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Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 12:59 PM
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Posted By pgwenthold
He can still appeal. It's just that the...

He can still appeal. It's just that the judgement will not be stayed, so he's going to have to pay while he is appealing.

As JayUtah points out, that's the whole point of the law!!! To prevent...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 12:56 PM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
If he can't come up with the money to secure the...

If he can't come up with the money to secure the bond, he has to pay the disgorgement costs. But in order to do that, he will have to start selling stuff off.

The purpose of the bond is to put...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 12:52 PM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
Well, in the end, if the ruling ultimately goes...

Well, in the end, if the ruling ultimately goes against him, yeah. He's going to have to liquidate (see Randolph and Mortimer on Trading Places). But the goal of the appeal is to prevent that, so...
Forum: USA Politics Yesterday, 12:47 PM
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Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
I'm trying to sort it out. He doesn't have...

I'm trying to sort it out.

He doesn't have the cash. Easy. That's fine.

The issue here is that, should he lose this case, he would nominally have liquidate assets. Then the question is, does...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 02:52 PM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,640
Posted By pgwenthold
My mom is 86. She has thrse cognitive tests all...

My mom is 86. She has thrse cognitive tests all the time. She routinely fails them. I know what it takes.

Not Biden, that's for sure. He's nothing like my mom, mentally
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2024, 12:31 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 2,309
Posted By pgwenthold
And note that it has been the GOP that has set...

And note that it has been the GOP that has set the bar so friggin low. When they bleat on about how Biden is a bumbling, mumbling fool, all he has to do is not wet himself on stage and he's already...
Forum: USA Politics 8th March 2024, 10:44 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 2,309
Posted By pgwenthold
Biden's SOTU speeches are different from what you...

Biden's SOTU speeches are different from what you get from other presidents, and I think I know why. Because Biden was in the Senate for so long, he knows about talking with congress. He still...
Forum: USA Politics 8th March 2024, 07:01 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 2,309
Posted By pgwenthold
Every year the opposition party trots out some...

Every year the opposition party trots out some "rising star" to provide the "response." Which is not really a response to what was in the SOTU, it's just a prepared set of talking points (currently,...
Forum: USA Politics 7th March 2024, 09:36 PM
Replies: 246
Views: 4,923
Posted By pgwenthold
Don't worry, they'll be back in it tomorrow. ...

Don't worry, they'll be back in it tomorrow.

It happens every year. Biden gives a fine SOTU speech. Fox acknowledges he wasn't a bumbling fool. Trump will insult him and then they'll be back on...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th March 2024, 02:29 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
"NFL Start Talks With Taylor Swift For $1B Deal...

"NFL Start Talks With Taylor Swift For $1B Deal to Perform at Super Bowl 59"

Can you imagine what the prices of those Super Bowl tickets are going to be?

And the cost of commercials during...
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2024, 12:50 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 2,200
Posted By pgwenthold
Joe Biden took up the cross of gay marriage for...

Joe Biden took up the cross of gay marriage for Obama.

Very underappreciated. Legal gay marriage would not have happened if not for VP Joe Biden.

Of course, the reason it gets missed is...
Forum: USA Politics 4th March 2024, 08:39 AM
Replies: 164
Views: 3,640
Posted By pgwenthold
You know the old, "fool me once..." thing? ...

You know the old, "fool me once..." thing?

Trump said the same thing last year when KC won the Super Bowl, and plenty of people corrected him. Now, whether it was anyone he listens to is a good...
Forum: USA Politics 1st March 2024, 05:20 AM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
I love the fact that Trump whined that he doesn't...

I love the fact that Trump whined that he doesn't have the cash to put up the bind for the appeal so shouldn't have to, and the AG's response us basically, yeah, that's the whole point! That's why...
Forum: USA Politics 29th February 2024, 12:23 PM
Replies: 109
Views: 2,200
Posted By pgwenthold
Yep, her skin is way too dark. Good gravy,...

Yep, her skin is way too dark.

Good gravy, just come out and call her uppity, you've hit all the other marks.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 27th February 2024, 02:38 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 692
Posted By pgwenthold
One of the channels used to have "Curling Night...

One of the channels used to have "Curling Night in America" on Friday nights.

While I think there is a lot to like about curling from a competition standpoint (it's a wonderful mix of strategy and...
Forum: USA Politics 27th February 2024, 01:08 PM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
To be collateral, there has to be an expectation...

To be collateral, there has to be an expectation that the loan will be paid back. I can't imagine anyone with the kind of money he needs would be crazy enough to put up a loan, even with the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th February 2024, 10:39 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
I saw a youtube short the other day of Taylor...

I saw a youtube short the other day of Taylor Swift on Letterman (so quite a while ago) and she was talking about her concerts in Tokyo, how she learned a bunch of Japanese phrases to say in-between...
Forum: USA Politics 24th February 2024, 08:13 AM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
But what is the appeal of the second trial going...

But what is the appeal of the second trial going to be? That there was no defamation? Again, that is going to hinge on the first trial. The second trial was about when that defamation occurred...
Forum: USA Politics 24th February 2024, 07:17 AM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
Yep, I've pointed this out before. They are...

Yep, I've pointed this out before. They are absolutely just pulling out the sov cit playbook.
Forum: USA Politics 24th February 2024, 07:14 AM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
Does he actually have to appeal that second...

Does he actually have to appeal that second trial? I'm not convinced, and let me explain why.

Recall that the second trial was a damages trial that relied on the conclusion of the first trial,...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 22nd February 2024, 09:24 AM
Replies: 579
Views: 96,548
Posted By pgwenthold
Have you read that report from the guy who has...

Have you read that report from the guy who has analyzed the whole dictabelt recording and concluded it was from a cop on a 3-wheeler? In fact, there was "eyewitness testimony" (from the cop himself)...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st February 2024, 08:13 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 1,637
Posted By pgwenthold
If the power goes out because you are drunk...

If the power goes out because you are drunk driving and hit an electrical pole, it would be felony murder, right?
Forum: USA Politics 20th February 2024, 08:12 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,436
Posted By pgwenthold
I don't know where to put this info, but, while...

I don't know where to put this info, but, while Trump is constantly complaining about how all the cases against him are baseless, etc, meanwhile in the prosecution of Hunter Biden, the DOJ has a...
Forum: Education 15th February 2024, 01:58 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 128
Posted By pgwenthold
You are wrong. Honorary degrees are...

You are wrong.

Honorary degrees are university ways of stroking a potential donor's ego to get them to donate more money to the university.

It has nothing to do with "intellectual insecurity." ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 01:33 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
The suggestion that an Honorary PhD has anything...

The suggestion that an Honorary PhD has anything to do with anything involved in this discussion just highlights the fact that the poster has no clue about what PhD education is about.

The only...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 01:25 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
Ok, nice hypothesis. What you got for data? ...

Ok, nice hypothesis. What you got for data? Write your PhD thesis. HINT: "it's bleed'in obvious" won't get you there.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 01:13 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
The number of things that have been claimed to be...

The number of things that have been claimed to be "bleed'in obvious" that have been shown to be wrong in a PhD thesis would create enough material to fill a PhD thesis

Your understanding of what...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 11:17 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
When I was in Minneapolis in summer 1989, I went...

When I was in Minneapolis in summer 1989, I went to something like 13 Twins games. There was one bench-clearing event in one of those games.

I've probably been to 40 MLB games total in my life...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 10:07 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
So I sit on a lot of PhD thesis committees, and...

So I sit on a lot of PhD thesis committees, and have been to scores of PhD defenses. However, I have never been on a social science PhD thesis committee, and therefore have not been in the room for...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2024, 09:11 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 1,467
Posted By pgwenthold
"Look out, Ned, they're coming right for...

"Look out, Ned, they're coming right for us!!!"
Forum: USA Politics 12th February 2024, 12:39 PM
Replies: 123
Views: 1,559
Posted By pgwenthold
Cut the poster some slack. They learned from a...

Cut the poster some slack. They learned from a favored news source to be outraged about Hawaii saying aloha, and they are just passing that along.
Forum: USA Politics 11th February 2024, 01:32 PM
Replies: 213
Views: 3,327
Posted By pgwenthold
So something to me is not clear. In this...

So something to me is not clear.

In this report, he addressed Biden having classified documents (no charges), Trump having classified documents (a very different situation), but dud he talk about...
Forum: USA Politics 8th February 2024, 09:28 AM
Replies: 1,133
Views: 45,911
Posted By pgwenthold
But now that he is out of office, he is getting...

But now that he is out of office, he is getting prosecuted.

I don't see the problem. It's not like he's got away with it.
Forum: USA Politics 8th February 2024, 08:56 AM
Replies: 1,133
Views: 45,911
Posted By pgwenthold
The 25th and impeachment get him out of office,...

The 25th and impeachment get him out of office, at which point he can be prosecuted. They are completely adequate for that.
Forum: USA Politics 8th February 2024, 07:47 AM
Replies: 1,133
Views: 45,911
Posted By pgwenthold
So the practice is pretty clear, that the...

So the practice is pretty clear, that the President in office can't be prosecuted for any crimes committed, and, moreover, cannot be prosecuted for any acts carried out while performing the duties of...
Forum: USA Politics 8th February 2024, 06:44 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 4,490
Posted By pgwenthold
The dumb thing is, Aaron Sorkin explained it...

The dumb thing is, Aaron Sorkin explained it clearly back in, what, 1994?



The names have changed, but it's exactly the same playbook.

1) Making you afraid of it, and
2) Telling you who's...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th February 2024, 01:03 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
Although a large amount of MJs #1s were off 1...

Although a large amount of MJs #1s were off 1 album. But he had 7 albums in the top 10, with 5 at number 1. Not counting re-releases, Swift has 10 albums in the top 10, with 8 #1s


And Swift is...
Forum: USA Politics 1st February 2024, 10:22 AM
Replies: 1,351
Views: 48,559
Posted By pgwenthold
I still contend that the biggest victims are the...

I still contend that the biggest victims are the other businesses that do follow the rules. If Business A and Business B are actually the same worth, but Business A fraudulently inflates its worth,...
Forum: USA Politics 30th January 2024, 08:35 AM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,436
Posted By pgwenthold
Those windmills can be tough to get the timing...

Those windmills can be tough to get the timing right.
Forum: USA Politics 30th January 2024, 08:31 AM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
But I still wonder, is "the judge likes the...

But I still wonder, is "the judge likes the plaintiff more than he likes me" (for whatever reason) even grounds for appeal? Doesn't an appeal have to be based on questions of fact or law? OK, let's...
Forum: USA Politics 29th January 2024, 02:58 PM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
Has he? I'm serious, I don't know that this is...

Has he? I'm serious, I don't know that this is true.

Sure, his companies have been to court, but how much has he actually been there? His lawyers, too.

I'm not sure he has spent much time in...
Forum: USA Politics 29th January 2024, 08:32 AM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
Yeah, "I didn't do it" is not what he is getting...

Yeah, "I didn't do it" is not what he is getting hammered for. If all he ever said is, "It wasn't me" he would be fine.

But it's always, "I didn't do it, she's a lying, ugly whore."
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th January 2024, 06:33 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
They are in on it...

They are in on it...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th January 2024, 06:16 PM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,695
Posted By pgwenthold
Darn, I opened this thread hoping to see the big...

Darn, I opened this thread hoping to see the big news, that Taylor Swift will be going to the Super Bowl!!!!

Don't tell me the NFL isn't fixed....
Forum: USA Politics 28th January 2024, 06:12 PM
Replies: 2,333
Views: 73,436
Posted By pgwenthold
And where the state constitution/election laws...

And where the state constitution/election laws permit the AG to make the decision.
Forum: USA Politics 28th January 2024, 06:09 PM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
Exactly this. Remember, nothing could happen...

Exactly this. Remember, nothing could happen until Jan 21, 2021. It's been 3 years. Is that slow? Not in the least, for our court system.

Look at all his criminal cases. Why are they taking...
Forum: USA Politics 23rd January 2024, 07:38 AM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
I'm saying if Trump would just shut up about...

I'm saying if Trump would just shut up about Carroll, it would go away. Moreover, that is what her lawyers are saying.

But he can't. So she keeps dragging him to court.
Forum: USA Politics 22nd January 2024, 03:19 PM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
In the opening statement, Carroll's lawyer asked...

In the opening statement, Carroll's lawyer asked the question, "What is it going to take to get him to shut up?"

That is all it would take.
Forum: USA Politics 18th January 2024, 05:58 AM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,558
Posted By pgwenthold
Judge Chamberlain Haller would have held him in...

Judge Chamberlain Haller would have held him in contempt and thrown him in jail overnight. That would have meant he wouldn't have been able to attend his campaign rally in NH.
Forum: USA Politics 17th January 2024, 09:52 AM
Replies: 131
Views: 4,490
Posted By pgwenthold
The local congress critter running for reelection...

The local congress critter running for reelection is advertising his qualities on a billboard, including "Voted for Border Security"

I'm tempted to call his office and ask, what exactly has he...
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