CURRENT EVENTS July 31-Sept 27

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CFordUNC said:
I know nothing about how legal rulings work, but does this mean that the monetary penalty is dismissed, but the actual liable verdict remains in place?
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Everything about the judgment stands except for the monetary penalty, and that will be remanded for a re-calculation (unless the state Supreme Court -- confusingly called the Court of Appeals in NY -- affirms the penalty).
 
superrific said:
Not exactly. The court only ruled that the $500M fine was excessive under the 8th Amendment. Otherwise it upheld Engeron in every aspect -- and since the 8th is not NY law, the appeals court upheld all of Engeron's rulings on NY law.
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Isn’t it Engoron? At least your spellcheck doesn’t change it to cock
 
CFordUNC said:


LOLOLOL I'm dead. Look at this dude thinking that the 'cracker' in Cracker Barrel is referring to a white person.
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It doesn't?

It's my understanding that the disparaging term "cracker" comes specifically from hanging around the old soda cracker barrel in the general store.
 
Molotov Mocktail said:
Isn’t it Engoron? At least your spellcheck doesn’t change it to cock
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It is. That was no spell check mistake. I just didn't know the spelling, and since I don't watch news for the most part, I've never heard it pronounced. That's the one downside, I think, to my all-read, no watch approach.

On the other hand, no TV means more time to read about post-modernism. Baudrillard anyone?
 


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🎁—> https://wapo.st/4mJq6FT

“… Some of the conflicts in question, such as the 12-day exchange after Israel attacked Iran, loomed large for the American public. Some were more obscure, if they could be considered conflicts at all. In some, his role was clear. In others, it remains contested, or analysts warned that lasting peace could be elusive.…”
 
nycfan said:
Just so this doesn’t get lost. Should be shocking to everyone that a POTUS would threaten a U.S. State like this.

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“… In May, Trump said he had ordered the federal Justice Department “to take all necessary action to help secure the release” of Peters.…”


I guess the DOJ finally had to tell him what they likely knew from the start — not much they could do.

Anyway,

“… Prosecutors charged Peters in 2022 and accused her of helping to secretly copy Dominion Voting Systems hard drives by sneaking Conan Hayes, a former professional surfer and purported computer expert, into secure areas of her office in 2021 using someone else’s security badge.

Within months, data from her office appeared online and was featured at a symposium held by Mike Lindell, the MyPillow chief executive who continues to trumpet false claims about elections and seeks to end the use of machines that count ballots.…”
 


Speaking of revisionist history indeed.

That guest is Dave Collum, a chemistry (organic chemistry) professor at Cornell.
 
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