jerrymahoney

Mea culpa.

I am not looking for perspective. The bombing was just noted as its 10 year anniversary a few weeks ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombing

And to the above, once I got the affirmation from the US embassy, the www.alanguagelover.com folks did all the rest including courier to the MFA and I had all the docs ready to submit to the amphur. (almost 2 years ago)

Maybe like the old Bill Murray SNL skit Quien es mas macho? Trump-haters or Biden-haters?

I was on the phone that morning with an old friend in OKC when he said: Something just happened. There's been an explosion. I gotta go.

That is also an awful long time that Trump only has to put up an award bond but that's how the game is played. "Trump’s lawyers also said they will ask the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to toss out the order for him to pay $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/11/trump-to-appeal-verdict-in-e-jean-carroll-sex-abuse-case.html

Court records showed on Thursday that Trump notified the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that he was appealing the verdict, as his lawyer Joseph Tacopina previously said he would. Legal experts have said the appeals process could potentially take years. https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-files-notice-appeal-lawsuit-brought-by-e-jean-carroll-2023-05-11/

OK. Maybe I'll try that.

Yes I got it from Makro. Still it is a lot of cooking for just one meal -- I like to cook things and then have it for 3 or 4 days.

Maybe so. But for a 70+ year-old guy there are things I can get/buy in Thailand that certainly are not available in the USofA regardless of who is the next President.

I have given up on Thai beef steak and even some of the readily available import steak. But I have found some frozen Thai ground beef -- or minced as the Brits say -- can make some reasonable cooked dishes like tomato-style sloppy joe or meatballs for spaghetti. I have tried making taco-style beef using ground pork or ground chicken but just not the same.

The Bangrak District Office outside of Bangkok has been rated over the years as the friendliest office for foreigners (farang friendly) to register their marriages at. https://www.thailandmarriage-regisration.com/amphur-offices-in-thailand.html but there is a lot of leg work you would have to do before going to the amphur including an 'affirmation to marry' from your embassy and then having it translated into Thai. I would talk to these people: https://www.alanguagelover.com/

The first Democrat elected after the Civil War in 1885, our 22nd and 24th President Grover Cleveland was the only President to leave the White House and return for a second term four years later (1885-1889 and 1893-1897). https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland/ He won the popular vote in three presidential elections—1884, 1888, and 1892—though Benjamin Harrison won the electoral college vote and thus the presidency in 1888. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland

This place in Ubon maybe a little closer -- check that it's open https://www.facebook.com/Thonglor.Vista2

As to the appeal, Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina told The Post Thursday: “Judge [Lewis] Kaplan has been overturned once already in Carroll v. Trump” — referring to the pending defamation case in which the judge’s ruling that Trump didn’t have immunity was overturned. “We are confident it will be twice after this appeal is heard,” Tacopina said. “But what can’t be appealed and won’t be changed is the fact that this was a rape claim from day one and the jury rejected the rape claim even under the lowest standard allowable by law, preponderance of the evidence (or 51%) standard.” https://nypost.com/2023/05/11/trump-to-appeal-5m-judgment-in-e-jean-carroll-lawsuit/

My favorite typo from 1970's NY Times headline: Clam Prevails in Brazilian Election

Jury Instructions -- Role in Appeals Jury instructions play a significant role in the appellate process; errors or omissions in the instructions can provide grounds for an appeal. Appellate courts may review instructions given to the jury to determine if they were made in a legally permissible manner. If the appellate court finds an error in the instructions process, it may, if sufficiently problematic, reverse a decision or order a new trial. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_instructions

None of those questions will have anything to do with an appeal.

He says pretty straight about what he feel is the basis for an appeal. And the appeal has nothing to do with how the jury came to their decision.

I just a bit ago saw Tacopina's full remarks on leaving the court. He said that this was a rape case and never anything but a rape case and that the claim was for rape. And that he found the verdict 'inconsistent'. And that would be -- among other issues -- what will be the basis of appeal. And as I said before via ABA links, this will likely be based on one or more procedural issues.

This is from the MANUAL OF MODEL CIVIL JURY INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT COURTS OF THE NINTH CIRCUIT (their caps) https://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/jury-instructions/sites/default/files/WPD/Civil_Instructions_2023_03_compressed.pdf The 2nd Circuit does not have an online manual. This is from the 9th circuit as above page 22. (click to enlarge) This is from the original complaint by E.J.Caroll: CAUSES OF ACTION COUNT 1 Battery 122. Trump committed battery against Carroll when he forcibly raped and groped her. *************** Note the word AND as in A-N-D

What will most likely be put before the appeals court will be a procedural issue. Team Trump has decided to appeal. While Tacopina is the attorney of record, specialized appellate attorneys have likely been given the go ahead to prepare a case.

And has been also pointed at per the American Bar Association, appeals courts do not make a decision regading the verdict but concerning a procedural error buy the lower court: An appeal is not a retrial or a new trial of the case. The appeals courts do not usually consider new witnesses or new evidence. Appeals in either civil or criminal cases are usually based on arguments that there were errors in the trial s procedure or errors in the judge's interpretation of the law. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_related_education_network/how_courts_work/appeals