elbucho @ elbucho @lemmy.world

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Ok, but like... the first two points you raised have nothing to do with the legal system and are just about metagaming and cowardice. And the third... Judge Engoron has already determined that Trump is liable in this case, like a couple of months ago. So this is just about figuring out the punishment. And as long as he doesn't give some outrageously absurd fine or penalty, then this won't really have an impact on an appeal. The appeal would be for the original decision finding him guilty of engaging in fraud. So I'm not sure what actual legal reason he'd have for treating him with kid gloves here. I mean, Trump's going to appeal one way or the other, and he's well within his rights to hit him with contempt of court. Hell, he even said as much to Trump's lawyers the other day in an email exchange where he said if Trump does what he just did, he'd hit him with a $50,000 fine.

Would that even be a concern, though? I mean, it's my understanding that the judge has already ruled in this case, and this was just about establishing penalties, right?

I'm not a lawyer, so I have no idea about what the answer to this question will be, but can anybody who is familiar with New York law tell me if there is any good legal reason why Engoron didn't immediately shut that shit down and hit him with contempt of court and the $50,000 fine he warned Trump's lawyers would follow if he burst into a tirade? Because I absolutely detest the idea that he just let that fat orange idiot vent his spleen for a few minutes because of political pressure.

You wonder how Republicans can hold a hypocritical set of views? Oh honey. They're well practiced at that. It's hypocrisy all the way down.

I don't think that anybody thought that would be a good idea. But the morally bankrupt, traitorous donkeys he hired figured that he was just going to override them anyway, so they brayed "yea" to the idea of Trump defending himself. I mean, what the fuck? They already got paid upfront anyway, right?

At one point in a former life, I was one of the trainers for the incoming helpdesk technicians. One of the practical exams we put them through involved us doing creative things to fuck with their computers before they came to class, and then having them figure out what was wrong and how to fix it. Plugging the mouse from one computer into its neighbor's USB port and vice versa was one of my favorite tricks. For whatever reason, it had a 100% success rate in effectively fucking with them.

I don't think it's that they had such a rampant drug use problem. I think it's just that they wanted to appease Uncle Sam so they could keep sucking on that taxpayer teat. Uncle Sam's a bit of a stickler about such things, especially when it comes to people who build rocket ships.

Yeah, man. The thing is, almost nobody has any fucking idea what they're doing with their life. Most people are just winging it. And as you grow and learn about yourself, often times your priorities will change. It sounds very much like you just outgrew several of your friends, and that's 100% completely normal. It also sounds like you're learning about the wacky, wonderful world of construction delays, and that also, sadly, is 100% completely normal.

Life's going to shit on you from time to time. Calling it now - their estimate of May is going to be way off. There's even a good chance that you're still not going to be able to move in by your wedding date. I mean, obviously I hope that's not the case, that they actually make good on their estimate, and that you can move in and get that bit of hot stress out of your life. But from experience? Make a plan B.

There are two points of advice that I can give from my own life. The main thing, as some of the other users here have said, is to hold on tightly to those people in your life that you don't want to lose. If someone is worth your effort, make sure you're putting the effort in. Great people will drift apart from you just as surely as meh people if you don't make a constant effort to keep them in your orbit. It's just part of life.

The second bit of advice? Go easy on yourself. You're probably not going to wake up tomorrow with some burning passion or sense of purpose and direction. You might never get it. Most people don't. A good way to find happiness is to become ok with not making some huge impact on the world, and instead just focus on the things that bring you joy. And if it takes you a long time to come around to that mindset, I at least hope that you'll be gentle with yourself along the way.

Pipe in an endless loop of "Baby Shark" and Justin Bieber?

Love it. Fucking queen shit.

Well that image is now stuck in my head forever...

I remember someone once created a firefox addon that made all of Trump's tweets look like they were drawn with crayon. Someone should make a new version of that for Musk.

Aragorn's an 80 year old homeless man who probably hasn't had a bath in a while.

I doubt that coconut and sandlewood would be the dominant scents there is all I'm saying.

Yay! I love copaganda! Show me some pictures of cops playing basketball with a group of "urban"-looking youths!

LOL true. Not sure what the fuck he was thinking offering such a ridiculous price in the first place. Maybe just some good old fashioned stock price manipulation?

It wasn't $420 billion, but somewhat unsurprisingly, it was still a 420 joke. He offered a share price of $54.20, which was signifigantly higher than what it was at that time trading for. Guess he was just super committed to the bit.

Either we're reading different articles, or you're really bad at counting. The article the OP linked contains tweets and idiotic drivel from Jordan Sather, Laura Loomer, Jack Posobiec, Stephen Miller, and Tim Pool. So that's five people, and five tweets. Five.

Counting mishaps aside, right-wingers are stupid, conspiracy-theory believing fucks, regardless of what this article says.

Why the right thinks Taylor Swift is a government PsyOp designed to swing the 2024 election

Because they're stupid, conspiracy-theory believing fucks.

Yeah, probably. It's not like he ever gave a shit about his constituents, after all.