Oh well . . . (sigh).

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I know you’re out there, Adrian Baron, alias THE Nutmeg Lawyer!

No. 1,430 I have been getting messages from you on Twitter. So I know you’re out in cyberspace somewhere. Eventually, I even figured out how to find your revived blog. Or is it revised blog? God put me on this Earth in the latter half of the 20th Century in order to teach me that […]

Sign of The Times: Danger Zone.

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How long can the Democratic public counter-memorandum remain redacted?

No. 1,428 The whole point of intelligence/counter-intelligence is obtaining secret information and keeping it secret. In an effort to rebut a prior (unreacted) memo released by Chairman Nunes of the House Intelligence Committee, the minority (pronounced Democrats) released a response which the White House would not approve, for National Security reasons, without serious redaction. The […]

Debtor’s Prison, Really?

No. 1,427 State Senator Guy Reschenthaler, according to today’s Post Gazette, is going to propose legislation to permit people who cannot afford to pay criminal fines or court costs to work them off by performing public service rather than serve jail time. He refers to the jailing of persons who haven’t paid these amounts as […]

Banks assessed Two Hundred Forty Three Billion in fines since the financial crisis.

No. 1,426 Bank of American came in first, followed by JP Morgan. DS News, an online newsletter for the mortgage servicing industry, reports the tally.

Political Ads

No. 1,425 The Achilles heel of advertising, and political ads in particular, is that they are constantly being rebroadcast. Over the course of re-listening you have an opportunity to think about and evaluate what is being said. Statements that might sound ok, if heard once, often fail to withstand even mild scrutiny. Ads sponsored by […]

Running the Six Minute Mile.

No. 1,424 A lot of lawyers still bill time in 6 minute increments. The idea behind this practice is appealing but wrong. Since there are 60 minutes in an hour, the six minute unit just happened to be a tenth of an hour or .1. At the end of the day, you could add up […]

What if all the world was against you except one person? Who would you want that person to be?

I heard some criticism that his court-appointed public defender hugged him on the shoulder at the moment they walked into the arraignment and the full force of what was happening must have washed over him like a tidal wave. Â In that moment, she told him that she was on his side.

Why does anyone choose to live in a flood zone?

There are many places, near rivers and streams where floods occur regularly, even though the properties are not in official flood zones.

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