jerrymahoney

To me, MAGA means Make America Great AGAIN so that implies that America once was great, it ain't great now, and some at least feel they have the way to make it great once more. Following the Central Park 5 incident, Donald J. Trump personally placed this Newsday ad May 1 , 1989: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6131533/trumpdeathpenaltyad05011989.pdf

Some of the frequent topic starters in the Pub Forum make me think of the famous line the Author Mary McCarthy said of the playwright Lillian Hellman: “Every word she writes is a lie—including ‘and’ and ‘the.’ ”

As per topic "Does your Thai wife or girlfriend ever foot the bill?" No.

True. Short schedule on this.

I gave no opinion -- I just quoted one of the top election law specialists in the country who has been on this case as it was ultimately an election law case: Were the payments to Ms. Daniels a personal or election expense.

Good. Your opinion. Maybe more likely the case. This is the opinion of Dr. Hasen from 2 days ago as linked above: If Trump seeks an emergency stay blocking the sentencing—and it will not surprise us if he goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary—we expect he will succeed.

I wouldn't have bothered with even with my first post on this were it not that the generally left-leaning PhD lawyer and election law specialist Dr. Rick Hasen had not given his 'opinion' that Trump has a good chance to stall this.

Trump has indicated on Social media posts this weekend that he intends to fight to postpone the JAN 10 sentencing per Maggie Haberman NY Times.

Who were the primary insurance and reinsurance providers for crashed Jeju Air flight? Policy cover of up to US$1 billion per accident also outlined Jan 03, 2025 The Jeju Air commercial plane that crashed in South Korea on Dec. 29 is covered by Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, along with four other insurers, while AXA XL is its primary reinsurance provider, the airline said in a statement. The policy cover includes liability insurance coverage of up to US$1 billion per accident for a policy running from May 1, 2024, to April 30, 2025. https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/asia/news/breaking-news/who-were-the-primary-insurance-and-reinsurance-providers-for-crashed-jeju-air-flight-519126.aspx

Opinion from the generally left-leaning legal scholar Richard L. Hasen: Sat, January 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM GMT+7 In a surprising move on a lightning-quick timetable that is unlikely to stand if challenged, the New York court that presided over the Stormy Daniels hush money criminal trial of Donald Trump ordered him on Friday to be sentenced on Jan. 10, just 10 days before he will assume the presidency once again. The judge signaled that Trump would get an “unconditional discharge,” meaning no jail time or probation, but sentencing would still cement the former and future president as a convicted felon. If Trump seeks an emergency stay blocking the sentencing—and it will not surprise us if he goes all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary—we expect he will succeed. https://www.yahoo.com/news/one-possible-explanation-justice-merchan-223158656.html

No -- the 34 varieties felony guilty verdict was a NY State crime.

President-elect Trump was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records -- a Class E Felony in NY State. Other examples of Class E Felonies in NY State are: Criminal mischief in the third degree (painting significant graffiti onto the wall of a building that doesn’t belong to you, for example) Arson in the fourth degree (recklessly damaging someone else’s car with a fire you set, for instance) Computer tampering in the third degree Unlawfully using slugs in the first degree. https://rendelmanlaw.com/what-is-a-new-york-class-e-felony/

The NY statute of limitations for a civil complaint had long expired. This case was only possible because of -- New York's Adult Survivors Act (ASA), which went into effect November 24, 2022, is a landmark law that created a lookback period allowing the adult victims of sexual assault and abuse to pursue time barred claims in court. Survivors have until November 23, 2024, to file a claim under the ASA. https://petersbrovner.brownrice.com/the-constitutionality-of-the-asa/ NB in NY State criminal rape first degree has no statute of limitations.

Standard answer to the above: That's just Trump playing 3-dimensional chess -- he only makes those 'walk back' type comments to put all the leftist folks into a tizzy.

I was excused for not going on the long packed-car family trip. Bribery at work.

To the above: The current crop of Republicans says to pay no heed to the 12 years of Reagan/Bush and 8 years of Bush II because they are just RINO's

The oft heard response to that is: Oh, that's just Trump-being-Trump.

Just look to all the topics started on the Soapbox with a link to the NY Post or Fox News and look who started it.

Shirley Chisholm

He would next request an 'en banc' or full justice review of the 2nd District appeal panel court denial -- the 'next highest court is the Supreme Court.

March 9, 2024 Time Magazine’s designation of Adolf Hitler as “Man of the Year” for 1938 identified Hitler as “the newsmaker who most influenced world events for better or worse” and was not an endorsement https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/time-magazines-1938-man-year-choice-not-hitler-endorsement-2024-03-08/

Both Tommy Tuberville and I were referring to the RINO's.

Those were quotes from the Republican Senator from Alabama. There will be only a 3 vote Senate majority for the GOP so they cannot have too many nay votes.

(Senator Tommy) Tuberville expects some Senate GOP resistance to second Trump term — 'Some of these RINOs better get the heck out of the way' | 11.11.24 Although the GOP rallied around Trump after securing the nomination, questions still loom over how the majority Senate will carry the president's agenda as lawmakers move into the next presidency. "J.D. Vance is our president of the Senate, being our vice president. And then you've got Trump; his agenda is what we're going to push, and some of these RINOs [Republicans In Name Only] better get the heck out of the way." https://1819news.com/news/item/tuberville-expects-some-senate-gop-resistance-to-second-trump-term-some-of-these-rinos-better-get-the-heck-out-of-the-way

Just like her ...