company and industry he could find, except Nike. Nike told JJJ of the Black KKK to go pound sand. Need a little color over there, ya hear?
   So, Reverend Al is feeling good after 63 trips to the White House and enjoying a second wind just as most people wrote him off. The comeback kid, like all liberal posters here, see everything through the prism of race. Time to start counting heads (again). Second verse same as the first. The Brown Sugar on the left in the photo looks none too happy. Liberals are not known for their sense of humor,
   http://finance.yahoo.com/news/al-sharpton-calls-emergency-meeting-210136185.html

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   Walt

   15 January 2015

   You got it Bill, Ol’ Al is peeved that revisionism of history movie got plenty of thumbs down. And how dare an American hero flick with a white guy no less gets top honors.

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   Todd Juvinall

   16 January 2015

   I saw the poll yesterday about Sharron. 56% od blacks thinks he is great, 76% of whites thinks he doggy doo.
   I remember when Alcee Hastings, a black federal judge from Florida, was convicted of brobery and other things and after he was impeached, the fine citizens of his area elected him to Congress! He is still there! Same with Rangle. So I would guess that we really do have a mirror image of each other. What does the election of these charlatans and the slavish following of people like Sharpton say about the country?

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   Walt

   16 January 2015

   It’s time to stink up the unused corner of this sandbox. Give me a minute to change protective head gear………….. Now that helmet is now sufficiently double layered in aluminum foil, ( industrial grade of course) I read today of NASA cutting off live video
   feed of the space station goings on. Apparently this happens a lot. Every time some “object” comes into view of the cam,, the feed is cut. Some of the dedicated “watchers” of the space station video feeds have recorded the happenings, and the posted video of events seems to be credible. Yup,, every time “something” comes into camera view, the feed is cut. Just one to three frames of “it” are caught.
   From what I read, the video “glitch” never happens during hours of dull, boring, activity.
   YES!! What gives!?

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9. 

   fish

   16 January 2015

   Memo to The Union publisher: It’s dessert, not desert
   If I had to choose one single word that I would trust our little jeffy implicitly to know, it would be “dessert”.

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10. 

    Michael R. Kesti

    16 January 2015

    Memo to the FUE
    It’s “Espresso” not “Expresso”.

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11. 

    Ralph C.

    16 January 2015

    This morning Pelline assailed The Union for misspelling dessert. In his screed, Mr. Pelline wrote, “And it’s never to late to fix a spelling error online. . . . ”
    12 hours after I posted to the blog regarding his 4th grade spelling boner, his honor has yet to correct it (it’s never too late though). As per the norm, my post was erased within minutes, but by the day, it is increasingly apparent that Jeff is ignorant of even the most basic rules of the language he so indignantly protects.

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12. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 January 2015

    Yo Walt, just when they want to go legit, they go bust. Go figure.
    http://news.yahoo.com/growers-struggle-glut-legal-pot-washington-state-061115131–finance.html

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13. 

    Bill Tozer

    16 January 2015

    Pot cures rash, causes big headache.
    http://news.yahoo.com/washington-parents-using-marijuana-accused-child-abuse-193426252–abc-news-topstories.html

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14. 

    Walt

    17 January 2015

    Good morn’n Bill.Great find. I may be considered by some to be a stupid ditch digger, but what you posted goes to show what I was saying the whole time. Why pay taxes on it when someone can buy it elsewhere? The same thing will happen here.
    I remember the sales pitch well. ” Just think of the taxes that can be made if it was legalized? The state can get out of the red.” Uh,,, not going to happen. Not when Granny can pull up the petunias and plant weeds. On the bright side, Granny won’t need to worry about the next SSI check being cut back by the government.

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15. 

    Walt

    17 January 2015

    Rev. Al is pissed ” Selma” didn’t get any honors. ( maybe because it sucks and history was revised for PC) American Sniper on the other hand is cleaning house at the box office.
    So who is “shakedown” Al going to sue now? Every theater?

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16. 

    Michael R. Kesti

    17 January 2015

    Ralph C. 16Jan15 09:04 PM
    It gets even better.
    On New Year’s Day the FUE sent me an email in response to my “Oops, he did it again,” comment that I posted here concerning his identifying Nevada City’s community radio station as KVRM. A short-lived exchange ensued and that was that.
    Yesterday, when I posted my, “Memo to the FUE,” comment I sent him the text of that comment in email, as well. He responding, claiming that the business uses “Expresso” rather than “Espresso” in its name and citing, of all things, a DBA announcement in The Union to support this contention. He also included some not at all surprisingly childish attempts at insult. When I responded with a link to the business’ web page, which used “Espresso” in its name, he, along with still more attempts at insult, suggested that I should inform The Union of their error which I see as none of my business.
    Today, I see that he has corrected his error.
    Oh, and he instructed me to not send him any more email, too, so I am now twice banned by the FUE!

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17. 

    Michael R. Kesti

    17 January 2015

    Walt 17Jan15 10:07 AM
    For the record, Walt, I disagree with some of your ideas but I don’t think that you are at all stupid. You don’t write especially well, but that’s a different matter.
    The “sales pitch” for legalization consists of far more than taxation. In addition to the matter of personal freedom, the State stands to save huge amounts of money that it currently expends on enforcement, prosecution, and incarceration.
    As for Granny pulling up the petunias I say, “So what?” Just as citizens may legally home brew for personal use so should they be allowed to home grow. And, just as most find it more convenient to purchase alcohol in stores so would most purchase marijuana. Of course, a black market will arise if the tax rate is ridiculous, just as happens when one state sets tobacco taxes so high that it becomes profitable to traffic in out of state product.

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18. 

    fish

    17 January 2015

    Oh, and he instructed me to not send him any more email, too, so I am now twice banned by the FUE!
    Lucky Bastard (Monty Python reference)!! I haven”t even managed that….though lord knows I’ve tried!
    PS: That was a nice catch! “Expresso” vs. “Espresso”…..I wouldn’t think that jeffy would make such an obvious food related mistake!

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19. 

    Todd Juvinall

    17 January 2015

    I have to give Kesti credit he has joined me and a few others on the
    no speech” zone of the FUE. But, when he emails me to complain about some slight I always let him. He is just a child. LOL!

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20. 

    Bill Tozer

    17 January 2015

    Yo Walt, part 2.
    You might like this one better. Shorter version with a different take. Cut out the regs and middlemen, get a script, and save a ton (or kilo) of dough. With all the walking insane out there (myself included) just about everyone should qualify for a script. Forget recreational herb, they don’t tax medicine. Being a suffering patient is where it is at.
    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/legal-marijuana-causing-price-problem-220721349.html

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21. 

    RL Crabb

    19 January 2015

    And here I thought that only you right wingers were into the tinfoil conspiracy… http://www.ncscooper.com/the-nevada-county-scooper-celebrates-the-wild-and-scenic-film-festival/

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22. 

    Russ Steele

    19 January 2015

    Don’t Believe the Hype—We’re Not Even Close to Full Employment
    Boston Review:
    After Friday’s jobs announcement reported that unemployment is down to 5.6 percent, many in the media, including Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine and the Christian Science Monitor asked whether we could be getting close to full employment. On the contrary, full employment is still a distant vision. If that sounds like a radical and contrarian claim, you weren’t listening to what these same people saying about the economy seven years ago.
    Before the recession, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected we would have 5 million more jobs at the end of 2014 than we actually do. It also projected that the GDP would be more than 11 percent higher in 2014 than it is now. This translates into a difference in annual output of roughly $2 trillion or more than $6,000 per person. They predicted that wage and salary income would be roughly 20 percent higher than it is today. Many economists had similar projections.
    Measured against where these people expected the economy to be at this point seven years ago, the economy is indeed awful. Millions of people who should have jobs don’t, and those who do have jobs are working for much lower wages than would be the case in a healthy economy.
    https://bostonreview.net/blog/dean-baker-full-employment

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